tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55707660355377735272024-03-13T05:38:30.067-04:00|soblushed| in United States of Americaa portuguese girl having an adventure in USAsoblushed in USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523912153473532862noreply@blogger.comBlogger200125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570766035537773527.post-30781431789433556962013-07-12T11:09:00.000-04:002013-07-12T11:09:06.141-04:00This is it!My dear readers,
This is it!
Thank you so much for your support and for your kind words. Thank you for being here next to me accompanying me in these adventures in USA. Without you it wouldn't be that awesome, I have to say!
I hope you had fun reading soblushed!
Now, it's time to go. I mean, monday 15, will be the time to go! lol
Join me on facebook to do the count down with me.soblushed in USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523912153473532862noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570766035537773527.post-79341549893329540282013-07-01T15:12:00.000-04:002013-07-01T15:12:15.522-04:00Moving out..
That's it!... I left my apartment this weekend!... I have two more weeks and then is time go home, time to go back to Portugal.
When I was cleaning it I kept thinking about all of the dinners with my friends, all of the good times. It was almost 3 years living in this apartment... I couldn't choose a better place to live here in Richmond! This weekend was time to disassemble&soblushed in USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523912153473532862noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570766035537773527.post-19120591947826674982013-06-20T14:06:00.000-04:002013-06-20T14:06:00.016-04:00American Classics
Which american classic desert is your favorite?
var _gaq = _gaq || [];
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-32268803-1']);
_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);
(function() {
var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www')soblushed in USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523912153473532862noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570766035537773527.post-48482779952193335722013-06-17T09:55:00.000-04:002013-06-17T09:55:46.436-04:00Whoopie Pie
And for the last american classic, I chose the Whoopie pies, specially because of the name! ahah Not familiar with Whoopie Pies? Well, it's a baked good that may be considered either a cookie, pie or cake. It is a sandwich made of two round mound-shaped pieces of chocolate cake and frosting filling.My whoopie pies turned it up a little fat! lol But they were delicious! Mocha soblushed in USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523912153473532862noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570766035537773527.post-19292824726049094702013-06-11T09:44:00.000-04:002013-06-15T20:11:05.484-04:00Everything BACON!
Because BACON deserves its own festival, right? Bacon for breakfast, bacon for appetizers, bacon for the main course, bacon for drinks and bacon for desert! Can you handle that? I certainly can! And bacon in deserts, my friends, is the new thing! Just be prepared! :)
Richmond, always surprising me!
var _gaq = _gaq soblushed in USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523912153473532862noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570766035537773527.post-34955756054326227882013-06-09T19:56:00.000-04:002013-06-09T19:56:12.541-04:00my souvenir from Richmond: TATTOO!What can I say? I couldn't resist... Say hello to Virginia, the kitty :)
Thank you Germ! 212 Tattoo Shop
var _gaq = _gaq || [];
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-32268803-1']);
_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);
(function() {
var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://soblushed in USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523912153473532862noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570766035537773527.post-58662336149031559292013-06-03T05:00:00.000-04:002013-06-11T11:42:33.095-04:00Broad Appétit Festival 2013
My favorite festival in Richmond: Broad Appétit!! What I can say? Around 60 restaurants from RVA offering the opportunity to taste their signature dishes or a desert for only $3 (sample dish), with some local beers and wines. Are you prepared to see some deliciousness? (I'm sorry but I'm incapacitated to describe the dishes..) Enjoy :)
var _gaq = _gaq || [];
soblushed in USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523912153473532862noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570766035537773527.post-76340065152041331152013-06-01T15:03:00.000-04:002013-06-01T15:03:38.661-04:00June quote
var _gaq = _gaq || [];
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-32268803-1']);
_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);
(function() {
var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; soblushed in USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523912153473532862noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570766035537773527.post-36364309440125709622013-05-29T09:02:00.002-04:002013-06-02T20:22:52.838-04:00Memorial Day=BBQ!
Hi everyone!
