Halloween costume

Looking for inspiration for this year's Halloween costume party , I decided to go back to what makes me smile and I came across this. Here's a little video to cheer you up while eating your lunch in front of your screen. One of my favorite scenes of Singing in the Rain.

Now, I'm just missing a few good girlfriends to dress up the same and I'll let you know when rehearsal sessions start.

The heat is on!

The 5 boro bike tour is a 42 mile loop in New York, first Sunday of May every year. I woke up this morning at 6:30am for a 8:00am start in Battery Park. Let me tell you that the pouring rain did not stop the 30,000 bikers, at all. Americans are so great in these types of situation, they cheer, they honk, they have fun, they talk to people they don't know. We're all in it together and that's what really matters. The atmosphere is just perfect.

In the Bronx, I passed a guy with a boom box on the back of his bike, playing The heat is on. I sooo wish he would have pedaled faster to be with me the whole time. All along, there were these 2 men biking on each side not far from me, the serious biker types with the leggings and the funny shoes. At some point in Queens, the first one smiles at me, I smile back. He smiles again, I smile back again. A few miles later he says: "keep going, you're doing great". Nice, right? Then, in the end, halfway up the Verrazzano Bridge, after this long and painful up hill, the second one says: "So you've done the whole thing?... You started in Battery Park this morning?..." and I naively answer: "Of course, where would have I started from?"

I know I don't have the proper attire, nor equipment, that my cute shorts are not comfortable, my white Converse soaked and turning gray, my bike weights a ton and the basket in the front does not look very professional...well guess what guys? I went as fast as you did, and next year I'm planning on getting the whole attire/equipment and spending the race with the winners.

See you next year!

Un café de ciudad

San Telmo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
...that where these pictures were taken, right before a road trip in Patagonia. Printed on paper and painted over with acrylic. Part of the experience is to listen to Celos by Gotan Project while looking at the pictures.

The Wild Wild West

Grand Teton, Yellow Stone, Glacier National Park...

...that's the road trip I'm talking about.
It's a safari, it's spectacular views with a wide variety, it's fly fishing, it's hikes in the mountains. Just make you sure you get some pepper spray in case you run into grizzly bears (not kidding here, attacks are not that rare). Go with your boyfriend, go with your girlfriend, your friends, your kids, but GO! If it's just the two of you, rent a convertible Mustang. If it's with the kids, rent the motorhome.
One more thing, coming from Jackson's airport to Grand Teton, put the soundtrack of Laurel Canyon (the movie) on, track #9, Harmony by Clinic, it's part of the experience