Muy feliz después de mi pregón de la Peña Peñita de Chipiona. Ilusión máxima. Mil gracias por todo. A @elcolorsardi por su magistral maquillaje, a @ellaesmodelo , my sister por presentarme tan bien. Siempre encajamos a la perfección, existe la telepatía. A @chipionatiendaretales por ayudarme a confeccionar el vestuario y por supuesto a Dolores y Yoel por estar siempre ahí. #pregon #pregondelapeñapeñita #peñapeñita #pregonero #chipiona #chipionanatural #beardedgay #artistcontemporain #disfraz #Carnaval #carnavaldechipiona #carnival #chipionahoy #beardedman #queerartist #queerart #artecontemporaneo #showoman #performer #show #contratenor #antoniorueda (en Chipiona, Spain) https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca9_mlSNOfx/?utm_medium=tumblr
Ayer en la paellá de la Peña Peñita. El día diez daré el pregón de esta magnífica peña carnavalera. Muy ilusionado. #Carnaval #peñapeñita #carnival #paella #chipiona #love (en Chipiona, Spain) https://www.instagram.com/p/CahtvbXtSOT/?utm_medium=tumblr
As a proud Brazilian playing Slow Burn I really, really, really enjoyed chapters 5 and 6 and how they represented Brazil and Brazilian’s culinary in it.
And how they did a good research to showcase food that are not that popular among foreigners. I mean… Feijoada, Caipirinha, Brigadeiro and Pão de Queijo are super mainstream, but I was actually surprised when they mentioned Galinhada, an all time favorite of my late grandma as well ❤️
Quindim is also one of my fav desserts (guys, you just have to TRY that. It’s one of the most amazing foods in the entire world. Pave is a classic and well known for linguistic jokes every Christmas and New Year’s Eve) and batida de abacaxi com coco is to die for.
Even the cultural aspects were represented well. Okay, I’m not from Rio (even though I’ve been to the city and absolutely LOVED it, minus the hellish weather) and I’ve never been to it during Carnival, but I think they got the spirit of what we call Feira de Rua or Feira Livre = Street Fairs. You’ve got this lively vibe and there’s a lot going on and Pastel is a MUST do if you happen to be in a Feira, checking out the locals’ art is a must do as well.
BUT… Not everything is perfect and as a Brazilian it’s my duty to inform you all that NO SELF-RESPECTING restaurant owner would call their restaurant TUDO AZUL. It’s quite popular to have restaurant/diners and bars here called Ze’s Bar or Chico’s Bar or even Bar do Zé, most of time the apostrophe is used wrongly as well, adapting to a Brazilian rule even we don’t get haha and Hortencia Gadelha… That name sounded… unlike Brazilians. I don’t know… What about some last name like Silva, Ferreira, Pereira, Santos… I don’t know… something like that? xD
Anyway, loved this chapter and I’m absolutely loving Slow Burn as a whole. Amazing book! Great work, PB!
With a little help of her bull: no barracão, um pouco antes de a minha amada brilhar na avenida defendendo as cores da nossa escola, aquleas mãos que tantas vezes percorreram seu corpo nu em nossa cama agora davam aquela ajuda providencial no momento dos últimos retoques. Despreocupada, ela se vira dá um beijinho de agradecimento no rapaz: as outras passistas arregalam os olhos por ver a esposa do presidente da escola beijar, assim sem cerimônia, o rapaz da comissão de frente. Não me importo: isso é o máximo que verão, embora possam imaginar o que quiserem. Ao fim da noite só eu, o marido dela, verei aqueles dois corpos nus suados e enroscados na nossa cama comemorando o sucesso da nossa escola na avenida.
I want a typewriter SO BAD!! Joe and I got to play with two at Field Day of the Past last Sunday, which was fascinating… it was so strange for me to see “traditional American festivals/carnivals/field days” in real life, and not in a movie. I wonder if it’s how other people feel about visiting China.
(Although China in the movies is not always comparable to China in real life since the country is so big, and the media tends to capture very select aspects of it.)
Tasted funnel cake for the first time. That was interesting. And had a corndog from a stand. By the time we got down to the roasted corn though I was too full to eat it. It was rather tragic. >_<
It was also my first time seeing roller coasters (of a sort) and other rides NOT at an amusement park! Along with the assortment of target booths - no typical “shoot the rifle at the target” though. The closest it got was launching a bow and arrow (well, launching the arrow with the bow, naturally) at a target.
Also got to see some lassoing - there was a high school rodeo? competition happening too. Also saw some piglets racing.
