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Live Party Blog

I know there is a Maple Street bash going on and the caipirinhas are flowing. If there are any other parties taking place we’d love to hear from you and send pictures to my email account and I will post them. And if there is no party planned, there is no reason that you can’t…

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I know there is a Maple Street bash going on and the caipirinhas are flowing. If there are any other parties taking place we’d love to hear from you and send pictures to my email account and I will post them.

And if there is no party planned, there is no reason that you can’t have an impromptu drink or two. At last night’s Times party, they eventually ran out of cachaça (they didn’t know who they were dealing wth), but they substituted vodka and that seemed to work just fine.

The ceremony has already started but NBC wants to make you wait. I’ll pass along ome tidbits but will try not to spoil any fun. I can tell you this, the Portuguese discover Rio de Janeiro.

Check out the photos from #2 Sister’s party. Let the comments begin.

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Declan’s first, with Adam and Julia
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That’s a good looking caipirinha

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Looks like what I’m eating.
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The Michigan version. Ready to go.
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Patricia’s Brazilian chocolate truffles. Delicious, I hear.
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Caipirinhas do Norte (gin & tonics)
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John and Connie Filzen enjoying the sunset in Delaware! Enjoy!
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Oh my! the Kelley-Stewpanema’s are enjoying the ceremony. Zé is blushing.

44 responses to “Live Party Blog”

  1. eatatjoesblog Avatar
    eatatjoesblog

    Did you know the Brazilians think they invented the airplane?

  2. Zé Avatar
    Zé

    The athletes are about to come in. Each one gets a seed of a tree and a little bit of soil, which they will plant and form something called the Athletes’ Forest. There will be 207 species, one for each delegation.

  3. #2sister Avatar
    #2sister

    We think (after a couple of caipirinhas) that they should set up the Redeemer – put a phone in his hand to take a selfie!

  4. Zé Avatar
    Zé

    The Americans will enter with the “E” contingent — Estados Unidos. Greedy NBC asked that they go with the U’s because hey were afraid everybody in the US would turn it off after USA marched in. Surprisingly, the IOC said no.

  5. Michigan sister Avatar
    Michigan sister

    Love the idea of the seeds and the Athletes’ Forest!

  6. Zé Avatar
    Zé

    Partying in Michigan?

  7. #2sister Avatar
    #2sister

    NBC is ridiculous! (Sorry, Patricia – not Matt) I agree with Joanne – the forest idea is wonderful.

  8. Michigan sister Avatar
    Michigan sister

    Emailed you a picture

  9. Antonio Carlos & Astrid Gilberto Kelley-Stewpanema Avatar
    Antonio Carlos & Astrid Gilberto Kelley-Stewpanema

    Ze:

    We just tried to email you a photo of the party excitement here in Brooklyn. Sent it to comment-reply@wordpress.com. Hope you receive!

    Is there any update on the snakes?

    Your fans, The Kelley-Stewpanema’s

  10. Zé Avatar
    Zé

    Maur . . . oops, Astrid, don’t know if i will get that. I emailed you my address. send it there.

  11. Copacabanana Avatar
    Copacabanana

    Something to toast, FINALLY, FINALLY, the 2016 Olympics have begun. (Two years in the making!)

  12. Zé Avatar
    Zé

    Hope you are all checking out the new photos. NY, Maine, Michigan, Delaware and Brooklyn (it deserves its own mention) are represented.

  13. Zé Avatar
    Zé

    Sarah Lyall, from the Times’s own live blog (she worked in the London bureau for many years).

    Demonstrating their well-known penchant for wearing whatever is lying around on the floor, the British athletes are wearing very strange shirt/jacket-and-white-shorts combos.

  14. Dave Leigh Avatar
    Dave Leigh

    Great pictures home with two dogs Donna at North American Scrabble tournament

  15. Zé Avatar
    Zé

    Welcome aboard Dave.

  16. Copacabanana Avatar
    Copacabanana

    zé, what are you eating & drinking tonight?

  17. eatatjoesblog Avatar
    eatatjoesblog

    Having a Skol (a not-so-good) Brazilian beer. And some pretty good beef stew from the cafeteria. A quiet evening in the office watching the ceremony. Just the way I like it.

  18. #4 Leigh Sister Avatar
    #4 Leigh Sister

    Well, all quiet in the Midwest. Looks like we don’t take our Olympics as seriously as the East Coast. Guess I will have to work on my synchronized swimming in the pool tomorrow;-) Photos to follow, I think not. Be safe. Try to find a little time for work.

  19. Copacabanana Avatar
    Copacabanana

    While I was waiting for C and D teams to parade, I took a look thru “The Fine Line” interactives ZE worked on. Another reason to toast, nicely done!

  20. Michigan nephew Avatar
    Michigan nephew

    Just to keep everyone up to date. Final from Detroit. Tigers 4 Mets 3

  21. Zé Avatar
    Zé

    Will try to get a post up later but any thoughts on the OC? Are Patricia and Emma hungover?

  22. Copacabanana Avatar
    Copacabanana

    OC: a good excuse for a party. You probably had to be there. Thank goodness for some of the African and Asian teams for their lively and interesting outfits. Too many blazers and ties!
    p.s. We loved the Tonga flag-barers!!

