Lunette & Bouchon

Meet our two newest family members!

2011-11-08T21:09:00.002+01:00

Lunette & Bouchon bought a house!

2011-07-27T13:05:00.003+02:00

Yes we bought a house! It's in the countryside of Barcelona. Here is a picture...

Rocco, 6 months, and Crapo

2011-02-21T12:13:00.002+01:00

Montserrat

2011-01-13T12:50:00.003+01:00

I just realized I never posted photos of Montserrat in here, even though it's incredibly beautiful. So here are a few pics taken by my friend Juliette on her last visit to Barcelona. If you've never been there yet, you should. I'm so lucky I see Montserrat every day on my way to work!

2 Years Anniversary!

2011-01-09T18:08:00.000+01:00

Your favorite blog Lunette and Bouchon is already 2 years old today! Yey!! Do you remember how it all started? Check out my first post!! lol!Now just for fun, here is a short report on the visits we got in the last two years:For comparison, I get 3.000 visits per month on Science for All... But it's nice to see there are visitors from so many countries! 85 in total!

Catedral de la Seu Vella de Lleida

2011-01-08T12:22:00.003+01:00

Although the weather was not ideal for sightseeing, we celebrated the Epiphany in Castellnou de Seana and enjoyed a nice visit with Bouchon's family to the Seu Vella Cathedral, the oldest cathedral in Lleida.Here are a few pics taken by Joan's dad:

2011 New Year’s Resolutions

2011-01-06T11:04:00.000+01:00

Before I show my list, I would like to say happy new year 2011 to all of you and thank you so much for reading my blog!Go swimming twice a week.Stop drinking coffee.Stabilize my weight to 50kg.Write a new book.Visit 3 new countries.Learn Italian.Read 12 books.Double my income.Buy a house.Reach 300 posts on Science for All.What about you?? Did you make a list?

How to Write a Scientific Research Paper

2011-01-05T11:45:00.005+01:00

My book How to Write and Publish a Scientific Research Paper is now published and available at Lulu as a paperback or straight download version! Check it out here and here!Let me know if you want to buy it and I'll get a discount for you ;)

Les banderes GeoCoin

2010-12-31T13:32:00.006+01:00

We found this nice geocoin last week in Vallbona d’Anoia, while doing a geocaching game. It took us a while to get there, but the views were amazing and it was worth it. We thought to leave it in France but there was so much snow that it was impossible. Here are a few pics from the site:

Crapo, Sookie, Kira and Rocco

2010-12-30T13:22:00.000+01:00

Cardona and the Mountain of Salt

2010-12-20T21:33:00.005+01:00

Last week I went to Cardona, a town about 90 km from Barcelona, for the 31st Annual Meeting of the Neuroprotection Group. I took the opportunity to visit a huge natural mountain of salt, and it was really amazing. Here are some pictures from there:

Orange Tree

2010-12-12T19:51:00.003+01:00

They will soon be ready to eat. It's pretty much the only thing left in our garden, a part from some peppers surviving the first signs of winter. It feels weird preparing the christmas tree with 25ºC out there!

All Grown Up

2010-12-12T19:46:00.003+01:00

Cats & Dog

2010-09-19T21:40:00.005+02:00

Some Pics from Krakow

2010-09-19T21:23:00.006+02:00

Back to School

2010-09-08T16:54:00.008+02:00

The summer has been short this year with some many projects going on! I just got back from a work meeting in Krakow, where I spent my birthday enjoying relatively cheap shopping, room service and other delights. It was such a nice city, too bad the weather wasn't great. I'm happy also that I got to visit a new country, I can now pin it on my world map...In case you didn't notice yet, I have also

Translate my CV

2010-08-19T17:18:00.006+02:00

Joan just finished coding a new project for Koonec!!!On translate my CV, you can send us your CV and we'll translate it for you in French and/or Spanish. It's as easy as it sounds. So what are you waiting for, send us your CVs :-)))

My 1st Book is Out for Sale!

