Bimba & Lola on Psg. de Gracia

Bimba & Lola opened a new store last week in Psg. de Gracia 55-57. Can't get enough of those...

Opening of Forever 21

It is all over town; Forever 21 will be opening here in Barcelona in the shopping centre la Maquinista this Saturday.

To be continued...

HTC Wildfire all blinged up!!

I just recently got myself a new mobile - I have been keen on HTCs mobiles for a long time but I haven't actually had the economy to buy one until now!
I chose the wildfire model in white - and I must say I am loving it!!

But being who I am I couldn't just have a mobile without some kind of jewellery on it...! So I went to amazon.com and found 3 loooovely rhinestone covers!

They are sooo cool and soo me!

I have put in some pictures of the ones i chose but if you would like to personalize your mobile too go to amazons website and have a look!! Best of all - they are very cheep! And luckily for me, these covers are not sold in Denmark so now i have my very own one of a kind HTC mobile!!

Love it!!

Enjoy!!

Manicure and Essie

I had a girly Saturday afternoon with a friend this weekend and after a tapas lunch and some shopping we went to get a manicure. We went to the Pink Peony - I have been told they give the best manicures in Barcelona, which I totally believe. They called them selves a NYC style manicure and pedicure salon. I don't know if its true as I have never been to one, but the salon sure is very nicely decorated and the girls really know what they are doing. There is two salons; one in Passeig de Gracia and another one in Gracia.



I got the complete manicure (which takes 30 minutes and then you have to wait another 30 minutes before the colour dries). The price is 17 euros, which is not the cheapest one you can find in Barcelona, but it is according to the quality of the service.
They use Essie nail polish and the coulour I chose was Poor Little Rich Girl.

A fellow blogger posted a linked the other day of where you can buy Essie nail polish on Ebay for 3,99 dollars, if interested click here.

Arenas - new opening

Saturday I visited the new shopping centre Arenas, along with what seemed liked the rest of Barcelona. It seemed like everybody wanted to visit this special new shopping opportunity inside a former bull fighter areana. Therefore, it was very difficult to actually be able to move inside the centre and visit the shops there. Further more, it was a bit confusing to get around; I visited the first and second floor, then I found out that I couldn't reach the 3rd floor from the second floor, but I had to go down again to the first floor to take some stairs. But at in the first floor I found a huge line and a security guard letting people in little by little to the 3rd floor. Since I at that point did not have any more patience, I decided to drop the 3rd floor.



Nevertheless, I was able to get an overview of the stores in side of the centre and honestly I was not very impressed. There are no Inditex shops in the centre nor any H&M - stores I normally would visit. Here are some of the shops you can find: Mango, Blanco, Punt Romà, Miss Sixty, Casas, Trucco, +D Conti, Calzedonia, Swarovski, Base, Desigual, Piquadro, Tous o Calvin Klein - none of which I would go specially to this centre to shop in.


What I did like about the centre was the view from the top. Since it was impossible to get around inside the centre, I climbed an outdoor staircase to the roof. From there you have a beautiful view to Parc Miró and Plaza Espanya. I came at night when all the lights were on and while they were doing the Magic fountains - which meant I had a spectacular view to see the show.
Currently there is only one restaurant open on the roof but it seems like more (including Mussol) will be opening soon. I can imagine that it could be very nice having dinner on the terrace roof top during summers..
On the floor just under the roof, they have opened a Metropolitan fitness centre with a running slope around the building - that must be a funny jogging round to do..

All in all, the building is very impressive as are the views from the top, nevertheless, I am not impressed with the selection of shops in centre.

New shopping centre in bull fighter arena

Today is the official opening of the new shopping centre "Arenas". This shopping centre is quite special as it has been built inside of a former bull fighter arena - this is apparently the first of its kind in the world. It is located in Plaza España, often the first stop in Barcelona when you take the bus from the airport
This construction has been going on for a long time (as far as I remember over six years) but today it is finally oficially opening for and tomorrow at 10:00 it will be opening for the average public.
The shopping centre contains 6 floors and will include many different shops, supermarkets, cinemas, a Rock Museum a its own metro station. Will definitely visit this weekend and report back!


This picture was taken yesterday, it looked like they still had things to finish up...

New Shana store on Psg. de Gracia

I mentioned the other day that to my knowledge the only other Shana store apart from the one on Portal d'Angel was the new store they opened in Maremagnum.
Nevertheless, this weekend I accidental stumbled upon another Shana store on Passeig de Gracia 91. I believe it just opened this Monday (the 28th of March).
I have also read that next to the Shana store, a new Loewe store will be opened soon.


I have also recently found out that Shana is actually a Catalan store (headquarters based outside of Barcelona) from the company Comdipunt who also owns the Friday's project stores (the new Shana store has actually taken over the store where Friday's project were before). Shana is growing rapidly; only in the last nine months they have opened 70 stores (all franchises) and they plan on reaching 100 stores before the end of this year.
Rumours says that they are looking to expand internationally and they are negotiating franchise deals with China, Mexico, Portugal and the Middle East.