THE POSITANO DIARIES - EP 23 An Amalfi Coast Photoshoot and a Dreamy Garden Lunch

I was lucky enough to get booked (as Makeup Artist) for a 2 day photoshoot for an Italian brand. Come to work with me and see what it's like to be on set!
Also, Carlo finishes the gate, we have some sad news and I create a lovely vegetarian lunch with all the garden produce.
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Music from Epidemic Sound and Lucy Kiely (spotify/bandcamp)
Tablecloth from Casa e Bottega Positano
Ceramic bowls from Ceramic Assunta Positano
Yellow dress from Marks and Spencers (last year)
Villa in Positano: Villa Giusy
Villa in Praiano: Casa Privata
Villa in Sorrento: Relais Regina Giovanna
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[@kyleonthedial]

Help! I need a 12 step program to deal with my addiction to your channel! I just discovered it on Christmas and haven't stopped!!!! Literally! I don't know what I will do when I have seen them all?! I am just going to have to move there and live the life myself. Nicki you should be a film director you are so talented! Sending lots of love to you, Carlo and Holly

[@marydenison4038]

Exactlly!! Me too,from Nashville Tn. I am binge watching all of them.

[@ingridbauer8526]

Your journals and entries are inspiring. Stuck in red hot zone, Toronto. Your journals remind of when I was 25 and spent a summer living as an Au pair in Annecy, inches away from. Italy and Switzerland. Your posts make me homesick for the European laid back lifestyle, despite this crazy Pandemic.

[@monisclair]

me too! I only just discovered this channel on Friday and I have been watching them all weekend.

[@cristinamagurean]

same here!!! Lolll

[@wendywalsh-pardey9439]

So sorry your chooky passed on to the green fields. Hope the rest are safe. Love ,love love the new gate. Gee Carlo is clever, I bet he feels his achievement. Bless.

[@sandyacombs]

Nicki, what a beautiful lunch, Carlo is a lucky man.

[@watcher223]

So many “secret beaches” along this coast! My knees hurt in sympathy for climbing all the steps. I grew up in a steel-making town- love the workmanship on the new gate!

[@me75702]

Well done Carlo on the gate and Nicki your lunch looks divine

[@_PGBUZZ]

Really interesting to see you at work Nicki, what a lovely place. Also the gate is beautiful, amazing job Carlo! The garden lunch made made my mouth water. A sad farewell to little chicken, I hope its a comfort to know she had a lovely, happy life with you, even if it was too short. It's Uk Father's Day today, So Happy Father's Day to all the Dad's out there!

[@gigistbarth4499]

Another divine video from the Princess of Positano! The new gate is spectacular, Carlo, and the different settings for the ad were stunning! It is such an intimate look at places we would never get to see, thanks to your generosity of filming. We stay at Le Sirenuse and know that stairway up the back way well ("the shortcut up..lol!), as well as the little steps up to the filming site! Your cooking is so inspiring with so many dishes..I do not know how you can cook so much and still work. Perhaps it is time for a Nicki cookbook for those of us who would love to follow what you do? What a fun Mother/Daughter project, since you have much of it on film and someone could write it all down? I think you would have many purchasers! We thank you again especially this year when we can not get there for all of your videos as they do make us cry a little but you have again given the gift of yourself and your family, which is the best gift of all.

[@NickiPositano]

Do you mean another cookbook? Elisabeth and I made one during lockdown with all of our lockdown recipes in it. Info is under the video or at the very end of the video

[@starlighthillfarmhouse]

Nicki a beautiful looking lunch and please tell us what does Carlo NOT know how to do!!! Every time I watch a new video I finding Im even more impressed than the previous. Good gracious!!!

[@ruthberg5436]

Italy is so beautiful--such a nice break to watch these videos.

[@sheilamay5607]

💗Love your lifestyle. Growing your own food in your backyard, living in one of the most gorgeous places in the world and wearing slippers in the chicken coop! You’re a fancy and classy lady. Sorry about chickie. Carlo’s workmanship on the gate is fantastic. Now, I want one too for my garden. Your lunch spread for the gang is making me hungry. Think I’ll make the courgette chickpea and mint salad first. Skye and her boyfriend sure do make one cute couple...you guys are too. ♥️your vlogs and your channel♥️🇨🇦

[@cynthiamckenzie1034]

The bitter inside of the apricots is a good for people fighting cancer.❤️

[@maryaflleje9830]

Wow Carli does amazing ironwork and very skilled in everything 👍 I find myself commenting in alot of your videos💜 truly enjoy them💐

[@sherreepeterson3496]

Everything thing in this video is beautiful you, the scenery, your gate, the animals, your family, your garden and your food! Poor chicken. Thank you for showing me the lovely places I would have never had seen.

