RVA skyline *lusco-fusco*

It's exactly what I wanted to show you! Photos from Richmond,VA skyline during the lusco-fusco! Lusco-fusco basically means those 5-7minutes when you are waiting for the light to fade, just before it gets dark. Or if you prefer, RVA skyline during twilight (fancy!). 

I went with my photographer buddies, otherwise I wouldn't find this amazing spot to take photos.

Peanut butter Bacon Cookies

And the recipe for this month is... cookies! When you think about american cookies, the chocolate chip cookies comes to your mind, right? Giant and chewy cookies, good for your mind and soul, terrible for your diet! tu ru

But now imagine joining two things that the americans are most fan of: the bacon and the peanut butter! Peanut butter and bacon wrapped as a cookie! It sounds crazy, right? ahah Actually very good! This recipe is basically a peanut butter cookie with some bites of bacon.. Well, you must try!

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Charming Aveiro

So, this is Aveiro, this nice little city located on the shore of the atlantic ocean... It's often called the portuguese Venice and you can see why. It's not a big city packed with cars and buildings but it is a cute and charming one :) During the holidays I went for walk by the canal with my sisters and my cousin and I took a couple of photos. This is just a sample of the city. Definitely I need to go home again and fill my sd card with moooore photos of Aveiro.

PS: vota no soblushed para ''Blogs do ano 2012', na categoria 'blog estrangeiro em língua portuguesa'.

Obrigada!! :)

Concurso 'Blogs do ano 2012'

Meus queridos leitores,

O blog está inscrito no concurso 'Blogs do ano 2012', organizado pelo Aventar.eu, na categoria 'blog estrangeiro em língua portuguesa'. Nota: apesar de escrever a maioria dos posts em inglês, sou super portuguesa! ;)

Segundo o regulamento: cada leitor pode votar em todas as categorias a concurso, em cada categoria uma vez. O controlo da votação é feito pelo WordPress/PollDaddy, impedindo a repetição do uso do mesmo IP no espaço de 24h. E por isso, sim, podem votar uma vez por dia. 

Se gostam aqui do soblushedzinho, votem! :D As votações são até dia 19Jan, uma semaninha.

Obrigada! *.*

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Por-tu-gue-se food :)

What is my favorite dish? hum... that is a difficult question! But I'm sure that is probably something that involves fish! Yes, I'm from Aveiro region, so the fish is a big thing for us! Specially the eels stew with beautiful yellow sliced potatoes because of the safron sauce, that is one of our specialty dish!

I took some photos of the food that I ate during the holidays in Portugal, check them out!

Check also the photos from last year Xtmas+Reveillon, more food there!

Spending the holidays in Portugal means...

Happy new year!! I'm sorry for the lack of posts lately but december was (always is, actually!) such an intense month: finishing some experiments at the lab, making sure that the presents come in time,... 

2012 was tough: I stayed the entire year here in USA and I had a lot of fun but I was already missing my country...  Portugal was calling for me from the other side of the ocean. I needed to recharge and get inspired for 2013 near my beloved ones so I went back home to spend the holidays!  

Spending Christmas in Portugal means: spending time with my cat&dog, crazyness with my sisters, boyfriend all the time, coffees (espresso) with friends, reveillon playing silly games, good food, walks into the city,.... Life is good!

See the photos bellow; they are just a small sample. I hope you enjoy! ;)

Overnight at JFK

So, I went this last weekend to San Francisco to meet my boyfriend who went to the West Coast for a conference! It was an express weekend  but it was amazing, guys! We had a lot of fun, we went shopping, we took the cable cars, we went to the fisherman's wharf and all those piers (I like to call them Pière! ahah), we had clam chowder, ramen noodles, thai food, a traditional american brunch,.. oh yeah!

However (a big however!), in the end, when I arrived to New York, 5:30am, my flight back to Richmond was delayed because of the fog... and this was the beginning of a long day! Delay after delay.. all the flights got cancelled and I had no other choice than spend the night at the airport! I took a chair near the plug and I spent almost all the time in my laptop. You can imagine how many hours of sleep I got... :S In the other side of the Atlantic, my boy , who was travelling back to Portugal, was also stucked...but in Munich Airport!

After 24h, I finally caught a flight  back to Richmond..oh my! what a day! Now I need a suuuper recovery because I'm counting down the days for my vacations in Portugal!! I'm flying this saturday :D Preciso de bom tempo, São Pedro!

Don't forget to check the posts about SF from last June:
My week in San Francisco
The Hills of San Francisco
the wharf, the chowder and the bread
THE orange golden gate
The oldest Chinatown
Details of SF

Gingerbread cupcakes

I have a question... can I turn every cake recipe into a cupcake? It makes sense right? They are so cute, fancy and so delicious-looking! Some people say that this cupcake boom is getting to an end, that the cupcakes are not that popular anymore... The good thing about this cake is its versatility, different combinations of cake and frosting, and also the entire decoration. Endless possibilities... that's what makes the cupcake sooo interesting and special.

When I saw this recipe from Joy the Baker, I give it a try and turned the cake into tiny beautiful cupcakes (minimal decoration lol). For the frosting, I add orange zest and cinnamon. 

Orange gingerbread cupcakes? Yes! Winter is almost coming! 

recipe from Joy the Baker

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Collection of quotes

12 months, 12 inspiring quotes!
Do you have a favorite?

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