2010-07-18T00:05:00.004+02:00

You all probably know about it by now, my 1st book is out and is ready for you to download. So come visit Science for All and make sure to contact me if you want a preview ;)

Our First Organic Salad

2010-07-15T23:15:00.003+02:00

Today we ate our first salad entirely made with vegetables from the garden: tomatoes, green peppers, onions and basil!!

Gardening Vegetables

2010-07-12T20:18:00.003+02:00

The cats are not the only things that have been growing a lot around here. Check out how our garden changed in the last 2 months!!

Two Months Already!

2010-07-12T01:04:00.005+02:00

Sookie and Kira are already 2 months old! We gave them their last vaccine last week and now they are ready to go visit around the house on their own, although they seem to stick around for now. Here are a few pics of them all grown up:

Worst Airline Ever: Ryanair

2010-06-16T12:59:00.007+02:00

If you are looking to have the worst traveling experience of your life, then try flying with Ryanair. I have to say I used Ryanair many times over the past, because I always thought that the price was so cheap that it was worth it. I don't remember having such bad experiences before with them anyway, but my last 5 flights were nightmares.First, I don't know where their flight attendants learn

Meet Sookie and Kira!

2010-05-25T23:27:00.005+02:00

They are the two last additions to our family. We found them in the garden a day of heavy rain and they are approx. 6 weeks old. They couldn't even eat or pee on their own when we found them two weeks ago! But they have been growing very fast and now they already look like grown up cats, jumping and running around all the time. They get along amazingly well with Crapo who pretty much adopted them

Our new house

2010-05-23T18:00:00.006+02:00

Finally, after a couple of crazy months, here are the first pictures of the house we are renting now, about 50 kms from Barcelona. It's located right in the middle of the Penedès, a wine making region, and very close to Montserrat, a beautiful and holy mountain.Needless to say that the landscape around here is amazing...

Hi :-)

2010-02-18T00:43:00.005+01:00

Hi everybody! I've been very lazy lately and didn't write anything, but I think it has to be contagious, because most of my favorite bloggers are missing too!Anyway I've been trying to finish some articles, and I'm proud to announce that 5 of my articles have been accepted this month! But now the hardest part is still pending because I'm trying to finish the manuscript of the very last article

2 Interesting Posters

2010-02-06T01:48:00.002+01:00

I found them at the Chemistry Department of Barcelona University ...

Our New Office

2010-01-25T01:39:00.002+01:00

This weekend, we changed a bit the configuration of your apartment, because we realized that we used the office about 10 times more as the living room, and thus moved the TV and sofa to our office, while we created an awesome new huge office in the living room, where we'll have more light and space! This is also great for you guys who come visit, because the "TV and Sofa Room" is now also our

1st Artistic DNA Competition

2010-01-22T23:35:00.005+01:00

Today I saw those amazing sculptures at the Center for Genomic Research. The competition attracted more than 180 students, who sent out 52 creations!

Cri Cri d'Amour

2010-01-22T00:07:00.005+01:00

OK this post is exclusively for French readers. I found this nice blog by accident today and especially this post about Hélène et les Garçons, or more exactly a book about the TV series. OK the post is from 2008 and Hélène et les Garçons is ... well from 1992, but that made me think: whatever happened to Cri Cri?! It says on imdb that he played in Sous le Soleil (really? I missed it!) and he

Cool Electronic Guitar!

2010-01-21T21:51:00.002+01:00

Some News...

2010-01-20T23:24:00.006+01:00

I haven't been writing a lot lately because I have been really busy translating days and nights for Koonec, while listening to Lady Gaga over and over on Music Tonic. I love the song Bad Romance!!On another hand, I've been working some more on Kookette, with my new goal of preparing 50 chocolate desserts (any excuse is good against procrastination...), and created a Facebook page, a Qapacity page

Mano Solo is Dead.

2010-01-11T13:58:00.002+01:00

Sad day today as I learnt the death of the genius Mano Solo. He was only 46...

