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A Pirate boy themed birthday party!

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As you know A  Portuguese Love store  has also cute products for kids and not just products inspired by the culture and traditions of Portugal! And they are a big success!  I invite you to have a look at what's available if you're planning to through a birthday party for your kid!  For boys there's six themes available:  Cowboy, Skater boy, Magician man, Astronaut boy, Rock star and Pirate boy . Here's a sample of the products available at the  store  for the theme  Pirate!  Have a look!

Fishermen dead in trawler tragedy

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Hello friends and followers Today I am not happy. This fishing trawler named OlĂ­via Ribau has more than 20 meters. Watch the video as she sails gently into the harbor followed by hundreds of os seagulls. It's wonderful to watch these fishing boat arrivals and I have witnessed it many times. As you may remember I live in Figueira da Foz. We have a few great beaches and sardines from these waters are considered very tasty. Unfortunately, this city harbors his famous for its difficulty, and for the last few days, the sea was agitated not making it easy to go up the river. Olivia Ribau sank at the entrance of Figueira da Foz's port on Tuesday at the end of the day. Two men were saved, one didn't make it alive even if he survived to hold to the hull of the boat for some time. Two bodies were found today trapped inside the boat and two are still missing. I love the sea, as you may know. This tragedy happened so close to the shore that several people watched it happening, ca

Make a Mermaid Girl Themed Birthday Party!

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Hello! I think some of you know this already. A  Portuguese Love store  has also cute products for kids and not just products inspired by Portugal!  I invite you to have a look at what's available if you're planning to through a birthday party for your kid! For girls there's six themes available: Ballerina, Mermaid, Romantic Girl, Geisha, Pop Star Girk, Strawberry, Cake Chocolate and Candy and Princess . Here's a sample of the products available at the store for the theme Mermaid . 

Worst Day Ever?

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Chanie Gorkin, who is apparently an 11th grader at Beth Rivkah High School in Crown Heights, submitted a clever poem called “Worst Day Ever? to Poetry Nation. It went viral.After the poetry site posted Gorkin’s submission online, it quickly made its way across the Atlantic. London resident Ronnie Joice “spotted the poem tacked to the wall of a bar in North London,” then posted it to social media. A cute story. Specially for poetry lovers like myself!

St. John's Festival Squeaky hammers inspired a contest

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Big plastic squeaky hammers inspired a contest that takes place in Porto for four years now. More than 200 proposals are on display until 16th July at an exhibition. These are the ones I sent. the first one is a Paper Toy and the second is a Flip Book. You can download the Paper Toy model and build the paper toy hammer. The pdf has all the instructions. It's very easy! http://www.mediafire.com/view/x46n9rgdaf2fxv1/MarteloPaperToy.pdf The Flip Book hammer: In this video,  you can watch the plastic hammer in action! The author of the video summarized the festival in a few lines: "This was one wild party in Porto, Portugal celebrating the city's patron saint, and we loved every minute of it. The tradition is to eat grilled sardines, drink Super Bock beer, and go around whacking each other with big plastic squeaky hammers. At midnight, they set off fireworks from a whole line of barges anchored in the Douro River-- the best display I've seen. Th

Make a pirate themed Birthday Party for your kid!

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Hello! I think some of you know this already. A  Portuguese Love store  has also cute products for kids and not just products inspired by Portugal!   I invite you to have a look at what's available if you're planning to through a birthday party for your kid! For boys there's six themes available: Cowboy, Skater, Magician, Astronaut, Rock Star and Pirate . Here's a sample of the products available at the store for the theme Pirate.