Month: January 2014
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On board the Celebrity Reflection, part 1
In our last minute search for a winter holiday, we wanted a destination that is warm and truly relaxing, preferably English-speaking. We did not want to do much sightseeing or shopping. Cruising the Caribbean came up as the obvious option. It has been quite a few years since we last went on a cruise. Cruising the…
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Hilarity in names #2
This is no. 2 in a series of posts that is about funny business names that we captured on camera. Since we are now living in continental Europe, from time to time we come across English names that makes us laugh. See Hilarity in names #1 here. Happy pills, Amsterdam Happy seems to be popular…
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Cvi.che 105, Miami
While in Miami, we (Chris especially) loved the food served in this Peruvian restaurant, Cvi.che 105. We went twice during our stay in town ! The restaurant’s name is derived from its speciality, ceviche and street number on N.E. 3rd Ave in downtown Miami. Started with a dish of crunchy, roasted corn nuts (ever so slightly salted)…
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Epic, Miami downtown
For our 2013 Winter break, we booked a 7-day Caribbean cruise departing from Miami. The vacation began in Miami a few days before we boarded the ship. Sue booked us into the Epic Hotel located in the downtown business district. The hotel is quite new and the building also contained some residential apartments. It is epic…
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Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo
On my way to Vila Madalena (see earlier post here), I (Chris) first took the metro to Faria Lima and stopped by the Instituto Tomie Ohtake. This cultural institute, built by Ruy Ohtake – a prominent São Paulo’s contemporary architect, is dedicated to his Japanese-born naturalized Brazilian mother, Tomie Ohtake, one of São Paulo’s most…
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Sabiá @ Vila Madalena, Sao Paulo
While I was wandering around in Vila Madalena, looking for some galleries, I came across this bar/restaurant – Sabiá. See this earlier post about Vila Madalena. It had all its windows opened. It was bright and airy inside. The bar is at the end of the dining room. One wall is covered by a huge black-and-white mural.…