Art Deco Historic District
Popular from the 1920s to 1940s, Art Deco style is one of the primary characteristics of Miami Beach architecture. Visitors can view many examples of the vibrant colors and uniquely stylized architecture that have made Miami Beach, particularly South Beach, synonymous with Art Deco style. To find your way around the Art Deco Historic District, stop by the Art Deco Welcome Center on Ocean Drive for a guide map and information about guided walking tours and audiocassette tours. Ocean Drive itself is a great place to start your excursion with its 10 blocks of colorful hotels, now home to specialty shops, eclectic restaurants and cafes, and lively nightclubs.

Aventura Mall
With more than 2.3 million square feet of space and 250 specialty stores, the Mediterranean-style Aventura Mall is South Florida’s largest regional shopping mall. Aventura Mall also features restaurants, a Food Court, 24-screen AMC movie theater and large indoor playground.

Bayside Marketplace
A shopper’s paradise, Bayside Marketplace serves as Miami’s waterfront shopping, dining and entertainment center. Bayside Marketplace offers everything from popular national brands to specialty shops with unique collectibles, as well as more than a dozen eclectic restaurants and bars, an award-winning International Food Court, live entertainment daily and Millionaire’s Row sightseeing cruises. A visit to downtown Miami is not complete without a visit to Bayside Marketplace!

Biscayne National Park
With 95 percent of its 173,000 acres covered by water, Biscayne National Park is the largest marine park in the National Park System. The park, which draws approximately 500,000 visitors annually, boasts crystal-clear waters, living coral reefs and beautiful islands. Recreational activities at Biscayne National Park include scuba diving, snorkeling, fishing, boating and picnicking. Designated campgrounds can be found on Boca Chita Key, and Elliott Key (access by boat only). Canoe rentals and glass bottom boat tours, as well as scuba diving and snorkeling trips, can all be arranged at Biscayne National Park. Visit the Danta Fascell Visitor Center, which offers brochures, exhibits, park videos and books for sale.

CocoWalk
A bustling outdoor shopping area in the heart of Coconut Grove, CocoWalk offers unique specialty shops, outdoor cafes, eclectic bistros, lively nightspots and a 16-screen cinemaplex.

Coral Castle
How did one individual endeavor to procure and sculpt more than 1,100 tons of coral rock into a “fantasy world carved out of stone” using only homemade tools? The secrets still lie within Coral Castle, the bizarre masterpiece of obsessive genius Ed Leedskalnin, which was built over a 28-year period. An immigrant from Latvia, Leedskalnin (who was just over 5 feet tall and weighed 100 pounds!) somehow managed to singlehandedly build Coral Castle as a monument to his one true love, Agnes Scuffs, who shattered his dreams of marital bliss by unexpectedly leaving him at the altar. Known as “America’s Stonehenge,” Coral Castle offers guided tours and a gift shop. It is open daily year round.

Crandon Park
Crandon Park is located on Key Biscayne and boasts one of the most beautiful beaches in the world! In addition to its inviting white-sand beach, Crandon Park features a Family Amusement Park with a historic carousel, outdoor roller skating rink, splash fountain and marine play sculptures. The park is open daily from 8 AM to sunset.

Deering Estate at Cutler
One of South Florida’s most unique parks, Deering Estate at Cutler is an “environmental, archaelogical, historical and architectural preserve” that encompasses 450 acres. Highlights include Indian burial grounds, various historic buildings and the Mediterranean Revival-style winter estate of famous industrialist Charles Deering. Guided tours of the property are available.

Everglades National Park
Designated an International Biosphere Reserve, Everglades National Park, which encompasses 1.5 million acres, is the third-largest national park in the continental United States and the only subtropical preserve in North America. A fascinating and fragile ecosystem, the Everglades feature mangrove and cypress swamps, sawgrass prairies, hardwood hammocks and pinelands. Wildlife that call the Everglades home include alligators, crocodiles, bottle-nosed dolphins, manatees, bald eagles, ospreys, wood stork, roseate spoonbill, great blue heron and snowy egrets. Everglades National Park includes three visitor centers, campgrounds, hiking trails, picnic areas, boat tours, canoe and bike rentals, and observation towers.

