from Rio Pequeno to Sao Miguel Paulista - 11 Oct. 2015

Our lovely friend Claudia Possoni invited a few of her friends to visit her in Sao Miguel Paulista on a Sunday afternoon in October 2015. As I live in the West Side exactly the opposite side of town I had to start up early if I wanted to get to São Miguel on time. Considering that Sunday is the worst possible day to get hold of public transport in Sao Paulo (especially busses) I got started as early as I could. 

I took a bus on Avenida do Rio Pequeno formerly known as Estrada do Rio Pequeno towards Butantã. 

This is the awsome building that houses Butantã underground station. It's a queer looking building. I still don't know whether I like it or hate it.

going down Butantã underground station... 

deep down Butantã's train platform.

at Bras train-station ready to descend to the train-platform going towards Calmon Viana.

CPTM (Companhia Paulista de Transportes Metropolitanos) & a maze of overhead cables...

at Sao Miguel Paulista train-station 11 October 2015... 12:13 AM.

map of Sao Miguel train-station vicinities

this is the fork where Avenida Marechal Tito turns left and Avenida Nordestina goes up-hill.

pay-phones in Sao Paulo or Sao Miguel are all dead but not quite gone yet...

a pay-phone on Avenida Nordestina, Sao Miguel after being vandalized... See those little stick-up ads? They were a way for prostitutes of both sexes to ply their wares... Love for sale!!! indeed!

we're almost at the top of the hill...

Avenida Nordestina goes a long way up...

Avenida Marechal Tito with Avenida Nordestina forking to the left in 1975... exactly 40 years before... 

Claudia was still busy cleaning and preparing the food for the afternoon snack...

Claudia's mother dona Albina's orchidea...

cona Albina's Portuguese lace (renda-portuguesa)

Patricia arriving for the Sunday avo do... Claudia & Eduardo...

Beto Abrantes, dona Albina, Claudia & part of Eduardo's head...

the Host & her Beau, Eduardo...

Pat, Millene Fernandes & Beto Abrantes... Patricia was telling us about the joys of motherhood...

... talking about mothers... this is Claudia & her mother Albina on the day of her Christening in Aparecida do Norte-SP - 25 June 1972. The idea was that since Monday, 12 October is Children's Day in Brazil we would bring photos of our childhood.

Well, Antonio Marcos was not there. He's been dead now for 23 years... but still in our hearts when it comes to Sao Miguel Paulista.

Antonio Marcos was a rock ballad singer who was born on 8 November 1945, in Sao Miguel Paulista from a working class family. He was bound to be great and at 21 was already a popular singer having left Sao Miguel for ever. His family lived the rest of their lives in Sao Miguel. Toninho died on 5 April 1992. He was only 47 years old.

Cine São Miguel on Rua da Fabrica in 1963.