[@sandrad2129]

🦋🙏🏼beautiful table filled with delicious food. The gate project turned out perfect and I send gratitude for you sharing the abundance with all of us 💜☮️🙏🏼

[@cosudu3002]

Oh how I love that yellow, floral dress!! I really like your style, Nicki. ❤

[@sandicarpenter2658]

Nicki that lunch looked superb and done so (seemingly) effortlessly...as CARLO!!! your gate is magnificent!!! What a clever man. Sandi x Oct 2022

[@mf5531]

you have a great job and loved the photo shoot . your new gate is beautiful. carlo is truly a talented blacksmith. the figs and your lunch spread looks delicious and healthy! thank you for another real good video. rip chickie

[@beboplady1542]

Carlo is a real artesian. The gate looks beautiful and elegant!

[@NickiPositano]

Hi, I'm Carlo, Thank you!

[@victoriaromero3587]

On the other video I love it when you and Carlo got affectionate. When he heated the lasagna at his work and you reached over to get those delicious Nutella cookies , he hugged you thinking you wanted to keep him warm.... LOVED THAT SCENE, PRICELESS!❤️

[@NickiPositano]

Oops! I messed that one up 😂

[@Davinci3211]

Beautiful video. The area you live is stunning - nature in abundance. The gate Carlo made is a work of art.

[@NickiPositano]

It really is!

[@hivolco151]

I really enjoyed the amazing views from the photoshoot... stairs for miles! The lunch was great and now I want to try a few of your recipes... THANK YOU !!!!

[@susanm784]

Big pat on the back for Carlo. The gate is beautiful. Lunch looked fab too.

[@janejchu]

I started watching your more recent videos and you have 3 chickens. Then I saw an older one and noticed you had 4 chickens. I had to keep watching your videos in sequence hoping to find out what happened to the chicken. lol! Things I've obsessed over during this pandemic! Thanks for entertaining me:) Your videos are great! Love watching your life:)

[@Nilesedge]

Me too, I was watching them all out of order and wondering why you had 3 chickens! Poor chicken ❤️

[@lilaclilly198]

Hello Nicki and Carlos. Thank you both for your breath taking insight on beautiful,beautiful Positano. I came a cross your vlogs during lockdown here in London . I have never traveled to Italy, but have always been curious about the culture and daily life. Your vlogs So insightful,uplifting,and inspiring in so many ways... I can see and appreciate why you and Carlos are never stressed... If there is one place I Vista before I die it has to be Positano and the Amalfi coast. Thank you both🙏🏻

[@pattyfromfl]

I saw Carlo making the gate but since I'm watching your vlogs out of order, this is the first time I've seen the gate hanging. It is very nice! Well done, Carlo!

[@NickiPositano]

Hi Patricia, I'm Carlo, thank you!

[@nathalienurse3336]

OMG I am so loving that gate, Carlo strikes again. That is what I call a delicious lunch, my mouth was watering!..........🤗🇨🇦

[@edmeza9053]

I’m in heaven sitting watching this vlog,will have to come back soon ,you’ve made my Sunday so much better after watching the beautiful Amalfi coast 💕

[@judithricca6915]

Beautiful gate, I am seeing its installation. I have only found your channel this year; so it is nice to know some of the history of what I am seeing.

[@carolelongo5894]

Lunch looks wonderful! You have such a great garden! The gate is beautiful...What a great job, Carlo! Fabulous video of your shoot! Amazing places you get to see!

[@bindi610]

carlo is a genius! Sorry for your loss Nicki.

[@tracyl3122]

Poor chicken - but you gave him a good life. Lovely gate, well done Carlo - job well done!

[@nicolaoffert4006]

What a super mix of work & home. The new gate & an exquisite lunch being the highlights for me. Lovely ! 😘

[@wondertiff7239]

UGH, Nikki: I'm just going to wander outside and throw something together for lunch...you know whatever I have out here! Me: Drives through a local restaurant to get a cheeseburger- DIVINE spread of food Nikki! Bravo.

