what happens when one of the world’s best violin players performs on his stradivarius at a metro station in new york, incognito?
find out on this brilliant piece by the washington post. it’s big, but it’s well worth it.
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little bits of updates
dear people,
the sun rises around 5 in the morning and we instinctively wake up too early because the curtains never seem to close well enough. we moved into a new place on sunday, after a full day of cleaning and scrubbing. my body is still aching, but the apartment is amazing – big, sunny, near the suzhou river and very close to both our workplaces, just beside a line 3 subway station, practically new.
i’m in love with it and in totally “nesting” mode, dreaming of bedsheets and colorful new dishes, and parties with friends and cupcakes. oh! and cats. two of them.
on other news, last week i had “may holidays”. the chinese have 3 “golden weeks” of national holidays per year: the chinese new year week (january/february), the labour day-week (may) and the national day week (october). i didn’t do much all week, but i did discover some interesting tips on my unread feeds:
* the keyboard waffle iron, via gizmodo. being a geek couple ourselves, we seriously need this (along with a rice cooker and a dumplings steam cooker). :)
* mind this gap: a collection of testimonies of portuguese people who work or used to work abroad. how and why, all explained. a big inspiration for those who are thinking about doing it… someday, i’ll add mine too.
* badfatsbrothers.com: a clever and neat flash site, made to teach with irony on the harms of consuming to much “bad” food.
and about the lack of photos: we are old-school people, with no digital cameras… (well, yet, at least). i’ve shot almost 2 rols of film since i arrived, but have had little luck in finding a place to develop them (black and white). shanghaiist recomends trying a fuji center in wulumuqi road. we’ll see.
ps – it’s been a month we’re around and, by coincidence, it’s been a year since we first talked about shanghai and coming to china… :)
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links avulso
a espreitar, em português:
* a edição de hoje do público, em pdf.
* o vamos brincar, um blogue feito por mães conhecidas, cheio de surpresas e dicas para passar o tempo com os mais pequenos.
* BragaFreecycle: numa descrição curta, é um grupo para quem vive em braga e arredores, e está interessado em oferecer ou trocar artigos que tem em casa, e que de outro modo vão parar ao lixo. mais detalhes ficam para um post maior.
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december gloom
i’m glad the month is coming to an end. december somehow lost its aura of enchantment and magic. maybe it’s the looking forward towards the end of january, maybe it’s the looking forward to shanghai, a bit of all i guess. it seems that life is so focused on the future that right now, no events are particularly meaningful, we’re just killing time.
still, a couple of things that caught my attention, these last few days:
* scarlett johansson sings summertime. i love this song, and its successive versions and covers, and plus she’s not at all bad at it.
* the holiday party excuse generator: a cute snowman guides you through the process of chosing what type of excuse you’d like (they have it for all tastes and kinds of party) to avoid that special event you’re so (not) looking forward to.
* i tryied yorkshire pudding for the first time yesterday. apparently, it’s a british classic, but i had never heard of it before. and i must learn how to do it, that was delicious.
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yellow alert
since “the season to be jolly” hasn’t been the best of the year, here’s a couple of highlights from the feeds, to break the silence a bit:
* make your own mitten warmers: diy instructions to your rice/lentils cozy warmers. they say the heat should stay up to one hour, which would be perfect for my frozen toes. (via lifehacker)
* books by the greats, covers by you: if you pick your books by the cover, maybe you can consider making your own. i think penguin already has some of the best covers around, but it’s a nice idea.