Aleksandra Flora, New York email- twitter-flickr-heartTumblr (3.0; @aleksandraflora)http://aleksandraflora.com/Try serving your lover these scrumptious vegan aphrodisiacs to help put both of you in the...http://aleksandraflora.com/post/427110747http://aleksandraflora.com/post/427110747Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:10:00 -0500VeganVegan AphrodisiacsVegans are sexysexAphrodisiacshealthy food<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/x5h-LAvQDCQ&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/x5h-LAvQDCQ&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>I wished I lived in the golden age<br/>Giving it up on the broadway stage<br/>Hang with the rats and smoke cigars<br/>Just have a break with Frank and count the stars</p>http://aleksandraflora.com/post/419508867http://aleksandraflora.com/post/419508867Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:09:00 -0500The Asteroids Galaxy TourThe Golden Age<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kylecaB1Tr1qzqgi9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><ul> <li>There are two kinds of stories, the ones you live and the ones you make up. And nobody knows the difference, and I don’t ever tell which is which. <a>Ernest Hemingway</a> </li> </ul></p>http://aleksandraflora.com/post/419468098http://aleksandraflora.com/post/419468098Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:33:46 -0500Aleksandra Flora in Key West January 2010Earnest HemingwayKey WestI would like to cross paths with more people that share a global consciousness influenced by a...http://aleksandraflora.com/post/391783644http://aleksandraflora.com/post/391783644Mon, 15 Feb 2010 20:12:00 -0500sustainable livinggreen politicslocal economiesanimal rightsraw foodsspiritualitypersonal growth<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxpp5wWw501qzqgi9o1_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxpp5wWw501qzqgi9o3_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxpp5wWw501qzqgi9o4_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><p class="MsoNormal">Today was the first day of the Fall/Winter 2010 Fashion Week and last season in Bryant Park. Next year, the fashionistas are moving to Lincoln Center conveniently located a few blocks away from Equinox Columbus Circle, or better known as my second home.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">At 2PM today I rushed downtown to see models walk the runway, dressed in fairy-tale designs from the whimsical mind of Toni Maticevski.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Maticevski is a Melbourne based fashion designer with the Yugoslavian roots. <b>Toni Matičevski</b> (Macedonian: Тони Матичевски) family is from Macedonia.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">I really liked the music selection for the show! It was enchanting. What a great way to spend a Thursday afternoon. And the night before, during the snowstorm I was with my lovely friend listening to New York Philharmonic perform live Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony & Sinfonia concertante for Winds.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">New York City is such a special place to live. No matter how unbelievably difficult my life gets, I always find comfort in this city. NYC will you be my Valentine?</p> <p class="MsoNormal">xoxo</p> <!--EndFragment--></p>http://aleksandraflora.com/post/384961713http://aleksandraflora.com/post/384961713Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:44:00 -0500Fall/Winter 2010 Fashion WeekToni Maticevski<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pq8ImBShBtA&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pq8ImBShBtA&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Dancing + Kenyon Phillips/Unisex Salon = Fun</p>http://aleksandraflora.com/post/366290000http://aleksandraflora.com/post/366290000Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:01:27 -0500Clay Patrick McBrideKenyon PhillipsUnisex Salon<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eMF5A2oMDeE&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eMF5A2oMDeE&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/>http://aleksandraflora.com/post/357338023http://aleksandraflora.com/post/357338023Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:42:26 -0500The Soft PackExtinction<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwrzejAXHj1qzqgi9o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Today was great. I love what I do!!!</p>http://aleksandraflora.com/post/351548058http://aleksandraflora.com/post/351548058Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:47:00 -0500Aleksandra Flora Personal TrainerAleksandra Flora CoachCoach FloraCoach Frank DolanFrank DolanEquinoxFitnessDynamic Warm UpsCSCS<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://aleksandraflora.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/309839046/tumblr_kvixu8OkJ71qzqgi9&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p>I heart Hockey!</p> <p><b>HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! 2010 here I come…</b></p>http://aleksandraflora.com/post/309839046http://aleksandraflora.com/post/309839046Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:01:00 -0500HockeyI love HockeyNew Years Eve 2009 New York CityNYE '092010Dance<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktvtsuwe9S1qzqgi9o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktvtsuwe9S1qzqgi9o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktvtsuwe9S1qzqgi9o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktvtsuwe9S1qzqgi9o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktvtsuwe9S1qzqgi9o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktvtsuwe9S1qzqgi9o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktvtsuwe9S1qzqgi9o7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Blast from the past.</p> <p>This is a collection of photos my talented friend <a title="Tanveer Badal" target="_blank" href="http://scifilullabies.tumblr.com/">Tanveer Badal </a>took of me while I was on the shoot for ELLE magazine.