The 9th edition of Restaurant Week starts today! Check it out!

Per Paolo restaurant: beef tenderloin Medallion in red wine with roti and potato gnocchi with Emmenthal sauce [photo: rafael wainberg]

The ninth edition of the Sao Paulo Restaurant Week begins today, September 5th. Until September 18, 230 restaurants of the city will offer a menu with starter, main course and dessert for R$ 31.90 for lunch and R$ 43.90 for dinner. At this time, the prices are R$ 2 and 3 respectively more expensive than last edition for lunch and dinner meals.

As on every edition, the list of options is very extensive, ranging from Italian to Asian and of course, Brazilian food restaurants. On the website you can find the entire list of restaurants taking part at the event. Enjoy your meal!!!

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What: Restaurant Week
Where: Plenty of places around São Paulo. Check out the website.
When: September 5 to 18
How much: R$ 31.90 for lunch and R$ 43.90 for dinner.

One more day of Justin Bieber in Sao Paulo!

Justin Bieber will be one more day in São Paulo on the Z Festival. The singer will have a new concert in October 9th. According to the organizers, the brand new day will repeat the previous concert of October 8, with attractions such as Cobra Starship, The Wanted and Cine.

Tickets go on sale on September 4 at Livepass website. There are still tickets available for the first day (October 8th) of the Z Festival. Bieber is in Brazil bringing his My World tour.

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When: October 8 and 9 pm, at 2pm
Where: Morumbi Stadium
How much: from R$ 70 to R$ 460 (starts on August 26)
Tickets: box office at Morumbi, or 
Phone: +55 11 4003-1527 , or 
Website: www.livepass.com.br

Related link: Justin Bieber will be in Sao Paulo on October 8th, 2011. Ticket price ranges from R$ 70 to R$ 460

The opening match of the Brazilian World Cup will be in Sao Paulo

Project of the brand new Itaquerão Stadium (under contruction)

According to the newspaper Estadão, São Paulo will be the city chosen for the World Cup 2014 opening game. FIFA does not have an alternative option. Although Joseph Blatter has indicated Rio as the venue of the event, Rio de Janeiro didn't apply to host the opening game. The FIFA congress that is going to happen in Zurich on October 20 and 21, São Paulo city will be announced as the address of the first game of the World 2014.

FIFA's decision takes into account the infrastructure of the city, hotel accommodation, transport and airports. As well as the agility of state and municipal governments to set the stadium building. Belo Horizonte and Brasilia, are also trying to host the opening match, but both do not have the same structure of São Paulo.

"Sao Paulo is most well-structured city in Brazil", said Emanuel Fernandes, state secretary of planning. In the FIFA headquarters in Zurich, there is only São Paulo as alternative.

Live: construction of the Itaquerão Stadium

Itaquerão Stadium
Itaquerão is the name of the stadium which is currently under contruction in São Paulo. June 13 of 2014 is set to be the first World Cup match. The great Brazilian World Cup opening event is scheduled for June 12, 2014.

Related link: São Paulo can host 6 matches in the 2014 World Cup and bring around 500 thousand people to the city

Unique Hotel is a masterpiece of Hospitality in Sao Paulo

Facade of the first class Unique Hotel

Hotel's neighborhood

The Hotel Unique offers six floors and 95 apartments, ranging from 36 to 312 meters square, all with beautiful views of the leafy Jardins neighborhood. On duty since 2003, this first class hotel is also close to the main important points of interest of São Paulo, such as: Ibirapuera Park, Avenida Paulista, business centers and Congonhas Airport.

About the structure, Unique offers 85 rooms and 10 suites, each one has: Plush queen size beds, Jacuzzi tubs, separate showers, flat-screen TVs, movie theater and surround sound, in-room workstations and Internet access and 24/7 Room Service.

One of its best features is the restaurant and bar called Skye. It is located at the rooftop and from up there is possible to have an interesting view of the busiest business center of São Paulo. The Skye restaurant is under the direction of chef Emmanuel Bassoleil. The lobby bar The Wall is also very interesting. Try out.

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What: Unique Hotel
Where: Avenida Brigadeiro Luis Antonio, 4700
Price: around R$ 800
Phone: +55 (11) 3055-4710
Website: www.hotelunique.com.br/

Julian Assange and Arianna Huffington will be part of an internet event starting today in Sao Paulo

Julian Assange and Arianna Huffington are the main attractions of the event held in Sao Paulo

The political activist and creator of Wikileaks, Julian Assange*, opens today (2011, September 1st) the event InfoTrends held in São Paulo. The event will last two days and will bring together experts and personalities to discuss the latest trends in the world of technology and digital culture.

In his presentation, Assange explains how WikiLeaks works and will also discuss how Wikileaks and its contributors help to provide information of public interest.

The creator and CEO of The Huffington Post, Arianna Huffington, opens the second day of the event, showing how social media has changed communications. She will tell the public how the Internet has modified the old model of media/journalism turning it into a collaborative and decentralized way of getting informed.

The Info Trends offers an Apple Application for the event. It works on the iPhone / iPod and can be downloaded for free at this link.

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What: Info@Trends - A nova realidade tem voz
Where: Unique Hotel
When: September 1st and 2nd, from 8 am till 6h30 pm.
Price: R$ 825
Phone: +55 (11) 3882-0009
Schedule: info.abril.com.br/infotrends/programacao
Email: infotrends@sirin.com.br

(*) The presentation will be held via videoconference. Assange is currently forbidden to leave England.

The two brand new yellow line metro stations (Republica and Luz) will be opened on September 15

The São Paulo State Governor Geraldo Alkimin, declared yesterday (August 30), the opening date of the brand new subway stations: República and Luz.

These two brand new stations will be inaugurated on 15th September. The governor says the new stations are updated and do not require a train operator. That is a characteristic of the yellow line trains.

Train arrival at Paulista Station

Besides the inauguration, according to Alckmin, the government's goal is to deliver in four years, about 30 km of subway lines, or about 7.5 km every year, to benefit about 4.5 million passengers / day who currently use its transport every single day (currently has 70.5 kilometers in length).

Related links:
The Metro Stations República and Luz will be finally available in September
Yellow metro Line will be charged starting from today!
The Yellow Metro Line is now working till 9 pm

Exhibition shows old cigarette campaigns in the USA

There are 90 posters published in the USA.

"No cigarette hangover." used to say the Phillip Morris Slogan. During the golden times of the cigarette industries, everything was allowed to convince people to smoke.

The exhibition entitled “Propagandas de Cigarro – Como a Indústria do Fumo Enganou as Pessoas” (Cigarette Advertisements - How the tobacco industry deceived the people) aims to tell through advertising images and slogans, the story of how tobacco companies used to reassure the public of the "safety" of their products (between the late 1920s and the early 1950s).

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What: “Propagandas de Cigarro – Como a Indústria do Fumo Enganou as Pessoas”
Where: Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo (ICESP) Avenida Doutor Arnaldo, 251
When: August 29 to October 14, Tuesday to Saturday, from 10 am till 10 pm; Sunday, from 10 am till 9 pm.
Price: For free!
Phone: +55 (11) 3893-2000
Website (official): http://tobacco.stanford.edu