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Tête-à-tête entre voisins : Chantal, une histoire d'amour avec Nérac

 

Notre première invitée s’appelle Chantal, créatrice de vêtements installée à Nérac, et passionnée par tout ce qui est vintage. Décidemment une de nos voisines préférées ! Nous lui avons posé quelques questions pour en savoir plus sur elle :

 « Hobbies, création dans tous ce que je fais. Tableaux, couture, tricot, cuisine, décorations intérieure, réfection meubles. »

 

Décrivez-vous en quelques mots.

Dynamique, aventureuse, créatrice, à l'écoute. Mais aussi têtue, susceptible, un peu rancunière.

Quelle est votre boutique préférée ?

À Nérac "A TOUT CŒUR". Après la mienne bien sur lol!

Où aimeriez-vous fêter votre anniversaire ?

Restaurant de la tour Eiffel.

Qu'est-ce que vous aimez faire sur Yakaz ?

Lire les posts des Yakaziens. Créer des posts, pour faire connaitre ma ville et sa région, ses restaurants, ses distractions.

Racontez-nous quelque chose sur le Nérac. Qu'est-ce que vous aimez le plus sur celle ville ?

Je ne vis à Nérac que depuis 3 ans. Mais c'est le berceau de Henry IV, mon roi préféré.

Où rêvez-vous de partir en voyage ?

New York

Qu'est-ce que vous passionne le plus dans le vintage ? Et dans la création ?

Le vintage c'est ma nostalgie, même si je suis, pour avancer dans la vie sans tenir compte de nos déboires. La création, la satisfaction du résultat que j'avais imaginé.

Quel est votre appli préférée

Facebook

Quelle est votre série TV préférée ?

New York Unité Spécial

Quel est votre restaurant préféré dans votre quartier ?

Les terrasses du p'tit Nérac. On y mange très bien copieux. Et en plus terrasse sur le bord de la Baïse

Quel est le voisin idéal selon vous ? 

Les miens.

 

Ca donne envie de découvrir Nérac et sa région, et venir faire un petit coup de lèche vitrine à la boutique de Chantal, non? Si vous souhaitez suivre Chantal, communiquer avec elle, voir ce qu'elle propose, vous pouvez la retrouver sur Yakaz. 

 

Vous avez envie de vous dévoiler vous aussi ? N'hésitez pas à ajouter une photo à votre profil, et à bien remplir votre déscriptif. Cela donnera l'occasion à vos voisins et voisines d'être moins timides pour entrer en contact avec vous.

Stand out from the crowd – best profile descriptions 2013

  

 

Browsing your neighbors' profiles may provide us a few surprises. With crazy pictures, fun profile descriptions. and interesting ads, they catch our eye and make us giggle a little.

And the things we find! They are such awesome neighbors that we decided to share the best of profile descriptions of 2012:

Damir

by clint eastwood from movie escape from alcatraz ''no matter what a man says or does some asshole will always be offended''

Karen

I'm aiming to make electrotherapy accessible to everyone at an affordable price. I've lived in Paignton for two years now and love it here. I certainly wouldn't live anywhere else - unless you paid me a stupid amount of money to leave!? 

Tony Lee

I'm trying to sell most of my worldly goods before I go into a semi-monastic lifestyle. If you see something you like, please either buy it for yourself or spread the words to your friends for me. Thank you and God bless you. 

Martin

May your after-life be as much pleasant as my after-life!!!

Bootsie

To know me is to love me

 

 

Bree

 

"I can't explain myself because im not myself , youu see ?" -alice "I'd rather hurt with the truth than kill myself with a lie."

  

Youu

Myy Beauty iis Beyond Pretty !!!

Put on your nicest picture, decribe yourself and your uniqueness, and you may just find yourself in our list of the best of 2013!

Follow your favorite neighbor: http://bit.ly/UUfqnZ

[FR] Tout ce que vous avez toujours voulu savoir sur vos voisins sans jamais oser le demander.....

Suite à la participation de près de 4300 voisins à notre questionnaire "Quel voisin êtes-vous ?", nous vous avions fait partager le meilleur des anecdotes racontées. Voici maintenant une compilation sous la forme d'une infographie de vos réponses... insolites et palpitantes.

On apprend ainsi que la majorité d'entre vous rêverait d'avoir Omar Sy en voisin, quand beaucoup détesteraient partager leur copropriété avec Joey Starr... Et saviez-vous que 38% se définissent comme des voisins fantômes... Bref, pour en savoir plus, il ne vous reste plus qu'à jeter un oeil à cette infographie. 

Et vos voisins, comment sont-ils ? Venez parler avec eux sur Yakaz !

 

 

Brazilian guru in Paris - Events not to miss!

By Camila A.

 

Brazilian tourists who are tupiniquins* to their very soul cannot bear to travel abroad without searching for some signs of “brasilidade” in colder lands. Carnaval, Brazilian restaurants, washing churches stairways, or Havaianas flip-flops. The same goes to Brazilian immigrants. Paris, for instance, is not short on events, places and shops that carry the Brazilian tourist/immigrant to his green-yellow motherland; also the non-Brazilians will find something to their taste among the parties, spicy food and tiny bikinis. This fall, Madeleine church in Paris was the place to be.

 

One of the most touching Brazilian events, the “Lavagem da Madalena”, is an ecumenical feast of the Afro-Brazilian religion which found its full liberty of expression not long ago, after centuries of forbiddance. After a parade with music and dance from Place de la République to the Église de la Madeleine, we witness the "bahianas" proceed to wash symbolically the stairs of the church with fragrant holy water and flowers. The dress code is simple and white. That's is something you don’t see every day.

