Yummy Raw Lasagna and the best pie in the world, with Strawberries :-)
Thanks to Chef Vit!!
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Merry Christmas everyone!!
This is what my Christmas dinner looked like!
Yummy Raw Lasagna and the best pie in the world, with Strawberries :-)
Thanks to Chef Vit!!
Yummy Raw Lasagna and the best pie in the world, with Strawberries :-)
Thanks to Chef Vit!!
Friday, December 24, 2010
Holidays in Brazil: Porto de Galinhas!
I just came back from a 2 week break in Porto de Galinhas, Pernambuco, Brazil.
What a nice place!!
It's really all about the beaches there because, frankly, apart from that, the rest is not that nice. Well, we went to Recife and also to Olinda that has nice architecture on the former part of the city, but otherwise there is nothing much worth it around there.
Bottom line: stick to the beach and be happy!! :-)
Which was fairly easy to do since the beach is amazing!
Well there are several beaches actually and they are all competing to be the best!
The one in Porto de Galinhas itself is famous because of the natural swimming pools, filled of colorful fishes that form at low tide.
This was 2 weeks of really good weather, nice food (the fruits there are amazing) and farniente :-)
What a nice place!!
It's really all about the beaches there because, frankly, apart from that, the rest is not that nice. Well, we went to Recife and also to Olinda that has nice architecture on the former part of the city, but otherwise there is nothing much worth it around there.
Bottom line: stick to the beach and be happy!! :-)
Which was fairly easy to do since the beach is amazing!
Well there are several beaches actually and they are all competing to be the best!
The one in Porto de Galinhas itself is famous because of the natural swimming pools, filled of colorful fishes that form at low tide.
This was 2 weeks of really good weather, nice food (the fruits there are amazing) and farniente :-)
Belly dance: Yamil Annum
It's been a long time I didn't share anything here on Bellydance, but it doesn't mean I stopped being active ;-)
Actually ultimately I haven't been as active as at other times this year because of other activities (work being one!) but nonetheless I took photos at a few shows.
I'm posting some photos here of one that was interesting because the main guest was a man, which is somewhat unusual in this type of dancing. His name is Yamil Annum and he's from Argentina and believe me, he totally nails it!!! Thumbs up Yamil!!
We've also launched a new web page with my friends working for "Noticias Nur", the online newsgroup on bellydancing I participate in. More on that later.
For now, just enjoy some photos ;-)
Actually ultimately I haven't been as active as at other times this year because of other activities (work being one!) but nonetheless I took photos at a few shows.
I'm posting some photos here of one that was interesting because the main guest was a man, which is somewhat unusual in this type of dancing. His name is Yamil Annum and he's from Argentina and believe me, he totally nails it!!! Thumbs up Yamil!!
We've also launched a new web page with my friends working for "Noticias Nur", the online newsgroup on bellydancing I participate in. More on that later.
For now, just enjoy some photos ;-)
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Chicago!
Wow man!!
it's been a really long time I didn't write anything in here...
well it's best I do a short one to get me back on track then!
Last Friday I flew to Chicago to attend 4GWorld, a telecom event there.
I flew over the week-end and couchsurfed at Maria's for 2 nights before the event started.
I had a bit of time to do some sight seeing and thus share some photos with you!
The 2 cats were the ones from the couchsurfing house (there was another one which I don't have in photo) and were really nice!! I love those cats!! ;-)
Chicago is a really nice city and I was impressed by its very nice and diverse architecture and how well maintained the city is!!
I would gladly go back there some day!
it's been a really long time I didn't write anything in here...
well it's best I do a short one to get me back on track then!
Last Friday I flew to Chicago to attend 4GWorld, a telecom event there.
I flew over the week-end and couchsurfed at Maria's for 2 nights before the event started.
I had a bit of time to do some sight seeing and thus share some photos with you!
The 2 cats were the ones from the couchsurfing house (there was another one which I don't have in photo) and were really nice!! I love those cats!! ;-)
Chicago is a really nice city and I was impressed by its very nice and diverse architecture and how well maintained the city is!!
I would gladly go back there some day!
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Green food repetita
And that was our dinner ;-)
piece`name: Autumn Leaves.
Artist : Raw family
place: RAWSTAURANT
May the green force be with you!
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Green food
Wow.... it's been a long time I didn't blog.... I feel like it's hard to catch up now.... so I won't even try just now!
In a few words, since the last post I moved to a new house, which is indeed a house and not a flat like previously.
I am now living with 2 people who share the house with me: a Chilean (Cristobal, aka vit) and an Australian girl Elanie who joined us just a week ago.
We had a nice green lunch together today after coming back from the market and I snapped a shot of our lunch before we ate eat so I thought I'd share it with you!
