berlin - eat and drink

taiwanese capuccino (someplace near boxhagener platz)


at kaffee mitte. (the black circles are actually devices that light and beep when your food is ready so you can go inside and get it!)


i don't know if you're crazy about ritter sport like me but even if you aren't you would go crazy at this shop in berlin where you can make any kind of ritter sport you can imagine!


even if it's cold, you just wanna sit outside in the sun.


oh sausages, sausages! this is the berlin typical, currywurst. yammi

autumn leaves

autumn leaves

autumn leaves

the seasons in portugal can be quite boring: it's always summer and suddenly starts raining and get's cold. one thing that always bothered me was that trees are almost always green. so i was pretty excited to see autumn in germany when leaves get beautiful colored in yellow, red and orange. and i was pretty lucky!

the divine comedy

eu ADORO o neil hannon desde o dia em que o meu irmão trouxe para casa "a short album about love". nessa altura ele era o meu guru musical e costumava comprar imensos cd's. em casa eu ouvia e, se gostasse, pagava por metade do cd (que generosa!). lembro-me que com este cd dos divine comedy eu quis logo comprar o cd todo. foi o início de um longo amor.

este ano os divine comedy lançaram um album novo: "bang goes the knigthood" e é bastante bom. ouvi-o sem parar e disse ao meu namorado: "sabes, estou um bocado chateada que os divine comedy não toquem em portugal há tanto tempo e gostava mesmo de o ouvir. e que tal procurarmos um concerto numa cidade europeia qualquer que também queiramos visitar?". "boa!" respondeu ele (♥). Vimos então a tour europeia que estava marcada e escolhemos paris - não seria maravilhoso ver o concerto em paris! mas depois veio o verão e estávamos demasiado ocupados para nos lembrarmos dos bilhetes. quando percebemos que era melhor despachar-mo-nos já era tarde demais, o concerto em paris estava esgotado! bolas! imediatamente fomos ver que outras opções tínhamos e agora já havia também berlim! excelente! comprámos os bilhetes e depois o voo e fomos até berlim.

este é um vídeo do concerto em berlim, no momento mais insólito do concerto. se seguirem o link do you tube no canal deste utilizador está literalmente TODO o concerto.

nota 1: eu não acho que os the divine comedy são a melhor banda do mundo, só sinto que as músicas são perfeitas para mim.

nota 2: pouco tempo depois de comprarmos os bilhetes para berlin foram anunciados dois concertos em lisboa (e agora mais dois no norte!). :D bom, não há fome que não dê em fartura e também já tenho bilhetes para lisboa!

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i LOVE neil hannon since the day my brother brought home "a short album about love". at that time he was my musical guru and used to buy all the cd's. at home i would listen and, if i liked it, i would pay for half the cd (very generous of me!). i recall arguing that i wanted to pay for all the divine comedy cd. that was the beginning of a beautiful love.


so earlier this year the divine comedy release a new album "bang goes the knigthood" and it's pretty good. i listened over and over and then i told my boyfriend "you know, i'm disappointed that the divine comedy haven't played in portugal for so long, and i really missed it. shall we find a concert somewhere in a european city we want to go too?", "of course!" he replied (oh, how i adore him!). so we checked the european tour and choose paris - wouldn't it be great to watch a concert in paris. then summer came and we were too busy getting sun tanned and we never bought the tickets. when we realize we should hurry, it was too late, the concert in paris was sold out! damn! so imediately we checked our other options and berlin was so obvious! we bought the tickets and then the flight and then we went to berlin.
this is a video from the concert in berlin. if you follow the you tube link to this user's page you watch the ENTIRE show!





note 1: i don't think the divine comedy are the best band in the world, i just feel that almost every song is right for me.
note 2: shortly after we bought the berlin tickets, the divine comedy announced two concerts in lisbon. :D well, you can't never have too much so i bought new tickets for lisbon too.

liebe

ich liebe berlin
ich liebe adidas
ich liebe dich

berlin

it´s cold and leaves are yellow, red and green. i´m in love.

daydreaming about berlin

image by werner kunz

i'm daydreaming about berlin, where i'm headed in two days. it's been 9 (!!!) years since last time. i was there with my norwegian classmates for our architecture project site recognition and now, totally by chance, i'll be staying at a friend's place near the same site.

since the day i left i wanted to return and now i can't wait to get on the plane!

i remeber finding it hard to capture an image of berlin, it's so big and complex but i'm sure my camera will shoot a lot! especially if i find (as i'm hoping) beautiful autumn leaves...

if you have any reccomendations please let me know in the comments! danke!

vertigem

I am again rushing through the days. I urge for the day I will feel less restless, but I guess that day will never come, will it?

all is full of love #3

all is full of love #2
all is full of love #1

write me a letter, please

adorable japanese inflatable letter set as seen in the adorable blog upon a fold.

dark dark dark

saiu água dos meus olhos. o meu teste pessoal para a beleza de uma música.
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there were tears in my eyes. my personal test for music's beauty.


obrigada. obrigada. obrigada.

10/10/10

hoje é um dia único. tão especial que tive que fazer qualquer coisa: fiz um bolo, preparei um chá e servi tudo neste lindo serviço japonês, usado pela primeira vez.
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a unique day today. so special i had to something: i baked a cake, prepared some tea and served it in this beautiful japanese porcelain for the first time.

i want the world to stop

new album from belle & sebastian available for streaming audio here.

too many choices is making us feel worse

barry schwartz on "the paradox of choice".

a very interesting TED talk about why having endless options is actually leading us to unhappiness and stagnation.

we don't need more and we shouldn't be so hard on ourselves.

sometimes

yakuza

image copyright anton kusters.

the photography book now awards by blurb were announced today and made me discover an amazing project by a belgian photographer, anton kusters. anton somehow managed to get in touch and sort of get accepted by a group of yakuza (aka the japanese mafia) and is getting an incredible insight of this amazing culture. the yakuza is probably the most fascinating japanese subculture and i can't wait to get a copy of the book. congratulations anton! and good luck with your project.

see the book here.
see the project here.

such a perfect day

we spent what was probably our last summer weekend in a beautiful house in alentejo, the southern countryside. we chose a place from this site and we spent a marvellous time resting and splashing around the amazing beaches of our coast.



more pictures will follow.

recovering lazyholic

i got to know erin hanson's work through the great series "reminders". then i started digging through her portfolio (love the series "need to want less")and following her blog and i must say she's one of a kind. i adore her minimal incisive thoughts and the sarcastic humour. and best, it's for sale in printed version.

indulge yourself:
Website: www.recoveringlazyholic.com
Blog: www.recoveringlazyholic.blogspot.com
Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/sock_puppet/
Shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/erinsaidso

a word to erin (if you happen to read this): i don't think you're lazy at all!

"the happiest people don't have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything they have."