FASHION WEEK WELCOME

GOOD EVENING

How are you everybody ?
Me personaly , i am very well... Today is tuesday , first day of fashion week castings - real craziness :)

Yesterday i was doing a photoshoot in V&A museum :) Great great opportunity to work in such an beautiful place like this :)
After they close we had a chance to shoot there (I am really excited for the result ).

Thanks modelling i can discover really amazing places and hiden streets i wouldnt probably see if not my castings and meetings :)
I wanna share with you lovely cozy street i was passing today called WHITE HORSE STREET on MAYFAIR.
Little shops with little tea places and very old English athmospere there :) Highly recommending  you to visit :)

White Horse Street in the exclusive Mayfair W1, a chic area of Central London. The nearest tube stations to White Horse Street is 'Green Park' which is only a few minutes walk away. White Horse Street is just off Piccadilly.


:)

TODAY'S RECIPE:

SEA BASS & SWEET POTATO with BROCCOLI & MUSHROOMS

WE NEED :  sea bass
                      olive oil
                      dry herbs
                      garlic
                      ginger
                      sweet potatoes
                      broccoli
                      soya sauce
                      mushrooms
                      peas
                      spring onion
                      black pepper

STEP BY STEP : Fresh Sea bass wash under water , cut in the midle and clean it .
                              Cut garlic and ginger in to the small pieces and fill inside the fish.
                              Heat oven on 180 degree .
                              Put fish inside the oven and bake for 30-40 min.

                              In the mindtime wash potatoes and cut then in a little circles.
                              After 20 minutes of baking put patatoes together with your sea bass and sprincle
                              with herbs and little bit of olive oil on the top .
                              Bake for another 20 -25 minutes :)
SIDE DISH:
                              Put broccoli , mushrooms and peas in to the boil water and cook until there are ready
                              When you see that the vegetables in nice and soft move it to the wook and cook for
                               another 5 min with 2 big spoons of soya sauce and little bit of black pepper.
                   
                               When Sea bass and potatoes are ready to eat just decorate it with spring onion on
                               the top and your light heathy dinner is done :)

ENJOY with Love your chef Andrea

DECORATE IT WITH SPRING ONION OR BASSIL :)


:)
good night

           
                     
                         
                     
                           

FEBRUARY 2013

HELLO GUYS :)

It's been a while since i wrote something :(  I  AM   S O R R Y

Is already february 2013 :) Valentine's day is comming ... for some of us excitement but ofcourse for some not really :)

love by Andrea Chovanova

But lets enjoy it anyway :)

"If you can make a girl laugh,
you can make her do anything" Marilyn Monroe

What else is on ahead of us ? Fashion week (Time full of castings , fittings , walking , stress and in the end some beautiful shows :)

Recently i worked for HUNGER AND WALLPAPER magazines ,
For Hunger we went to shoot location near Kent (seaside), great day with great people , only one thing wasn't that great and that's weather as we had to shoot outside :) I hope they will retouch my "blue" legs well ...lol :)
Btw, few weeks ago i did a shoot for Canary Wharf magazine and is out now :) do you wanna have a look little bit ?
PS: I got the Cover wohow :)

:)

NOW LITTLE HEALTHY TIP AND BED TIME :)

This is very easy and cheap drink you can make at home to claen your body.

We need :  5 lemons

                                20 cloves of garlic

                          1 little of water

Cut lemon and garlic in to the small pieces, use blender and make a "mash".

Boil the water and cook the lemon-garlic mash for like 10 min.

Remove the mash from the water and the rest put in to the empty bottle.

Keep in the fridge and drink everyday little glass of this healthy liquid :)

The taste is not great but you will see results on your skin and genereal health very soon :)

GOOD NIGHT 

words

Hello hello:)

I am sorry guys but i am not happy... everytime i ask you : "how are you guys?" but none is talking to me back :( do you really want me to be sad ? :)

So second change :) HOW ARE YOU GUYS TODAY ?


Few years ago i got my first little book with quotes.
I even think i bought it for myself . . . Anyway. . .  loooooong time ago :)

I remember there was this quote which maked me think about myself and people at that time.

"Remember what people said to you when they are angry - is always what they mean"

Today the old memories came back to me...

Emotions !
We often say " control your emotions !!! " why? because it HURTS ... words can really hurt us so much...

Maybe is a good thing ? - i can't tell now.

 It hurts - but also can  help us to know the person better...To open our eyes.

Menthal hurt take longer to heal then the physical one... That's for sure.

We should learn how to talk to people about important issues, not only when we are drung or angry :)
                   LEARN IT NOW ...LATER CAN BE TOO LATE.

Good night with love your
Andrea & Uško

uško is helping me at 3:30am

 xxx

"LITTLE THING"

Hello hello :)

How was your monday everybody ? 
Mine was super good :) I was busy bee but all good good :)

In the evening i decorated my flat ... sooo Christmasy :) 
xxx

“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.” 
― Charles Dickens 


"Little things in life".. i am sure , you guys remember i like to mention how important and beautiful is to notice  every day's "little things "...

