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! 

Classic brownies

Another american classic: the chocolate brownie! This flat and square chunk of chocolate goodness, a cross between a cookie and a cake. This recipe here is more the fudgy type and the funny thing about the brownies is that you can combine different nuts, chocolate chips and dried fruit! Always a different batch! This time I add some hazelnuts, dark chocolate chips and dried cherries.  1 square, 1 glass of milk. enjoy!

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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December sunset

I totally forgot to show you these photos.. I shot this last december, at sunset... wow!

February quote

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my magazines

Meet my magazines! :D The subscriptions are very cheap here: you can find as low as 10bucks per year, so, I chose these lovely magazines to make part of my journey. I love to read it before I go to bed!I love to smell the small samples of perfume inside marie claire and vogue, to read the tips, all the events that will happen in Richmond, and the amazing and inspirational stories and ideas from Entrepeneur magazine!

What about you, do you read magazines often? Which one?

PS: By the way, the girl from the Entrepreneur cover is the CEO of Nasty Gal :)

Narrow streets

It's funny: everytime I talk  to strangers/people at the streets, they usually ask me where am I from (because of my funny accent, probably!). Most of the times I need to explain where is Portugal or clarify that I speak the same language as the brazilians, and that Portugal is not a city in Spain. bua bua! :( Remember that Cristiano Ronaldo (and soccer in general!) is not that famous here in Richmond...

One time, someone asked me if it is true that in Portugal we have narrow streets. ahah Yes, we do! Actually, Portugal has a very rich and interesting history behind: the first county was formed at 868 (That old!). That's why you usually found the narrow streets in the historical part of the city.

Let me show you some pictures of narrow streets in Coimbra. Enjoy!

RVA skyline at night

Since I was there at the twilight, I waited for the night to come. Sooo worth it!

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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.