Half Moon Bay

When en I was a kid like 10 years old, my dream was to visit USA, to see the things they showed in the movies, and of course to speak the language like them. When I was 12 the dream came true, at the beginning it was a month of vacation with my family to visit other family members and to see a new country. I remember I was so excited to be there, to eat their food, to listen them speak, see the parks, watch TV… yes, I was excited about everything.

Then the vacation turned into a permanent staying. At the beginning I didn´t like the idea, because I had all my friends and family back in Chile, I got so sad and in a denial that I was failing all my classes. But later on, when I made friends and started to see the life the people had in the beautiful town of Half Moon Bay, California; everything changed.

I got to know the traditions of the town, like the parades of the fourth of July or the events on the main street for a special date, and the most important event of the year, Halloween: meaning the pumpkin festival (It was the best Halloween ever, with a lot of candy, chocolate, parades, and pumpkin that I had).

All of the experience felt like a dream, a lot of years have passed but I definitely would live there again, because it´s such a quiet, traditional and beautiful place, that I´ll never forget

Absolutely

I´m going to write about a site that I like to visit because I really like the web design, even though it´s not about graphic design, it´s the official web site of Absolut Vodka.

Well I don´t visit the site that often, because I don´t have a lot of free time to navigate online, but if I have to guess a number is twice a month (approximately). I have two reason why I like this site, one I mentioned earlier, but I have to add that I like the design because it´s really modern and follows the simple and minimalist design of the bottles, capturing the essence of the product and the brand. The second reason is because I´m a bartender, so I like to see new recipes, learn them and later try them (where I work or with friends).

The site has a home with 4 others sections: drinks, products, about absolut and press. On the home there is a slide of pictures with the title of the sections plus 11 more, all of them related with the product in different ways (like rumors, what´s new, stories, people´s  opinion, etc.).  There´s also full information about new flavors, videos about drinks, products beside de vodka and a search to the drink you’re looking for.

My favorite section it´s the drinks, because it´s has recommendations, recipes, it teaches you how to mix, the classic, what people are drinking, etc. For me it´s a lot of information that actually makes me have a fun time, so cheers!!!

Web site: http://www.absolut.com/Absolut