Entertaining the ISVs
Tonight was the night to take the Ascend attendees out for a few drinks. We called it “happy hour,” although it lasted nearly 4 hours actually. Aline from the São Paulo office was our hostess, and we all had a great time.
I don’t remember exactly what we talked about that was so funny, but the Caipirinha sure tasted great! I also snapped a few photos earlier in the day …
The food in the break room. Does your break room have a view like this?
Women and children strolling down the street after a brief rainstorm.
A taxi driver and some motorcycles. I said he looked like Nelson Mandela, he just laughed.
U2 on the cover of the newspaper in a grocery store.
OK, what is it with me and security guards?
I met several on Sunday, trying to get into the Microsoft building. Then, this afternoon, I stepped outside to take a picture of the Microsoft building and a security guard from the nearby World Trade Center building rushed over to chant “no photo” in my face for a while.
Then, just a few minutes ago, I came down from my hotel room to use the business center (since none of the other internet options here work reliably), and I decided to get off on the 2nd floor rather than get off at the lobby and walk back up the stairs. But the 2nd floor is a conference center, shut off from the rest of the world, and when I was walking back to the elevator a security guard came rushing to see what I was up to, so suspiciously wandering around a deserted conference room.
Oh well, I’m going to post this and take a late-night walk, see if I can meet some local cops. Is it me?
This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 21st, 2006 at 11:09 pm. You can subscribe to comments on this post through its RSS feed.
on February 22, 2006 at 1:09 pm Mateus wrote:
Hi Doug,
I can’t speak english so good, because this I have listened for all night. This happy hour was great! Congratulations for your blog.
When I get back to my homeplace I will search for an English school so we can talk more in the next opportunity.
on February 22, 2006 at 5:31 pm Luis Higueros wrote:
Hey Doug:
Great that you and Ted are spreading the O12 excitement to Brazil. Enjoy!!!
on February 22, 2006 at 8:29 pm Paul wrote:
I think it’s you. Personally, I would be led to believe the cops find you dangerous and attractive, being the mischeivious hotel policy-breaking scoundrel you are.
(I think you will find that this fits the topic of discussion far better here)
on February 23, 2006 at 6:34 am Doug wrote:
You know, Mateus, by the end of Tuesday’s event my English wasn’t so good, either! Although my Portugese had improved, from practicing words like caipirinha and cachaça all evening.
Obrigado, Doug
on February 23, 2006 at 5:11 pm Juliano Arantes wrote:
Hey buddy!
Have a good time with your fiance in Brazil.
I hope see you again down here in Brazil or even in US.
Thanks for all attention and the good materials that you gave me.
As I told you here is the recipe of our ORIGINAL drink:
Caipirinha [pronounced ky-peer-een-ya]
Cut up a small lime into eighths – half then halve the halves into quarters then halve the quarters into eighths.
Put three or four of the eighths into a small cocktail glass – the flat bottom kind – not the margarita style.
Put one or two teaspoons of sugar over the limes.
Crush the lime and sugar together. The traditional way is with a small wooden “pestle” like from mortar and pestle. However you can use the teaspoon.
Pour “Cachaça” over the limes and sugar to about half full. The alcohol can be chilled. Brazilians usually don’t.
Drink by sipping.
A can of good Cachaça should be good for half a dozen drinks so throw a party and invite friends.
The alcohol is distilled from sugar cane so the drink is an imitation of natural sugar cane plus the distilled alcohol plus the lime for some bite.
Enjoy!
Regards
Juliano
on February 24, 2006 at 5:20 am Doug wrote:
Hey Juliano! This is great, that you shared the recipe so that my friends in the U.S. will know how to make me a capirinha.
Thanks for the hospitality, you guys were really great. The enthusiasm and energy in this workshop was fun to be around. And the rumors of how friendly everyone is in Brazil, they´re all true.
Obrigado!