4 days of festivities!!!

To celebrate the end of my first quarter (meaning 30/120!) we organized a 4-days celebration!

Day 1 - October 13
We started with culture: The Sleeping Beauty by the Kirov Ballet & Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre. Great show. I realized that the guy that invented the golf swing was not the person coming up with the most awkward movement in sports/arts... it was the guy/woman that came up with the idea of dancing "sur les pointes" (in toe tips)!

Besides the acculturate comment above, and even if we're not "Balletomanes", I have to say we loved it! There's always something amazing when a "ballerina" executes a perfect "diagonale" of "pas Ballonné" or when she slowly spins in a steady "tour de Promenade" while the "Cavalier" holds her hand. (Doesn't it seem I know a lot about this?!)

And guess what?! The sleeping beauty with whom I got married didn't fall asleep halfway through the show as she sometimes does! :)

Day 2 - October 14
In order to celebrate my B-Day in Portuguese time we threw a party onFridayt night and cut the cake at about 11.30pm (which would beOctt 15 - 7.30 am in my home town, time at which I was born!).

You'll not gonna believe but we gathered almost 50 people at our place!!! There was a lot of beer flowing down the throats but it were really the Caipirinhas that helped the crowd to get it going!

At the end of the party it was clear that the night had been extremely hard...


Day 3 - October 15
Went out for dinner in SF. The female Berketuga booked a table at Masa's a very good "new french cuisine" restaurant that assembledan extremelyy experienced and knowledgeable team, including Executive Chef Gregory Short, who worked as Chef de Partie and Sous Chef under Chef Thomas Keller at The French Laundry for seven years. (If you don't know "The French Laundry", I suggest you take a look at www.frenchlaundry.com to get some saliva flowing in your mouth).

Day 4 - October 16
I closed the festivities by offering myself a very good birthday gift: I went up to Tahoe with Felipe (a Braziliann friend) and closed down a deal on a cabin for the winter season! Can you imagine that we rented one of the cheapest places in our list but that it is still probably the best of all: it even includes a pool table and a piano! Man...you definitely gonna be hearing a lot about this cabin. :)