Caribou Cafe con Michal, Indre y Tomas

Caribou Cafe con Michal, Indre y Tomas
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Coffee... a great habbit

Sears Tower - view from my street

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Originally uploaded by lelisibero.

This is one of the reasons I love Goldcoast, my neighbourhood, so much: every day, when coming back home, I turn and there it is, an icon, Sears Tower. Chicago's skyline is breathtaking...

Bulls vs Spurs - United Center

Bulls vs Spurs - United Center
Originally uploaded by lelisibero.

Go Bulls!!! Do you think I'll find a jersey with Nocioni's name on the back???

Pollo Campero

Pollo Campero
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The day I learnt how to eat chicken with my hands... Thanks Jeff

DIM SUM - My new discovery

Dim sum is a Chinese light meal or brunch, eaten sometimes from morning-to-early afternoon with family or friends. Dim sum consists of a wide spectrum of choices, from sweet to salty. It has combinations of meats, vegetables, seafoods, and fruits. It is usually served on a small dish, depending on the type of dim sum.

Name

It is a Cantonese term, literally translated as dot heart or order heart, meaning order to one's heart's content. It is also translated as touch the heart, dotted heart, or snack; or it may be derived from yat dim sum yi, meaning a "little token". Though dim sum is a Cantonese word, the idea of a wide variety of small dishes for lunch also holds for other regions of China.

Service

Classical dim sum includes buns such as bau (baozi), dumplings and rice rolls, which contain a range of ingredients, including beef, chicken, pork, prawns and vegetarian options. Many dim sum restaurants also offer plates of steamed green vegetables, roasted meats, congee porridge and other soups. People go yum cha when they are having meals in a Chinese teahouse or a dim sum restaurant, and tea is always served along with dim sum.

It is customary to order family style, sharing dishes among all members of the dining party. Because of the small portions, people can try a wide variety of food.
Dim sum dishes can be ordered from a menu or sometimes the food is wheeled around on a mobile cart by servers.

History
Travellers on the ancient Silk Road needed a place to take a nap, so teahouses were established along the roadside. Rural farmers, exhausted after working hard in the fields, would also go to teahouses for a relaxing afternoon of tea. At first, it was considered inappropriate to combine tea with food, because people believed it would lead to excessive weight gain. People later discovered that tea can aid in digestion, so teahouse owners began adding more variety of snacks, and the tradition of dim sum evolved.

From Wikipedia

So, we've turned this into a habbit, we go for Dim Sum at least once every 2 weeks, and I just love it!!! Like our "picada", but asian...

Indre and me!

A very nice picture... having drinks at some bar in Lincoln Park.

Zion at night

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Originally uploaded by lelisibero.

By that time Smita had already joined us

Zion

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Originally uploaded by lelisibero.

Metra, "puzzling" on the train with Michal, Indre and Tomas

My first camping experience

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First time sleeping in a sleeping bag, in a tent, eating just cheese (Kraft cheese) sanwiches and apples... but a lot of fun!!!!

Zion... a very strange place... nice beach on the Lake, sand, motorhomes... and power plant... but believe me, it's cool!!!

Ok, let's face it... it was only one night! :o)

Esta es la vista desde mi depto... Debería también publicar una foto de mi edificio?... mm... voy a buscar donde las puse...

Bueno, esta es la vista, entonces, cuando nieva... Ahora, la nieve se había derretido en diciembre, y no nevaba hace 1 mes... lo cual mucho no me molestaba, pero ayer hubo tormenta de nieve y otra vez todo blanco. Ya sé, muchos pensarán "qué divino"... y sí, es muy lindo... por 1 ratito...

La nieve se derrite y se hace agua... te mancha los pantalones... y el calzado se humedece y se siente más frío... y además todo está blanco y no se distinguen los colores... se torna aburrido y deprimente... se nota que vengo de una ciudad donde no hay nieve??? jajajajaj!!!!

No sé... todo bien con este invierno, pero a veces es demasiado... Igual, esta foto está buena, y es lindo tener esta vista desde la cama, un domingo a la mañana, abrir la persiana americana, mirar entre las varillitas y ver todo nevado, y los copos que caen... y estar en el departamente calentito, resguardado de frío... Como ven, una calle empieza en la puerta de mi edificio, y tiene como 5 - 6 cuadras, y se llega al Lago Michigan... si sos alto, se ve el lago desde mi ventana (no es mi caso)

HOLA!

Estas son mis primeras líneas en este nuevo mundo del Blog... Ya sé, me tardé un montón en escribir, en decidirme a hacer esto, pero el tiempo es tirano acá en Chicago.

Les parecerá raro que mi primera foto en MI Blog sea esta, pero esto es el reflejo de lo que me define como persona, me ubica en mi lugar en el mundo, y me permite seguir tirando del carro cuando las cosas no se ven tan claras... MI GENTE. Este es el collage que armé con las fotos de la mayoría de mis amigos, familia y demás especímenes que tenía disponibles, para tenerlos siempre conmigo, en mi casa... para verlos cada día cuando llego cansada de trabajar, o agotada de salir :o)

Así quiero inaugurar mi Blog, diciéndoles a todos ustedes que están tan lejos, que los extraño SIEMPRE, que los quiero infinitamente, y que vaya a donde vaya, siempre están conmigo.

Así doy por inaugurado este Blog, EN ESPAÑOL, y para ustedes....