[@NickiPositano]

Because I am not going to do 500 steps to get food!

[@beboplady1542]

@@NickiPositano LOL NIki ,your family is very lucky that you are able to feed them creative, healthy and delicious meals Hon! :)

[@cristinamagurean]

I have been binge-watching your videos for weeks now and I am utterly fascinated by the beauty and simplicity of your life. You are incredibly serene and sweet and you remind me of the magic days I spent on the Amalfi Coast. Best wishes from Transilvania!

[@NickiPositano]

Hi, I'm Carlo, thank you!

[@tigardgold]

Nicki , you look a little bit like Jane Seymour when she was younger.

[@pjgreen1786]

I don’t see it. She looks Italian and English to me.

[@caile05]

Thank you for taking us! Yes, you get to explore and discover more picturesque views!😍 I admired Carlo's perseverance with the gate project! Great creative thinking to put together the lunch!😊

[@NickiPositano]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@judyannkiwi]

Nicki ur hair has been looking amazing lately. Bangs shape everything! What a beautiful country w so much to share w us. Thank you for bringing great valuable content to us 😀

[@NickiPositano]

Thank you so much!!

[@elizabethlockhart2627]

Carlo is so talented! The gate is beautiful. Give him more praise!!

[@barbarawillis5187]

Beautiful, the church bells ringing made me cry-love the new gate by Carlo-I always learn something from you videos. Take care.

[@bettyboop3971]

All of the scenery from Priano is breathtakingly beautiful and I loved the bringing home the gate music!!

[@jiannelegere8320]

Again Really Enjoyed Watching Your Fabulous Video.🙏❤

[@monisclair]

I absolutely adore your videos - your daily life, your animals, the views etc. You certainly must stay fit with all those steps! I am totally hooked and can't stop watching. I also love to see what you create in the kitchen. That has inspired me a lot in only the few days I have been watching your channel. You and Carlo are a lovely couple x

[@reginapolo3357]

This has been the most beautiful video. I am sorry about your chicken. Stay blessed. Love

[@NickiPositano]

Thanks so much

[@carmenb1006]

Wow!! lunch looks delicious 😋!! Thank you for showing us the beautiful places in the Amalfi Coast. It’s so gorgeous and beautiful. So sorry about your chicken 🐓. Always a pleasure to watch your videos. Take care 💕

[@amystanley3681]

Carlo is very talented.

[@janamiranda4118]

Kudos to Carlo on a beautiful gate (and to Luca who helped carry it down the hill). Thank you for taking us along to Casa Privata. Often, after watching a Positano Diary, I get on Google Maps to find where you went and I very much remember your visit to Praiano a few weeks ago. It's always lovely to look behind the gates from eye level to see these gorgeous properties.

[@NickiPositano]

It is fun exlporing!

[@lizzieloum19]

Thanks Nicki for posting. Poor chicky 🙁 beautiful coast, tomorrow would have been the day I was flying to Sorrento for the week. I had my intinary all planned including beautiful Positano. So I plan virtual holiday week re watching all you vlogs and will try out a few of your recipes! Have rebooked for the same time next year and cant wait😀

[@NickiPositano]

Next time!

[@denisecarter5117]

What a beautiful place to stay.

[@Normanabutler1]

I laughed so loud when you were filming yourself walking up all the steps after the first day of the shoot and then you went into the filming of the second day and you started with walking up the stairs and titled it ' the next day'!! It made it seem like you were still climbing the stairs from the day before!! :-) Besides the hundreds of stairs you guys had to go up and down it looks like it was a really fun shoot! The poor camera and lighting guys must have been swearing though! The gate looks spectacular! Must have some serious hinges to hold that up and that lunch looked absolutely unbelievable! Brilliant video as usual thanks very much.

[@NickiPositano]

Not at all intentionally done, but pretty standard here!

[@dianeb3919]

Hello Nicki and Carlo! Your front gate looks amazing Carlo and your lunches always look so refreshing Nicki! Love spending time with you guys!

[@donnamarsh2432]

Wow! What a feast for lunch! Looks delicious! Really fun seeing the photo shoot! Thanks for taking us along!

[@alomafoggo3239]

💟 the new gate 💟 the beautiful places you went on your job. Nicki - those steps! The food looked so good🌺

[@tracyguenther4547]

Thanks for sharing your makeup artistry with us. So interesting to see what you do. That lunch looked amazing! Fresh food mostly from the garden, wow a total dream!