Fairchild Tropical Garden
One of the world’s most beautiful botanic gardens, Fairchild Tropical Garden is home to an impressive collection of rare tropical plants. The 83-acre garden includes a new 13,000-square-foot Visitor Center, museum of plant exploration, conservatory, outdoor tropical rainforest, sunken garden, walking paths, lakes and overlooks. Visitors to Fairchild Tropical Garden can take a narrated tram tour or self-guided tour. The onsite Garden Shop sells gardening books and eclectic gifts.

The Historical Museum of Southern Florida
The Historical Museum of Southern Florida enables visitors to explore 10,000 years of history and culture that highlights South Florida and the Caribbean. Conveniently located in downtown Miami at the Metro-Dade Cultural Center Plaza, the museum features a permanent gallery, a gallery with rotating exhibits and a Research Center, as well as a store that sells an extensive selection of books, gifts and educational toys relating to Florida history.

Jungle Island
Jungle Island is home to more than 1,100 tropical birds that represent approximately 360 species, as well as crocodiles, orangutans, reptiles and 2,000 varieties of flora and fauna. Located in the heart of Miami, Jungle Island boasts the “best trained bird show in the world!” – featuring trained parrots, macaws and cockatoos. First opened in 1936 as Parrot Jungle, Jungle Island has been recognized as one of the world’s premiere bird sanctuaries, wildlife habitats and botanical gardens.

Miami Art Museum
Opened in 1984, the Miami Art Museum boasts world-class exhibitions and programs at its state-of-the-art facility, which is located at the Metro-Dade Cultural Center Plaza in downtown Miami. The museum’s onsite gift shop sells exhibition catalogues, art books, distinctive home and office furnishings, designer jewelry, stationery and cards, children’s books, toys and much more.

Miami Children’s Museum
Kids of all ages will enjoy the Miami Children’s Museum, which features numerous interactive exhibits within 12 galleries, classrooms, a Parent/Teacher Resource Center, 200-seat auditorium, Subway restaurant and educational gift shop. Interactive exhibits at the museum, which opened its brand-new facility in the fall of 2003, include The Castle of Dreams, Ocean Odyssey, Everglades Park, Meet Miami, Cruise Ship, All About Art, Television Studio, Supermarket and World Music Studio.

Miami Metrozoo
More than 1,700 animals make their home at 300-acre Miami Metrozoo, which has been voted one of the 10 best zoos in the United States. The award-winning Miami Metrozoo is a “cageless zoo” where animals roam in settings similar to their natural habitats. Asian river otters, Komodo dragons, Bengal tigers, Cuban crocodiles, Asian elephants, Galapagos tortoises, gorillas, lions, zebras, giraffes, koala bears, kangaroos and squirrel monkeys are just a few of the animals visitors will encounter at the large, open-air exhibits. Metrozoo includes guided tram tours, behind-the-scenes tours, a monorail tour and dining areas located throughout the park. Kids will love the zoo’s playgrounds and water play areas, as well as the new Wildlife Carousel, which features 30 handcarved animals.

Miami Museum of Science & Planetarium
The Miami Museum of Science & Planetarium, which first opened its doors in 1966, boasts a state-of-the-art planetarium with a SPITZ Space Transit Planetarium star projector, animated live star shows, laser light shows, Weintraub Observatory, hands-on exhibits and numerous education programs for all ages. The museum is also home to Jack Horkheimer’s Star Gazer, the world’s only weekly TV series on “naked-eye astronomy.”

