spotlight on barcelona | manuela sosa.
Name: Manuela sosa
Age: 35
Star sign: Libra
Hometown: Uruguay
Where do you live now? Barcelona
Describe yourself in 3 words or less: restless and happy florist.
Tell us a little about Gang and the Wool....it is a greenhouse flower shop. We work as a workshop that makes having an availability of our full-time for the assembly of large-scale events and personality. Everything is created and custom designed for each client. We offer workshops, private dinners and other events (see website for more info).
What makes Barcelona so special? the unique quality of light and climate; have the sea and the mountains in one place and enjoy it. Gaudi. The architecture, is lovely to wander in, especially in the historical center of town traditional neighborhoods with narrow, winding streets, overflowing with authentic sights. bars restaurants and cafes with terraces, sounds and smells. also the urban culture, shops, skate, surf.
Favorite place for coffee? Velódromo.
Best place to see live music? Jamboree jazz club.
Best place for a cozy dinner? Bangkok Cafe, very special Thailand dinner
Your favorite flower? Scabiosa blue, roses for garden, Helleborus... very lot lovely flowers ;))
Your favorite time of year in Barcelona? the spring.
Favorite nearby town for a daytrip? Empurdà is a very very special trip, in the winter and summer. A lovely adventure.
What is on your stereo? I love Jack Johnson, The woods, Caetano Veloso, Chicksonspeed, and catalan El Guincho.
Who is inspiring you right now? From Nature certainly, I like nature for its highest perfection into imperfection total. I love the beauty of the imperfect, the things that age, life ....For they are seasonal and hard to grow, the flowers are "precious”.
Words you live by... "Once upon a time there was a boy who loved a girl, and her laughter was a question he wanted to spend his whole life answering." .―. The History of Love, Nicole Krauss
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