I wanna share with you my "little thing " today.
After my castings i went to grap a soup ( tomato my favorite ) and with soup i always get bread ,even i don't eat bread.
Usualy i just leave it on the plate.   I dont know why but today i took piece of bread and i play with it.
A bit silly i know...
but...
After while i noticed that this bread is in a shape of HEART ! 
It was such a moment :) 

I took a pictures for you :)

:)

THAT'S ME TODAY :)

GOOD NIGHT
X

Perfect

Good evening ...

Is already sunday 1am , i can't sleep so i decided to write . . .

What i am going to write about ? 

I was thinking today ..why there are some words we use but they actually don't exist in a real life.
I am sure you dont know now what i mean... 
Let me give you an exaple . . .      The word: PERFECT .

What Perfect means? an Ideal ? and what does a mean?

Perfect partner... perfect look.. perfect job... life... world.. That's what we hear all the time right ?
There is just not such thing as perfect!

Let's accept everything in life how it is.. and if we are not happy about it... change it,
Still cant see the change ? believe and dont give up. NEVER...

Life is soooo simple..is already so beautiful just try to notice the beauty..go deeply .. open your eyes and ears...
Go out more often, take a walk ... visit places you never seen... talk to people you never talked... eat what you never tried...read what you never read...
Forget about the time ...take your watch off and leave your phone at home- At least once a while...
Ofcourse is not so easy in our fast world...i am also not the best example...but i am trying to be.

"Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible". 
Dalai Lama

IS IT TRUE OR TRUE ?

Think about it my lovelies ... All is already great we just have to notice it :)

BRIDGET HUNT

xxx

GOOD MORNING ....

Wrrr is freezing outside :) Don't even try to go out without hat and scarf please ..HAHA and ofcourse take umbrella :) for the once in London :)

Today's post is introducing one.... I am going to introduce you Amazing women BRIDGET HUNT .

postman maked my day today !!!

How do i now about her ?   BRIDGET is friend of my very good friend Michael.

I think thats the best way how to know people - To talk about people.

My curiosity was big so i checked her website and read even more...

As a healthy addict and person who loves people immediately i ordered her book SIX PACK CHICK.

I cant say much about the book yet because i just received today morning:) but i will deffinitely keep you updating during my reading.

BRIDGET is a person who loves this world . She has huge passion for life and people specialy women. :)

I recently did interview for her ...click here : http://bridgethunt.com/2012/12/60-second-interview-andrea-chovanova/

I am sure you wanna know more about Bridget so go on:

 http://bridgethunt.com

And the link where you can order her lovely book is here for you : http://www.amazon.co.uk/Six-Pack-Chick-Bridget-Hunt/dp/190874622X

We need more people like Bridget is...people who care about the others :)

With love Andrea

xxx

St.Mikulaš day

Hou hou hou....

Or something like that  :)

Today is 6 of December and in Slovakia (my home country) is St.Mikulaš day :)

Day Svätého Mikuláša is very popular with kids in Slovakia. No wonder, they get presents on this day (but only if the behaved nicely)! On the eve of St. Nicholas day, Dec. 5th, kids leave out their shoes or boots on their windowsills. Then the next morning they find the shoes filled with little presents. When I was growing up, the presents were pieces of fruit: apples, nuts, pears. Those who behaved badly would find a piece of coal.:) But we are all good :)

Then the next day, in the evening, the older boys of the village would dress up as Sv. Mikuláš and his entourage: an angel (anjel) and a devil (čert). The boys dressed as angels would wear long white shirts, while the devils wore a long black coat, painted their faces black, and tied chains and bells around their waist. They would then visit families having little kids. The little ones first had to say a prayer  or sing (something funny and improvised) and then would receive more presents: dried fruit, candies, nuts and so on. And of course, those who misbehaved got their coal.  The devil supposedly gave out potatoes.

Cute tradition right? Nomatter how old you are ,your shoes have to be shiny and wait for something nice :)

So happy St.Mikulaš day with so much love from me :)

How are you everybody ? i am naughty i know ...again i didnt write for quite long time :(

SOOOOO many things happended since then:) 

I went to China for one Month -  again YES ONE MONTH !!!! China is just not what i thought it is.Lesson ? To not to have an expectation- NEVER.   I can't say is bad or good , is just VERY defferent . Specialy people ! China is very very political country and it reflects on the nation. To be more accurate ... People are not friendly, they are not polite to each other and the basic respect is just not there...

In the end of the day what makes your country nice ? i would say people...

But is time to say something nice :) Shanghai was beautiful and ofcourse traditional chinese couture is magical :)

 I visited  Bejing , Shanghai, Zhuzhou and province Hunan :) The best city as i mentioned was Shanghai... Beijing not at all is just too much pollution ...

