De la Soul

Alright! I finally got to see De La Soul live! In Lisbon of all places. I've been listening to this group since about 1989 when they first started and my dad had a cassette of their album, 3 Feet High and Rising. I got back into them in college, we would listen to De la Soul is Dead while making pizza every Friday night at the Asia House Co-op. And now we got to experience their positive energy and groovy beats, live and for free at the Lisbon Casino. I was curious as to who would show up to this concert, since none of my friends here are into hip-hop music. But the place was packed, mostly young student types, and quite a few foreigners as well, Brits, Germans, etc.
It was one of the funnest nights out I've had in awhile.

Labels: concerts, hip-hop, lisbon

Fall in Lisboa

Labels: fall, lisbon

Weekend

Last Saturday afternoon we got out of the house and took a walk through Alfama. We passed the tail end of thieves market, packing and cleaning up, up to the monastery of St. Vincent and then to St. Lucia's lookout, where we hung out in a crowd of turists and marveled at the light. Fall is really here, the sun stays on the south side of the sky and the days are filled with change. Rain to sun to clouds all in a heartbeat. The other day Mike and I were in the living room when we noticed dry leaves out above our skylight. They were blowing and swirling into the sky like confetti. The trees behind our building our turning golden yellow. Click here to see more photos on Picasa.

Labels: alfama, lisbon, mike, portugal

Cool Lisboa Website

Here is a typical view of Lisbon that I took from Miradouro de Senhora de Monte in Grac,a.

and here is an awesome website about alternative Lisbon. There post about the Tasca Jaime is dead on! It's a very authentic little cafe bar in our neighborhood. The fado heard there can sound like dying cats or divine song.