[@carmenb1006]

Forgot!!! The gate is BEAUTIFUL!!🌟🌟👌

[@b.manafi548]

Absolutely beautiful veiws r.i.p chicken ❤️🌹the gate what a job Carlo congrats good job 👍

[@b.manafi548]

I just purchase you book Nikki can’t wait 😊

[@jomoore147]

Thanks

[@Sandy-zr5hs]

Spectacular vlog 🌟 oh my goodness the locations and scenery on your job how lucky are you...beats an office job any day! Your house and garden so magical and the garden gate...WOW! 🤩 The thing I love about you Nicki is you just get stuck in to everything you do, nothing beats you, so hard working and beautiful and living life to the full...and still have time to give us all something to watch 😊 PS. Your lunch was bellisimo 🇮🇹 xx

[@cherylmascarinas9138]

Absolutely beautiful! I’m exhausted just from watching.

[@cbeark]

We just lost one of our hens too, so sad :( Im new to your channel but let me say...its one of my favorites on youtube so far. Everything you show gives me such lovely images to dream about, these beautiful places to think about right before I fall asleep. Oh I am so in love with Positano. Thank you for making such amazing videos for those of us who are not yet living there yet but will one day

[@stacyritter9261]

What an Amazing Meal!!!

[@lesliehardin7963]

Beautiful job Carlo! The gate is gorgeous!

[@helenross7751]

Beautiful scenery. Nicki you are such a good Mum to Sky , you spoil her though . She should learn to cook 👩‍🍳 xx😉

[@tinawilkinson7210]

The gate is perfectly amazing! Great job Carlo. I adore the videos. Much love from the USA.

[@hanoraoflaherty6323]

I love what you do with food. It looks so healthy, appetizing and colourful🌹

[@victoriaromero3587]

OMG!! Carlo built/made the iron gate?! WOW!!!!👏🏼👍🏼💪🏼He knows ALOT of everything! He’s a man of many many talents, plus a hard worker, can cook, has a kind gentle heart,awesome personality... you found the perfect man. I saw the video of when he was young, Skye has a lot of him, especially the almond beautiful eyes. And she has a lot of you too. 🤗And in the 1990 video, Nicki ,you DONT age! You look the same, except now a blonde.❤️. I saw that 1 of the chickens died? What happened?😔. Tell Carlo he’s a GENIUS!👏🏼💪🏼

[@NickiPositano]

I’m not blonde, just slowly fading to white 😂

[@sjt609]

WOW, what a feast! 😋 FABULOUS Nicki. Carlo, you excel at the ironwork - BELLISSIMO!!

[@rosealapatt1315]

That was a feast. 😋

[@bevtrue6937]

Lunch looks yummy. Courgette. (Zucchini)

[@judyhayward431]

A hope they gave you the tick of approval for the yummy looking lunch 🌹🇦🇺

[@NickiPositano]

Well, there was none left afterwards which is always a good sign!

[@sski5155]

So sad for the chickie 😢 sorry!! Lunch looked fabulous! The gate is beautiful - great job Carlo 👍🏻

[@johnkeenan4184]

That lunch looked lovely!!

[@NickiPositano]

It was!

[@rowenamasih3516]

It was a lovely treat to see Lilly. Your pets are wonderful!

[@louisesemrani6860]

You must be so fit to climb around all these hills.🐐🐐🐐

[@Queenjmc563]

Love the new gate, Carlo did a fantastic job creating it.

[@roxanner8]

ABSOLUTELY lovely lunch!

[@fallofmanbrand]

Loved It!

[@anneforster510]

What a fabulous video Nicki, so much content. I'm definitely going to watch again. From the amazing locations where you were working to the most brilliant gate that Carlo made (I'm in awe!) to the meal you prepared . I realise it's not all in one day , ha you would be superwoman....but you're pretty close. Definitely going to make a note of those recipes, are they in your e book ? 💟💟💟

[@NickiPositano]

No, I got these from the Deliciously Ella cookbook!

[@rsoubiea]

the new gate is absolutely stunning. I love it! oh my god, grilled figs. have you tried them prepared like this? delicious.

[@rebeccazahn5299]

Carlo is amazing as are you. Is there anything you both can’t do. 💗🌸

[@sevraonic8656]

I would've added a bit of fresh pomegranate on the rice for fresh citrusy taste but all looks yummy.

