it was cold, really cold.. of course I was not prepared at all… It was packed.. traffic of people in the sidewalks close to Radio City Hall… a woman comment’s: “I live here for 11 years and have never seen it like that”. When we arrived around 2 pm on Saturday and I left the bus, I smelt it.. the smell I remembered from NY when I visited it with my parents in 1993. Yes, I am talking about 18 years ago. But the smell was just like yesterday. It was a good time; my first time seeing snow falling from the sky, the twin towers were there, and I was a naive young girl thinking life can be perfect…

I am not saying life is not good, but is far from perfect..

but let’s come back to NY! We had a blast, a gastronomic indulgence. Everything started at Bryan Park Grill, and adorable restaurant at Bryan Park. The park was full and the xmas village (kind of a lot of small stores together) was happening, full of people… great xmas energy. I met Sarah for one hour and was finally introduced to her boyfriend…

Later Isa and Joao were planning to take us to a nice restaurant, but instead we decided to stay home and make fondue (Cheese and chocolate). I just love to be with them.. I can be 100% myself, we laugh, we have fun, we talk.. and of course we eat! we watched a documentary about Senna.. and I cried.. (he died in an F1 accident in 1994 – the last fatal accident in F1). At 5am, I went to Joao and Isa’s bed and Joao came to ours.. hehehe the guys had to watch a soccer game that was really important.. and I wanted to keep sleeping…

LAter we had a real brazilian breakfast with pao de queijo, requeijao, coffee… amazing! After some walk in Soho and my first time in a nice store – Uniqlo – we went to Felix (a french – brazilian bistro)… delicious!

And then was time to come back home for the final real week of work. Thank you Isa and Joao for such a great time and I really hope you can make to Xmas here!!!