the MIAMI sound machine
a few days ago we went to to miami to take care of some business and let me tell you… i loved it. miami reminds me of my home country of brazil. beautiful beaches, friendly people, delicious food, wonderful rhythms and cool nights. man oh man, we were there only 2 days but we had a great time.
here are some pics from our trip
miami… aaaaaah…
south beach
us on the south beach diet, paella… haha
a crazy paparazzi who followed that limo forever… hmmm, i wonder who was inside, JLo?
a walk by the coast. there were beautiful houses and buildings up and down the coast.
the view from our hotel room
versace’s house… the one he was killed at
the miami night fall
and more weird coincidences… side by side… whoah!
keep dreaming!
November 1st, 2006 at 5:38 pm
Mmmmmm….. looks wonderful!! Warm weather sounds kinda good right now. It’s been chilly here — fall is definitely fallen. Florida always looks so beautiful in pictures.
Thanks for stopping by my Turning 40 blog. I am SO EXCITED about starting college!! Woohoo!!
And now its time for you to get your degree. I remember when you were taking bunches of classes at PCC. I figured you’d have your degree loooong before me.
Love ya, woman! Miss you very, very much!
November 1st, 2006 at 6:14 pm
Fun Niza! Miami has such great food! I wish you could have hung with us girls when we were in West Palm, so much fun! Maybe next time.
November 1st, 2006 at 6:47 pm
Cool collection of colors and corners,so beautiful…thank you,Niza.
Today all I want to dream and do is to go home and be with my mom,she needs me…I can’t and don’t want to think about anything else…
love
November 1st, 2006 at 7:59 pm
Did you go to Miami Ink?
That looks beautiful! I would love to visit there some time. I’ve only been to the airport on my way to Jamaica.
When we were in London there were these restaurants with little paellas they were so cute! And looked really yummy! That’s the one kind of restaurant I wanted to go to that we never got to.
Glad you updated!!! I love to see the world through your view!
November 1st, 2006 at 11:45 pm
I had no idea that Florida was as cool as Brazil. I still think Brazil would win. But hey, I haven’t been to either one.
thanks for sharing the pic’s.
November 2nd, 2006 at 7:41 am
Talk about a sign! WOW! Not one sign but TWO! Very trippy. Miami IS beautiful…I can’t wait to see you again.
November 2nd, 2006 at 10:49 pm
My wife and I moved to Miami about a year and a half ago. It is beautiful. We love it. What restaurant was that (the paella) on Ocean Dr.? Looks good.
November 3rd, 2006 at 3:42 am
Prima Linda!!
Amei as fotos! Como Miami é lindo!!!! realmente lembra bastante o Brasil em algumas coisas… mas que noite foi aquela??? Maravilhjosa a foto!!!!!!!!!! Que Céu!!!!!!!!!!! =)))
To louca pra conhecer melhor, pq quando eu fui ( há 10 anos atrás) só fui com o grupo pra fazer compras, daàvc imagina, que eu nem prestei atenção né??? hhehehehhe……
Beijossssssssssssssssssss!!!!
November 3rd, 2006 at 12:42 pm
All those blue skies, I’m jealous! Its been grey and snow flurries all day here in Michigan! Love your painting, too!
November 3rd, 2006 at 1:14 pm
well i think it’s a whole lot cleaner than brazil, if you ask me
November 4th, 2006 at 7:11 am
Best part- you speak the language there!!! ha ha!!
November 4th, 2006 at 12:03 pm
Beautiful pics. Isn’t God awesome to allow you a feeling of being back in your native country? I continue to pray for you and your family.
November 4th, 2006 at 2:27 pm
It looks lovely and sunny.
I’m enjoying the cold weather arriving in Sheffield. The temperature has been higher than average for ages. Now I get to wear my scarf, hat and boots! Yeah!
thinking of you!!
November 4th, 2006 at 4:36 pm
You and Alex travel to the coolest places! Los Angeles may indeed “inhale the nations” but you guys sail the world on the cheerily whistled wind of God!
On the other hand, I’m enjoying a beautiful pre-sunset golden-orange smog aura right now, as the sun settles below the apartment roofs and powerlines… okay, I guess Miami has me beat after all.
November 13th, 2006 at 9:35 pm
Let’s move to London, okay?
And I posted for you my love!