More later..
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Light has come back!!
I am back to my apartment 3 days after the quake.
Electricity is back!!
Our office is still closed until a proper examination is run so we'll be working from home today.
Monday, March 1, 2010
still no electricity...
It's now more than 60 hours since the first quake hit Chile... and still no electricity at my apartment building.
I am forced then to stay at my "holiday house" a bit longer.. Thanks Vincent and Anita for bearing with us!
The office will still be closed tomorrow, until we have a former analysis on the building's structure.
It means home (well "holiday home") working for me until further notice..
I am forced then to stay at my "holiday house" a bit longer.. Thanks Vincent and Anita for bearing with us!
The office will still be closed tomorrow, until we have a former analysis on the building's structure.
It means home (well "holiday home") working for me until further notice..
Sunday, February 28, 2010
The Earth shook in Chile!
As you all probably know by now, there was a very strong earthquake in Chile, at about 400km South of Santiago at 3h34AM during the night of 27th Feb. 2010.
The magnitude of the Earthquake where it hit was measured at 8.8 on the Richter scale and in Santiago the equivalent strength would be about 7.0
In Chile, which is undoubtedly one of the Earth most active seismic places, we have to go back 50 years to witness such a strength. The 1960 Valdivia quake, one of the strongest in the whole history of recorded seismic activity was measured at 9.5.
7.0 is equivalent to the Dec. 2009 quake of Haiti.
When it hit, I was asleep in my apartment, located on the 12th floor.
SCARY!
This is the word.
It's really hard to describe the sensations and thoughts that went through my mind during the 2 minutes that lasted the quake. That's a very long time and the movement of the building were extremely impressive! Mother Earth is one strong mom!!
Right after the first quake was over I jumped out of my bed, got dressed as fast as I could, grabbed a torch light and my phone and ran down the 12 floors by the emergency staircase.
One thing I forgot to grab was a sweater so it was a bit chilly waiting down there on the street with all my neighbours (a couple of them didn't want to leave their apartments though, so strange!!)
About 1h30 after being down there, listening to the radio and trying to place phone calls without success, I raised my head to see my 3 friends Caroline, Vincent and Benoit! What a relief!!
They came by car to check on me and we all then went to look for or other friends to check on them. Fortunately they were all sound and safe!
The 4 of us went to the house of Vincent (another one) which has the great advantage to be much closer to the ground!!!
The electricity came back pretty quickly but phone service was really hard to get. after about 7 hours we could use Internet and send messages and call our families to let them know we were ok!
We spent the whole day there, very tired from the lack of sleep, stress and the aftershock, plus all the subsequent smaller quakes that we experienced throughout the day, each time running in the garden for safety.
About 14 hours after the first quake I went back to my place for 20 minutes to grab some clothes and check out on the consequences of the quake. You can see some photos here. Nothing much really. Only a couple of lamps and glasses broken and one big scar on the wall in my living room.
After that we headed back to Vincent's house to spend the night.
So we've been very lucky!! Not the case for all of Chile though. Lots of older houses and buildings got seriously hit, including some of my friends' place. Down South the situation is without any doubt much more serious. Even in Santiago, in the older areas the damages are much worse.
After a good night's sleep, today everything seems quiet again.
Let's hope it'll be this way for a very very long time...
The magnitude of the Earthquake where it hit was measured at 8.8 on the Richter scale and in Santiago the equivalent strength would be about 7.0
In Chile, which is undoubtedly one of the Earth most active seismic places, we have to go back 50 years to witness such a strength. The 1960 Valdivia quake, one of the strongest in the whole history of recorded seismic activity was measured at 9.5.
7.0 is equivalent to the Dec. 2009 quake of Haiti.
When it hit, I was asleep in my apartment, located on the 12th floor.
SCARY!
This is the word.
It's really hard to describe the sensations and thoughts that went through my mind during the 2 minutes that lasted the quake. That's a very long time and the movement of the building were extremely impressive! Mother Earth is one strong mom!!
Right after the first quake was over I jumped out of my bed, got dressed as fast as I could, grabbed a torch light and my phone and ran down the 12 floors by the emergency staircase.
One thing I forgot to grab was a sweater so it was a bit chilly waiting down there on the street with all my neighbours (a couple of them didn't want to leave their apartments though, so strange!!)
About 1h30 after being down there, listening to the radio and trying to place phone calls without success, I raised my head to see my 3 friends Caroline, Vincent and Benoit! What a relief!!
They came by car to check on me and we all then went to look for or other friends to check on them. Fortunately they were all sound and safe!
The 4 of us went to the house of Vincent (another one) which has the great advantage to be much closer to the ground!!!