Miami Seaquarium
Located on beautiful Biscayne Bay, Miami Seaquarium provides 38 landscaped acres full of marine-life shows, exhibits and educational programs. View tropical aquariums, dolphins, alligators, manatees, moray eels and other marine wildlife. The centerpiece of the Seaquarium is the Whale and Dolphin Stadium, home of Lolita the Killer Whale. At the Flipper Dolphin Show, the film location for much of the 1960’s Flipper TV show, Atlantic bottlenose dolphins demonstrate their grace, beauty and intelligence. The 750,000-gallon Tropical Reef Aquarium is home to a multitude of colorful tropical fish, loggerhead turtles and moray eels. Other highlights include the Sea Lion Show featuring Salty the Sea Lion, Top Deck Dolphin Show, Shark Presentation and Discovery Bay endangered mangrove habitat.

Miracle Mile
Conveniently located in the heart of downtown Coral Gables, Miracle Mile features specialty shops, art galleries, bookstores, eclectic restaurants, live theater and more. Billed as “one of South Florida’s most unique shopping destinations,” Miracle Mile is also home to the Actor’s Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre, which produces award-winning professional productions.

Monkey Jungle
Visit Monkey Jungle – “Where Humans are Caged and Monkeys Run Wild!” One of the few protected habitats for endangered primates in the country, Monkey Jungle is home to more than 400 primates that run free on a 30-acre reserve. A total of 30 primate species are represented here such as spider monkeys, colobus, gibbons and guenons.

Sawgrass Mills Mall
Ideally located off the Sawgrass Expressway interchange just 2 miles North of interstates 75 and 595, Sawgrass Mills Mall features more than 270 outlet stores and name-brand discounters, as well as approximately 30 restaurants and the Sawgrass Regal 23 Cinema.

The Venetian Pool
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Venetian Pool is a beautiful, 820,000-gallon pool that was carved out of a coral rock quarry in 1923. Nestled within a residential area of Coral Gables and surrounded by Venetian-style architecture, the Venetian Pool is fed daily with crystal-clear spring water and features abundant waterfalls, grottos, caves made of coral and a diving platform. Note: Children under 3 are not admitted to the facility.

Vizcaya Museum & Gardens
A National Historic Landmark, Vizcaya is a beautiful Italian Renaissance-style villa built in 1916 by American industrialist James Deering. The luxurious 34-room winter estate contains one of the finest collections of 15 th- through 19 th-century furniture and decorative arts in the United States. Vizcaya is also surrounded by more than 10 acres of formal gardens, fountains and terraces. The onsite Vizcaya Café serves food and beverages in a unique setting overlooking the swimming pool. Outdoor seating is also available. The Vizcaya Gift Shop offers postcards, slides, videotapes along with Italian craft items such as ceramics, jewelry and tapestries.

For great deals on comfortable accommodations that provide easy access to Miami area attractions, restaurants, nightlife, shopping and outdoor recreation, check out Westgate South Beach at www.wgsouthbeach.com.

Julien for Merge Studios has brilliantly captured another Xquisite wedding!  Please enjoy this clip from our Vizcaya wedding.

Bianca // Maurice Wedding Trailer from JULIEN for MERGE STUDIOS on Vimeo.

An amazing couple, gorgeous decor and beautiful weather made for an incredible evening at Vizcaya. Thank you to Andrew Duany for the beautiful images.

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all photographs copyright Felicity Rich

In my role as a Trustee of the National Trust I attend three meetings a year and while the meetings themselves are intense and plentiful, we do reap the benefits of visiting stunning historic places in great American cities. This weekend we were in Miami Beach, which seems quite the posh destination, and it is. Thanks to preserving buildings.

photograph copyright Felicity Rich

In the 1970s and 1980s South Miami Beach had serious issues of crime and drugs. It also had blocks and blocks of fantastic but run-down Art Deco hotels that had opened in the 1930s when Miami Beach became a vacation destination. A few visionary developers, including National Trust Trustee Tony Goldman, started restoring these buildings and today South Beach draws tourists from all over the world to its beaches and protected, restored Art Deco district.

