Boots on the Ground! Porto Portugal Part Three. Private Yacht? Private Yacht.

yeah right - November 22, 2023November 21, 2023

As I was planning my trip to Porto I had a list of a few things that I definitely wanted to do. Got to do the walking tour. Which is actually a great way to start any visit to a new city. Just to get your bearings if nothing else. I also

Boots on the Ground, Porto Portugal Part 2. Porto in Pictorial Form.

yeah right - October 25, 2023October 21, 2023

This time around it made sense to show you the visuals from this incredible place. And visuals you shall have.The weather was mostly gorgeous with a day or so of rain in the mix but the rain added a nice moody almost goth-like atmosphere. Some of the locations really stood out

Boots on the Ground! Porto Portugal. Part 1; Getting There

yeah right - October 18, 2023October 17, 2023

It's no surprise to any of you regarding my ambition to become an expat and retire overseas. I have made ZERO effort to keep that a secret. Also as many of you know, given the incentives and the ease of acquiring a visa, Portugal was very high on my list of possible

Sunday Gravy with yeah right: Piri Piri Chicken! é óptimo!

yeah right - April 2, 2023March 31, 2023

Olá meus amigos e amigas! Welcome once again to Sunday Gravy!In anticipation of my September trip to Portugal I've been reading up on various Portuguese recipes. I'm absolutely curious about bacalao but finding dried, preserved cod in my part of LA ain't all that easy. We've got plenty of Italian, Greek

Russia 2018 – World Cup Day 2 Open Thread

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Don T - June 15, 2018June 15, 2018

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The 2018 World Cup starts today in full, WITH THREE GAMES WOOOO! Four years is too long a wait, dammit. So we gotta squeeze this tournament to the last drop. The World Cup is the top event of the world’s top sport. “Big deal” fails to define it, in earnest or

Your “Anyone but France” Championship Sunday Morning Open Thread

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Wakezilla - July 10, 2016July 10, 2016

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Happy Sabbath! There are a lot of important sporting events happening this morning. Before we begin, did you see this weird Madden glitch catch on Friday? Maple NFL is so crazy. Here's what's on the menu: 1) Wimbledon Final: 5 AM PST. TSN, ESPN Canada's Milos Raonic vs Scotland's Andy Murray: The UK

Your “Portugal/Wales” Wednesday Morning Open thread

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Wakezilla - July 6, 2016

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Good morning! Before we get into sports, I just wanted to quickly vent. Today is day three of the Summer boot camp classes that I'm teaching at an educational center. It has been an aggravating shit show so far. Here are some things that have rubbed me the wrong way: A) Prior to

Your Group E and Group F Matchday 3 Preview– Wednesday Morning Open Thread

Wakezilla - June 22, 2016June 22, 2016

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Good morning! I have Wednesday off and my wife generously bought me a couple of bottles of Hungarian wine to watch the Hungary/Portugal match. Hungary actually makes pretty good wine. They're known more for their dessert wine, but, their regular wine is also quite nice. Now that I know Hungary has

Euro 2016 Preview: Portugal

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Wakezilla - June 11, 2016June 11, 2016

I'm going to let you in on a hidden talent I have-- I can correctly identify all the flags of the world. The origins of this talent began in grade 3 when I signed out a book that had every flag in the world (at that time) and a paragraph