A summer of sequels!

Even though I’m not a big sequels fan, I gotta say that both; Shrek the Third and Pirates of the Caribbean, At world’s End were great. Actually, I can’t wait to watch Spiderman 3, and Ocean's Thirteen, cause apparently Hollywood still sucks at second parts, but is getting a lot better at third ones.For the ones who haven’t seen pirates yet, don’t forget to wait until the end of the credits to see the real end of the movie, which happens 10 years latter.



I loved the movie regardless. Although I found the wedding scene between Elizabeth and William a little “cheesy”, but definitely Keith Richards being in the movie, made up for everything that I might have not like as much. (Which wasn’t a lot!)

Memorial day weekend

BBQ by the lake on sunday


At Angel's "Gallery" Place!! Loved it!!!

Puerto Rican concert at elastic.

Cadillac Ranch

Esme and I went to Cadillac Ranch and it was a lot of fun. There were so many people line dancing, it was very cool. the dances were a bit more complicated than I thought, cause there are many steps and a lot of different dances. The environment was very nice as well; people wearing boots and huts…We met a guy who told us the couple dances, but we still need to learn the single ones. By the end of the night we were dancing as if we’ve done it forever. It was a lot of fun, especially to be able to dance Johnny Cash (who I love) songs. :)

The worlds largest...

I find very funny that Americans (very competitive people in general) LOVE making the worlds largest… something, whatever. The important thing is that is the biggest. In Texas I saw the biggest cross, although everything is big in Texas, in Chicago the tallest building and here is the largest boot!!
I thought this was hilarious!!

My Blog's second BIRTHDAY!

And I still love it!!!
I really hope my life keeps being so much fun so that i still have stuff to tell :)
Thanks for sharing with me these two years of wonderful experiences :)

what a cool animal!!!

Life is GOOD!!!

These past two weeks have been great. A lot of fun stuff going on, friends, Art exhibits, “fishing”, parties and a very nice trip to Michigan.
Oh!! And I’m done with school and I did real good!!
I’ve been so happy lately… it feels great. It is always good to go back to the happy girl who enjoys life more than anything else and who doesn’t have enough time to do all the wonderful stuff everyday has to offer…
It feels good to be back!!!



Esme and I went to Holland, Michigan for the tulip fest and it was great. We saw a very nice parade, lots of tulips and the oldest windmill in the country. At night we went to Saugatuck, a pretty cool town on Lake Michigan and saw people line dancing in a “country” bar. I loved the place!!

Looptopia

It is the first time that an American city has an artistic and cultural dust to dawn showcasing. Just like the lange nacht der museen in Berlin or the cultural fairs in Rome or Madrid; on Friday night Chicago’s Loop became an open door cultural center. It was awesome. We saw some art exhibits, installations, life music, lights and we also made a tail for a communal mural and painted in another one. It was very cool.

Brazilian night at sonotheque;
what a great bar, I highly recomend it.

Luka's goodbye party!!

Dinner party at my House!!

ARTropolis Chicago at Merchandise Mart

It’s warming up!!!


Fishing in Lake Michigan!!



Hector's Birthday at "ñ"!!

ALASKA

My trip to Alaska was absolutely AWESOME!!! It was without a doubt the best trip I’ve ever taken in my life.I flew into Anchorage, rented a car and spent a week just driving around, meeting GREAT people, visiting wonderful places and enjoying the amazing beauty of nature.I went to Denali National Park and saw Mt. McKinley, which is the highest mountain in North America and it’s totally impressive.

The weather was wonderful, on the high 60’s. Even though there was snow everywhere and everything was still frozen, the weather was warm. The days were already getting longer; the sun was rising around 6am and setting at around 10pm, which gave me A LOT of time to have daylight fun.


At night I saw the northern lights and a meteor shower, both of which were absolutely AWESOME!!! Alaska is a place where no matter where or what you look at, the view is completely stunning. The camera couldn’t even capture all that beauty.

I went to

Talkeetna, a very small town 130 miles north of Anchorage on the Parks Highway, which might be in my top five favorite places in the world.

There I met Seal, a really cool guy who lives in a house in the woods that looks like a gingerbread house. We climbed up to the top of the control tower at the airport, which obviously was illegal, and had some awesome views of the town and a clear starry night. We got along REAL good.

The next day I drove to

Seward, taking the Seward scenic highway, which was very beautiful. Seward is situated at the “door” of Resurrection Bay on the Kenai Peninsula. It is a fisherman town with mystic weather and great people. I stayed at a hostel owned by a couple from Switzerland, who like most of the people that I met, went to Alaska some years ago, loved it and never left…

At the hostel I met Kyle, Diane and Justin and together we visited a dog sled kennel, where Joe, the owner and musher showed us his 15 wonderful Huskies 3 of which made it on the Iditarod this year. It was great!!


I also took a wonderful cruise in the Resurrection Bay and the Kenai Fjords National Park where I saw all sorts of wonderful animals and wild life: Orcas and humpback whales, Bears, goats, sea lions, seals, otters and bald eagles. That was certainly one of the highlights of the whole trip.

The cruise lasted about 7 hours, but I could have stayed on that boat forever. I also met Jim and Sabrina, a very nice couple from Homer, a town about 2 hours northwest of Seward, who offered to let me stay in their house even though they weren’t there. I was able to get into their place and spend a night there because in Alaska no one locks their doors.


I am not sure if it is a law in Alaska to be a nice person in order to live there or if I was just the luckiest girl with all the wonderful people that I met. In any case, I saw their priorities were less materialistic make them more authentic, natural, laidback, adventurous and appreciative of natural wonders.
After all these great experiences on the peninsula, I drove back north to Talkeetna and spent the last days of my magical trip to Alaska there.


I ended up staying way longer than originally planed but I could have actually stayed there forever.I am definitively going back, hopefully sooner than later. click HERE to see more pics.