The magnificient Jefferson Hotel

Hey everyone!

I'm back!..back on track! As you can imagine, my vacations were perfect, f**king perfect! Family, friends and boyfriend; beach,food and sun!! I just need to gather the photos all together, pick the best of, and I'll make a post of it ;)

But first, I would like to share with you some photos from 5 star hotel The Jefferson, just a couple of blocks from my apartment. It's very luxurious and unique, inside and out! Unfortunately I didn't have the lucky to actually stay a night, but this summer, me and my friends had a sneak peak on the lobby and main salon.

The Jefferson opened its doors in 1895, and the responsible was Lewis Ginter, he commissioned the design and construction. He imported exotic palm trees from Central and South America and purchased hundreds of valuable antiques here and abroad. Unfortunately, he died less than two years later. In 1901, the hotel was accidentally burned down, demolishing three-fifths of the building. Although the interior of the hotel looked very different from the original, it was reopened in 1907.

One thing very curious about the decoration is the alligators that you can find everywhere, representing the actual alligators that usually lived in the marble pools in the Palm Court, becoming a source of much interest.

I have a friend that stayed in The Jefferson at her wedding night and she said that the breakfast was magnificent!

I hope you enjoy!*

Kiss,kiss
JB*

PS: Hey, do you want to know what Inês from That's Bananas, received from my giveaway? Check here! ;)

Mother Nature, please be gentle!

I have my luggage near from me and I'm just waiting for the taxi to go to the airport.
Before I leave for my vacations, I thought I could share with you some pictures that I took last monday, after a mini-storm. This weather here is really funny: it's so humid that sometimes the sky needs to unload!! Imagine this for a second: the temperatures start to rise, as well as humidity; it's like, you sweat as you stand outside doing nothing (iac!) and you it seems that the sky is heavier! Suddenly, the storm begins: thunderstorms, lightnings and heavy rain!You better stay at home ;) Don't try to fight with nature, you will end up completely wet (Nature: 1; you:0), I can assure that! Anyway, usually the storm is "fast and furious" and the recovery is fast too. Sometimes I wake up, after a bad night of storms, and it's like nothing really happened.
So, where was I? Oh, yeah monday! Last monday, after a quick storm the skies turn out like this. Is not amazing? I didn't edit the photos, at all! What you see is what I saw!

kiss, kiss 
JB*

PS: I'll be back just in September with more adventures in uncle Sam's territory, missing my Portugal. But at least I have you ;)

Congratulations to...

Parabéns Inês! Foste a feliz contemplada ;) em breve receberás um e-mail, fico à espera da tua rsp.

Se ainda não conhecem o blog da I.S. passem por lá (cliquem na imagem), mt nice! e sempre com bom gosto! ;)
Sei que devem tar com curiosidade para saber afinal o que é a surpresa..mas, vão ter que esperar mais um pouco, ok? Logo que chegar a PT trato de lhe enviar o pacote e depois aí, mostro o que lhe ofereci (I'm shooting right now the gift!).

Obrigada a todas as participantes! Quem sabe se não farei outro passatempo qd voltar a PT (gosto disto!).

Ah! Espero que estejam a gostar do meu blog, pelo menos eu estou-me a divertir ;)

Kiss, kiss

JB*

Watermelon festival

My american summer is almost finishing..oh! :( and you know why? because I'm going to Portugal for a couple of weeks! oh yeah,babe! I'm super, super excited!
But, hold on JB! Now, just enjoy the God blessed summer! ;)
I thought I could show you guys some pictures from today's Watermelon festival! So, what do we have? Music (different stations, different types of music), food, clothes, handicraft and tons of watermelon cubes served on plastic dishes. Perfect for a hot day like today! You see, as simple as it is! This festival took place in Carytown that reminds me our portuguese downtown, full of stores. I <3 Carytown!

Kiss, kiss
JB*

PS: I'm thrilled to know who is going to win the giveaway! Is tomorrow!! Are you ready?