Friday Tony hosted us on The Hotel rooftop for drinks before we visited another Trustee’s stunning contemporary rooftop condo with views of South Beach.

photograph copyright Felicity Rich

There was a great symmetry to this meeting because our President Dick Moe is retiring and this was the site of his first National Preservation Conference in 1992. That was also my first conference, as a staff member of Landmarks Illinois. That was in the wake of Hurricane Andrew and there was much cleanup yet to do but Miami impressed me at the time. It was also sad because this year we lost Floyd Butler, who had founded the Young Urban Preservationists, a way to teach inner-city kids, and he and I had spent much time together in Miami in ’92.

photograph copyright Felicity Rich

Thursday we had dined at the home of Arva Moore Parks McCabe, a pioneering local preservationist, who last night related how she came to the Trust in 1973 seeking help saving a house in a historic district and the Trust sent her to Oak Park, Illinois. It worked, and she and others of the Dade Heritage Trust have saved much in the meantime, including a fascinating effort by Trustee Jorge Hernandez and others to save the Miami Marine Stadium, one of the National Trust’s 11 Most Endangered properties last year.

photograph copyright Felicity Rich

The Miami Marine Stadium is a 1963 concrete composition that is part of an outdoor marine arena unlike any I have ever seen. The folded slabs of the roof and bleachers projecting over the water recall the most visionary concrete designs of the 1950s and 1960s and even in despair the building impresses.

photograph copyright Felicity Rich

Local preservationists have defied the odds and the authorities to make significant progress towards its eventual preservation. We had the honor of touring the site by boat with the architect who designed it as a young man, Hilario Candela.

Then we had a lovely dinner at Vizcaya, the stunning Italianate Deering mansion on the shore in Miami, an over-the-top historic house and gardens that is open to the public and which the National Trust helped local preservationists save from over development a few years ago. The whole place is made from coral stone and there is a massive boat folly across from the terrace that reminded me of Cixi’s folly, the marble boat in the Summer Palace in Beijing. Vincent Scully whom we awarded the Louise DuPont Crowninshield Award in Nashville was there and I got to speak with him.

photograph copyright Felicity Rich

It was interesting to hear Dick Moe and Arva Moore Parks McCabe and others talk about a Miami that “got no respect” from the preservation movement back in the 1970s, because my first exposure to the place in ’92 was all about preservation. How saving and rehabilitating buildings revitalized a community down on its heels and made it an international destination. Almost a generation later, the Miami Marine Stadium presents the same opportunity. Every generation can reclaim its unique and valued connection to place. If it chooses to.

I’m wrapping up a visit to Miami and Miami Beach for work (I know – I love my job) that ended with a spectacular tour of two landmarks of Miami’s past…and the more recent past.

Recently the National Trust for Historic Preservation has listed three properties in Miami on the annual list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places.  We visited two of those sites yesterday and they gave first-hand evidence to the wide range of places that make up the American experience.

First up was the 1963 Miami Marine Stadium.  Arriving by boat while listening to the architect – Cuban born Hilario Candela who at age 27 designed this aquatic marvel with its zigzag concourse floating over the stands – was an incredible experience.  It is threatened because the city sees the site as much more valuable for development, even though it doesn’t take a great deal of imagination to understand how this wonderful place could thrive again as a civic center for all South Florida.  Watch the video at the end of the post to hear that quintessential South Floridian – Jimmy Buffett – talk about why this place matters.

After a short bus ride, we were transported to Vizcaya - one of the country’s great early 20th century marvels.  This estate was built from 1914-17 by James Deering of International Harvester, and the 70-room house and magnificent gardens are filled with artwork, architectural detailing, and landscape views that are more than the eye can capture in a short visit.  This National Historic Landmark, threatened by nearby high-rise development that would destroy the view from the gardens, has a bright future thanks to the work of so many people who understand the value of saving not only the buildings, but the settings, of great places.  I had the good fortune to have dinner with Joel Hoffman, the Executive Director of Vizcaya, and my colleague Laurie Ossman, who had been the assistant director and chief curator at the site before joining the National Trust.  They told of the hard but satisfying work to fight the development plans, making for a terrific ending to a wonderful four days in Miami.

