Everything Cool in Portugal
MODALISBOA Fashion Week is in full swing. On display are Spring/Summer 2011 designs from Portugal’s hottest designers. The full event continues through Sunday. (In an attempt to provide details of what is on show, Portugal Confidential admits we are not the best fashion...
Some consider Santini’s Gelati the best ice cream in the world. Some Internet fans go so far to suggest it is “a gift from the gods.” Either way, Santini’s shops in Cascais and São João do Estoril have been tantalizing Portuguese tongues for over 60...
Portugal Confidential attended a hip little dinner party last night. Out on the terrace were these very cool glowing “lanterns”. Upon closer inspection, we learned they were actually clever little jars engineered with solar panels and LED lights. Portugal Confidential...
So, you want to get that special someone a lovely momento of Portugal, but really, a refrigerator magnet of a cockrell, or a T-shirt with a picture of Cristiano Ronaldo, just isn’t what you are thinking? Step inside a unique shop filled with original and traditional...
Just a five-minute walk from Porto’s city center is one of the most magnificent book shops one can imagine. In fact, it is constantly listed in the top bookstrores in the world. In 2010, Lonely Planet named Livraria Lello the “Third Best Boosktore in the World!” The...
In the States and UK, mom’s have been making cupcakes for their children since the 1950’s, a practice that perhaps fell out of favor as mom’s left the kitchen for the office in the 70’s and 80’s. Yet, now, we have the girls from Sex and the City to thank for the...
