Recession? Lack of will? Still feeling the chills of winter? Well, at least now you can be politically correct while drowns the sorrows, or celebrate a good time to give a shot to the saint, not forgetting the spring knocking on the door.
It’s time for barbecued, meeting with friends, music, outdoor Brazilian caipirinhas and famous, now will not be made with Pitu! Finally! Finally a good rum to drink or to make caipirinhas, Sagatiba, Leblon, and especially organic, Porto Morretes. Yeah, the LCBO is now selling rum of good quality. I am a fan of white and yellow cachaça, I confess, I tried the organic kind at Caju Restaurant, from entrepreneur Mário Cassini, in Toronto. It’s delicious. I always loved the nectar of the cane, Centenária Januária, Boazinha, Ipioca and many others. When in Brazil on holidays or on business, I really enjoy a dose of the yellow drink, ‘pure’. I take a bottle of Jack Daniels when travelling to Brazil and an old friend always takes a bottle of good cachaça, result … A good long talk ‘watered’ to 40 GL of inestimable sweetness.
The interesting of all is the ‘entry’ of three cachaças in Canada at the same time. Sagatiba I had tried (at my partner’s bar Felipe), Leblon I didn’t tried yet, and Porto Morretes (the region of Curitiba). I was impressed with the taste of the latter, which is on sale at the LCBO, like the other two, but it is not in the same section of the first two cachaças, it is in a ‘private’ one, I am not kidding.
When I was looking for it at one of the LCBO stores I questioned where the newly arrived Morretes was, cuz I had already savored during tasting at Caju Restaurant in the presence of Fulgêncio Torres (owner of the Porto Morretes), and its representative in Canada, Ildefonso Go.
During my first search I did not find it, one of the attendants of that store led me to this noble area of the store, the same attendant was impressed because this was an organic drink and he had heard that you could make a drink similar to the morrito with it and also it was a politically correct spirit! Either way, I bought a bottle, $ 33.85 dollars.
A detail about Morretes; it is done with the heart of the cachaça, not the head (poor taste) or syrup (taste bitter, sour), but the middle. Now when the sun comes out we will have picanha cut (Brazilian special meat cut), arugula, and finally good cachaça – for the lovers of white or yellow sugar cane alcoholic nectar, the politically correct and also the Holy.
Porto Morretes' spirit tasting night at Cajú restaurant, Fulgêncio Torres, Ildefonso Go e Mário Cassini. Photo: Sandro Miranda
International convention and competition, Bodyssey 2009 had some very interesting characters, colours and beautiful bodies. besides the competition there were workshops, body painting products and lots of fun.
The work of Alex Hansen
The world champion, Brazilian Alex Jansen, was doing his very precise work with all the other competitors and got third place,behind of NickWolfe and Lucie Brouillard The competition also had artists like Pashur, Mak reid, Sean Avram, Brian Wolfe, Vargas and Jinny.
Besides the competition that started, from April 3rd-5th, at the Sheraton Parkway Hotel in RIchmond Hill, there were Zombie Crawl, Mascarades in the Labirinth and the Alien Invasion party, of course loosing their mind in the Pub…
Jay Cloud painted by Lucie Broullard
A competição internacional de pintura corporal e facial, o Bodyssey 2009, teve alguns pessoas muito interessantes, cores e corpos lindos. Além dos estandes de venda dos produtos especiais para arte corporal, aconteceram oficinas durante os três dias.
O trabalho do brasileiro Alex Hansen
O campeão mundial, o brasileiro Alex Jansen, esteve fazendo seu trabalho sempre muito preciso e acabou ficando em terceiro lugar, atrás de Nick Wolfe e Lucie Broullard. Outros competidores, incluindo artistas austríacos, americanos, canadenses eram Pashur, Mak reid, Sean Avram, Brian Wolfe, Vargas e Jinny.
Além das competições houve muita diversão Sheraton Parkway Hotel, em Richmond Hill, de 3 a 5 de abril, a Caminhada Zumbi, Mascarados no Labirinto e a Invasão Alienígena foram atração aos hóspedes do hotel.
From March 24 to 28, 8PM, at Fleck Dance Theatre (formerly Premiere Dance Theatre) Brazilian dance Grupo Corpo will be performing.
“Toronto’s favourite dance troupe returns with the Canadian Premiere of Breu and their signature partnership with Philip Glass, Seven or Eight Pieces for a Ballet. Known for its sexy physicality and dramatic visual flair, Grupo Corpo creates a vibrant blend of balletic grace and modern dance.
Breu features a dark score by multiple Latin Grammy-winner Lenine and showcases some of the troupe’s most aggressive and confrontational choreography to date, infused with the polyrhythms of Latin and African dance.
Don’t miss this incredible chance to see why Grupo Corpo is considered one of (if not the) best dance companies in the world.
At least that was what this falcon was doing before spring starts, he was enjoying his meal in Toronto. SandroMiranda/PanTV
Pelo menos é isso que o falcão nesta foto fez antes de se deliciar com seu menu antes mesmo do início da primavera, em Toronto. Bom apetite! Sandro Miranda/PanTV
More than 459 thousand condoms were distributed during the three days of carnival celebrations in Brazil. Eli Fernandes , spokesperson for DST/AIDS Program of the Campinas Health Municipal Secretary, said that the initial goal was to distribute 500 thousand condoms, but this number was surpassed, adding more 300 thouisand to the count.
Street parties, areas where parades and samba schools present special presentations and also on its rehearsals were among the locations prophylactics were given.Campinas is one of the few Brazilian cities that have already done the quick HIV diagnose test during carnival. In 2009, 600 people were tested and informed about prevention against sexual transmitted diseases by a health professionals like nurses, doctors and other related professionals.
