Yesterday in Cleveland, at David’s parents house, was the first snow of the season. In the morning through the bathroom window i saw some flurries which prepared my spirit to the whiteness to come later. I went jogging with George (who admirably jogs 1.5miles everyday regardless the weather) and they were already gone. It was refreshing and lifted my spirit and moved my tingling body towards vigorous freedom. Driving to the airport I saw the snow had taken over everywhere. My goodbye kiss was under the delicate snow that got caught in Davids beautiful curly hair.
In the plane it was almost like in a sci-fi movie…. I was in an airplane-wash: first removing the layer of snow from it’s wings and then using jets of what seemed to me to be soap and then a green liquid all over. at this point the snow was not falling anymore.
Arriving in the parking lot in Indianapolis airport I walked through the roughly one inch of snow with my not-for-snow leather boots and sicks and followed the detailed instructions of how to find Erics car- a white car hidden under an inch of white snow. the fun of the adventure was mixed with the apprehension of not finding it immediately, with my feet freezing and my gloveless hand trying to reach the cellphone to call him. Not being in the correct row and not being able to acess his very nice YouTube video of how to find the car made me feel even colder…
after his help I found his car and although 3 doors were frozen-locked with the cold, the drivers one opened, together with my huge smile of relief to be inside the car rubbing my hands… After some instructions and laughs, I got courage to go scrape the car. I learned immediately the real importance of wearing gloves, so I had to do half of the car and run inside to revive my red hard hands and my feet inside the covered-in-snow boots. after some more instructions (the windshield was also frozen and it worried me) I finished clearing the snow off the car (using the driving gloves i got from Donna last Xmas) and was ready to leave. There was no more snow coming from the sky, and the roads were clear. very few cars. wrong direction for 5minutes due to a sign that was covered by snow( I could read “67..th” and I mistakenly assumed it was south…). David helped me out and I felt safe again moving now towards home.
slow drive – arrived home at around 1:00am.
When I woke up I was in a land with snow on the ground where people used some kind of powder which prevented feet to get cold. In the dream I was barefoot walking by a frozen river. Imagine that!
(I fell now more prepared to face the real winter by myself. at least fir 3 days…)
off to work…

Well here you have some pictures, for those who asked!

2009-12-projects

Tenho novidades!!
Vou cantar num show chamado : “Welcome Table” ,em Fevereiro!
Estou animadíssima! Vou cantar com feras como Moira Smiley, Malcolm Dalglish e Joshua Kartes, além de outras pessoas talentosas que ainda não conheço.

É um show profissional, e estou muito feliz que eles me convidaram.
Participei de um Masterclass com Moira no mês passado e Malcolm ficou interessado em conhecer melhor meu trabalho. Criei rapidinho uma página na internet com alguns exemplos de solos, duos e trios, e a principio, e achei que ele não tinha se entusiasmado. Contactei-o de novo e disse que talvez fosse melhor se ele me ouvisse ao vivo, comigo cantando com uma voz mais popular, já que pensei que os exemplos eram muito clássicos. Ele disse que já tinham encontrado uma contralto. Eu agradeci, e disse que ele me contactasse caso precisasse de mim. Isso foi semana passada.

Ontem ele me escreveu dizendo que pensou bem, e que minha voz iria funcionar muito bem no grupo. Me convidou no mesmo dia pra ir ao primeiro ensaio, e eu fui! Com a cara e a coragem… nervosa, com dor de barriga e tudo… Foi ótimo. Joshua ensaious as peças dele – noss, como ele é talentoso!!! Vai ser um super show.

Estou contente. Estou agora com três grupos vocais:

- Um madrigal com amigos. Um grupo muito legal – cantamos de tudo – de arranjos de Beatles, música contemporânea, renascença, música brasileira (em breve). bem informal – ah, e vamos cantar músicas de Natal!!
- O trio de sopranos com a Mary e Thea. Música antiga: Strozzi, Luzzaschi, Monteverdi e Rossi. Estamos começando a soar bem agora. Mas ainda não temos quem toque com a gente….
- E o novo Welcome Table show.

Quando chove, é tempestade!!
Ainda bem que esta tempestade me inunda de alegria e satisfação. Eu amo cantar!!
Beijos a todos!

Pri (cantora e designer!)

Here are the photos of our trip:

Contradance was very fun – caller and musicians were awesome!

Getting to know better Rachel and Edward was also super nice. We had all together a great brunch on Sunday, and games at night. David and I then got the tube and had a touristic day downtown. I loved the architecture – it reminded me the miscellany of styles in Barcelona ( it is still VERY different from Barcelona)

The “bean” in Millenium park was surprisingly beautiful, and I also likes the faces sculptures.

My Brazilian passport is being delivered this week soon, and we enjoyed a lot the Architecture Foundation River Cruise. It tickled my inner architect!

2009-10Fall and flowers

I couln’t believe this flower… I again need help of my nature knowledgeable  friends to learn its name.

And when you see the photos… Check out the “Lipstick” Bushes. Aren’t them fun? This fall is very colorful again, and it makes me VERY happy.

Another thing that makes me happy is when I feel art coming out so intensely. Check out the group VOCO. They moved me. For the third time. Live. Second row.
The thing I enjoy most is feeling the pleasure they have making music  live. When I grow up I want to be like them…

2009-09

Thanks, Donna for the beautiful pieces!