I'm still here, I didn't go nowhere! I now that the blog is lacking some posts lately but I'm counting down the days to go to Portugal so things at the lab are getting thought!
Guys, monday was the Memorial Day, when americans remember the men and women who died while serving United States. This is also the day to do barbecues with their friends, to go to the pool/soblushed in USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523912153473532862noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570766035537773527.post-32283958680985743422013-05-06T21:36:00.004-04:002013-05-06T21:36:47.166-04:00Video by soblushed
var _gaq = _gaq || [];
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-32268803-1']);
_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);
(function() {
var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; soblushed in USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523912153473532862noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570766035537773527.post-57338026163135199252013-05-06T09:37:00.000-04:002013-05-06T09:37:10.791-04:00Food!
Sweet Chinese Pork with noodles
Buffalo Chicken Wings, with 4 different sauces
Guacamole with tortilla chips
Hummus with pita chips
Corn dogs
Phillycheese steak with onion rings and french fries
Rice with chicken (greek style)
Greek plate
Nachos with pulled pork
Hot dogs with chilly and cheese sauce
Barbeque chickensoblushed in USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523912153473532862noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570766035537773527.post-51712653340371105862013-05-02T09:16:00.001-04:002013-05-02T09:16:14.474-04:00Day 14: High Line Park and more lights!!
Last day in NYC!! The vacations were absolutely amazing! I hope you have enjoyed all of these blog posts, detailing our trip to Richmond, Washington DC and New York city. :)
So, there is this new High Line Park that everyone is talking about, and we were very curious about it so we went to explore it! We didn't know what to expect and it was a little bit hard to find, specially becausesoblushed in USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523912153473532862noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570766035537773527.post-53089876902544089942013-05-01T11:05:00.000-04:002013-05-01T11:05:11.095-04:00Harlem Shake!!
var _gaq = _gaq || [];
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-32268803-1']);
_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);
(function() {
var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; soblushed in USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523912153473532862noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570766035537773527.post-25211534120800260642013-05-01T09:03:00.000-04:002013-05-01T09:03:03.757-04:00May's quote
var _gaq = _gaq || [];
_gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-32268803-1']);
_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']);
(function() {
var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true;
ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; soblushed in USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523912153473532862noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570766035537773527.post-19298657797624944302013-04-30T08:58:00.000-04:002013-04-30T08:58:05.124-04:00Day 13: Central Park and all of the lights!
Time to explore Uptown Manhattan! From Uptown to Midtown, from Harlem to 5th Ave! Yes, we decided to start the day at the Harlem, an african-american neighborhood often called 'black mecca', and do the Harlem Shake (True. We have photos.)
As we walked down the city, we tried to recognize the places from the movies and tv shows. We went from Upper East Side to Upper West Side, and all soblushed in USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523912153473532862noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570766035537773527.post-57473731781788916812013-04-29T09:56:00.000-04:002013-04-29T14:34:12.385-04:00Day 12: lower Manhattan
Day 12: NYC! Where should I start? Actually, where did we start? Well, I thought that the easy way of exploring Manhattan was to divide it in 4 big areas (one for each day), start in the bottom and go all the way up... We started in lower Manhattan at the Financial district. We saw the lady (aka Statue of Liberty) from the pier, the 9/11 memorial and then we went to the Battery Park along soblushed in USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523912153473532862noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570766035537773527.post-51049195945939857052013-04-24T10:00:00.002-04:002013-04-29T22:44:57.967-04:00Day 10: 24h in Washington DC
Day 10: we headed up to Washington DC!! We caught the bus early in the morning, we said goodbye to Richmond, and there we went to DC :)
We arrived at lunch time. Before starting to explore DC, we went to the hotel to get free of our luggage. I've been in DC a couple of times by now, so I had already in mind what to do. Well, it's not that difficult: you startsoblushed in USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523912153473532862noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570766035537773527.post-4051167655743358522013-04-23T08:56:00.001-04:002013-04-29T22:46:01.056-04:00Baked Espresso Glazed Doughnuts
I love doughnuts! It's one of my favorite treats! I´ve always wanted to try all of the different glaces, toppings and colors, since I saw them on the american movies. And, yeah, Homer Simpson was right! They are spectacular!! Roughly there are two types of doughnuts: fried and baked. The baked doughnuts are more cakey .. it means that we are allowed to cheat! ahah
So, here they are:soblushed in USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523912153473532862noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570766035537773527.post-6413001634094565182013-04-22T09:00:00.002-04:002013-04-22T21:15:48.980-04:00Day 9: Fine Art
Day 9: last day in Richmond! They had so much fun here! My sisters told me that they felt very happy to finally meet the city in person, specially after all of the posts and photos on my blog! I think they almost felt they were at home!