On Friday night, Marie, my son André ( a hockey fan with 2.5 years old) and I went to Ricoh Coliseum to watch the Marlies. We had fun without paying 100 dollars to watch a good hockey game. I wouldn’t watch the Maple Leafs because they will probably loose all the games to be able to choose the best players available next year, I was told. Like the Leafs, the Marlies follow their stronger brother; they lost from the 2nd and 3rd period to the Hamilton Bulldogs. But André didn’t care, he was happy as fish in water, as a Maple Leafs fan: No complaints. We went to a French party after and we had some more fun and wine. Saturday was winter barbecue party at home!
The bbcue went ’til 2AM, my friend Tony, invite to go with him to do some ice fishing… Oh yes, he ask if I would like to go with him, his son, his son friend and a young Brazilian student at 7AM, and I indeed agree with him. It was an amazing Canadian thing. We went to Lake Simcoe, we got the fishing licence and fishing rods. have you fished on a top of aquarium? That’s how I can describe what’s like to fish in a frozen lake from the inside of a cabin. I could see the fish (perch) coming and biting your bait/hook.
For five hours we sat in the cabin with propane burner keeping us warm enough. At the end we has 21 perches, four of which I fried as soon as I got home… A delicious fresh fish to keep up with the depression that was pushing all of us to the edge.
I thought about the snow before throwing a barbecue at home last weekend, and I was expecting the 10cm falling during the little get together. Crazy? Barbecue outside in the middle of the winter? After three months of enough psycho-hibernation, it’s time to face the fact we’re eclectic and therefore we must enjoy our remaining winter, eh!
Na sexta-feira à noite Marie, o meu filho André (fã de hóquei com 2,5 anos) e eu fomos para a Ricoh Coliseum para assistir ao Marlies. Tivemos diversão sem pagar 100 dólares para assistir a um bom jogo. Eu não iria assistir ao Maple Leafs, porque, provavelmente, solta todos os jogos de poder escolher os melhores jogadores disponíveis no próximo ano, foi-me dito.
Tal como o Leafs, Marlies siga o seu irmão mais forte, mas perdeu a partir do 2 º e 3 º período para o Hamilton Bulldogs. Mas André não ligou pra isso, ele estava feliz como um peixe no oceano, como um fã do Maple Leafs: Sem queixas. Fomos a uma festa depois, uma francesa amiga e nos divertimos mais um pouco, e vinho. Sábado foi festa de Inverno com churrasco, e em casa! O baladinha durou até as 2 da matina, quando o amigo Tony, veio convidar para ir com ele para fazer pescaria em lago gelado … Ah sim, ele perguntou se eu gostaria de ir com ele, seu filho e um amigo do garoto, um jovem estudante brasileiro às 7 da manhã, e eu concordei. Foi uma coisa incrível.
Fomos ao lago Simcoe, adquirimos a licença de pesca. Você já pescou em cima de um aquário? É assim que eu posso descrever o que é pescar em um lago congelado do interior de uma cabine. Eu podia ver os peixes (poleiro) mordendo a isca. Por cinco horas, sábado na cabine com queimador propano mantendo-nos quentes o suficiente. Ao final, pegamos 21 perchs, quatro das quais eu fritei logo que cheguei em casa … Um delicioso peixe fresco para manter-se com a depressão que estava empurrando para a borda. Pensei sobre a neve antes de fazer um churrasco em casa na semana passada, e eu estava esperando 10 centímetros de neve durante a festinha. Louco? Churrasco fora no meio do inverno? Após três meses de hibernação psico-suficiente, é hora de enfrentar o fato o inverno de frente, portanto, temos de desfrutar dele, eh!
I had hot days in Brazil with some rain while I was there. On the other hand I saw much snow fell this year in Canada, and some very cold days (-20C) in Toronto, and in one of these worst days there was a blackout in the city, in a particular area where a large number of Brazilian and Portuguese, for 24 hours. So it was not bad, right? For those who are new to Toronto, this is not something common.
I went to Brazil to record some Panzines there. I did some really good interviews and left the way I expected. Either way I’m happy as a result of this trip – even though I have not ‘fallen’ into any of the beaches that I planned travel to. Now I’m back and I’ll have my first show of 2009 soon, we are making some changes on our website. And the game resumes …
Back to business
Eu tive dias quentes no Brasil, com algumas chuvas enquanto eu estive por lá. Por outro lado vi muita neve caindo neste ano no Canada, e alguns dias muito gelados (-20C) em Toronto, e num desses piores dias houve um blecaute em parte da cidade, exatamente numa área onde moram um grande número de brasileiros e portugueses, por 24 horas. Até que não foi mal, certo?
Para quem é novo em Toronto, isto não é algo comum.
Fui ao Brasil para gravar anguns Panzines por lá. Fiz algumas boas entrevistas e outras não saíram da forma que eu esperava. De qualquer forma estou feliz como resultado desta viagem – mesmo que eu não tenha caído em alguma das praias que eu planejara viajar.
Agora estou de volta e teremos o primeiro show de 2009 logo, estamos fazendo algumas mudanças em nossa website.
Você se lembra do estudante brasileiro que perdeu a visão depois de ser atingido por uma bala perdida numa noite pelas nas ruas de Calgary em setembro de 2008?
Depois de perder a visão, Netosegue sua vida no Canadá. Toca guitarra numa banda muito maneira e curte a vida em alta velocidade nas terras geladas.
Neto numa gelada e em alta velocidadeVocê se lembra do estudante brasileiro que perdeu a visão depois de ser atingido por uma bala perdida numa noite pelas nas ruas de Calgary em setembro de 2008?
Depois de perder a visão, Netosegue sua vida no Canadá. Toca guitarra numa banda muito maneira e curte a vida em alta velocidade nas terras geladas.