Kookette Makeover

2010-01-11T11:08:00.005+01:00

I have been working on improving the pictures on my cooking blog Kookette, now that I have a great new camera! (I hope you noticed!!!) Take a look at them and let me know what you like/don't like... On another hand, I also took the opportunity to redesign a bit the website by changing the backgrounds and font sizes, with the precious help of Bouchon. I'm still working on the header at the moment

The Best Cup of Coffee You Could Ever Have?

2010-01-10T14:55:00.001+01:00

How to Brew a Good Cup of Coffee from Ben Helfen on Vimeo.

Swimsuits for Dogs

2010-01-10T14:46:00.000+01:00

haha I should get one of those for Crapo!

My Awesome Breadmaker

2010-01-07T23:57:00.004+01:00

My mom gave it to me for Christmas. Actually it wasn't a present, she had there for almost 2 years and never used it and figured I might as well take it with me.What a great idea! I use it every other day and make nut bread, honey bread, brioche, etc... It's nice to smell freshly baked bread at home, even more if the machine does everything by itself!!

Back to Work

2010-01-07T11:38:00.010+01:00

After 10 days in France, a few days in Cambrils and a few days in Tàrrega, we are finally back home and back to work!The holiday were too short, we didn't have time to see everybody. I would have really liked to spend more time with my family and with my friends in Longwy, Johan and Couscous. I didn't have time to go visit Claire and Juliette in Paris, and no news from Anne-Cécile. At least, we

My Official Website!

2009-12-30T17:25:00.004+01:00

I just released my website at sophiedomingues.com.Thank you Bouchon for your help with that!!

2009 in Music!

2009-12-28T19:43:00.000+01:00

Holidays Souvenirs

2009-12-27T17:36:00.007+01:00

The magnificient Luxair airplane:Crapo in his tiny jail cell:Some pics from Strasbourg:Delicious Specialities!On the road to Gerardmer:Christmas Handmade Delices (thx mom and sis!):

Deep in S***

2009-12-15T19:59:00.001+01:00

The World's Smallest Snowman is 10 µm!

2009-12-14T18:24:00.001+01:00

1/5 the size of a human hair!

Library Overdue

2009-12-14T15:46:00.002+01:00

It took Frank Lancellotti 54 years to return a Spanish/English Dictionary to the Jersey City Public Library! Luckily for him the $1,750 fine he should have got has been waived... Check out the story here.

Movie Recommendation: Zombieland

2009-12-13T09:00:00.002+01:00

This movie is actually quite funny. But really you have to see it for 3 reasons:- the brief appearance of Bill Murray, priceless as always- the actress, Amber Heard is hot- the main actor is Woody Harrelson !!!!!<333333!!!!

Fav Song of the Day

2009-12-12T13:28:00.000+01:00

iPhone Dummy Prank

2009-12-10T09:00:00.002+01:00

lol

Dexter's New Poster

2009-12-09T20:53:00.001+01:00

I love it!Also, yesterday's espisode was insanely great!! Anyone watched it?!

Movie Recommendation: Looking for Eric

2009-12-09T17:30:00.003+01:00

Yesterday we went out with Bouchon to see Avatar (after calling all theaters in BCN to check where they would play it in 3D), only to realize at the counter that it comes out on December 18th. Well luckily for us, we decided to go see another movie, "Looking for Eric", which we barely heard about and we had a very pleasant surprise.I really enjoyed this movie. It was different from what I usually

Mas Pinell

2009-12-08T14:23:00.005+01:00

This weekend, we went to Mas Pinell and visited a bit the area, l'Estartit, Torroella de Montgrí and the Far of San Sebastià. The Costa Brava is really beautiful. Most places we went to were desert, so we coud enjoy some nice walks on the beach, coves and ports with Bouchon, his family and Crapo. It's nice to spend the weekend away from the city...

