Squirrelzz <3

These guys are a little bit nervous but I like them. hehe
So why am I posting about squirrels?? Because this is very american, indeed! According to some researches, you can find them almost everywhere but you can't find them in Portugal or in other Mediterranean countries, maybe they don't like our dry air and our trees ;)
But anyway, here, you can find these guys everywhere.. and their favorite places are parks where they can find a wide variety of plant food, including nuts, seeds, fruits, fungi and green vegetation. But you can find them too, near from your house :), specially in neighborhoods with low traffic and trees!
They seem to be very anxious, busy and very funny! I love their fluffy tails!
Since I don't have any pet here, I enjoy taking pictures of them and treat them like they were my pets. When I go to the park, I give them cute names and call for them.
Now, I invite you all to take a look at my 'Squirrels Album' with a selection of photos from these boys. I hope I can take pictures of squirrels, every city I go...! :)
These are from Boston. And I have to say that they were quite curious and strangely friendly.

In Washington, I found some in a bad shape, very lazy actually.

In NYC, they are very busy, like the city, curiously.

Here in Richmond, they are very nervous, running everywhere, climbing trees, it seems that they are playing a game. It has to be!

What is your favorite?

Kiss,
JB*

Necessary NYC, such a necessary city!

I <3 New York!!!

I was so excited to finally meet NYC! And people are right when they say that you are surrounded by nice tall buildings, amazing fashion stores and people from all over the place! Finally I listen some portuguese in the streets! ;) It's kind of a melting pot in a concrete jungle! For me, it sounds awesome!
Our flight was cancelled because of the storms so our trip was reduced for only 2 days :( So, we just had time to see Manhattan and its must go places. And I feel like I didn't had time to take nice and different photos. My eyes were too tourist. I have to go again and fill my SD card with nice pics.
And do you want to know something? NYC has actually the same latitude as Aveiro (my hometown), isn't it nice? Cool! Just the ocean apart!

What NYC does have? (from the upper side to the bottom)

• Central park!! Huge Central Park! I really liked to have a walk there, it was so refreshing and revitalizing!
• Rockfeller Plaza, that is so 30 Rock! Go to the NBC store, they have nice merchandise about NBC TV shows.
• Walk the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, ... avenues... be amazed with all of the fashion stores. Just look at the fashion windows!
• You have to go to Times Square, specially at night. Go every night! Ah! And don't forget the M&M store: so original and colorful.
• Climb the Empire State Building! I was there in the evening (around 7pm) and it was magnificent! Some lights on..The view was super super amazing! But make sure that you have your coat on because was freakin' windy! I want to go there again, take more pictures and analyze each building! :D

• It has a little, little Italy (near by the big, big Chinatown :)) where you should definitely eat! Specially because some cute guys will come at you offering the menu.
• Since you are at the Lower Manhattan, go to the Brooklyn bridge (I should have walk to the other side.. 2km of length). I wish the weather was better, it was to cloudy. iac!
• Go to the 9/11 to get some chills :/ Is not finished but you can imagine the twin towers there..
• From the bottom of Manhattan, you can see the Statue of Liberty. And I just saw it from Manhattan's. The ferry seemed to me so romantic: crowded and shaking all over the places.. lol

And the art on the streets, god! I didn't have time to go to MoMa museum or the Metropolitan but I was so inspired in the streets, people and energy of the city! I <3 NYC!


Kiss,
JB*

Real Richmond!

I don't know how to start.. But Richmond is definitely a different city.. It doesn't have so many tall buildings like NYC, neither a lot of museums and memorials as DC neither the ocean so near as in Boston. I'm here since November and I'm still exploring this city.. For instance, yesterday I went to Broad st. for the First Fridays Art Walk. That was awesome! Every first friday of the month, the art galleries are open with new exhibitions, we can found street animations, live music.. that street just came to life! 

So, what does Richmond have?

• Maymont park with a mini-zoo and a beautiful gardens like the Japanese Garden.
• The white Virginia State Capitol surrounded by nice squirrels.
• Lovely Victorian style houses (I definitely have to do a post for this!)
• It has Jackson Ward, a historically Afro-American neighborhood. I like the houses with front porches, the barber shops full of people, the cars parked there..
• James river full of rapids and pools; nice for fishing, rafting and for swim (like a little Jacuzzi pool, maybe not so hot lol)
• The special Cardinal birds; so unique!
• It doesn't have subway :(, only bus (and it sucks on weekends!)..
• The Cary st. is awesome: the west side is good for shopping (stylish vintage stores) and the east side is for the pubs
• The beach is not that near (Virginia Beach is 2h away from here..) but it has the same latitude as the beautiful beach in Zambujeira do Mar, in Portugal.. Almost summer,yes!

I found that Richmond is very real and raw! Welcome to Richmond!


Kiss,
JB*

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