 

This year I finally got to see this famed 10 year-old Parisian event, which I shared a few months ago at Yakaz. So on the 23rd of September I went to Place de la République and witnessed an event that was exactly the same (minus the location and the weather) as the one I saw at Salvador back in 2003. For it’s a replica of the original “Lavagem do Bonfim” that occurs for more than 250 years now and mixes elements of the Candomblé and Catholic faiths with much music, joy and tourists.

 

10 o’clock is early for a Sunday morning, but as soon as I stepped out of République station I was smiling and all the morning crabbiness was gone, the same happening to everyone around me. For we were immediately received with all the warmness of the Brazilian way, the musical sound of Brazilian Portuguese and the spicy smell of Brazilian food being everywhere. After getting your green/yellow sticker,  you see yourself in the midst of the ancestral prayer in Yorubá. It is mesmerizing to see the “bahianas” dancing in circles, dressed in white, while de “pai-de-santo” leads the prayer in this strange language. No one knows what it means, everyone is fascinated and the cameras are everywhere.

 

 

By Camila A.

 

After saying the prayers to their divinity, the Orixá “Oxalá”, equivalent to the Saint “Senhor do Bonfim” and whose color is white, the percussion groups start to play, and then the ritual is taken to a whole new level. It’s electrifying and everyone gets carried away by it: the starting signal of the parade is given, and it’s filled with various aspects of the Brazilian folklore, including the “Boi-bumbá” and capoeira fighters. Everyone is welcome to take part in the parade, and a dance teacher is there to show the steps to those who want to dance their way to the Madeleine church.

 

When we arrived to our destination, the crowd was so big, there was no place to move. Here happens the religious aspect of the event: the Catholic priest and the Pai-de-santo make each a short speech and recite the pater noster in French, Portuguese and Yorubá. Then the bahianas proceed to wash symbolically the stairway of the Madeleine church with brooms and the very familiar – to the Brazilian community, at least – lavender perfume called Alfazema, and this closes the ceremony.

 

By Camila A.

 

This event represents the Brazilian folklore in all its rich simplicity, not being in any way adapted to the foreign taste. It’s an ancestral and hypnotic ritual that gives a taste of the Brazilian culture and a carefree example of how we can live together in peace and joy. And the fact that it happens regularly around my house, so far from my native land, made me want to share it with my Yakaz neighbors. What about you? What’s going on around you that is so special you’d love to share with us?

 

*Tupiniquim is an indigenous people in Brazil, but it’s also a netonymy for brazilian.

A barter: Getting what you want (without money).

What do we know about trade? Trading of goods for other goods, trading of skills for other skills or services without money. Is it possible to live in a world without money? Do you remember when you were younger and had no money to speak of, and the only currency you had were the things you owned like toys, books, cards etc. And do you also remeber trading your cards or marbles with your friends when you were younger. Then, when you got a bit older, you traded perfume, your computer/math skills, or your cleaning skills for an item or a favour, it was always a fair trade according to your negotiations. Eventually, growing up and getting a job meant that money came into the equation, and even though some exchanges seemed unfair (like that $500 back scratcher you got that was non-negotiable) it is the way the system works. 

However, you may be surprised to discover that there are people out there who are keeping the tradition, of trading skills or goods for other goods or services, alive! Indeed, you may have heard of this guy who mastered the art of bartering. His barter began with a mobile phone and ended with a Porsche. Or have you heard about this man who bartered his way from a paperclip to a house?!

It's amazing what you can do with bartering, no money required, just a good positive approach and a friendly disposition to 'come what may'. But don't let me go on about it, check out these barter ads found in Yakaz. Here you can find anything from bartering a car for a skill or service, and it's all a matter of communication - you want it, someone else has it, it's that simple.

So take stock of your life, think about what you have that you don't need or use, but that someone else can. How about that old playstation you have in the attic, or the latest weightloss book you use as a paperweight or even that treadmill that sits lonely in your garage, covered in spider webs and waiting for your return. These items you can evaluate yourself and knowing their worth, which means you can barter fairly, according to how fair you think the trade is. Then all you need to do is think about what you really want, like a new paint job in your bedroom, or a new haircut or even a new exercise machine. But maybe you have a skill you'd like to barter for a new computer? I would say even your skill as a batman impersenator would come in handy one day...but for now maybe stick to the dog whisperer skill you perfected in college, using your friends as experiments.

And here's another side of bartering, this German lady has decided to give up all her possesions and money to show the world that we don't need money to survive. She earns her food and keep by offering her services like cleaning and cooking. This method has worked for her for more than a decade, and she's happy to continue. Check out the video. Is this a kind of future you can imagine?.

 

Start out your bartering skills at your local outdoor market, everyone loves a bargain, see how you go, you may end up bartering your way up to a pony or a toaster...a job well done.

 

 

 

Source: irina slutsky (flickr)

Win a Yakaz T-shirt

Want to win the "I love my Neighbors" T-shirt? 

Here's what you have to do to receive of of these two sexy shirts that we are offering:

* Become a fan of Yakaz on Facebook and write a post to say why you love your neighbors.

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* Become  a fan of Torsologo, our partner for this event.

 

Two winners will be chosen by the beloved neighbor of Torsologo's team tomorrow (January, 5th 2011) at 9:00 pm GMT +1 (Paris time), live on Livestream.

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011 !!!