More to come…

DJB

Por Juliana Gomes

} Essa quarta-feira, 02 de Dezembro vai rolar a noite People Don’t Dance no More @ Director’s Gourmet.

A quarta mais animada do Gourmet, entra na sua 6° edição com o tema LOVE SONGS. Os djs convidados da noite serão Barbarella e George M. (Vizcaya) fazendo todo mundo dançar bem agarradinho, com canções de amor em geral: rock, pop, dance, eletrônico, um pouco de tudo.

Quem comanda a festa é o DJ Fabilipo, famoso pelosom das pick ups na festa CREW. A entrada é gratuita e a cerveja é de garrafa. Vai perder?

Desde el primer día que les escuché, me quede alucinado con la calidad de estos tíos de Mungia (Vizcaya). Los chicos de “Evolver” le pegan realmente duro y bien, y lo pude comprobar en directo el verano pasado en el “Inkestas Rock Festibal 2009”.

Con un sonido que se podría asemejar a “The Dillinger Escape Plan” (en algunos de sus temas y salvando las distancias) pero dándole su toque de agresividad exclusivo, los vizcaínos hacen un grindcore con toques de death metal que te atraviesa por completo. Su calidad es indudable y lo llevan demostrando desde 1999.

Tienen un cd grabado en 2002 con “964records” en el que demuestran, como ellos dicen, su mala leche. Como hecho más reseñable, se puede destacar que llegaron a quedar finalistas del concurso “Villa de Bilbao”.

Os dejo su myspace para que disfrutéis (yo, por lo menos, lo hago cada vez que les escucho).

http://www.myspace.com/evolverexplosion

Cartel de la prueba

El próximo 22 de Noviembre se llevará cabo el IV Descenso Internacional Ría del Nervión, que se disputa entre la capital vizcaína y la localidad de Getxo.Las inscripciones pueden realizarse telefónicamente a través del 94 423 65 75 o a través del correo electrónico bhm@clubbhm.com

El grupo vizcaíno “Bajo Presión” lleva ya cuatro años dando guerra. A pesar de varios cambios en la formación por diversos motivos, la banda ha sabido sobreponerse a los mismos y dar lo mejor de sí en su disco debut.

Con un punk que abarca desde el sonido americano de bandas como “NOFX” o “Pennywise” hasta lo más cercano a ellos como “Eskorbuto”, los de Basauri no dejan títere con cabeza y critican todo lo malo de la sociedad y quienes nos gobiernan.

Los jóvenes vizcaínos se encuentran en pleno proceso de presentación de su disco por los diferentes escenarios de Vizcaya, en los que enseñan sus riffs rápidos mezclados con melodías más “relajadas”.

Por todo esto, creo que se trata de una banda que merece la pena ir a ver y escuchar. Para ello, os dejo sus dos páginas web:

www.bajopresionpunk.com
http://www.myspace.com/bajopresionpunk

O de bronce, más bien. Sola, inmóvil día tras día. Jamás pudo sentir el placer de rascarse la nuca. Jamás pudo acuclillarse para descansar los músculos de las piernas. Y desnuda: todos los años soporta con admirable estoicidad la persistente lluvia bilbaína… Fría, hierática, impertérrita. Asida a su lira con una firmeza casi exagerada -parece que quisiera partirla en dos- y dejando a las gotas de agua la labor de arrancarle al metal su melodía.

