You are in Leme, Rio de Janeiro. You want to go to Leblon. What do you do? If you said, "don't go outside" because you are afraid of being robbed, then you are likely one of the dozens of people I spoke to regarding safety prior to coming to Brazil (and you would also be wrong). The correct
Domino’s Pizza in Brazil
Thank the gods (mostly Dionysus)! Brazil has Domino's Pizza (quite possibly the best pizza money can buy). I was recently compelled to order two gigante pizzas from Brazil Domino's to satiate my appetite for delicious greasy wholesomeness. However, you will all be very sad to learn that the
Beer In Brazil: Cerveja Part Dois
I return to this subject having learned a lot about our dear friend Senhor Cerveja no Brasil. There are, in fact, more beers than I initially presumed; however, the playing field is still relatively shallow. I have discovered that buying beers one at a time is quite handy in trying many beers
The Beach – A Poem
Watching Jet Li movies dubbed in Portuguese summons up a strange feeling in me, and so I decided to write you all a poem. The beach has the sun. The beach has the moon. The beach has umbrellas. The beach has chairs. The beach has the sunset. The beach has the sunrise. The beach has snack
A Trip To Cachoeira dos Primatats
Most people associate Rio de Janeiro with its beaches (or women, or drugs, or this song, or Cristo Redentor), but opposite the beaches, Rio is surrounded by jungle (yes, there are monkeys in there). Let us say (and for the record when I start something with "Let us say..." I am inventing a
Finding And Befriending Primates In Rio de Janeiro
Word on the street is that there are monkeys in Rio de Janeiro. Word on the street is that there are monkeys on the street in Rio de Janeiro. Hearing this made me very uneasy at first, given monkeys and I have had a very complicated relationship over the years, but I think that we will finally
A Date in Brazil: How To Not Fuck It Up
Let's say you are asked out on a dinner date by a Brazilian who is way out of your league (not likely, but we are pretending). Now being the incredibly classy person that you are, let us suppose you decide to order a personal pizza and the largest beer available (you are a gluttonous American,
Beer In Brazil: My Introduction To The World Of Cerveja
Beer in Brazil is not the beer I have come to know and love in the United States. I have often heard comments made regarding the lack of a beer drinking culture and the brewing of good beers in the US (said comments are false), but next to Brazilian beer, the been in the United States would have