Awesome Food & Life Blog

2009-12-07T09:00:00.002+01:00

It's called La Tartine Gourmande - tartine means "slice of bread and butter" and gourmande has no translation in English, but it usually refers to people who really enjoy eating.Here is a pic of a tartine from that blog:The site is written by a French girl, Béa, and it's really nice, with really awesome pictures, stories and recipes. You should take a look! For exemple, check out this post

Glamourous Kitty Wigs

2009-12-06T09:00:00.002+01:00

Crapo's New Suit

2009-12-05T14:48:00.002+01:00

We got Crapo a winter coat because it's probably going to snow in Longwy over Christmas and we thought he might be freezing, especially in the plane on the way there!!

Christmas Lights in Barcelona

2009-12-05T00:11:00.002+01:00

Another Sophie

2009-12-04T17:22:00.003+01:00

This Sophie has much more artistic talent than me. Maybe I'm her scientific soul/twin or something weird!Check out her pics on Flickr... I especially like this one:

Do You Want to Have an Affair?

2009-12-04T00:50:00.003+01:00

This is kind of crazy. I didn't sign up, but it sure questions all privacy doubts I have with internet social applications! I'm talking about a website where you can find a partner if you want to have an affair! Isn't it insane?I like the tagline: LIFE IS SHORT, HAVE AN AFFAIR.

4º Lluna Vivent

2009-12-02T00:07:00.004+01:00

My friend Hélène sent me this program today for a nice event going on downtown tonight in Barcelona. I won't be able to make it, because with Bouchon we're going to the InterNations Christmas Party Barcelona @ GranFoc. But if you are around, you should definitely check it out. It looks great!

Movie Recommendation: Inglourious Basterds

2009-12-01T16:05:00.003+01:00

I have to say, I didn't think I would like it, but I decided to give it a shot, and I really enjoyed it! It was a bit violent (what would you expect from Tarantino anyway), and very entertaining. I especially liked the characters. They are all amazing. The nazi ones played by Chritoph Waltz, Daniel Brühl and August Diehl really freaked me out, Brad Pitt was great as usual and Mélanie Laurent was

SpongeBob Revisited by Karl Lagerfeld

2009-11-30T15:42:00.002+01:00

Happy Thanksgiving!

2009-11-26T23:55:00.002+01:00

Man Marries his Nintendo DS Girlfriend

2009-11-26T17:59:00.001+01:00

????

Brain Cells Connect Through Radio Waves!

2009-11-25T15:46:00.006+01:00

An interesting article just came out in Nature, on the “Frequency of gamma oscillations routes flow of information in the hippocampus”.It explains how the brain works like a radio and how the brain uses different frequencies of waves to send different kinds of information, which explains why some people “connect” better than others, and why some people are more able to block out some distractions

The Annual Olympus BioScapes Contest!

2009-11-24T14:52:00.009+01:00

This is a post for the biology nerds/freaks out there about the Olympus BioScapes International Digital Imaging Competition! I know some of you might want to participate ;) (you have until Sept 30th, 2010). You can check out the 2009 winners here. The pictures are really amazing.I especially liked these ones:Ma. Ivy Clemente, Pulilan, PhilippinesSpecimen: Glandular structures from Fibroadenoma

4th Sewing Class

2009-11-22T19:10:00.005+01:00

Yesterday, at my 4th sewing class, I made this "toilet bag" or "sponge bag":It was quite difficult to work with this tissue I bought because it is really thick and I had a hard time sewing it (I managed to break the needle of the sewing machine). It was also a bit hard to sew because there was no way to mark the tissue, so I had to go a bit blindly, but well, I finished it and even though it's

Crapo's New Haircut

2009-11-20T00:23:00.003+01:00

I don't know if you can notice, I guess not, but I cut Crapo's hair. Actually it's a disaster but hell, I saved 40€ and I saved him a lot of pain at the salon!!

My 5 Favorite TV Series of the Moment

2009-11-18T20:21:00.006+01:00

I've been trying to fill the void in my soul after the end of Six Feet Under. Well I must say I didn't find any series that I felt so strong about yet, but here are a few I watch regularly anyway:1. Grey's Anatomy. It makes me laugh and cry each single time. I really like it. I wish Grey and Karev would marry, but I guess that won't happen any time soon... Some characters are really annoying (

SEN 2009

2009-11-18T11:20:00.005+01:00

Today and until Saturday is the Annual Meeting of Spanish Neurologists (Sociedad Española de Neurologia). I'll give two talks, if you want to come check it out. It's gonna take place at the ugly "Palau de Congressos de Catalunya". If not, I'll be back next week or something...