So, for the last day, we chose to go to Virginia Fine Museum of Arts, close to Carytown. The building is very modern and it covers collections of Art soblushed in USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523912153473532862noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570766035537773527.post-69337288677938777912013-04-18T09:24:00.002-04:002013-04-21T17:58:04.189-04:00Day 8: snow just for us!
I know that it's hard to believe but, yeah, it snowed in March (24th!)!! The temperature just dropped a lot on the days before, as you can tell by our coats and outlayers that we were using. It was something going on during that week, a polar front that affected this coast bla bla (my sister said).
Well, I didn't ask for snow, but if you really want a true american adventure you soblushed in USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523912153473532862noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570766035537773527.post-87862042840610713742013-04-17T08:36:00.001-04:002013-04-18T09:24:53.057-04:00Day 7: a walk through my neighborhood
What a cozy day this was! We stayed at home, I took some photos of my sisters and we had a lot of fun!!! During the afternoon, we decided to have a walk through my neighborhood. We took photos of the new paintings. They are so cool! Regarding streets paintings, there is no city like Richmond!! I don't want to think too much about it but, I feel that I'll miss this city a lot, when I get back soblushed in USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523912153473532862noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570766035537773527.post-30539043502093446772013-04-16T12:01:00.000-04:002013-04-18T09:25:04.926-04:00Day 6: Chillout at the river
Day 6 was dedicated to the James River! We packed our lunch and we went to explore this Richmond river. We started at the cemetery because it has an amazing view from the river, and I don't know if am I suppose to say this, but we actually had our sandwiches there. Please don't get me wrong, our sandwiches were just simple, honest and respectful sandwiches! ahah
So, yeah, basically we just soblushed in USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523912153473532862noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570766035537773527.post-16394781210607943182013-04-15T09:15:00.000-04:002013-04-16T12:01:26.692-04:00Day 5: Still not enough shopping
Not a lot to say about the day 5... We stayed in bed a little bit late, maybe it was the cold weather outside or just our body asking for a brake. ahah Well, another great day for shopping, we thought! This time we caught the bus and went to a shopping mall here in Richmond. It's not a pretty mall at all, it's dark and old, but it has a couple of nice stores.
varsoblushed in USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523912153473532862noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570766035537773527.post-25325649418706876072013-04-11T09:09:00.000-04:002013-04-11T13:22:26.286-04:00Day 4: Maymont park and 1st round of frozen yogurt
We started the day with some delicious american pancakes: we mixed it with some sliced bananas, blueberries and strawberries, we drizzled it with maple syrup and with some chocolate syrup. Life is good...and delicious! After the breakfast, we took the bus for the Maymont park, that you probably know from my older posts. Maymont Park is for Richmond as the Central Park is for soblushed in USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523912153473532862noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5570766035537773527.post-64355805466079189432013-04-10T09:02:00.001-04:002013-04-11T13:22:35.151-04:00Day 3: exploring downtown RVA
We spent the third day exploring the downtown of Richmond, that is mainly were the central business district is. Maybe you'll be amazed... I know a lot of you imagine Richmond as a little town, with no buildings... No way! There, you can find for example the Virginia State capitol, the city hall, the hospital, some VCU (Virginia Commonwealth University) buildings and soblushed in USAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09523912153473532862noreply@blogger.com1