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New Coisa

It’s been a few months now since I first started toying with idea of relaunching Coisa. I felt like it was time to take the next step and expand upon my original idea. I have always been fascinated by interesting, creative and unique ideas, I have a great deal of respect for people who dare to do things just that little bit different. With that in mind, I decided to focus more on these things that fascinate me and to use Coisa as a platform for sharing these interesting ideas.

I'm preparing a really cool post about Orienta Vida, an amazing organization led by Maria Celeste Chad.

New coisa is not longer a blog, it became a digital mag: http://www.coisa74.com, enjoy!

No Christmas For Me

I love Christmas songs and this particular one is one of my favourites!

Zee Avi has such a delicate voice, lovely!

Merry Christmas!

Enjoy!

Holiday Season

Like last year I could not let it pass without posting Steve Mack's illustrations. I heard from Steve these illustrations were picked up to be produced as paper greeting cards for next year. Such a great news, because they are just awesome!

Damien Rice & Lisa Hannigan

I just found this Nina Simone version and I need to share it. Damien Rice and Lisa Hannigan are such a great combination, both Irish, both awesome!

Ps. this is dedicated to all my friends who still have the dream of getting married!!!

People of Brazil

This is a new series I'm working on, photographing Brazilian people who catch my attention in some way.

Seu Jorge & Almaz

I've been listening to Seu Jorge and Almaz's new album the whole afternoon, and I can say that this is his best album so far.
Props to the beautifully done video, that was made to promote the new album!

Jacqueline Evans

Jacqueline Evans is a Australian skin care brand, specialising in plant based products. They only use purely natural, organic ingredients and the beauty is that they blend these ingredients synergistically.

A little bit about Jacqueline Evans: naturopath and nutritionist, Jacqueline uses her extensive knowledge and qualification in regenerative skin care to create tailored products specifically for the individual. Her philosophy is that your life style and what you eat play a major role in your skin appearance and I totally agree with her.

José de Holanda

José de Holanda is a young Brazilian photographer who's been working with fashion and music sinde 2009.
I met him at Jose Jame's concert and I got really impressed by his passion for music and his energy to get the best picture.

José is also a music composer and songwriter, but this is something for another post!

Get to know more about José de Holanda here & here.

The Art Of Drinking Tea

Roses Iced Tea, delicious!

Apple cake with walnuts, by Marcia Araujo, perfect with black tea!

Madeleines, Proust's favourites!

The famous camellia sinensis

Today I went to a tea workshop and I discovered I was totally clueless about it. I did not know that the white, green and black tea come from the same plant, camellia sinensis.
I also did not know that the herbal tea (leaves/flowers/fruit/herbs), is called infusion. It's like a new world for me!

I would like to say a big thank you to Teakettle's staff, Sylvia Rodrigues & Luis Fernando Rodrigues, and to Marcia Araujo (psychologist and art therapist), responsible for this delightful workshop!

Løv Organic

I like to try different types of tea, every time I travel I always get some, (even tough I'm a coffee person) and I just found this French brand called Løv Organic . I did not know but løv, in Scandinavia, means leaf. Løv Organic is inspired by the Scandinavian lifestyle, they have a line of organic products, fruit of the combination of innovative recipes and wonderful eco-designed packages. Just lovely!

BCN

Here are a few pictures I shot while I spent two days in Barcelona.
While the iPhone might not produce the best quality images, it does bring a certain spontaneity to the art of taking pictures. It gives you the ability to capture the most ephemeral moments while often removing all other context.

Click Here for the full gallery.

Praça dos Pães

Today I had the pleasure of lunching at this very neat bakery called Praça dos Pães (in English, it would be bread square)

This place has everything, different types of bread (white/ brown/sesame) , different types of cakes and cupcakes, handmade panettones, but what really caught my attention was the salad buffet, just perfect!

Ps. the service is great, the staff is really friendly and helpful!

Praça dos Paes is located in Mooca, a traditional neighborhood known by its Italian references.

Casa dos Criadores

Yesterday I went to check this great event called Casa dos Criadores, where young fashion designers get to show their work.

My favourite could not be different, my dear friend Juss, from To Ground Control atelier!

Juss presented us a really fresh/folky/hippy mens wear winter collection, but I will talk about her and her colletion in a different post soon.