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.
O fadista by Punk Jazz on Flickr
Eating our tostas mistas and sipping wine in the afternoon, we drank in the sights and sounds of my favourite café in the city. Not a coffee bar where people line up for ages to order non-fat skinny foamless mochaccinos in paper cups and breakfast sandwiches à la McMuffin. This place is so much more than that. It’s a place where students philosophize, where waiters wear red vests and walk carefully to avoid china crashing onto the marble floor, where men earnestly wear chunky-framed glasses and black turtlenecks, a place where they sing Fado in the February evening. Café Santa Cruz is a slow trip back in time, a glimpse into the historical Portugal I adore.
Obrigadinha Penfold, for a perfect day.
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PS: And muito obrigada to Alice, Daddy P, daisyfae, Stinkypaw, Penfold and surftwin for their comments on Penfold & Tango: Um Ano em Cabril.
wait… you’re lincoln’s daughter? it’s early here… happy birthday! it sounds like it was extremely hip!
Yup, so I generally avoid the theatre on Tango Appreciation Day …
At last ……. the boy is learning. Next year I would suggest a motorway café ….. tee hee.
[Loverly to hear your dulcet tones yesterday - hugs and kisses]
And they say chivalry is dead … and buried.
All the very best
Sounds like a lovely, love-filled way to celebrate your day, Tango – felicitations!
Obrigada Shan, and welcome back from Mexico!
Sweet!
Could have easily overdosed on sweet when I saw the baked goods at CFS — do calories count in February?
He’s so romantic – I suppose you’re chained to the kitchen sink again today?
I love that café. x
Oooh sorry, would have replied sooner but I was chained to the kitchen sink … x
sounds loverly! happy birthday!
Thanks! A good cappuccino is well worth the 1-hour drive …
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