My Lab...

2009-11-17T16:36:00.001+01:00

The Biggest Cauliflower in the world?

2009-11-16T20:34:00.005+01:00

I dunno, but that one was pretty damn huge! I placed the cup for comparison...

Interesting Photography

2009-11-14T14:14:00.001+01:00

By David Sykes

Fail Cake

2009-11-12T13:05:00.001+01:00

Yesterday I tried to make a Spinach Cake to publish on Kookette, but I forgot to put the dough! Bouchon said it looked more like a green pudding. I'll spare you the photo : P

Koonec

2009-11-11T12:50:00.004+01:00

With Bouchon, we have been working really hard on Koonec lately. As you all probably know by now, Koonec is our Translations and Web Development company. For the moment, we are mainly translating websites, but I have to say that we got many different kind of jobs!In the last few weeks, we have been working on the redesign of our website and also on the logo (you will see it soon)! We also created

Street Fashion

2009-11-11T12:35:00.002+01:00

Check out this webpage created by Tatel, a friend of us here in Barcelona, about street fashion and trends. I really like it!

Nice Panoramas of Barcelona

2009-11-10T15:53:00.003+01:00

Check out these amazing panoramas by Nicolas Roig.

2,000 Visits

2009-11-09T17:20:00.002+01:00

We reached 2,000 visits on Lunette & Bouchon! Thank you for following us !!! : )

Nice Recipes Site with Great Pictures

2009-11-09T14:32:00.003+01:00

http://www.tastespotting.com/

Magic Mouse

2009-11-09T10:57:00.004+01:00

I want to get the new Apple Magic Mouse, but I heard it's crap. Anyone tried it?!

Your Breath Stinks?

2009-11-08T21:01:00.002+01:00

Bread Shoes

2009-11-06T16:46:00.002+01:00

Finally something to satiate my passion of food and shoes: Bread Shoes! You can find them on this really cool website.

le cool magazine

2009-11-05T16:03:00.000+01:00

I recently discovered le cool magazine, "a free weekly cultural agenda and alternative city guide".It's really awesome. Actually it's more like a newsletter, that you get every week by email, with all the cool stuff going on in your city (if you live in Barcelona, Madrid, Lisboa, London, Istanbul, Dublin, Moscow or Budapest -sorry you guys in Paris!!!!).Go sign up!

Louboutin Dresses Barbie

2009-11-05T11:00:00.001+01:00

I found these great shoes by accident today. Don't you love them?!Louboutin Dresses BarbieBTW, for those of you who are in Barcelona, don't forget that on Saturday 14th, Jimmy Choo's collection for H&M is coming out! I can't wait!!

Interesting message...

2009-11-04T23:27:00.001+01:00

¡I found on a vehicle for my President!PS: I think you won't need me to translate it!

3rd sewing class

2009-10-31T22:53:00.003+01:00

Today I made this cute little coin purse at my third sewing class!BTW, if you want to know more about the classes, check out the blog of Crisàlida Confeccions.

Chocolate Crapo

2009-10-22T00:30:00.002+02:00

I gave a Chocolate Danette to Crapo and well... look at the result!

Shopping!

2009-10-21T19:29:00.003+02:00

Lunette got herself some new boots from Wonders !!

Learn Catalan Online !

2009-10-19T10:33:00.003+02:00

You guys know that I have been studying Catalan in the "Consorci per la Normalització Lingüística" of Barcelona. However, it was often really hard to find a center close to home, where they give the right level at a time that suits my schedule.Well now all my problems are solved! I discovered in September a page from the same organization, where you can take the courses online. There are two

Another large weekend...