Dama de Hierro, Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao, agosto de 2009

Durante a próxima semana:

Eu acabo a saga de resenhas de produtos Granado, falo de alguns achados de make-up super baratinhos, creminhos e das roupas das celebritys, claaro!hehehe

KOMITE INTERNAZIONALISTAK y LA PLATAFORMA DE SOLIDARIDAD CON CHIAPAS hemos organizado en Ermua una nueva edición de las jornadas “MEXICO REBELDE”, que tendrán lugar entre los días 26 y 31 de Octubre.

Las jornadas darán comienzo el lunes 26 con la inauguración de la exposición “Dignidad rebelde”. La muestra contiene fotografías y carteles relativos a las luchas de los pueblos de Chiapas, Atenco y Oaxaca y estará abierta hasta el sábado 31 en la sala de exposiciones de Lobiano en horario de 6 a 8 de la tarde. En la inauguración que tendrá lugar a las 7,30 de la tarde habrá una visita guiada y un lunch para las personas asistentes.

El miércoles 28 a las 8 de la tarde en Eskilarapeko el Taller de Teatro de Ermua Sutegi llevará a cabo una lectura dramatizada de cuentos extraidos del libro “Relatos del viejo Antonio” del sub-comandante Marcos.

El jueves 29 dentro de la programación del cine club, se proyectará la película “El corazón del tiempo” de Alberto Cortés, estrenada en el Festival de cine de Donostia en 2008. Se realizarán dos sesiones a las 7 y a las 9,30 en Lobiano.

Como culminación de las jornadas “Mexico Rebelde”, el sábado 31 tendrá lugar diversos actos en la plaza. A las 2 de la tarde habrá una comida popular mexicana en Eskilarapeko, los bonos para la comida se podrán adquirir al precio de 8 euros en los bares Infreñu y London. A las 5,30 de la tarde actuará en la plaza el grupo “Payasos en rebeldía”. A las 7 de la tarde, también en la plaza, concierto de la cantautora Rosa Sanchez y el mexicano Miguel. A las 8 de la tarde habrá una kalejira con el grupo Okresta.
Acabará la jornada con una fiesta mexicana que tendrá lugar en Eskilarapeko.

KOMITE INTERNAZIONALISTAK.Ermua,PLATAFORMA SOLIDARIDAD CON CHIAPAS
Kontaktua: 943 170 549
620 444 115

En México, como en muchos otros países del mundo, la “justicia” favorece la represión de quienes protestan y la impunidad de los que despojan, masacran, desaparecen y violan los derechos más elementales del pueblo,de l@s indígenas, mujeres,etc.

Para el Gobierno y sus instituciones solo queda la impunidad de los que están arriba y el terror para los de abajo; Como ejemplos: el hostigamiento militar del ejército contra comunidades zapatistas en Chiapas;la toma de poblaciones enteras y tortura masiva de los habitantes en la costa y la sierra de Guerrero,contra l@s integrantes del FPDT, de San Salvador Atenco,donde el dirigente Ignacio del valle y 11 mas de sus compañeros, son sentenciados a mas de 112 años de cárcel ,o en la comunidad de Acteal, donde a pesar de las claras pruebas contra los asesinos de 45 personas mientras rezaban, la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación ha decidido liberar a 20 acusados de esta masacre,reconocidos como autores materiales de estos crimenes por algun@s supervivientes.

Otro ejemplo es Oaxaca donde despues de 2 años de la brutal represión(con mas de 200 personas detenidas,mujeres violadas,desapariciones,asesinato del periodista norteamericano Brad Will).,sus responsables siguen gozando de total Impunidad.

