It is Lisbon’s wedding of the year. Crowds gather at the cathedral, hoping to catch a glimpse of the newlyweds as cameras lie in wait. Suddenly, the organ music grows louder
US superstar Madonna credits neighbourhood bar in Lisbon’s historic working-class Alfama district for setting the stage for her upcoming, new album.
You know our woman in Lisbon, Ambassador to Portugal Celia Anna “Cookie” Feria, is anything but a stiff diplomat when she welcomes you to her turf with hardly any makeup, her hair in a messy bun. “Oh, call me Cookie,” she insists.
I’m sitting in the bright early summer sun—still pleasant, by tropical standards—by the fountain at the Praça do Rossio in the Baixa district of Lisbon, under the gaze of Dom Pedro IV, King of Portugal and first Emperor of Brazil, who’s standing on a 23-ft-high pedestal.
Think of a British couple having an early dinner at the rooftop Rossio restaurant of Lisbon’s posh Altis Avenida Hotel, and whispering, “This is so refreshing!” after a mouthful of kinilaw. Or the Portuguese writer who came for the adobo, which he topped his rice with. Or my favorite: the young Dutch doctor who tasted the maja blanca and the creamy guinataan—and proceeded to pour the latter over the former, proclaiming the combination “delicious.”
“Gray walls have nothing to tell,” said the artist.
From rattlesnake sausage in Los Angeles to pig’s ear salad in Lisbon, intrepid travelers with adventurous taste buds may be interested in a list of “weird and wonderful” foods
Philippe and Edna Lhuillier recently breezed into town and gathered friends and relations at their palatial home in Maria Luisa Estate Park. They have just winded up Philippe’s tour of duty as the Philippines’ ambassador to Lisbon.
European brand Suiteblanco has chosen Brazilian top model Izabel Goulart to present its Spring-Summer campaign this 2014. The exuberant Izabel embodies the feminine ideal of the brand, the eclectic character of the collection.
A huge surprise was the discovery a portfolio of drawings by Urban Sketchers Philippines, an organization affiliated with Urban Sketchers, an international nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering the art of
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