A Portuguese Love

How do you like the new Zazzle cork coasters with Portuguese designs on them? I am glad Zazzle is presenting cork as a material. I wonder if it's Portuguese cork! Unfortunately, it's just a set of coasters. There are a lot of products made of cork that could get our designs printed. I am thinking of writing some posts about it. I have some. I like cork products a lot. I just don't have more cork products in the house because they can be expensive.  Portugal has many companies that work to produce cork products. And not just the traditional bottle cork stoppers anymore. Designers are creating incredible the most incredible products - shoes, clothes, jewels, bags, bowls, almost anything. Cork is so versatile. Check Granorte, one of the most reliable and prestigious companies in the cork industry. Granorte is a Portuguese company, founded in 1972 to recycle cork waste from cork stoppers manufacturing. Granorte offers a complete range of cork products from granulated to ag...

Idealist is the name of the new record of my favorite Portuguese fado singer, Cristina Branco! "In this new record “Idealist” Cristina Branco summarized a musical universe encompassing hundreds of great songs resulting from a seventeen years-long career that began in 1996, in Amsterdam. But we are not in the presence of another collection of songs, as extraordinary as the summary of so many sublime moments could be. “Idealist” is also a firm promise of continuation of her musical, poetical, and interpretative path, as proved by the three new tracks that are added to Cristina Branco’s “ideal list”: a traditional fado, “Na rua do silêncio (fado Estoril)”, and two original songs with lyrics by Mário Cláudio – “Se fores não chores por mim” and “Fado da partilha”. Three new songs carrying noticeably Cristina Branco’s personal brand and proving that the singer feels closer to fado today than she felt in other stages of her career." from Cristina Branco's  Official site...

Portuguese folk lovers' handkerchiefs pattern throw pillow Hello friends and Zazzlers! It's almost that time of the year. No. Not Christmas. Well, it's almost that special holiday of the year! One that many can't stand! One that many love. Yes, it's Valentine's Day. Yet most people like love stories. Love is always a success. Hearts melt reading about love stories - Frida and Diego Rivera's for example. Or one of the poets Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett. These two started writing letters to each other and ended up married! I loved Marie and Pierre Curie's love story for a long time. I read their story when I was very young and I imagined a couple living and working together with great success in a lab surrounded by mystery. It seemed so modern and so adventurous! They shared Nobel prizes but unfortunately, their love for the wonders of science would lead to their deaths as they were not aware of radiation exposure dangers. I am also quite fond ...

Douro river mouth  (3 prints from the video mentioned below) From Monday - 6 January- until yesterday, 7 January, we had rough sea conditions at the Portuguese coastline. There was a red alert on, the level of highest weather warnings. It's a lot better now but it seems the bad weather will return at the beginning of next week. The stormy conditions at sea together with high tides originated coastal chaos in Portugal especially on the coastline from Viana do Castelo to Lisbon. But waves were unusually high in most of the Portuguese coastline. The violent sea caused extensive damage to coastal infrastructures and property along the shoreline from north to south of the country. Watch the video I posted below and see how a big wave could have easily swept away folks nearby while watching and photo-taking the large swells. This incident took place in Foz do Douro, Porto. Watch a wave that easily washed around 20 cars away from the beachfront area. Some people got hurt and w...

Read more on ONE Rest in peace Nelson Mandela. You were and always be an inspiration. After being jailed for 27 long years, Nelson Mandela established democracy and became president of South Africa in 1994. He received more than 250 awards over four decades, including the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.

Portuguese Rooster and holly Christmas bauble Wall Decal Hello friends and Zazzlers! Want to learn some Portuguese words?  Experimentem! (Try it!)  Saudações - Salutations - Feliz Natal - Happy Christmas - Boas Festas - Season Greetings Comida - Food - Bacalhau - Codfish - Bacalhau cozido - Boiled codfish - Bolo Rei - King Cake Presentes - Gifts - Papel de embrulho - Wrapping paper - Fita - Ribbon  Decorações - Decorations - Árvore de Natal - Christmas tree  - Enfeites de Natal - Christmas Ornaments  - Neve artificial - Artificial snow  - Sinos - Bells  - Velas - Candles  - Adesivos de parede - Wall decals - Luzes de Natal - Christmas lights - Azevinho - Mistletoe - Estrela - Star - Meia - Sock/ Christmas stocking - Sapato - Shoe  - Coroa de Natal - Christmas Wreath  Outros - Others  - Pai Natal - Santa Claus - Véspera de Natal - Christmas Eve  - Postal...