México es el país “más peligroso” del continente americano para la libertad de prensa con 55 periodistas asesinados y ocho desaparecidos desde el año 2000,Mexico es el país más peligroso del continente para la libertad de prensa” ,

La supuesta guerra contra el narcotráfico del gobierno federal esconde una clara política de contrainsurgencia que ha encarcelado y desaparecido a cientos de mexicanos y mexicanas. Una campaña permanente de agresiones y despojos a campesinos e indígenas de sus tierras para favorecer negocios de las transnacionales, entre ellas las españolas Iberdrola, Endesa, BBVA, Sol Meliá, ha formado una larga e interminable lista de represión, impunidad y violación a las garantías individuales y colectivas

La creciente militarización en México y la actuación de grupos paramilitares en Chiapas,Oaxaca, Guerrero,etc, ha generado una tendencia de continuas violaciones a los derechos humanos en donde las mujeres de las comunidades, particularmente las indígenas y pobres, han sido las más violentadas en este escenario en que las fuerzas militares buscan imponer control sobre la ciudadanía, la actuación del ejército mexicano financiado y armado por el Gobierno de EE.UU,en la supuesta “lucha contra el narcotráfico” tiene un componente contrainsurgente ,tomando las calles y comunidades, intentando confrontar a comunidades y organizaciones en resistencia que reivindican distintos derechos y/o construyen dia a dia su propia autonomía.

A los lastres del capitalismo: descomposición social, migración y delincuencia organizada, solamente responde con la violencia institucional, pasando por alto que son problemas de origen y carácter económico, social y político, cuyo detonante es la pobreza, desempleo, miseria, hambre y marginación,Datos oficiales denuncian que entre el 2006 y el 2008 la pobreza extrema en el país pasó de 14 a 19 millones de personas,(En México hay 80 millones de pobres, dos tercios de la población total).

Existe una clara y abierta pretensión del Banco Mundial y el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo para acabar con la propiedad comunitaria de los pueblos indígenas, y así poder implementar megaproyectos destructivos y lograr incentivar mecanismos migratorios para los pueblos indígenas,que perderán su territorio,cultura,etc,. y pasaran a conformar parte de los cinturones de miseria urbana.

El país parece estar en guerra, aunque “la guerra real es contra los de abajo, por sus tierras, por sus recursos naturales, además “del robo de las transnacionales y la corrupción de las autoridades oficiales”, hay otros agentes, como la industria del turismo que necesita privatizar esas tierras para tener infraestructuras(carreteras,aeropuertos,etc).

A pesar de este sombrio panorama,en Oaxaca,Guerrero,Chiapas,etc,las comunidades y sus organizaciones sociales siguen rebelándose dia a dia,por la defensa de sus tierras y territorios,por la libertad de todos y todas las presas politicas,construyendo su propia autonomía,etc, haciendonos un llamado a la SOLIDARIDAD ACTIVA,a la DENUNCIA y EXIGENCIA a nuestros gobiernos y multinacionales para que rompan relaciones y no colaboren con gobiernos que violan los Derechos Humanos.

http://txiapas.wordpress.com/2009/10/24/jornadas-mexico-rebelde-en-ermua-vizcaya/

Oiii Gente! Agora vou falar da minha mais nova paixão, as loções hidratantes da Vizcaya. Estava eu procurando um creme hidratante bom e barato, rs. Eu costumo usar os cremes da Victoria Secret, mas queria um mais barato, pq uso hidratante tds os dias, ai já viu no final do mês, gastava muito. Então, procurando na net vi os cremes da Vizcaya, já conhecia a linha para cabelos, mas nunca havia usado seus hidratantes. Resolvi comprar um kit com 4 mini hidratantes, assim poderia experimentar algumas essências diferentes. No kit que eu comprei vieram os aromas de: Vanilla e Orquídea, Sweet Romance, Sensual Âmbar e Morango e Chantilly. Meeeninas…, Para minha surpresa os cremes são Ó T I M O S. O meu preferido é o Sweer Romance (é o azulzinho) que é feito do extrato de lírio e violeta, maravilhoso ele deixa um cheiro bem diferente docinho, mas com personalidade, ele tem aquele tipo de perfume que a gente não esquece. O valor tb é muito bom o kitzinho com os 4 hidratantes eu paguei R$ 20,90 e as embalagens maiores de 350 ml já achei por R$ 16,90.