  23. Zé Avatar
    Zé

    Ha! I get it, Flag-BARErs.
    Hey!

  24. rose9921 Avatar
    rose9921

    Not hungover as I had to make the arduous journey back to Monroe last night. A certain young lad in my care could not stay awake until the US came out so we left the party fairly early but DVR’d it and watched the rest this morning (until it cut off shortly before the end). I was quite underwhelmed by the OC but the party, food and company were enjoyable! We started discussing Korean food too! Looking forward to the good stuff now, just hoping I can watch some of it between cartoons, potty training and bed time!
    Sure looks nice there! Hope you’re enjoying!

  25. Michigan nephew Avatar
    Michigan nephew

    PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT:
    if you have the opportunity to watch the video of the male gymnast break his leg on the vault, DON’T!!!

  26. #2sister Avatar
    #2sister

    I know the Chinese set the bar for OC very high, but this wasn’t even in the same zip code as that bar. Honestly, I think I’m just not cultured enough to enjoy the symbolism. Just give me some nice song and dance! I, like Anne, enjoyed some of the colorful and interesting outfits. I am currently in the wilds of New Hampshire, supervising Tracy and Nick’s move to their new Little House on the Mountain. (Supervisors do very little manual labor.) I am hoping that there is an NBC affiliate somewhere up here so I can watch tonight. Ed, I was just about to watch the vault video! Thank you for the warning.

  27. Michigan sister Avatar
    Michigan sister

    Wow! Rachel Maddow tweets how the NYT interactive on Simone Biles is so cool!!!

  28. Zé Avatar
    Zé

    Cool. Thanks Michigan sister. At the pool waiting for swimming to start.

  29. NotInvitedToRio Avatar
    NotInvitedToRio

    We are watching TV, looking for you, and Michigan Sister said to look for white hair. She might need to be removed from this site if her rudeness continues.

    Should have listened to the public service announcement…gross!

  30. VyseGuy Avatar
    VyseGuy

    Will there be any interactive graphics on that French gymnast destroying his leg on the vault? Maybe something that would have a 360° view or a cool X-ray superimposed?!

  31. Zé Avatar
    Zé

    I’m not above clickbait, O Vyse One

  32. #2sister Avatar
    #2sister

    I’m impressed that Michigan sister knows what a tweet is! (Congrats though, Zé…I will look for the interactive.)

  33. #2sister Avatar
    #2sister

    Found it. As often happens, I agree with Ms. Maddow!

  34. eatatjoesblog Avatar
    eatatjoesblog

    sorry for the lack of posts. kinda been mayhem for the first few days. i’ll catch you up soon. women’s gymnastics this afternoon, katie Ledecky tonight. hope to have time tomorrow. follow me on twitter if you’d like. excuse typos #2 sister

  35. #2sister Avatar
    #2sister

    No typos noted, ee cummings! I came on here to give you a hard time about neglecting us, but then I saw your incredibly cool stuff on Lochte. You’re forgiven. You’re welcome. 🙂

  36. Michigan nephew Avatar
    Michigan nephew

    Welcome back ze. I was thinking of calling ze-ro with your lack of posts. Stay out of the green water!

  37. Michigan sister Avatar
    Michigan sister

    Well, I did TERRIBLY on your guess their sport quiz!!! 3/16. Fun to try though.

  38. #2sister Avatar
    #2sister

    It was a lot of fun! I did terribly too (although slightly better than you, Joanne). I’m a big fan of the Olympic and Paralympic men taking their clothes off however, so the score was secondary to the eye candy.

  39. #2sister Avatar
    #2sister

    You’re still there, right? You didn’t defect to the Amazon basin or anything? Just checking.

  40. eatatjoesblog Avatar
    eatatjoesblog

    im here. what day is it?

  41. #2sister Avatar
    #2sister

    In the real world, it’s Thursday, August 12th. In your world, it’s day around Day 15 of Little Sleep.

  42. The best Heed Avatar
    The best Heed

    I was siting at steak and shake waiting for Andrew and Aaron to show up. I started the guess the Olympic bodies test while I waited for the boys. I was so in grossed in the test I didn’t see them walk in. Aaron right away knew I was on the NYT page and said u showed him this graphic. I am so glad they meet with you, it has sparked Aaron’s interest…..finally!! I also love reading ur sisters replies!!! Sounds like the Heed girls without the yelling. As you sister so nicely put it, I watch the sidelines for the gray hair too!!

  43. eatatjoesblog Avatar
    eatatjoesblog

    Hi Chris, thanks for commenting. Was nice to meet the boys and happy they enjoyed the trip to the Times. I do have a question for you and # sister: Ryan Lochte has white hair too, how come you guys aren’t mistaking him for me?

  44. #2sister Avatar
    #2sister

    Let me count the ways…youth, muscles, doesn’t hold his nose when he jumps into the pool, youth, muscles, it may be white but there is a lot more of it, youth, muscles, no blow-up swimmies during his races, youth, muscles….aren’t you glad you asked?? 🙂

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