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For laughs, before the party! Happy New Year! Wishing you lots of fun and funny moments!

The way to gain a good reputation, is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear. - Socrates

pretty awesome.

Em um jantar muito agradável com o meu querido amigo Guillaume Isnard e sua linda esposa Yoona, aprendi de onde veio uma expressão que tanto usamos: "ENFIAR O PÉ NA JACA" Para mim essa expressão vinha do fato de algum sujeito, num lugar tipo Ilha Grande, que tem jaqueiras por tudo quanto é canto, depois de encher o caneco e já bem briaco, dar uma bica em alguma jaca que tenha caido no meio de seu caminho. Engano meu. Leiam aqui sobre a verdadeira origem da expressão "Enfiar o Pé na Jaca" - Por Rainer Sousa Em momentos de alegria, principalmente em festas, deixamos a empolgação tomar conta e acabamos cometendo alguns excessos. No dia seguinte, ainda lamentando a ressaca da noite anterior, somos avisados ou concluímos por si só que enfiamos o pé na jaca. Dessa forma, aprendemos que qualquer tipo de exagero ou comportamento abusivo está associado a essa curiosa expressão. Para alguns, a imagem de alguém literalmente enfiando o pé na jaca é suficiente para asso...

Céuzinha. Best version of Concrete Jungle. (Sorry Marley)

"There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning." Louis L'Amour

“Class never runs scared. It is sure-footed and confident, and it can handle whatever comes along. Class has a sense of humor. It knows that a good laugh is the best lubricant for oiling the machinery of human relations. Class never makes excuses. It takes its lumps and learns from mistakes. Class knows that good manners are nothing more than a series of small sacrifices and minor inconveniences. Class bespeaks an aristocracy unrelated to ancestors or money. Some extremely wealthy people have no class at all, while others who are struggling to make ends meet are loaded with it. Class is real. You can't fake it. Class is comfortable in its own skin. It never puts on airs. Class never tries to build itself up by tearing others down. Class is already up and need not attempt to look better by making others look worse. Class can walk with kings and keep its virtue and talk with crowds and keep the common touch. Everyone is comfortable with the person who ha...

One of my all time favorites. Transcendent and Sublime. (It seems to perfectly fit my vibe at the moment)

I will tell you what I will do. I will triple the number of sun salutations (Surya namaskar) in my morning practice, until I feel that I have cleared my body of all the food and booze of the last few days... Check out the HEALTH topic on my blog for some serious exercises for your core (hello boys!) and also to read about the TIBETAN RITES. Let's RECOVER!!!! Cheers!!! http://www.yogasite.com/sunsalute.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S38pIkemgNs http://anacissastipsntricks.blogspot.com/2010/03/5-tibetan-energy-rejuvenation-rites.html PS: (the day after!) I did it. About 50 Sun Salutations were incorporated into my Tibetan Rites this morning. It was lovely,doing my practice in the backyard, together with happy birds, and then a cat...and then my mom's lab that tried really hard to spot me...over and over again. Have you ever tried to do yoga along with a teenager Labrador? I finally was able to keep him away and did my savasana without being licked in the face a hundred billio...

In the picture: Ana Cissa Pinto and Fernando Alves Pinto Wishing that in 2011 we can all work together in replacing the Love of Power with the Power of Love . MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!

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Emotional Weather Report - Perfect for a rainy day in São Paulo.

What I am posting today is not really a "quote" but one of the translations of the Sanskrit NAMASTE. I honor the place in you in which the entire Universe dwells, I honor the place in you which is of Love, of Integrity, of Wisdom and of Peace. When you are in that place in you, and I am in that place in me, we are One. Namaste! Namaste ( Devanagari : नमस्ते ) is a common spoken greeting or salutation from India When spoken to another person, it is commonly accompanied by a slight bow made with hands pressed together, palms touching and fingers pointed upwards, in front of the chest. This gesture, called Añjali Mudrā , can also be performed wordlessly and carries the same meaning. Namaste is one of a small list of Sanskrit words commonly recognized by Non-Hindi speakers. Namaskār (Devnagari/ Hindi : नमस्कार ) literally means "I bow to [your] form". "I honor the Spirit in you which is also in me." "I honor the place in you in which the entire...

And she was just there, in a little garden, on the way to the locker room.. being splendid for whomever would care to notice. I did. GOOD MORNING!

Today I went to visit the Real Gabinete Português de Leitura - Built in the Portuguese manueline style in 1837, the gorgeous Portuguese Reading Room houses over 350,000 works, many dating from the 16th, 17th and 18th cen­turies. It also has a small collection of paintings, sculptures and ancient coins. shot with my beloved iPhone Address Rua Luís de Camões 30 - Rio de Janeiro Phone 021-2221 3138 Price Admission free Hours 9am-6pm Source of info: Lonely Planet

One of my VERY favorites, that so much describes what I feel right now*.. "Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment* which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

©anacissapinto CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE Location: Clube Itanhangá -Rio de Janeiro

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It takes a long time to become young. - Pablo Picasso

Maria Whitaker and JohnJohn Valle Married on December 17th, 2010 LOVE YOU!!!! Cheers!!!!!! (what a beautiful wedding, what a WICKED party!!!!)

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Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom. - Marcel Proust

“Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” - Buddha

My friend Tom Haynes sent me this awesome clip. Lullaby baby! Thanks Tom! LOVE IT!!!!!!