November 14th, 2006 at 5:16 pm
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE 1930’s 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and 70’s !!
First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us.
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can, and didn’t get tested for diabetes.
Then after that trauma, our baby cribs were covered with bright colored lead-based paints.
We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.
As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.
Riding in the back of a pick up on a warm day was always a special treat.
We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.
We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.
We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank soda pop with sugar in it, but we weren’t overweight because……
WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.
No one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times, we learned to solve the problem.
We did not have Playstations, Nintendo’s, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound,no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms……….WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!
We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no
lawsuits from these accidents.
We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.
We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays,
made up games with sticks and tennis balls and although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.
We rode bikes or walked to a friend’s house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them!
Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn’t had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of.They actually sided with the law!
This generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and inventors ever!
The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned
HOW TO
DEAL WITH IT ALL!
And YOU are one of them!
CONGRATULATIONS!
You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives for our own good.
and while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were.
Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn’t it?!
November 14th, 2006 at 5:23 pm
Erica…I loved that! Reading it made me smile and a little sad that my kids just won’t know that world. There’s will be different from mine or my parents or grandparents…but maybe since we all remember we can try to give them a taste of it.
November 16th, 2006 at 7:34 am
I loved Miami, and right now in a cold and wet Edinburgh I would love to be there!
November 22nd, 2006 at 6:23 am
Hi Niza
Adel is doing great. She just returned from Spain and Portugal where she presented a paper on accounting education.
Thanks for keeping in touch. She has not caught onto blogging though. I hope she will sooner rather than later. She is also just finishing her masters degree in tersiary education. She is pretty pleased that it is over and done with.
Here is her e-mail adress if you find time to send her an e-mail:
adel.duplessis@buseco.monash.edu
Take care and be sure to convince Alex that you guys need to come visit us some time next year.
November 26th, 2006 at 6:38 pm
Hey Niza!
How are you? Allen told me that you moved to Florida!
Wow! Glad you are beginning to feel at home there.
I think I’m getting back into the VOX thing again…
Happy to “see” you!
November 28th, 2006 at 4:02 pm
Hey, I just got VOX!!
bjs
November 28th, 2006 at 7:06 pm
Que inveja! Vai passar por Recife? Manda um abraço pra meus tios.
Aproveite a terrinha.
Tentei ligar pra ti hj.
December 7th, 2006 at 8:41 am
i liked miami alot aswell but i liked L.A better!!
December 10th, 2006 at 1:04 am
Niza my Love, You didn’t call before you left … I miss you!!!
I love you and think of you often. How is Brazil? I bet you are so happy to be with Erica and Michael!
I listened to Portuguese Christmas music the other day. A girl I work with had a bunch of CDs. It was so great … Santa Clause is Pappa Noel in the songs. I love it!!!
LOVE YOU!!!
Tina
December 17th, 2006 at 9:00 am
i miss you dahhhling.
January 1st, 2007 at 9:38 am
Awesome pictures! I miss you!
January 16th, 2007 at 7:28 pm
Thanks for sharing there pics with us!
January 18th, 2007 at 10:58 pm
WOW!!! That looks pretty much AMAZING!!! One of my best friends grew up in Miami but had to move to South Dakota early on in life. I couldn’t imagine leaving such a BEAUTIFUL place like that (for south dakota, none the less!!!)
I stopped in Mosaic Portland a few times since being up here in Oregon, but I’m on the complete opposite side of town. I found a community that a good majority of my coworkers go to- even my boss plays in the worship band! Go figure, ya work at starbucks- you’re going to run into Christians
Espically where I’m at in Oregon.
I miss seeing you at MRC, heck… i miss MRC!!! But, keep updating when you can- it’s always fun to read blogs when it’s raining cats and dogs up here! =)
Stay safe
January 19th, 2007 at 6:33 am
Hey Niza…you haven’t posted for AGES!
See you in a few weeks.
January 20th, 2007 at 6:35 pm
I second that motion… POST SOMETHING!
I’m so worried. Where have you gone? Are you okay? Are you trapped under something heavy and can’t get to the computer? Should we send a posse out for you??
Please-please-please dear Niza, give a sign that you’re okay!! We miss you out here….
January 23rd, 2007 at 6:43 am
yes. post.
April 24th, 2007 at 4:48 am
dark nipples…
Value source for dark nipples….