LET'S TALK SPORTS

First of all...We enjoy sports a lot. Our passion for sports probably came from our parents and since we were young we always trained in different sports. During our youth our father was a pro in soccer in Brazil. So we were ALWAYS around the sports world and loved watching him compete! Today he plays a different sport called futvolei. Futvolei is a mix between soccer and beach volleyball. The sport is played on a beach volleyball field and you can use anything to get the ball over the net except your hands. For a long time our father was one of the top players in the world. Today he is still the third best player in his age range worldwide. We know Futvolei is still not that popular here in the U.S., but we wish that one day it will be recognized as a popular sport. Just like soccer is now. And maybe one day be part of the Olympics.

Speaking of soccer.

The three of us are so excited to know that Marta, a Brazilian player, is changing the female soccer world. She is considered to be the best female player in the world. Marta currently plays for the Los Angeles Sol in the Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) league. The season started just last month and we are very happy to welcome Marta to LA even though we are also new here in town. One of our wishes this year is to go see Marta play live and congratulate her in person.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_8B3cwVZJI

Check out our recent photoshoot above which was done as a tribute to Brazilian female soccer and sports in general!!!

P.S.: We wish Brazil luck for the final game against the U.S. for the championship. We'll definitely be watching!

This topic is in tribute to one of the biggest event of our country Brazil: The Carnival!
It happened a month and half ago. We wished we could have been there!
The carnival is SO loved in the entire world for its AMAZING and overflowing positive energy. Full of colors, dance and music (samba), the celebration passes through the Avenue of Sambodromo (where the Rio de Janeiro Carnival - the biggest - happens). No words can explain it! It reunites millions of people from all around the planet. It's one of our dreams to be a main part of this event one day!
The Carnival is so big in Brazil, that during the 4 days (or more) it takes place, it's very common that people skip work. Even though Carnival is not considered a National Holiday, many bosses give these days off to their employees. ( And probably to themselves as well :-). ) Now you wish you were brazilian, huh? Lol...
CARNAVAL! This word brings us so many different feelings because the carnival it's not just for the party and fun. Actually, there are many Schools of Carnival (over 20 of them. We don't know the exact number) that compete between them every year. Each school is responsible for performing a small play that is filmed and aired live on the huge worldwide brazilian channel: GLOBO. There are judges who pick which school has the best song, the best costumes, design, scenario, theme and a lot more. The most famous Carnival's spectacles are those from Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. These schools, also generate a lot of jobs for people in the favelas (poor brazilian neighborhoods) giving them earnings for their families and themselves. So they can work for the Carnival the entire year, and in the end, be able to celebrate this giant and wonderful event: the Carnival!
So have anyone experienced the Carnival in Brasil already? And How was it?
If you didn't go, don't worry. Because Carnival in Brazil happens every year!
VIVA CARNAVAL!