the real yeah, yeah, yeahs

I grew up listening to the Beatles. I heard my mom and my aunts telling stories about Beatlemania in Brazil. I watched 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand' time and time again after school - and always identified myself with the girl that keeps passing out when the boys perform for the first time on the Ed Sullivan Show. I memorized every phase, each album and the stories behind their recording sessions by watching the Beatles Anthology DVDs. At first I was in love with Paul, then with George. I always thought Ringo resembled my dad and, later, being a little older, I understood John's ideals and cried when I saw 'The U.S. vs. John Lennon' in the theaters.

I never thought I'd be able to watch one of their concerts - for obvious reasons - or a concert by one of them, at least. Since I moved to Boston, it became an obsession to find a Paul McCartney gig around here (yeah, Ringo's also around, but his performances aren't filled with Beatlemania anthems as much). But no success hunting Sir Paul so far.

Until Coachella released their lineup, that is. When I realized that it won't be a big deal if I don't survive to the first day of concerts in the desert of Indio, when McCartney headlines. After all, no other band plans on playing a setlist the looks like this one:

Drive My Car
Jet
All My Loving
Only Mama Knows
Flaming Pie
Got To Get You Into My Life
Let Me Roll ItC Moon
My Love
Let Em In
The Long And Winding Road
Dance Tonight
Blackbird
Calico Skies
Follow The Sun
Mrs Vanderbilt
Elenor Rigby
Something
Good Day Sunshine
Penny Lane
Band On The Run
Birthday
Back In The USSR
I Got A Feeling
Live And Let Die
Let It Be
Hey Jude
A Day In The Life/Give Peace A Chance
Lady Madonna
Get Back
I Saw Her Standing There
Yesterday
Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band

I suppose the mini-Coachella-ambulances will be busy that night, but I plan on watching his show close to one of those, just in case.

Just a Day in the Life.

Show Me Your Blog Spot

Two Way Monologue was tagged by Punky Style to the following meme:

'Show Me Your Blog Spot'

1. Once you are tagged, post a picture of where you blog.
2. Feel free to tell us a little about your space, or explain certain items in more detail. Or not.
3. Link back to this post.
4. Tag five other bloggers to show their blog spots.
5. If you are tagged and do not participate, you will become allergic to cabbage.

So here are our 'Blog Spots':

- Ferr's..

"The 2 tables I usually write on. The living room's (I sit on the floor or on the couch) and that one underneath the stairs."

- and Thais'..

"My cute little office. I take the laptop everywhere else (to the couch, to go watch tv, etc), but this is the place I go if I really need to concentrate."

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Here are our blog picks:

- Blah Blah Blog;

- Trash It Up;

- Don't Touch My Moleskine;

- Frufru;

- Parece Filme, Mas E Vida Mesmo..

And whoever else that feels like joining :)

Fashion: Put It All On Me

We started this blog together thanks to our many interests in common, although with different points-of-view. Plus we both lived in different countries, and wanted to keep up with whatever the other one was seeing, learning, listening to, bla bla bla.

That's how Two Way Monologue was born.

But back to our passions. We can probably say that one of the biggest ones is fashion.

While Ferr can absolutely fall in love with anything extremely expensive and hard-to-get, Thais has a magical ability to find bargain items that look just as cool.

That's why we thought of writing a post that would target both of our lists: Ferr's objects of desire from the recent runways, and Thais' finds in the real world.

The fact that we both live in opposite halfs of the world helps as well. Our lovely items could embrace all four seasons, how convenient?

Here, Ferr's de luxe items:

Balenciaga skirt - made in every color imaginable

Elegant Chanel dress, good girl style

Balmain complete outfit, perfect for a rocking night out, yeah.

Tom Binns' necklaces, the crucifixe one - center - is a major must.

The most beautiful pair of boots in the world, by Alexander Wang

Rock n' Roll Sandals Balmain

Thais' down-to-earth picks:

Fedora & Panama Hats - Urban Outfitters, Target

Round-shaped sunglasses - Anthropologie, Free People




cute purses - Forever 21, Urban Outfitters



Anthropologie Dresses, Jean Shorts Free People, Forever 21 T-shirt

Free People Sandals, Bow Headband and Bib Necklace Anthropologie

Many of the pieces above are highly recommended for Coachella and festivals like that. It's up to your style and judgement to decide the level of comfort and the quantity of accessories allowed for a 13-hour day under the sun.

For situations like this, we support the idea of light make-up (mascara, blush, gloss), many many hats, stylish but functional bags and light clothing.

About the boots, heels and bold jewelry: leave it for the L.A. clubs. It make a lot more sense.