It's Friday!

It’s Friday! I had a very short week back from vacation, which is always very nice. Back in Denver, we worked hard to prepare for your annual corporate event that will take place next week. I’ll be out everyday, with guests from around the world, visiting nice restaurants and bars and participating on team building events as well as a trade show that will take place on Thursday and Friday at the Colorado Convention Center. There will be loads of performers from Brasil in the trade show and I’ll try to take pretty pictures and make some awesome videos.

On May 5^th the company is throwing a gigantic 5 de Mayo party in partnership with the Latino department and that should be memorable! I’m in the process of finding an appropriate business + 5 de mayo + South Beach-themed dress to participate. One of my co-workers suggested the website RenttheRunway.com and I found a few gorgeous Hervé Legér dresses there that would fit the theme very well. In this website, you can rent a designer dress for the day, you will receive two sizes of the same dress at home, to make sure you will look gorgeous, and a box to send everything back once you are done. Rentals range from $20 to $350 and a bandage dress from Legér, as an example, costs $1,700 - $2,600 in stores. So, depending on the occasion, especially if it is something you know you will not use a lot, it’s a totally worth experience.

They also have a weddings section, where you can rent jewelry, dresses, shoes, anything to be a gorgeous bridesmaid, without saving the hideous dress in your closed. Here are my favorites for the 5 de Mayo party:

Denver’s Cultural Calendar:

May 2011

May 1^st: Our anniversary of living in Denver – we have arrived here one year ago on May 1^st and we should celebrate doing something new and exciting! Any tips?

May 3-6: Team Summit 2011 – the largest satellite TV convention, a corporate event by DISH Network at the Denver Convention Center

May 5 – July 3:  Stapleton Global Coolness & HGTV Green House project – The cost to visit this amazing house is $20 which will be redirected to the Youth without Home.

May 12: Chelsea Handler

May 18: System of a Down

May 27-30: Downtown Denver Arts Festival

May 28: Denver Day of Rock

May 28: Adele

* We will not be in Denver during these events!

Maceió, AL - Brasil

When we decided to go to Maceió the decision was made based on the following criteria:

- I wanted to go somewhere new, where I had never been before;

- We needed to go to the northeast, where it's very different from the south;

- My mother had never been to the north before, so I wanted to take her with us;

- I wanted to avoid other locations in the northeast I have been before and have not liked so much!

Maceió was, by any means, an excellent choice. It's gorgeous, in a central location, close to plenty of other towns in the state of Alagoas, we could go for day trips and come back to Maceió! The best part was, without a doubt, the visit to the natural pools or sandbars. 

If you go to the beach Pajuçara and rent one of the boats for the day (around $20 per person) you will have your private pilot during the whole trip. The sandbars are located 6km away from the beach and they happen because Maceió has a long line of corals around the coast which  helps create the sandbars. 

You leave in the morning, when the tide is very low and in the middle of the sea, the water will hit your feet. After 12pm the tide start to rise and very quickly you have to leave. By 2pm the sandbars are gone, and we return to the beach. 

We chose a very simple, Brazilian traditional hotel in town. I didn't want my boyfriend to stay in any of the American chains. I wanted him to experience something new and I think I did a good job. The Saint Patrick Praia Hotel is located in the Jatiúca neighborhood, 100m from the beach. It's clean and simple. The service was very pleasant, all employees were super helpful and friendly. They offered breakfast, which I didn't enjoy so much, but I have no complaints. 

Here are a few pictures from Maceió:

Souvenirs from Brasil