Xtmas parade

And to kick off the Christmas season nothing better than a Christmas parade, right? Do you want to see some pictures of holiday floats, marching bands, huge helium balloons, and, of course, Santa himself? Hehe!

The event took place in the Broad St. last weekend, and it was very cool! It has been a Richmond tradition for 34 years! Anyway, all the Richmonders came to the parade and they didn’t forget the chair, blankets, pillows, food and coffee beverages to keep themselves as comfortable and warm as possible.

Last year, Rudolph suffered a terrible accident when he crashed into the traffic lights, and he actually needed to have some stitches (look at the band aid in his face) and yes, he survived in this year's parade! Thank God!

Enjoy!

Kiss,kiss

Passatempo '1 plus 1'

Quem é que quer um presentinho aqui dos states?

Para tornar esta experiência completa, o que é que acham de receber no Natal umas coisinhas americanas? =D Estamos quase, quase no Natal! Isto significa que vou até casa matar saudades de todos e de tudo! Portanto, estou uma mãos largas e vou guardar um espacinho na minha maleta para dar um presentinho a um dos meus leitores. Melhor: não um, mas DOIS presentes. Só tens mesmo que mostrar o blog aos teus amigos! ;)

Passo a explicar:

1. Fala maravilhas sobre o soblushed aos teus amigos e convida-os a ver/seguir o soblushed.
2. Escrevam comentários (em separado) no blog.  Atenção, os vossos amigos têm que dizer que foi através de vocês que conheceram o blog (deixem os vossos nomes e e-mails para vos poder contactar).
3. Façam um like na página do facebook do soblushed (recomendo também seguirem o blog pelo bloglovin ou google reader, para não perderem pitada ;))
4. Para mais uma entrada extra, publiquem o passatempo no mural do vosso facebook, blog, twitter ou qualquer outra comunidade cibernáutica.
5. E quantos mais amigos convidares, mais hipóteses tens de ganhar! Vou usar o random.org e, se o teu nome for o selecionado, o 2º prémio será dado a um dos teus amigos (tb usarei o random.org para o escolher) 
6. Participa! O prazo termina dia 22 de Dezembro, 23.59 de PT.

Boa sorte a todos!
kiss,kiss
JB*

PS: para desembrulhar as prendas ver aqui!

Novembering..

Thank you November:

. for being so kind, in giving me warm days

. for keeping the leaves a little bit longer on the trees

. for giving me all sort of pies and special lattes (I loove pumpkin pie latte)

. for remembering that Richmond is such a bold city with cool entertainments and peculiar events

. for bringing us the turkey.

kiss,kiss

JB*

 

PS: Don't miss a bit of my diary, check soblushed facebook page ;)

I'm truly thankful!

They say that thanksgiving feast was first celebrated in 1621, by the pilgrims of the Plymouth colony along with 90 Wampanoag Indians. The Pilgrims had suffered through a devastating winter in which nearly half their number died. Without the help of the native Indians, everyone would have perished. After the first harvest, Governor William Bradford proclaimed a day of thanksgiving and praying.

This year I decided to do a traditional thanksgiving dinner for me and my friends, where the turkey was the king of the dinner.

Roasting a turkey is not a piece of cake, and I really had to do some research. I'm talking about cooking a 15lb (~7kg) turkey, which means 2-3 days thawing in the refrigerator, plus 5 hours in the oven! Holy cow!

The night before I brined the turkey using some spices.

 

Many Americans would say the dinner is "incomplete" without a bread-based stuffing, cranberry sauce, yams, mashed potatoes, dumplings, corn on the cob or hominy, deviled eggs, green beans or green bean casserole, peas and carrots, bread rolls, cornbread or biscuits, rutabagas or turnips and a salad.

Well, I decided to do some mashed potatoes

green beans

and stuffing (basicamente são migas)

 

First course completed! And it was a success! The turkey was very tasty and juicy. hum..

 

For dessert, several pies are often served, particularly apple pie, sweet potato pie, pumpkin pie, chocolate cream pie and pecan pie.

And the chosen one was: the pumpkin pie..with eggnog ice cream (you should taste the yolks and nutmeg...It’s very unique!). So rich, so good!

 

Because of the amount of food, the Thanksgiving meal is sometimes served midday or early afternoon to make time for all the eating. I did the same.

So what do you think about the food? Have you already tried the Thanksgiving meal? I was really proud of mine! ;)

kiss,kiss
JB*

PS1: The meal was served with Californian wine but we finish with the perfect Porto wine.

PS2: And of course, who had Thanksgiving dinner, has leftovers too;)

Black & White

Hey guys!
I have to confess that when I started this blog I wasn’t sure if I would have enough posts to pick your attention. But when a girl like me meets a new place, I have to explore every-single detail! It’s been fantastic searching for new places and scan the American lifestyle.
Thank you for being part of my journey here!

So, for this post, I would like to drag you to a different neighborhood: Manchester, which is located on the north side of James river. Manchester used to be an active port where tobacco and coal were shipped out and a great number of slave ships entered.
It’s a place with a lot of mills, railroads and nice and huge metal structures. it seems to me it's the perfect place to shoot in black&white, isn't it?
I don’t usually shoot in B&W...I hope I did a good job. Do you like it? ;)

kiss, kiss

JB*