Happy Women's Day

This is for all the wonderful women that bring so much joy into my life. Thank you for making my days better and share the good and bad moments with me.
Happy, happy, happy day for all of us!

Minha mãe que disse - NY com crianças, fugindo do óbvio

For my Portuguese speaking readers: I've written a post, that was published today, for the super cool Brazilian website Minha mãe que disse.
The post is about tips of what to do/see in New York while visiting with young children, escaping a little bit from the traditional tourist guides.

Tempting invitation

As I posted here, I really like the art work of Vahram Muratyan. Paris and New York are most probably my favorite cities in the world. And I just love the simple, smart and funny comparison he makes between the two of them. Therefore, when I saw the invitation on Vahram Muratyan's blog, I was immediately tempted on going.
Anyone wants to join me?

Tough day = inspiration for a new logo

Now that my two little monsters, hum, angels are sleeping, I can finally relax. With no company, since my husband is in for a long night of work at the office, I'm here just strolling around the internet.

Look at this fantastic idea for a date. Oh, how I'd like to know how to cook like her, take nice pictures like her and have a husband that would come home early for a date.

In the meantime, since I can't have any of those. I've decided to draft a new logo for my blog.

What do you think?



Logo option #1

Logo option #2

I know they look very amateurishly, but this is what this blog is all about. Still, I accept suggestions and I can keep sketching more strollers if you don't like either.
Please, please, tell me!!


Estou na NY with kids!

Blog da Paula Homor

Para as minhas leitoras brasileiras. Acabou de ser publicado o meu post "Relocating... never easy" no baladadíssimo blog NY with Kids, da Paula Homor. Dá uma olhadinha e aproveita para ver as dicas que ela dá no blog que são sempre ótimas.

Does melancholy attracts melancholy?

Today I feel melancholic. I woke up just fine and started my day as usual. Fed my kids breakfast, put F into his school bus, finished breakfast with P and went to my Pilates class (love, love, love!). Afterwords, I went grocery shopping. And, suddenly, while I was "strolling" (my favorite word lately) in the supermarket, a big feeling of sadness took me by surprise. I can't explain what was the trigger, I just know that by the time I arrived at the register I was almost bursting into tears. Does this happen to you or am I just weird?

As soon as I got back home, P's smile and happiness pushed away all my feelings of sadness (I'm convinced that children are magicians). As I was scrolling through the blogs list I usually like to follow, I saw this post about "melancholy". It's not exactly the same kind of melancholic feelings I felt earlier this morning, but still I thought it was pretty close. Hence my question in the title of this post. Was it because I felt melancholic that I clicked on this specific post instead of another? Or is it just a melancholic day? I would probably go with the first explanation.

It was actually a happy coincidence, because by reading what Marina Pontieri had to say I discovered the amazing Dear Photograph. Isn't that a great idea?