Vou editar algumas fotos que estão muito boas e mandar novo link… Mas só quando eu tiver tempo!
beijos
Pri

2009-08 Sao Paulo

David tem o maravilhoso hábito de doar sangue, e foi uma grande oportunidade para eu começar a fazer o mesmo, pois penso que é uma grande ajuda para outras pessoas com necessidade. Ambos somos O + e isso o torna um motivo ainda maior para doar. (doador universal)

Fui lá com David 3 vezes, mas nesta penúltima vez, eu não pude doar por causa do meu baixo nível de ferro no meu sangue. Desde então, tomei comprimidos de ferro, mas na verdade não tão regularmente. Após 3 semanas (ontem) voltei confiante que eu seria capaz de doar desta vez. O nível (12g/ml) etsava um pouco baixo do nível aceitável (pra mim: 12,5). Ele perguntou se eu queria testá-lo novamente, já que algumas vezes a máquina não é tão exata, e lá vamos nós: ainda menor da segunda vez! (11)

Não estou realmente preocupada, mas parece que vou ter de aumentar o meu consumo de ferro com mais comprimidos (Silvana disse-me para tomar o comprimido com suco de laranja 30 minutos antes da refeição), e vou fazer o esforço de comer mais espinafres Que difícil!!!

Para aqueles que estão pensando que eu deveria voltar a comer carne, eu encontrei um artigo que demonstra que os vegetarianos, ou flexitarians (como eu!) Não têm mais deficiência de ferro ou anemia que não-vegetarianos. D & I também pesquisamos um pouco sobre nutrição para vegetarianos, mas já sabíamos o que estava lá.

Quando for a hora de David para doar novamente, eu vou com ele e ver se o meu plano funcionou!

(tradução/translation: Google Translator + some adjustments

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David has the wonderful habit of donating blood since a long time ago, and it was a great opportunity for me to start doing the same, since I believe it’s a great help to others with need. We both are O+ and this makes it an even higher reason to donate.

I’ve been there with David 3 or 4 times, but this penultimate time I couldn’t donate because of my low level of iron in my blood. Since then, I took iron tablets, but not really regularly. After 3 weeks (yesterday) I came back confident I would be able to donate this time. The level (12g/ml) was just a little bit under the accepted level (according to the person 12.5). He asked if I wanted to test it again, since the machine sometimes is not so exact, and there we go: even lower the second time! (11)

I’m not really concerned, but it seems that I’ll have to increase my intake of iron with more tablets (Silvana told me to take the tablet with orange juice 30 minutes before meal), and I’ll make the effort to eat more spinach

For those who are thinking that I should re-start eating meat, I found an article that proves that vegetarians, or flexitarians (like me!) have no more iron deficiency or anemia than non-vegetarians. D & I also researched a little bit about nutrition for vegetarians, but we found what we already knew…

When it’s time for David to donate again, I’ll go with him and see if my plan worked!

I didn’t find it that easy to find the normal levels of iron in blood, and compare to my results. The different units of mesurement didn’t help.

(translation to portuguese: Google Translator + some adjustments – I liked it, it saved me a lot of time!)

Well, to me it’s a constant joy…. Pra mim, verao eh uma alegria constante

Here you can see some of my favorite things I would add to the top of my list…

Aqui tem uma lista das minhas coisas favoritas, que estariam no top de uma lista enorme…

Fresh blueberries! (and blueberry everything) / blueberries – nao tem traducao pra esta delicia!!!
Tomato sandwich /sanduiche de tomates frescos…
sweet corn / milho na espiga

Fresh bread (by David) / pao feito em casa pelo David

Hammock nap / tirar soneca na rede
less clothes / menos roupas
swimming in the lake / nadar no lago
go camping / acampar

Surprise flowers!

Hoje é nosso terceiro aniversario de namoro! E eu tenho estado tão ocupada com diversos projetos, já cansada logo após voltar da nossa viagem, que nem lembrei. Nossa… EU NEM LEMBREI!!! Que vergonha….Nem parece a mesma Pri de antes…

MAS o David não só lembrou, mas comprou um vaso lindo com flores (que vamos plantar juntos), escreveu um cartão muito doce, junto a um pacote de gengibre cristalizado que eu amo…hummmm). EU tomei um grande susto quando entrei na cozinha pra pegar meu café da manhã e vi tudo isso em cima da mesa…

Hoje à noite depois da minha yoga vamos nos encontrar no mesmo restaurante indiano que fomos há 3 anos atrás, logo antes de começarmos a namorar.(e que a gente adora)

Como eu sou abençoada de ter David, que é tão carinhoso, cuidadoso, sensível, como meu companheiro nesta vida. E que companheiro mais alegre e sempre sorridente e positivo!!!

Tirei a sorte grande…

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Today is our 3rd anniversary, and I have been so busy, tired and overwhelmed by so many things happening at the same time that I confess… I forgot!!!…

How shameful…

BUT David – not only remembered – but also surprised me with beautiful flowers! YES he gave me flowers (which we’ll plant, and see if they come back next year as well…), and a pack of crystallized ginger… hummmmmmmmm

David, thanks for being so sweet, so caring, so loving, so thoughtful, and being my companion, and being such a happy (huge) part of my life. I love you!