Is this what you call summer?

The ladies wine club

It's not an official club (or a very big deal), but every once in while a small group of us girls get together in the office, after working hours, to taste a couple of wines.

Yesterday we were all very elegant (and kind of boring) wearing black and white - including Paisley, Lisa's dog who was just coming back from a grooming apointment and just came for the crackers.

This was actually the second time we did it. And I can say I liked the first one better...

On being Argentinean

I guess I can't have or be everything, but I do sometimes feel entitled to more than one home. So, setting this straight, I'll say that I'm a Brazilian at heart and if I had to choose only one place to be (or to love) Brazil would be it.

But, while I don't have to choose, I can have days like yesterday, preparing caipirinhas and drinking Argentinean beer, while watching a very american basketball game on TV in a neighbor's garage (isn't watching sports in the garage, in a kind of a "men cave" ambiance, the most american of all american cliches?)

Argentina's soccer team was also playing the US and the score was a shameful 0-0... I know that this is a very american thing to say (and also a manly one) but I'm so looking forward to football season!

Brazilian Samba

I went downstairs for a Diet Coke (yes, I do that a lot) and Claire offered me this fun drink she bought at Vons yesterday. I love it, mostly because of the flavor name: Brazilian Samba!

(the photo is horrible, I know)

The dating game

Not for me, of couse - I had my share. A couple of days ago I got together with some girlfriends and, after some coffee, tea and cheese puff (Kellen makes the best cheese puffs) we started to talk about Pati's love life. She got divorced two years ago and can't really find time, or didn't want to put the effort, to get back in the game. So we signed her up to eHarmony. She was there and kind of agreed, but she would never have done it by herself. Let's see how it goes now. In a way, we are all so excited about it that it feels like we are the ones looking for a boyfriend :)

Kellen's cheese puffs are these little yellow breads in the middle of the picture. When they are around, no one cares about muffins, fruit, croissants, granola...