Carolina

Carolina

I'm an Italian Londoner, writer, pole dancer and fitness, food, travel and lifestyle blogger.

sketch #LFW

Cool girls go to London Fashion Week, hungry girls go to sketch. Read on for my new afternoon tea review, in which I explore the newly made-over sketch Gallery with David Shrigley’s new art display and London Fashion Week installations. If…

Hot yoga mornings at KXU in Chelsea with Esquared Fitness

On a very stressful week filled with deadlines, the news that I am going to perform in my first competition and lectures to plan, I dropped everything and went to do hot yoga in the beautiful KXU studio just off…

Palm Vaults Review

On a chilly February Sunday, I went to Primark and bought myself a mermaid throw, convinced by a morning spent walking around Soho in the cold winter air. All this mermaid business left me feeling pinker than my usual death…

Twerkology Nation: empowering women through twerk

For today’s post I decided to interview Chanelle Hall, founder of Twerkology Nation, a London-based twerk class that empowers women through dance. Twerk is one of those things people have an opinion on. In my case, I never thought I…

Meet Valerie Wyndham: wrestling presenter, actor, model and blogger

Last week at the first London Blogging Event I had the opportunity to learn from a variety of different successful bloggers. One of them particularly caught my eye because of her drive and her fascinating story: Valerie Wyndham, wrestling presenter,…

10 London Meals Under A Tenner

Whether you’re travelling or you’re a full-time Londoner, there’s no point in sugar coating it: London is bloody expensive. Unfortunately for your pockets (but luckily for your Instagram), it’s also one of the best cities in the world in terms…

Why dancing is great for you: interview with dancer and dance therapist Elisa Pittella

You all know I’ve been banging on about the physical and mental benefits of dancing, but I’ve been talking about my own experience – and that could just be me being crazy. So I spoke to Elisa Pittella, dancer, instructor…

Exploring The Vatican

My mum is from Rome. My grandparents are from Rome. I am Italian. And in 25 years I had never seen the Sistine Chapel. #fail – Time to change that! Here’s my itinerary for a quick day in Rome exploring…

A criminology student’s view on consent and lack of empathy

I went on Facebook, shared an article about the Aziz Ansari case and it all turned into a very interesting social experiment of two groups of people talking to each other without listening. In the wake of the Time’s Up…

Indoor Rock Climbing at the Seymour Leisure Centre

A fellow pole dancer that had been off pole for a couple of years told me she kept up her strength by doing yoga and indoor rock climbing. Having never done rock climbing before (aside from my brief stint on…

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