Mar Vista is a district on the West Side of Los Angeles, California.
Mar Vista is near the center of LA's West Side. The city of Santa Monica lies to the northwest, West Los Angeles to the north, Palms to the northeast, Culver City to the east, Del Rey to the southwest, and Venice to the west. Its approximate boundaries are the city limits of Culver City and the San Diego Freeway (I-405) on the northeast and southeast, Walgrove Avenue on the southwest, and the Santa Monica Municipal Airport and National Boulevard on the northwest. Major thoroughfares through the district include Washington Place; Palms, Venice, Sawtelle, Inglewood, and Grand View Boulevards; McLaughlin, Barrington, Short, and Centinela Avenues; and Beethoven Street. The district uses the 90066 ZIP code, which also serves an adjacent part of Culver City.
The Westdale area of northern Mar Vista — the area bounded by Sawtelle Boulevard, National Boulevard, Bundy Drive, and Palms Boulevard — is a neighborhood within the bounds of the Mar Vista Community Council. "Mar Vista" means "sea view" in Spanish.
Fernanda Barbosa Takai (born August 25, 1971, in Serra do Navio, Amapá) is a Brazilian singer, better known as the lead vocalist of rock band Pato Fu. She has also been working on a solo career since 2007, and recorded a single solo album.
In 2011, she collaborated with Atom™, Toshiyuki Yasuda, and Moreno Veloso on the track "Águas de Março" for the Red Hot Organization's most recent charitable album "Red Hot+Rio 2." The album is a follow-up to the 1996 "Red Hot + Rio." Proceeds from the sales will be donated to raise awareness and money to fight AIDS/HIV and related health and social issues.
Takai was raised in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. She is of Japanese and Portuguese descent. Since the year 2007, she's been working on a solo career, but hasn't left Pato Fu.
Eu não sei,
que será de mim!
Eu não sei
e nada me importa saber
eu só sei,
que havia um mar à vista ali
você passou assim por mim
e eu me perdi.