Turkey & Tanks: Happy Thanksgiving from Rio!
One week ago today, I was sitting at the end of a beautifully laid table surrounded by good friends and equally good food. On my [...]
Getting the Brazilian Work Card: Gateway to Legal Employment
Well, it’s official. As of today, I’m legally employable.You might be thinking, didn’t that happen when you applied for residency? Well, not totally. A residency [...]
Behind the Scenes at Garoto Candy Factory
It’s not been a good week for healthy or even reasonable eating. My multi-helping Thanksgiving dinner was followed by a birthday dinner that consisted solely [...]
Expat Masochists
The word “expatriate” derives from the Medieval Latin expatriatus, which means to have left one’s own country. It was and, according to Webster’s, still is [...]
O Convento Nossa Senhora da Penha
I mentioned in a previous post the four attractions of Vitoria: 1) eating the regional fish stew more appetizingly called Moqueca, 2) visiting one of [...]
Stove Top Terror
I’ve never enjoyed cooking. It’s something I’ve been forced by hunger pangs and lack of sandwich bread to do from time to time. With the [...]
Brasilia: Poorly Executing Good Ideas
Brasilia, the Washington DC of Brazil, is coming out with a new slogan for the country as part of a rebranding for the 21st century. [...]
The Entrance Exam: a comedy of errors
Traditionally in Brazil, universities have each had their own entrance exam. A student applying to six universities, would need to travel to each university and [...]
Dear Rio, It’s not you. It’s me.
Dear Rio, I don’t really know where to start. It’s not easy to write this. I guess let me first say that you will always [...]