I have to say, I LOVE driving the late late night circuit Jardins-Pacaembú. Feeling and listening to the engine and changing gears according to your car's demand is a unique sensation of pleasure. A..mmm... 'velvet pleasure'. Boy, I missed driving. :) My friend Marcelo Trevisan just sent me this video. I really would not mind at all to be driving a Ferrari through (early morning) Paris either... Ah, the simple pleasures of life....

The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings with a sense of destination and the energy to get started. - Norman Cousins

Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give. - Eleanor Roosevelt

30 Years ago Lennon ended his cycle on earth. But he lives on inside millions and millions of hearts. -"Sir Lennon, wherever you are, I hope you are still making magic. I just want to say, thank you again."

If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting? ~Stephen Levine

WHAT A RIDE!!! And they say: -"Mom! Can we do it again? Can we do it again? Pleeeaase!!"

In a CLASSIC rock mood today...maybe it's the first snow that triggered that. Or maybe it was eating too many snow flakes while riding my bike around!!! Don't you just friggin love The Dark Side of the Moon??

Today is the 90th Birthday of the man that got it all started. I saw Brubeck when I was 8 years old and fell in love with him and his music. I was lucky to see him playing with the phenomenal (late) Paul Desmond! Brubeck and Desmond introduced me to my love for Jazz. From that concert on I decided to investigate what that Jazz music was all about! Thank you Sir Brubeck and Happy 90th Birthday!!!

This tune is my favorite one from a record by Ralph Towner called ANA I like to think that he wrote it for me... :) It's SO beautiful!!!

Ai gente posso ser um pouquinho mázinha?? Ai não resisiti e criei esse troféu. Não vou dizer o por que, mas, só colocar ele aqui já ta me fazendo um bem!!! Hehehe! Eu fiz esse troféu em honra daquelas pessoas MALA que a gente tem que conviver, e muito se esforçar para não mandar o(a) fulano(a) catar coquinho, sabe? Um exercicio ZEN de cada dia.... Nossa, época de natal então o mundo vira um container de avião gigantesco, de mala sem alça! CARACA!

This video just KILLED me..OMG! Made my day! HAPPY SUNDAY YOU ALL!

REMEMBER THIS? Weather Report with Pastorius DESTROYING on the bass! December 1st was Jaco's Birthday. What legend! Happy Birthday Pastorius!

Christo showed me this little video that he shot and I asked him if he could give it to me. I thought it was sooo cute that I decided to edit and put some sound design to it. Hope you enjoy it!

Today I woke up with Shakespeare in my mind Particularly with the Quote "The world is (one's) Oyster" which in fact goes more like "Why then the world's mine oyster, Which I with sword will open." I decided to post a little explanation of where this interesting quote comes from, for those of you that don't know. . Falstaff: I will not lend thee a penny. Pistol: Why then the world's mine oyster, Which I with sword will open. Falstaff: Not a penny. The Merry Wives Of Windsor Act 2, scene 2, 2–5 If you boast that "The world's my oyster" nowadays, you're claiming that the world's riches are yours to leisurely pluck from the shell. The braggart ensign Pistol, however, utters the phrase as a sort of threat—of the aggressively bombastic kind he's known for. Sir John Falstaff, a braggart almost the equal of Pistol, refuses to lend him a penny; Pistol promises to use his sword, if not on Falstaff, then on other helpless victi...

The only way to find the limits of the possible is by going beyond them to the impossible. - Arthur C. Clarke

Assumptions are the termites of relationships. ~Henry Winkler

AWAKE, FRESH, SWEET, TOTAL CONTEMPLATION STATE ALMOST AN ECSTATIC DAZE SUBLIME DELIGHT. floating floating.............life shines GOOD MORNING. -AnaCissaPinto

The strongest oak tree of the forest is not the one that is protected from the storm and hidden from the sun. It's the one that stands in the open where it is compelled to struggle for its existence against the winds and rains and the scorching sun. - Napoleon Hill

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one. - Mark Twain

‎"Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it". -Julia Child

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My Bubby's cappuccino loves me back anacissapinto Location: Bubby's

"The World has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happily married life"- Oscar Wilde

Yes. Bubby's cappuccino is a work of art. And their extremely delicious and well served brunch dishes are awesome. No wonder people love going there. If you are looking for a great place to have brunch in NY, try Bubby's 120 Hudson Street New York, NY 10013 (212) 219-0666 Subway: Franklin Street - IRT anacissapinto

Interesting article by Roger Cohen (NYT) The Real Threat to America By ROGER COHEN LONDON — The full-body scanners and intrusive pat-downs that are fast becoming the norm at U.S. airports — just in time for Thanksgiving! — do at least provide the answer to what should be done with Osama bin Laden if he’s ever captured: Rotate him in perpetuity through this security hell, “groin checks” and all. He’ll crumple fast and wonder that 19 young guys in four planes could so warp the nervous system of the world’s most powerful nation that it has empowered zealous bureaucrats to trample on the liberties for which Americans give thanks this week. In his stupor, arms raised as his body gets “imaged,” arms outstretched through “enhanced” patting, bin Laden might also wonder at just how stupid it is to assemble huge crowds at the Transportation Security Administration’s airport checkpoints, as if hundreds of people on planes were the only hundreds of peop...

‘ Confront the dark parts of yourself, and work to banish them with illumination and forgiveness. Your willingness to wrestle with your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel, as a reminder of your strength.” -August Wilson

"There's nothing half so pleasant as coming home again" Margaret Elizabeth Sansgter

click the picture to enlarge image Morning after sand boarding under the stars...or at least trying to! Renata did very well... (in the picture: our camp and our cook & musician, sweet Ahmid)

Waking up in the desert is such a treat!