2009-10-13T15:32:00.002+02:00

I took this Friday off again to enjoy a 4-days weekend. This time we went to Cambrils to visit my parents who are there on holidays in their vacation house (by house I mean apartment...). Cambrils is a a really lovely fishermen's village in the golden coast of Spain. The thing is, it became really popular in the last years, and the touristic venue in summer is increasingly annoying.Anyway, it was

A long weekend...

2009-09-28T00:39:00.006+02:00

This weekend was a bit special since it was "La Mercè", one of the most important holidays of Barcelona (la Madonna de la Mercè is the patron saint of Barcelona). Apart from the hundreds of concerts taking place all over the city, we saw "castells", or human towers, in the Jaume I square, and people dancing "sardanas", or typical Catalan dances, behind the cathedral. We also walked with Crapo

Crapo sleeping in the curtains

2009-09-28T00:25:00.001+02:00

Lab Bench

2009-09-24T19:59:00.001+02:00

This is just a picture I took at work in my laboratory of a bench. I like it, it's full of colors...

SENC 2009

2009-09-24T14:50:00.004+02:00

Last week I went to the XIII congress of the Spanish Society of Neurosciences in Tarragona. I'm not gonna talk about the congress itself, which was great by the way, but about the building where it took place, the "Palau Firal de Tarragona".It's strange, because the building didn't look like anything from the outside, as you can see on these pictures:However, it looks really amazing from the

Crapo's first bath!

2009-09-22T16:22:00.004+02:00

Crapo had his first bath yesterday and now he is really white like snow! He is so tiny when wet!!!!

New family member!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2009-09-14T11:05:00.003+02:00

Let me introduce you our new little baby, his name is Crapo !!

National Day of Catalonia

2009-09-11T14:52:00.003+02:00

Today September 11th, is the National Day here in Catalonia, also called "La Diada". It is a special day, since it commemorates the 1714 Catalonian defeat during the war of the Spanish Succession.Isn't it odd to celebrate the day you have lost war? Well if you think about it, it's a great idea. It's the perfect day to re-affirm your identity, to remember the suffering of the defenders of

Dear Deer

2009-09-02T13:53:00.001+02:00

That's a funny video :)

Coraline

2009-08-24T19:31:00.004+02:00

Yesterday, we watched Coraline with Bouchon. I don't remember how I heard about this movie, probably because one of the voices is Teri Hatcher, or maybe because I was recently looking at movies with Dakota Fanning.Anyways, it was very good. I really loved the graphics and animations (very much inspired by Tim Burton?! well it is from the same director as the Nightmare before Christmas) and we

Georges Brassens in Catalan?!

2009-08-23T14:57:00.002+02:00

Last weekend, we went to Tàrrega, a small Catalan city of about 15,000 inhabitants, to visit Bouchon's father.At night, we went to the center to listen to an amateur group who was playing songs from french artist Georges Brassens, but translated to Catalan. I was really surprised because Brassens died in 1981 and I thought that his memory was slowly dying. Well I was wrong it seems, thanks to a

Furnished!

2009-08-14T11:29:00.003+02:00

We finally finished to furnish the flat. Among other things, we bought a sofa bed and curtains. It looks amazing now :D

Vintage Ad Campaign

2009-07-22T11:42:00.003+02:00

Tasteful isn't it?!

Beauty and the Beast

2009-07-20T11:42:00.003+02:00

Saturday we went to see the musical Bella y la Bestia. It was AMAZING!!I never went to a musical before, and it was really great. I have to say, I've loved the movie and the music for years, so it was a safe bet, but I didn't think they could transfer the magic of the movie to a theater scene, and I was wrong.I was a bit sad when it was over that I had to go back to real life and leave the

2nd sewing class

2009-07-18T16:43:00.002+02:00

Hi everybody!Sorry for not writing anymore. I have been a bit busy lately and a lot lazy!! Coming back here, I noticed that some of the videos I posted are not available anymore (Britney and Home), so I'll try to fix this.So while I was here but not writing on my blog, I still put a few recipes on Kookette (check out soon for my awesome chocolate cake recipe :P) and I also kept going to my sewing