This 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

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Moving 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 all of the furniture, clean the floor, kitchen, bathroom, walls,...  empty and get rid of stuff. Thank god I have friends because it was tough! 

So, yeah. That's it! Goodbye 3C!


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Everything 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!

my souvenir from Richmond: TATTOO!

What can I say? I couldn't resist... Say hello to Virginia, the kitty :)

Thank you Germ! 212 Tattoo Shop


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Broad 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 :)

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Memorial 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/beach and to enjoy the good weather!

Enjoy!

Video by soblushed

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Day 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 Nouveau, Deco, Modern and Contemporary, French Impressionist, British sporting art... Have look! It's amazing!!

PS: Do you recognize Pocahontas with her english outfit?

Day 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 have to experience snow! So, it was perfect! ahah We went to this mall, just to do some light (lol) shopping and to do groceries... All the sudden, it just started to snow like crazy...and then we went crazy! I don't need to say that we started to throw snowballs to each other and arrived home completely wet and cold, totally unprepared!ahahahah

It was the perfect excuse to drink a coffee and a doughnut at Krispy Kreme (actually not my favorite doughnuts but they are an american classic! I prefer Dunkin Donuts). It was a very nice afternoon! :)

Day 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 to Portugal... buaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! 

Day 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 Manhattan! Unfortunately, the trees were still naked and the beautiful Japanese garden dried! :(

We had a lot of fun!

At the end of the day we went to Carytown, a nice neighborhood very european-like to see a couple of stores and to get our 1st round at Sweet Frog, a place with a HUGE variety of frozen yogurt flavors, toppings, fruit, candies... Portugal definitely needs a place like this! :)

Day 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 the lab were I work...all BIG! 

We had lunch with my labmates at the carts and we chose different meals to share with each other: thai, caribbean, greek and paninis (I will post the food on another time ;)). After lunch, we went to the garden at the capitol to relax and enjoy some sun, and to see the stressed squirrels! 

But the moment of the day was really when we went to have a visit inside the capitol. We had a tourist guide telling us the history of Virginia during civil war (everything is about civil war here!) and the foundation of the Commonwealth of Virginia and many other stories. The guy was really nice, very passioned..so the stories seemed even more fantastic! He even told us all about Pocahontas and John Smith's love story! He also showed us their portraits.. We saw a painting of Pocahontas when she went to England, all dressed up. Hilarious! They stylized her to be more english, they say. ahah 

We finished the day, taking a nice cappuccino at the great neighborhood Church Hill...and then came the sunset. On the top of the hill, the sunset is always magic!

Richmond strikes again #snow!

When you think that is time for the birds to sing and the flowers to bloom, Richmond strikes again! Blizzard!!! The snow is really beautiful but common!, I'm so prepared for Spring! bah! Please, Richmond, just finish this thing and let's get the party started!

downtown RVA at night

Some photos of a past meetup with my photography mates! The idea was to explore downtown Richmond at night, taking pictures of some landmarks: the Main Street Station, the Monroe Building, Virginia State Capitol and the Carpenter Theater/Center Stage. I love this kind of events, because it pushes me to think out of the box! And specially the type of photography that you have your camera on a tripod firing long exposures... it just gives you time to think what to do next! It's very relaxing actually, and so much fun! 

Baby shower

Hey guys!

I'm so tired of this cold weather, bah!.. I can't wait for spring, for the birds and flowers! 

Sooo, last weekend I went to a baby shower; my first baby shower! I can scratch from my list of "things-I-would-like-to-try-in-EUA"! ahah

My labmate is pregnant and she invited me for her baby shower. Abigail is the name of her up coming child :)

Basically, the baby shower is a way to gather your family and friends (and dogs), and talk about pregnancy, the child birth and babies. Intense!!! There is food for everyone and, of course, some presents for the upcoming baby! Very interesting gifts by the way: the parents had a gift registration at a store that is environmental friendly, so a wet/dry bag, a cloth diaper sprayer, some reusable diapers, butt organic wipers solution... oh my, it was a interesting lesson!

At the end, we played a game, where we had to associate some words related to babies with  candy names (Check the photo at the end).

Hello everyone!

I just 'called' to say hello!
kiss,kiss to all of my fans! lol Seriously, I'm glad that you are here :)


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