The sun has finally decided to stay for a while so we’ve been working in the front garden this week. Yesterday, as I was digging in the rocky dirt in an old pair of jeans and sensible shoes, I remembered buying a lemon picking outfit in Vancouver with djbeat just days before moving here. The [...]
Author Archives: Tango
What’s the Buzz?
April 3, 2010 – 12:20 PM
It must be Easter because my head is filled with lyrics from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1973 masterpiece, Jesus Christ Superstar. Religion was fairly subdued in the Bravo family, the focus was definitely more on the loopholes of hell than on the obstacles of heaven. So JCS served as the total of my education about this [...]
A Primavera!
March 21, 2010 – 6:09 PM
Huzzah! Hooray! Yippee! Yahoo!
The long, dark, wet winter is over — spring has finally arrived! As soon as I arrived home in Cabril I noticed the first blossoms on one of our plum trees. The same plum tree that sadly limped through the seasons in 2009, bearing only six sad plums. Penfold went a bit [...]
ReboundTAG: Product Review
March 20, 2010 – 1:34 PM
I’m no stranger to lost luggage so before I left for Canada I agreed (via the good folks at FMB) to review ReboundTAG, a microchip bag tag. Fortunately for me, my suitcase was not lost on this trip. Unfortunately for this review, my suitcase was not lost on this trip.
I received my ReboundTAG when I [...]
A Rocky Mountain Afternoon
March 15, 2010 – 7:53 PM
You can take the girl out of Alberta but you can’t take Alberta out of the girl. In the last ten days I’ve spent quality time with Daddy Bravo and taught him how to use his new computer. I’ve caught up with family friends and eaten the best filet mignon you could ever imagine. I’ve [...]
Hockey Night in Cabril
March 11, 2010 – 3:29 AM
In the last week it feels like I’ve gone from the Dark Ages to the Ice Age.
Xynthia came storming through Europe and made a huge mess of Central Portugal before wreaking havoc in France. We lost electricity early Friday morning and were plunged into life without power for five challenging days. While Papersurfer Jr [...]
Papersurfer: Now in Print!
February 18, 2010 – 12:32 PM
If you haven’t already read about it here, Penfold’s first book has been published! Champagne corks have been popping all over Cabril (well, actually it was more like two cups of warm tea with honey). But we’ve been celebrating wildly and we hope you’ll join us.
Papersurfer: Diary of a middle aged surfer – age 38 [...]
Tango Bravo’s Day Off
February 13, 2010 – 11:54 AM
Yesterday marked the anniversary of Tango arriving on this earth (also known as Lincoln’s Birthday). With the exception of last year’s big one, the event is generally regarded as a low-key celebration. Penfold, in his intuitively loverly ways, celebrated the day with me exploring things and places I love.
Eating our tostas mistas and sipping wine [...]
Penfold & Tango: Um Ano em Cabril
February 8, 2010 – 2:03 PM
Many of you already know the story of Penfold & Tango (you can read most of it from Tango’s perspective starting from about here). If you remember, it began as Operation Beige-Free.
When Penfold asked me to live with him in the hills of Central Portugal and I agreed, most everyone I knew thought I was crazy. [...]
Vote for Tango
February 3, 2010 – 6:26 PM
I have no idea how it happened but AtomicdogmA.com has been nominated for IX10 (The Top 100 International Exchange and Experience Blogs 2010) brought to you by the good folks at bab.la and Lexiophiles. (How do you say w00t in Portuguese?)
We’ve been looking for the top 100 blogs that presents us with the joys, difficulties and adventures [...]
