Surfing the Atlantic....

..at Praia de Carcavelos

A better new year..!!

Cantinflas at Éden Cinema....

"Por mis Pistolas"

..the matinee on Christmas eve around 1970 

To you all....

Primary school in Portugal, around 1940. Photo by Bernard Hoffman 

..Merry Christmas.

Espellho de Água....

..1940, by Cottineli Telmo

Snack-Bar....

Smoke....and smell

..from roasted chestnuts

House of ghosts....

Silver W.

48....

..stolen years, by Susana de Sousa Dias

Tour "de Graça"....

..thanks P.F. for the tour on a rainy day !!

Limestone stairs....

..Belém

Aesthetic pavement....

..Rua Augusta

Estoril bunkers....

Querubim Lapa....

..and Pastelaria Mexicana

Yoko Yap....

photo: Wingårdh Arkitektkontor

..by Gert Wingårdh, 1983

Mindelo....

photo: C. Amorim

Hillside House....

LA, 1962 by Raul Garduno

Ray of light....

Av. Duque de Ávila....

Straight lines....

Headache....

..Museu Berardo

Baia de Cascais....

It's a rainy day....

Benfica in colors....

Space....

..Cinema São Jorge

Miu Miu....

..on the border of art

Avonmore....

Just for the sake of track six....worth every penny. A bit like riding a horse above the clouds. See you in May at Usher Hall....

Museu Berardo....

..Centro Cultural de Belém

Rio Tejo....

..and Belém

Museu Nacional do Azulejo....

..Convento da Madre de Deus

Mensagens....

..Cinema S. Jorge

Esplanada....

Some days are much better than others....

Sweden vs Portugal, Friends Arena, November 19, 2013
2014 World Cup Qualifiers

Smashing Lisbon....

..near Bairro Alto

Centro Cultural de Belém....

"Os Maias - Cenas da Vida Romântica"....

Uma tragédia burguesa empacotada em belas imagens e uma delicia de diálogos a atarem o presente. Sinceramente....gostei daquela cenografia que mostra pouco, mas liberta ainda mais. Quanto ao papel de Pedro Inês (joão da Ega)....soberbo. Duas horas e meia muito bem passadas no escuro do Fonte Nova.  

Um filme de João Botelho

Leonis Salladsbar....a pearl from the 1980`s

photo: Gert Wingårdh (click to enlarge)

Once upon a time at Fredsgatan, Göteborg, and like most interiors from the 80`s...gone long time ago. One of architect Gert Wingårdh early works. 
(1978 ?)....

Thanks Wingårdhs Arkitektkontor !! 

Grupo Compay Segundo at Konserthuset....

Göteborg, Konserthuset, October, 31

Beginning a concert with a sitting audience....and ending it with a dancing crowd is the best appreciation you can ever get. "El Grupo" knows how to perform, and old Compay was certainly up there keeping an eye on "los muchachos"

Best in show: "A caballo vamos pal monte"

Bryan Ferry at Lisebergshallen....

Göteborg, Lisebergshallen, October, 28 (photo: GP)

Think about a concept that worked in 1974....and still functions forty years later ! The elegant dandy with the seducing voice, still sings with the same charisma and feeling. Magical-rhythmical candy for our senses, and yesterday nothing of that was changed. One and a half hours of music was, by the way, a bit short for the money.

Paul Beard - keyboards

Guy Pratt - bass

Jorja Chalmers - sax

Cherisse Osei - drums

Jacob Quistgaard - guitarr

Steve Jones - guitar

Bobbie Gordon - backing vocals

Jodie Scantlebury - backing vocals
Fonzi Thornton - backing vocals

Best in show: 

"Oh Yeah" (such a great song), "Kiss and Tell", "Take a chance with me", "More than this", "Slave to love", "Virginia Plain", "Jealous Guy", "Avalon"....and all the rest !!

You never alone among books....

..but insufficient

Avant l`hiver....

Kristin Scott Thomas and Daniel Auteuil in a film by Philippe Claudel

Take a step aside from the main road....and you may find yourself wondering about the previous direction.