German chef Joachim Koerper is always on the go, specially since he opened a restaurant in Rio de Janeiro (it has a brand new location in the hood of Ipanema), but he keeps his base in Lisbon and is…
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Coffee and magazines. Can it get any better than this? Hardly if we are talking about coffee shops. The trend is not new, but it took us a while in Lisbon, where espressos are cheap (and part of our…
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It’s the 125th bday of reid’s palace: 13 reasons to go there | o reid’s palace faz 125 anos: 13 razões para lá ir
No, Reid’s, you don’t look old — I mean, you do, in a good way — but you are not getting any younger either and that is just okay. Thank God you are not trying, at the age of…
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food alert: las cholas, lisbon | the best empanadas and alfajores in town? | as melhores empadas e bolachas de lisboa?
In Portugal, we are no strangers to empadas (small pies). Somehow, South American empanadas, when they are really good, remain usually a few steps ahead in crunchiness and filling. Like those made by Peruvian Valeria Olivari at her atelier…
Does the world, and specially Lisbon, need another hipster coffee shop? As a coffee lover, my answer is bring it on but (there is always a but), please, make it worth my money since Portugal has never been short…
Last July I was invited to spend a couple of days at Uva do Monte-Blueberry Farm and write a piece about it for Portuguese lifestyle magazine Evasões. I enjoyed my stay there so much — even if I was…
One of these days I was looking for a nice spot near Lisbon — but not in Lisbon, I was determined about that point — for a photo shoot. Nothing pretentious or excessively complicated, since the idea, as usual,…
Quinta da Pedra Alvarinho 2011 Origem: Minho Produtor: Quinta da Pedra Cor: Citrino e mineral Nariz: com suaves notas de maçã e ananás, mas muito elegante no nariz Boca: É um vinho untuoso com a acidez a conferir-lhe frescura…
I’m a fan of Louis Vuitton City Guides since the first release in 1998, but, come on guys, it took you almost 20 years (!) to cover Lisbon 😉 Better later than never. The 2017 collection will be released…
On the Atlantic coast of Portugal, near Lisbon, Quinta da Marinha is better known as a very exclusive residential estate close to Cascais, but you can actually stay there as a guest thanks to resorts as Sheraton Cascais. The…