[@summerwood619]

Thank you for doing all the hard work for me, I really enjoy watching your vlogs😍Gilbert, AZ

[@rickyseymour4137]

i love seeing you on film set's, you show the views from different buildings, i enjoy that part of the filming you do and the places you get to go to film,i would think most are private homes from that to the beautiful food you made,getting hungry and seeing that,another great video thank you.

[@NickiPositano]

Glad you like them!

[@denisescull4227]

The gate is a gorgeous piece of art and really changes the way the entrance looks. It was fun to go with you to work and see the new places. Thanks for sharing!

[@NickiPositano]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@conniehowe5421]

Hi I’m from California, love Positano but not all the stairs everywhere.....Omgggg What a Amazing cook you are 💕Very Yummy , such a wonderful beautiful place ... yes yes Love the new gate Carlo👍

[@sophiechen3062]

Nicki, I like the lunch you cooked, looks healthy and tasty. Your video makes me happier during this lock down period in Ontario, Canada. It becomes my morning routine to watch your video. Thank you so much for sharing. Best wishes to you and your family. Happy New Year!

[@TheAngelaDuke]

Hello, Nicki! What a fabulous video. Thank you for taking us along on your photo shoot. Very interesting to see new areas. Carlo did a wonderful job on the gate! It probably means so much more that he made it from scratch and will be part your property for a very long time. So sorry to hear about one of your chickies. But you gave her a wonderful life. Loved the variety of your food spread!! Since I haven't been able to visit my family in Maddaloni (Caserta) this year, your videos truly help with my memories of what life is like in Southern Italy. Best, Angela

[@NickiPositano]

Thanks Angela!

[@meriemo4482]

Very elegant gate

[@ldaniela6755]

Poor Chicky 💔 bless her ! Lilly you sweet kitty 😻 . Sky and you always beautiful and your Garden looks amazing! Thank you for another beautiful vlog. Greetings from Germany 🌻

[@NickiPositano]

Thanks so much

[@Lea-rf5tw]

Goodness Nicki, all that food you prepared looks fabulous, its breakfast here and i could just get a plate and help myself right now. What an amazing job Carlo has done of the gate, it just looks stunning. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 xxx

[@cristinadowney7565]

What a feast for all the senses!❤️

[@sharonwalker4606]

You look so healthy and happy Nicki - & you must be as fit as a fiddle climbing up, down, and away. Love your new gate. Poor little chicken tho 😢 Your food is beautifully organic & healthy. So yummy. I could quite happily live there minus the steps 😊 xx love your vids. 😍

[@sandradowling7239]

Gate looks fabulous.. l loved the other one too hope you used it somewhere else in your garden as a momento. Your mustard dress is beautiful 🥰

[@CosmicUnicorn2]

the properties you got to work at are WOW! dreamy. Carlo did great on that gate.

[@KerryBlue72]

That lunch spread looked fabulous and very creative. 💗👍💛

[@NickiPositano]

so good!

[@starshine9147]

what a beautiful looking gate Nicki...

[@supriyabarsode8039]

Your @work video was wonderful all that hardwork 👍 Sorry the chick died what did happen was she sick? Did wonder saw three sometimes four I think i was seeing the videos randomly. Sometimes seeing the old gate and the new. The new one is beautiful carlos👍 I love the way you talk to to animals and also doors . I thought I was the only one.❤️

[@mariavalcu1849]

Dream landscapes!

[@templocal007]

The gate is beautiful! And love the lunch menu. Your videos always brighten the day!

[@NickiPositano]

Thank you so much!

[@cornishcoves9399]

SORRY about your chicken! that is a beautiful new GATE; you are both so talented great work Carlo...what a slice of life & interesting to compare what is so common amongst our countries during "lock down" or after in your case and what is different as well.... you are such a patient woman....I noted that model didn't even stop texting on her phone while you were working on her face...oh my....that's work I guess. We are in extended "state of emergency in "Upper Canada" until July. More than anything, 🚞 the walking that you do up and down is so beyond my normal level-ground living....just WOW (someone should come to meet you and carry your tools for you

[@NickiPositano]

Yes, I mostly have to work around mobile phones nowadays..

[@kathleenabelaperez4198]

Awesome job Carlo and Niki you are a creative cook.