Minha Opinião: Os hidratantes Vizcaya deixam a pele super aveludada, macia e perfumada msm. Além disso, tem uma rápida absorção. Claro que não é um Victoria Secret, mas não fica nada a desejar. Vale a pena experimentar.

Dê sua opinião!!!

Bjuss

El orgullo vasco puede tomar muchos matices. Ninguno tan noble como el de los cocineros del proyecto kilómetro cero: si bien ponen el énfasis en el rescate de los productos de la región —protagonistas de sus cartas— reconocen que quienes merecen las estrellas y ovaciones no son ellos, sino los agricultores que lidian día a día con los animales y plantas originarios de 100 kilómetros a la redonda; esos que distinguen a la gastronomía local.

Se dice que en Vizcaya se come bien hasta en los rincones. La gastronomía en el País Vasco es uno de sus elementos culturales más cuidados y una parte integral de Vizcaya, como las verdes montañas, el mar, los pueblos de pescadores, el idioma y las costumbres.

La cocina tradicional vasca es de elaboración sencilla, con base en las extraordinarias materias primas autóctonas: pescados, carnes, quesos o productos de la huerta. En los caseríos se han conservado las recetas ancestrales, muchas de ellas con verduras que se integraron a la gastronomía local después del descubrimiento de América, que se aclimataron a esta tierra y hoy se consideran autóctonas. La cercanía con Francia ayudó a que los cocineros aprendieran las mejores técnicas de cocina y, hoy en día, la región cuenta con numerosas estrellas Michelin y excelentes escuelas de cocina.

A pesar de todo esto, algunos productos autóctonos estaban en peligro de extinción y otros desaparecidos totalmente. Pero el espíritu luchador de los vascos los llevó a buscar formas de rescatarlos y una joven generación de cocineros está haciendo todo lo posible para conservar lo que hace unos años era algo común en sus mercados: quesos, cerdos, ocas, cabritos, ciertas cebollas. La fórmula: ponerlos como protagonistas en las cartas de sus restaurantes, que los den a conocer a su clientela.

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I really like all my brides like parents like all their children, however Farah was definitely a fave.  We had a lot of fun putting together her Muslim wedding over 4 days and many different locales.  From the Mehendhi to the Pithi to the Nikah we had a lot of fun…with some learning experiences.  My favorite learning experience was watching the Boys Pithi and seeing Arshie (the groom) getting egged, whipped creamed, mustarded and any other disgustingly liquid the boys could find to toss.  Check out the pics below from the fab photo of Ryan of Focused on Forever Studios.  Every bride I warn ,”SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN at your wedding”.  It could be Uncle Bob that gets drink and passes out in a corner, it could Dad forgetting his tux to a black tie affair.  For this event we were missing the Dandia sticks (kinda of like drum sticks that are part of the Pithi night) about 4 hours before they needed to be used and they were located about 2 hours from the hotel.  Guess what folks — that’s why you have a planner…with about 60 minutes to spare we got them to the hotel.  Just part of the magical mystic abilities that we wedding planners have.  Enjoy the pics!

One dead and several injured as train derails in Vizcaya
By: ThinkSpain , Thursday, October 8, 2009

A train driver died and several passengers were injured when the Euskotren they were travelling was derailed in Lezama station this afternoon.

The accident occurred at 4.25pm, when the train collided with the buffers at the end of the line and came off the track.

The driver died immediately as a result of the accident which left several passengers injured. The number and severity of the injuries has not yet been made public.

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One dead and several injured as train derails in Vizcaya
By: ThinkSpain , Thursday, October 8, 2009

A train driver died and several passengers were injured when the Euskotren they were travelling was derailed in Lezama station this afternoon.

The accident occurred at 4.25pm, when the train collided with the buffers at the end of the line and came off the track.

The driver died immediately as a result of the accident which left several passengers injured. The number and severity of the injuries has not yet been made public.

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