</p> <p>This took place in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (pre-the Edge)</p>http://aleksandraflora.com/post/262276373http://aleksandraflora.com/post/262276373Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:55:00 -0500Tanveer BadalAleksandra Flora photographerBrooklynNew York<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krhg7aXCjp1qzqgi9o2_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krhg7aXCjp1qzqgi9o3_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><p>My grandmother, Raquel Flora (left) and a mystery woman in Versecz, during Austro-Hungarian Empire.</p> <p>Photo by: Weiser A</p>http://aleksandraflora.com/post/212484087http://aleksandraflora.com/post/212484087Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:28:00 -0400Aleksandra FloraWeiser AGoran MalicRakila CosicVrsacVerseczRakila FloraCountess Aleksandra FloraJewishJewish photographer<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_koqtnllJT61qzqgi9o1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_koqtnllJT61qzqgi9o2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p>Recently, I learned some interesting facts about my background. I remember hearing these stories as a child, but I always thought they were fiction. </p> <p>In order to understand where my family came from, I started doing some research. </p> <p>First search I did was Vrsac 1894 (date I believe my grandmother was born) and this is what came up. </p> <p>When she was born, the town was part of Austrian-Hungarian Kingdom and it was called Versecz. </p>http://aleksandraflora.com/post/168386412http://aleksandraflora.com/post/168386412Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:16:32 -0400VrsacAleksandra FloraVersecz<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/01du2W6VJis&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/01du2W6VJis&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>The art of movement. The art of total adrenaline rush!</p> <p>“The physical aspect of parkour is getting over all the obstacles in your path as you would in an emergency. You want to move in such a way, with any movement, as to help you gain the most ground on someone or something, whether escaping from it or chasing toward it…” Sounds a lot like my days living in New York City :)</p>http://aleksandraflora.com/post/161085697http://aleksandraflora.com/post/161085697Wed, 12 Aug 2009 02:00:22 -0400David BelleDistrict B13Parkour<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://aleksandraflora.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/161080473/9b4Sjd8BUr16tzvpwUiXM69Z&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p>Song of the day: Da. Octopusss- Banlieue 13</p>http://aleksandraflora.com/post/161080473http://aleksandraflora.com/post/161080473Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:51:06 -0400Da. Octopusss Banlieue 13District B13<embed src="http://www.bigcitypix.com/mediaplayer-viral/player-viral.swf" height="250" width="250" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bigcitypix.com%2Fimage%2Fsumer-rayne-oakes-treehugger-green-gift-guide-logo-red-bows-presents-digital-illustration-animationg-tv-ad-commercial-broadcast-discovery-channel-planet-green-image.jpg&frontcolor=ffffff&linktarget=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bigcitypix.com&lightcolor=6BACC9&controlbar=over&file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bigcitypix.com%2Fvideo%2F1248GiftGuidePromo30FinalPixMixHD1920.flv&plugins=viral-1d"></embed><br/><br/><p>Here I was a stylist for Summer Rayne Oaks’ Planet Green commercial spot on Discovery Channel. The beautiful red dress she is wearing is from designer<a target="_blank" href="http://www.ginamichele.com/"> Gina Michele Eco-Collection.<br/></a></p>http://aleksandraflora.com/post/159623626http://aleksandraflora.com/post/159623626Mon, 10 Aug 2009 02:16:00 -0400Planet Greendiscovery channelAleksandra FloraAleksandra Flora stylistAleksandra Flora eco-stylistGina Michele<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://aleksandraflora.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/148154302/9b4Sjd8BUqa9uitgUtld6o5S&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p>Song of the day: Set Adrift on Memory Bliss by P.M. Dawn</p> <p>Very happy it’s Friday! It’s been a very long, busy week.</p>http://aleksandraflora.com/post/148154302http://aleksandraflora.com/post/148154302Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:45:43 -0400P.M. Dawnhttp://bonton.sweetdarkness.net/music/summermix/PM%20Dawn%20-%20Set%20Adrift%20On%20Memory%20Bliss.mp3<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/olHnyslc-OM&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/olHnyslc-OM&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>The first concert I ever went to was The Prodigy! It was in the winter of 1995 in Belgrade.</p> <p>Ironically, I got into the show, and to the first row via breaking and entering. They started the set with the song “Break and Enter” a few minutes after midnight.</p> <p>10,000 people’s lives were never the same after this show.</p> <p>Shortly after, Yugoslavia died and I was forced to move on and grow up. But, oh the memories, they inspire me to recreate excitement and preserve my childish enthusiasm.</p> <p>It’s 2:46 AM and I just spent an hour dancing, alone in my kitchen, and it felt great!</p>http://aleksandraflora.com/post/144546112http://aleksandraflora.com/post/144546112Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:37:00 -0400The ProdigyOmenThe Prodigy in Belgrade 1994<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://aleksandraflora.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/140872716/9b4Sjd8BUpuz51pjtfm5f0z3&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p>Song of the day: Heartbeats~The Knife</p>http://aleksandraflora.com/post/140872716http://aleksandraflora.com/post/140872716Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:49:00 -0400heartbeatsthe knife<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://aleksandraflora.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/139639286/9b4Sjd8BUprxzv8dotY9tp8j&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p>Song of the Day: Dreamsucker ~ Grooms</p>http://aleksandraflora.com/post/139639286http://aleksandraflora.com/post/139639286Sat, 11 Jul 2009 09:54:00 -0400dreamsuckerGroomsJim SykesToday, I discovered my new love: THAI KICKBOXING!!! The instructor, Omar , was awesome! World Champ....http://aleksandraflora.com/post/138766962http://aleksandraflora.com/post/138766962Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:39:00 -0400Aleksandra FloraAleksandra Flora Thai KickboxingSitan Thai Kickboxing