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I must tell you folks, i went to this amazing restaurant on the weekend. It is called Burma Superstar . Simply put, one of the best foods i had here in san fran. As you all know me, i am a fine-food hunter, and i usually try every little food joint. And, luckily, i found this one.

The food is amazing, the place not as good as the food. The prices are somewhat average but the experience of trying burmese cuisine is unbeatable. I really suggest those who want to try new flavors to get there and try the Classic Burmese Chicken Casserole with Cardamom Cinnamon Rice... It's a traditional must.

Some said to me that San Francisco would be a major insanity, as far as people are concerned. And, yes, last week a could sense what they were trying to tell me. This amazing run, which takes place on the city every year since 1912, is a major exemple how san fran is like. Everybody dressed up in costumes, goes from the center to golden gate park. Some running, some walking, some in costumes, some naked and everybody really enjoying the day (which in this case was sunny and really warm) 

Lots and lots of people dressed up in cool costumes, enjoying themselves. One strange thing i noticed is that people were drinking booze on the street, not that i disagree with that (specially that in Brasil is pretty common to have your beer on the street) but here is a major "civil-ghost" (actually, i dont understand why) but still. Anyway, people were drinking, having fun and so did I.
  I found a squad of storm troopers right from star wars and also i found...

all right, i went to coachella. It was (forgive my language) FUCKING awesome.

I have never seen anything like this in my entire life. This huge polo field with like 7 stages, but not regular stages... There were tents, as well. Between these stages there were lots of artistic installations. Like 200.000 people were walking in there under a 130oF sunheat. Yeah, that's mojave. Hot and "musical". I saw pretty much stuff that i had never heard before. Like the MSTRKRFT, wow, some DJ i might say. Another great surprise is Klaxons. These Brit youngsters blow the stage out with their dirty guitars and loud shouting, great songs (i 've already got the CD.) Css, the brazilian folks there were good too, specially when they played a L7 cover song. Red Hot Chili Peppers were outstanding. Frist because they are, in some way, part of my young adult life (I heard the chili peppers a LOT from 18 to 25) I know the blood sugar sex magik album by heart (Although they did not play my fav  from this CD, power of equality) well, they were AMAZING. Tapes'n'Tapes were great discovery also. Air were delayed by 50mim so i had the chance to hear only one song. And the great attraction for my was !!!(chik chik chik) I knew them before coachella, but live the band grew 10 times. The main vocal was dancing like a insame man. The other players were frantically playing as though they were hypnotized by  the place.  AMAZING xperience.
As soon as i get the pictures in my computer, i will post them here.

Next year, COACHELLA again!!!!!!!

What is this thing about puting rice in the burritos? In South America, rice and beans are common in lunch and dinners (mostly in luch, when you talk about Brazil.) But burrito is a snack. And for this brazilian eyes right here, seems reeealy bizarre to eat your lunch wrapped in a flour pancake. For starters, lunch in Brazil is the principal meal course in the day. Normally, everyday meals in brazil are as follows: Breakfast, Coffee and Milk with a french bread (it's like those sourdough breads, but smaller, about the size of a fist.) with butter. Some like toast, some like curd with fruits and other like the "pão de queijo"- P-ah-oon deh keh-ee-joh Is a small pastry made of manioc flour, eggs and cheese. A reeelay nice cup of coffee in the end.
In lunch hour, brazilians eat for good. Rice and beans are always (or almost always) in everyone's plate. Beef steaks, grilled chicken, french fries, fried eggs, sausages (actually they are not sausages, they are raw....we call it lingüiças - Leen-gwee-ssahs). And we eat big time.  In dinner, it's a small meal... Actually, is like the breakfast (though, some like to eat a meal just like lunch.)
That's why i am soooo damn bothered by this. It's like to have the lunch in a snack hour. Well, it is said. Die Rice and beans burritos, die.

All right.... No jokes about it.... It's short for Alternative Press Expo. A major comic book (and similar stuff) conference. I got there around 2:00pm and wandered there until 06:30... So, i just got off when i  couldn't bear to stand. The place itself was quite interesting (a major warehouse made into a expo hall). there were there lots and lots of frustrated cartoonists (me included) But a lot of exibitors. There you could find the most horrible magazines (xerox of notebooks) to some masterpieces of the sequential art. I personally got Clive Barker's The Great and Secret Show Trade Paperback (the first 6 issues)

Great Stuff.... I already have read the book (i reeeealy dig clive barker's stuff. He's the creator of the hellraiser series, literature only, not movies. Spooky guy though.) I also found out this extremely indie comic called Martin, The Satanic raccoon, which is AWESOME. The writer  is completely fucked up. I used to have this comic book back in Brazil, Toscomem (roughly translated to english as RoughMan or RudeMan). This guy does gore stuff just like i did 10 years ago (back in my 20ies).... If you like Gore, blasphemic, weird, etc. things, ya should check this guy out.
And i got also, something more intelligent, also really indie and "mental" as well. It's this N.Y. comic called TooMuch Coffee Man. I got the book called How to Be Happy, which actually i will read as soon as i finish this post here. This i recommend to  ya'll just read a couple of strips in his site, most of then are quite funny, in a weird sense. The guy is very subtle in his jokes.... Here's one:

Well, this Really fed my brain today. (i mean yesterday...)

Well, I just wanted to share some of my big sur xperience. It was an amazing experience... I've never seen anything like this before.... The only major cliff i saw in my entire life was this big one in cornwall... But, here you folks have the good stuff... This place was quite inspiring, since it looked like those travel agency ADs (where everything is awesome) Some time far from civilization makes you more into enjoying this kind of stuff, nature scenery, rocks, flowers and so, and makes you stop thinking about problems... I always liked this kind of thing. Also, we went to this Hearst Castle thing. I particularly found this reeeeealy strange. To tell the truth, it was ugly, nothing more. Too much pastiche. This Hearts guy wanted to put all the art styles in the world in one place. So imagine: Egyptian art with Deco and Rubens... His house was more a museum than a ranch (yes, he called it a ranch...) anyway, I shoot some pictures (well, some weird picties...) i'd like to share some with you. 

Yeah... This one, it's me and my chap David in a major rock there....
I found this wierd seal begging for food... so i couldn't resist....
And this is a MAJOR view there....
well, i think that's all for today, folks....

see ye all around.

So... As said, above shall follow, lil bits of odd stuff...
And, i have said!