I found this picture of when Sofi and I went thrift shopping. I really love us in this picture, it feels very us.
Brighton Spring, Fringe and the Great Escape
Spring is here and it’s come with full strength this year! Compared to last year, this year it has barely rained and we’ve had a lot of sunny days.
I know this can potentially be a bad thing, but I am trying really hard to not worry about the stuff I can’t really change.
On one of my afternoon walks I saw that one of the pubs that is close to our aparment complex had set up a bubble blowing machine. It really gave magical summer vibes.
We’ve had a lot more people in the city compared to when we first arrived to the city. I thought I would be more anxious about this since I am not good on large crowds, but it has been much better than I expected!
It’s been really nice to experience Spring on a country that has so its seasons so distinct from each other.
One of the things that happen during spring here is the Brighton Fringe. I can best describe it as a festival with a whole bunch of cultural events happening throughout the city. There are comedy shows, music gigs, theater plays, and so much more!
Among the music gigs that are available, there is this huge festival called The Great Escape in which a bunch of artists from all over the world come to Brighton.
A friend of mine invited me to the venue that is free to enter since we were late on getting bands for the paid venues.
It really gave vibes of being in the Witcher games, which I found fascinating. The guitarist that was playing with her was also super good. I really loved the tone of his guitar, and he had a very particular Reverb/Delay effect on some of the songs that made it feel even more mystical.
Another thing that I really liked about her music is the way the strings instruments complemented each other. She played an acoustic guitar, while another muscician played the harp and the electric guitar player did really cool arrangements throghout the song.
The last instrument she had with her was her accordion. You can see it in the picture, the wooden box with the JAS letter printed on the front. I had never seen this instrument before, but it gave off big sailor vibes.
I felt their set was very engaging with the public, and they had a super charismatic presence on stage that made their set super fun to watch.
Something about their music made me think of mexical folk music. I think it might be the high pitched synth that they use on their songs. It sounded very similar to Mexican artists that play banda or norteño.
I’ve been feeling uncomfortable feelings, but here are a couple of picture from things I found funny
This week I’ve had a very hard time dealing with the feelings of loneliness, sadness and my depression ramping up a little bit. Honestly, I don’t want to make all of my blog posts about me feeling bad, so I decided that this week I want to talk about a couple funny situations that happened this week.
Well, Sofi and I were looking at furniture on the IKEA app, and found a really cool book shelf that we both liked. Its length is 180 CM, and I ALSO AM 180 CM. So, the only logical solution to measure if it would fit our space is for me to lay down and check.
Honestly, I loved this moment of our week because we both laughed a lot of me just laying there instead of going for our measuring tape.
IRL Hanging Out!
Something that I thought it was really cool is that while I lived in Colombia we used to play a lot of board games online, and now we get to play it IRL! This time we played Azul, a very cool tiles game. It was actually the first time he used his copy to play with other people!
After playing azul, we played Overcooked and Nidhogg 2. I had never heard of Nidhogg before, but it apparently was super popular a few years ago! The art style between the first and second one is so different, but both very unique.
I was having such a good time that I didn’t even realize that more than 4 hours had already passed. Very much looking forward to hanging out again!
What is a sunset anyways?
What we have found the weirdest thing to get used to since moving here is how late the sun sets the closer we get to summer! Like, I took this picture at almost 9PM!
It has messed up my time awareness so bad. This week I’ve went through my day thinking that I still have several hours of my day, just to realize that it’s already 8PM. That’s so unreal!
I am curious how much this will change the more we get closer to the summer solstice, because I don’t know how I will be able to handle it.
I just hope that our blinds are good enough so that we can sleep through the night. I’m exaggerating, but I am just so fascinated by this! Back in Mexico the days got longer during the summer, but never this much!
Hopefully this helps with my intake of Vitamin D!
I think Naga and Saki also notice this too. I feel like they have had a bit of a hard time adjusting their routine to the sun.
Something else that affected their routine is that they had dental surgery on Wednesday and Thursday respectively.
In our first vet visit here, the vet told us that both of them had a few teeth that didn’t look so good. We scheduled the dental cleaning with the expectations that some of those teeth might have to come off.
Unfortunately, the situation was a bit worse on both of them and they had to take 4 teeth out of Saki, and 10 teeth out of Naga.
The procedure went well and they have been recovering quite well too, but it’s just kind of sad to see my babies grow old. :(
I have told Naga several times that she has to stay with me forever. So, I think she is now legally obligated to do it.
Small Sunday date at Casa Azul!
On Sunday, Sofi and I really wanted to get out of the apartment, so we took a walk around London Road to find something to eat. Sofi had mentioned that she was really in the mood of getting some chilaquiles, so we tried going to Casa Azul, the mexican restaurant in the Open Market.
We were really in luck because they had chilaquiles available! Quick insiders tip, they are not listed on the menu, so you have to ask for them! I found out about this the first time I went here to get lunch about a month ago.
We got vegan chilaquiles that were good! They really did the job at scratching the mexican food cravings.
For the main dish both Sofi and I got an order of three tacos. Sofi got three vegan mole tacos, and I got a mix of tinga, al pastor, and mole. Even if they weren’t the best we’ve had here, they were still really good!
Sofi also got a vegan horchata, which if you don’t know what it is, I can best describe it as sweetened vanilla rice water. There are different types of horchata that depend on the country where it is prepared, but in Mexico it is made of rice and can also have milk in its making. Ours was obviously vegan and it was I think the best part of our lunch date.
I love taking pictures of us. It’s one of my favorite things to do when we are oustide together.
Burger player review
Last week we got our Audio Technica SB727 Burger Record player, and we finally tried it out!
We chose the Fair Youth album by Maybeshewill as our first album to listen on vinyl.
It looks quite funky, and the sounds is quite good! To connect my bluetooth headset I had to set both the player and my headset to pairing mode and hope for the best. Luckily, they connected without issues!
Once we get a place to store our vinyls we will look into getting some wired speakers to play records in our living room. Both Sofi and I are very happy with it!
Well, that’s the end for me today. I’ll be back next week with more stories!
Don’t be a stranger!
This is your digital ghost signing off.
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