I can talk about China for hours but is better to go and make your own opinion :) 

Little sugestions before you go:) take looots of empty bags with fresh air from here :) JUST KIDDING ...maybe not haha.

Did you guys already went for Christmas shopping ? Do you also love Christmas time as much as i do ? <3<3<3

Share with me your ideas for presents or good shops where to buy them:)

I will say bye bye for now but i make my promise i will talk to you very very soon.

xxxxx

HOT YOGA

my lovely grandparents

Hello hello hello my lovely friends:)

How are you everybody ?
I am good i just miss my family today so much . I should go home soon.

Today is Sunday and Sunday is very family day, maybe thats why i got so emotional.

The family is a haven in a heartless world.  ~Attributed to Christopher Lasch

Did you guys heard about HOT YOGA? I am sure you did. On Friday me and my friend Christina we went together . Christina is doing yoga more then one month and she absolutely love it.
For me was it for the first time but i have to say the same I LOVE IT - very relaxing , feeling nice and warm and also with the touch of spirituality 60 minutes of experience is amazing .
The best thing ? we are burning calories and forming our bodies :)

BENEFITS OF HOT YOGA :

1. Increased Vitality

2. Weight Loss

3. Detoxification

4. Increased Mental Clarity

5. Reduced Stress

For you guys living in London i can recomend FITNESS ON FIRE STUDIO :
http://www.fitnessonfire.co.uk/welcome

And if you are not from London i am sure you can find something similar in your city:)

NAMASTE 

beautiful leaves 

CARROT CAKE

HELLO HELLO :)

End of the week , for most of the people good feeling but for me ? doesn't mean anything because i will work whole weekend :)
but i dont mind i love my job ... :)

Autunm is here and one of the best vegetables to eat in this period of time is CARROT.

I have here some usfull informations about our red friend .
Benefits of carrot :
                               1.  Improved Vision
                                         2.  Cancer Prevention
                                        3.  Anti-Aging
                                        4.  Healthy Glowing Skin (from the inside)
                                       5.  A Powerful Antiseptic
                                      6.  Beautiful Skin (from the outside)
                                      7.  Prevent Heart Disease
                                     8.  Cleanse the Body 
                                     9.  Healthy Teeth and Gums
                                    10.  Prevent Stroke

Carrot is simply fantastic , cheap super healthy and is not only tasty vegetable but we can also create lovely sweets and cakes .
For the first time in my life i baked carrot cake OMG ...was fantastic :) and healthy.
This is my recepe ANDREA'S CARROT CAKE :

INGREDIENTS

   200g carrots , peeled

• 175g soft brown sugar
• 200g WHOLEGRAIN flour
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 2 tsp cinnamon
• zest 1 orange
• 2 eggs
• 150ml sunflower oil

• 

  1. Line an 18cm square tin with baking parchment. Ask your grown-up helper to turn the oven on to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Grate the carrots on the fine side of the grater, then tip them into a large bowl.
  2. Sift the sugar, flour, bicarb and cinnamon on top of the carrot, then add the orange zest and mix everything around a bit.
  3. Break the eggs into a bowl (scoop out any bits of shell), then add them to the bowl along with the oil. Mix everything together well.
  4. Scoop the cake mix into your tin and level the top. Ask a grown-upto put it in the oven for 30 minutes or until the cake is cooked. Cool.
  5. To make the icing, mix the butter and icing sugar together, then stir in the soft cheese until smooth.
  6. When the cake is cool, spread the top with the icing and cut into squares. Decorate with sprinkles, if you like.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  I will be happy to hear that you guys tried to bake Andrea's carrot cake :)

I can feel the autumn

waiting for the casting 

HELLO  HELLO ...

Today is World Mental Health Day .
Let's encourage everyone to talk openly about how they feel and give support who are struggling with themselves .
Let's be nice to each other , listen more and care about people.

How are you guys?
It was very nice and sunny today :)
I started my day very unconventional , at 10 am i had an appoitment in ST.TROPES salon , to make my legs tan :) and thats because i have a job tommorow for NEXT and they want me to have a darker legs :) strange :)

After i left salon i had few castings :) nothing special to say about it :)
but after my castings a went to the chinese embassy to colect my CHINESE VISA !!!!!
wohow:)
開心快樂 開心快樂 (Happy Happy)

In the afternoon i met for a caffe my Czech friend Sandra :) Sandra is a model, we lived together in Milan few years ago , it was actually my first modelling trip ever :)OMG i feel so old now :)
It was very nice to see her today.

I am trying to think if something interesting happended today ... but everyday should be special for us :)...
and it is . Awwwww
Autumn is here colourful leaves everywhere...chilly air I LOOOVE THAT :)

My quick illustration i did in starbucks today

and anotherone :)