One of the guys

You talk about your boyfriends and their girlfriends. You drink beer and eat fried things. They look at you in a weird way when you order a diet coke, but end up asking for a sip. You analyze, with them, the cleavages that pass by and they laugh, with you, at 80s hairstyles that move around as if they belonged in the present. You listen to bad jokes about your ex, get some advice and even a hug. Then you give advice and another hug. So many good things happen in these moments when you are only one of the guys...

Piece of conversation, at a pub

- Do you have a brother?

- No, I don't

- Wow. You look so much like a friend of mine who lives in San Francisco...

- I see

- He's a photographer, just like you, he works for Vogue

- Cool

- It's amazing, he looks just like you, I can't believe you are not siblings

- I'm an only child

- Are you sure?

It's fun to introduce fun people to each other and find out that your friends can end up being friends, even when you are not around.

vtp - we do have very important conversations

We talk about family:


- My mother in law offered to hem my pants, can you believe it?

- Weird, but nice, right? So you don't have to do that yourself.

- I don't know if it's nice, sounds so weird.

- Mine is funny. She thinks that, to be healthy and beautiful, you have to be fat.

- So tipical! We kill ourselves to get in shape and they're worried about how much strenght we have to take care of their sons.

- A couple of weeks ago my mother in law came to me with the sadest face and told me that she noticed I've been loosing weight - and I immediately thanked her. Then she went out for lunch and came back with a gift for me, a little greasy bag with fries.

- Sounds great! Who wouldn't want a bag of fries???? I would love that, but no one gives me that kind of stuff, everyone thinks I'm too delicate to like these fatty things.

- I can't believe it. Are you saying that you would like to get a bag of fries as a gift from your mother in law????

- I would love it! And I also want her to hem my pants. If you ask around, the only thing that mothers in law have been doing is vodu dolls with our faces on them. You have these angels that sew and bring food, you have no right to complain!

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And about work also:

- So... does your store sell wholesale or retail?

- It's a hybrid - my business is called casting care.

- Cache coeur? Sounds fun, but I thought you sold food, not clothing.

Important notice: this is only a poetic license, we are actually very smart.

vtp - by the kitchen counter

My kitchen has a bar. People arrive and sit around it – close to the finger food, close to the wine and close to the cook (a.k.a. myself). And the living room, all dressed up in flowers and candles, is left alone, remembering the time when visitors were more worried about behaving properly and less worried about having fun. Last evening was a girls only. Nine women.

- I’ve always wanted to paint a fake mark on my face, like Cindy Crawford.

- I’ve done it once! Got an eyeliner and painted it right here.

- Why? Where did you go with it?

- I was still with my ex boyfriend. We had to go to a boring party and I decided to have my own fun. But I had to go to the restroom a hundred times, to repaint it.

- And what did your ex think about the mark?

- He hated it. He got so angry about it… and as he got angrier, I repainted it more and more. I had so much fun on that day

My favorite kind of friend

My favorite kind of friend is that one that makes me feel good just to look at him.

My favorite kind of friend is that one whose simple touch makes me smile.

Or start laughing, out of control, if it happens after a couple of sakes.

Girls night out - part III

- Relationships are always so complicated...

- I agree. That's why I don't have a steady boyfriend.

- What? What about that guy...?

- Oh, you are right, I do have one.

Girls night out - part II

- I was all ready, waxed, manicured, massaged, everything. I even bough new panties with a red cross on the front because he's a doctor, as you know. I thought it would be a fun touch.

- I can't believe you, Bibs! You are the funniest! What did he think of it?

- He looked at me and started laughing like a mad man.

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- Did we tell you about that party in Pinda?

- You went all the way to Pindamonhangaba just to go to a party?

- Yes, the two of us and Carol - and we met a friend there. We arrived at the party and soon got lost from him. We just saw him again when there was a crowd around a fight. When we got close to take a look, there he was, punching a drunk guy that flerted with one of us.

- Oh! And what happened next?

- Well, then we did what every smart woman does when she sees a fight: we yelled. And, after yelling, each one grabbed a chair, made a Charlie's Angels face and tried to help.

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- Let me understand this right. You are telling me that you would go to the gym everyday, spent the entire afternoon there and, even though, you were fat?

- Yes, that't right. Carol had a restaurant on the floor above the Gym. We would face a spinning class and then run upstairs to hidrate the body with mojitos. And we would spend hours playing backgammon and eating those little potato breads that she makes.

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What do the handbags think of our conversations, when we leave them all together, on a chair?

Girls night out - part I

- We are on our way to Kosushi, do you want to meet us there?

- Oh, please, not sushi again, I ate sushi yesterday...

- We like sushi because it's light but, if you prefer, we can eat a little salad somewhere.

- Great! See you at Burger Bistro in half an hour.

In the picture, burger with creamy cheese sauce and chives. On the back, burger with a wild mushroom sauce. Each of them sitting on a nest of potatoes. Out of the picture, lots of wine and apple pie with ice cream. We are not that good with being light.

Jeans

kats likes jeans.
They look good with white t-shirts and red nails!
And they look really great with other jeans ;)

A weekend in Rio is a happy weekend

I really miss last weekend.

At the Argentinean restaurant

A couple of friends.

A great conversation.

Several glasses, for wines that fit every course.

Is there a better way to spend a Saturday night?

Girls night in

I have a group of ten girlfriends with whom I get together at least once a month, to have dinner, drink some mojitos and chat a bit. It always clears my mind. I'm really happier since I've met them!

Pastéis de Belém

I used to think that real friends didn't get married and move, but I found out that they do get married and sometimes move to places far far away (even though they have a way of making me feel close).

Real friends move to Lisbon but don't loose their places. And, most important, they come to visit and bring "pastéis de Belém" (a famous and very tasty pastry, tipical of Portugal) with these sugar and cinnamon sachets that are the cutest thing. Thanks, Carol.