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Tiradentes and Ouro Preto, sights and tastes

23 Monday Sep 2024

Posted by A Star on the Forehead in Daily Life, Finding Me, travels

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cooking, dessert, drinks, food, Minas Gerais, Ouro Preto, passionfruit, recipes, restaurantes, sightseeing, Tiradentes, travel

“The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” ― Eleanor Roosevelt

Posada Casa da Tuta

Posada Casa da Tuta

In Tiradentes we stayed at Pousada Casa da Tuta. Cozy room, delicious breakfast. I would go back there for the chocolate cake alone.

a store in Tiradentes

a store in Tiradentes

In Tiradentes we had a delicious dinner in a restaurant that I cannot remember the name. It had a back patio with a jazz group playing great Brazilian jazz. I remember most the black rice risotto that I had, with fish and vegetables.

Pousada do Arcanjo

Pousada do Arcanjo

In Ouro Preto we stayed at Pousada do Arcanjo – a historical themed bed and breakfast. Great breakfast, comfortable rooms, but I would have prefered a more central location.

Pousada do Arcanjo

Pousada do Arcanjo

We ate at Tropea Cantina Armazen https://www.opassopizzajazz.com.br/tropea and Bene Flauta http://www.benedaflauta.com.br/. Both great restaurants, but I don’t recall exactly what we had. In one Michael had pizza and I had the chicken fried steak with pasta. In the other I had cod fish cakes and salad, and I cannot remember what Michael had.

Bene da Flauta Restaurant

Bene da Flauta Restaurant

Everywhere I went I would choose a drink of passion fruit and cachaça, but at Tropea I tried a drink with gin, passion fruit and ginger foam.  It was delicious.

Tropea Restaurant

Tropea Restaurant

Downtown Ouro Preto

Downtown Ouro Preto

“We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink.” ― Epicurus

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16 Awards!!!! Starting with the Sunshine Blogger Award

06 Wednesday Jun 2012

Posted by A Star on the Forehead in AWARDS, Daily Life

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I have 16 awards to work on.  Yes,  you heard me!  16!!  SIXTEEN!!!

I want to state for the record that I will mess up.

I know I will:

Forget to thank people

Forget to nominate blogs that really deserve a nomination

Nominate some blogs twice for the same award

Get the award rules confused

and for that I apologize in advance.

I am going to start with the Sunshine Blogger Award.

THE RULES

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1.Repost the award in a post that includes the blog of the person that nominated you.

2.State 10 things about yourself.

3.Nominate 10 people.

1. Thank you to the following bloggers for thinking of me.  Each one of them is special to me in an unique way.  They have great blogs that I recommend you check it out.

http://frankoshanko.wordpress.com

http://thejoylevel.com/

http://thetopleftkey.wordpress.com

http://greatgreths.wordpress.com

2.Ten things about me (very random)

  1. I never had a peanut butter and jelly/jam sandwich
  2. I have stuffed animals on my bed to keep me company
  3. I have to have bread and butter every morning
  4. I work in the very non creative financial industry
  5. I graduated magna cum laude going to night/ weekend school and holding a full time job
  6. I adore anything coconut
  7. Faith and hope rule my life
  8. I enjoy tv a little too much
  9. I am nothing without God/Higher power
  10. I love rain and thunderstorms

3. My 10 nominees (times 4):

The good thing with getting many awards, other than feeling special, is getting to nominate a whole bunch of people.

The blogs I am nominating range from poetry to recipes, from photo blogs to dating life, from book reviews to bible verses and everything else in between.  They are new bloggers and old ones.  Some post everyday while others are less frequent. But they all have something to say and they all have commented on my blogs and I appreciate them all.  Go and check them out.

Without further ado and in no specific order:

http://waitingforthekarmatruck.com/

http://meditatingmummy.wordpress.com/

http://gypsyroxylee.wordpress.com/

http://crashleadership.com/

http://theblazingtrail.wordpress.com/

http://todayiprayed.wordpress.com/

http://silentlyheardonce.wordpress.com/

http://readersheaven.org/

http://grandmothermusings.com/

http://gswaterman.wordpress.com/

http://mylifeuncutalmost.wordpress.com/

http://veggiewitch.wordpress.com/

http://spiritualworldtraveler.wordpress.com/

http://catseyesk.wordpress.com/

http://maribelskidneystory.wordpress.com/

http://aspergersgirls.wordpress.com/

http://atasteofmorning.com/

http://photosunterwegs.wordpress.com/

http://ssbuckmaster.wordpress.com/

http://thenovicehousewife.wordpress.com/

http://zygerina.wordpress.com/

http://terriskitchenuk.wordpress.com/

http://pixilatedtoo.wordpress.com/

http://wordsandherbs.wordpress.com/

http://discoveranddevour.com/

http://dragonflydreamsandbutterflykisses.wordpress.com/

http://nickijay.com/

http://magikdolls.wordpress.com/

http://lostupabove.wordpress.com/

http://elladeewords.wordpress.com/

http://momentmatters.wordpress.com/

http://livinginfairyland.wordpress.com/

http://larrylootsteen.wordpress.com/

http://jnanahodson.net/

http://bareyournakedtruth.wordpress.com/

http://francineinretirement.wordpress.com/

http://laurasusanneyochelson.com/

http://beyondcenter.wordpress.com/

http://foreverpoetic.me/

http://creativenoshing.wordpress.com/

Now need to go and get to the other awards …

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