The electricity came back pretty quickly but phone service was really hard to get. after about 7 hours we could use Internet and send messages and call our families to let them know we were ok!
We spent the whole day there, very tired from the lack of sleep, stress and the aftershock, plus all the subsequent smaller quakes that we experienced throughout the day, each time running in the garden for safety.
About 14 hours after the first quake I went back to my place for 20 minutes to grab some clothes and check out on the consequences of the quake. You can see some photos here. Nothing much really. Only a couple of lamps and glasses broken and one big scar on the wall in my living room.
After that we headed back to Vincent's house to spend the night.
So we've been very lucky!! Not the case for all of Chile though. Lots of older houses and buildings got seriously hit, including some of my friends' place. Down South the situation is without any doubt much more serious. Even in Santiago, in the older areas the damages are much worse.
After a good night's sleep, today everything seems quiet again.
Let's hope it'll be this way for a very very long time...
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Happy Birthday to me!!
Today is my birthday!
Had a little celebration yesterday with a couple of friends. We went out to Bellavista, ate, drank and danced the night out. I'm a bit fuzzy about some of the details though....
I emptied quite a few bottles of alcohol to celebrate... 17 in total.... All by myself!
What!!?
How!!?
Are you crazy?
I guess a little ;-)
I actually did not drink any of this but I emptied all those bottles in the sink! Just did.
I have been contemplating leading a healthier lifestyle for a few years now but it's always been up and down. I had my periods where I would eat well, not drink.... and others... well where I would do pretty much the opposite.
Since a couple of weeks I started again trying to eat better and drink better too and I've been reading / viewing lots of information on internet mainly concerning food and health, trying to determine what would be the best possible diet for me.
Here's a link to a video that made quite an impression on me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM&feature=player_embedded#
there are much more and I might start sharing some of those now and then.
I am trying to eradicate refined sugar from my diet since. On the day I watched this video I grabbed all the soft drinks in my house and pourred them down the sink.
Today I decided that I should not drink alcohol anymore and I thought then that the first step would be to get rid of all the bottles at my house. I didn't want to give them out as I think after all this is not a very elegant thing to do and I do not want anyone to drink them (how selfish ;-) )
The other good side of this is that I have more space on those shelves in my kitchen cabinet to have awesome nutritious food instead! I was a bit short of storage space so it will help!
Had a little celebration yesterday with a couple of friends. We went out to Bellavista, ate, drank and danced the night out. I'm a bit fuzzy about some of the details though....
I emptied quite a few bottles of alcohol to celebrate... 17 in total.... All by myself!
What!!?
How!!?
Are you crazy?
I guess a little ;-)
I actually did not drink any of this but I emptied all those bottles in the sink! Just did.
I have been contemplating leading a healthier lifestyle for a few years now but it's always been up and down. I had my periods where I would eat well, not drink.... and others... well where I would do pretty much the opposite.
Since a couple of weeks I started again trying to eat better and drink better too and I've been reading / viewing lots of information on internet mainly concerning food and health, trying to determine what would be the best possible diet for me.
Here's a link to a video that made quite an impression on me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM&feature=player_embedded#
there are much more and I might start sharing some of those now and then.
I am trying to eradicate refined sugar from my diet since. On the day I watched this video I grabbed all the soft drinks in my house and pourred them down the sink.
Today I decided that I should not drink alcohol anymore and I thought then that the first step would be to get rid of all the bottles at my house. I didn't want to give them out as I think after all this is not a very elegant thing to do and I do not want anyone to drink them (how selfish ;-) )
The other good side of this is that I have more space on those shelves in my kitchen cabinet to have awesome nutritious food instead! I was a bit short of storage space so it will help!
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Nude art
Thanks Camille for the great participation!
You were definetely born to be a model so keep it up!
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Jazz Festival in Providencia
This week was the 3 day annual international Jazz Festival in Providencia.
I could only go to the first day, which was really great, despite (or because of?) the few people who turned up.
I had to leave before the end of the show because of an early plane to catch
I could only go to the first day, which was really great, despite (or because of?) the few people who turned up.
I had to leave before the end of the show because of an early plane to catch
Happy Raw New Year!
For new year, I went up to Baños Morales in the Cajon del Maipo, about 2 hours from Santiago and at about 1700m altitude.
The program for the 3 days there ran roughly like this: Raw food, hot springs, horse ride, fresh air, trekking, indian music, meditation.... and a lots of good vibes!
It was really awesome and quite of a shock to return to civilization, its noise and agitation the day after!
Check it out!
The program for the 3 days there ran roughly like this: Raw food, hot springs, horse ride, fresh air, trekking, indian music, meditation.... and a lots of good vibes!
It was really awesome and quite of a shock to return to civilization, its noise and agitation the day after!
Check it out!
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