A Tropical Paradise is a Sweaty Paradise
Today was another sunny, blue-sky day here in Vitoria. A breeze blowing through my apartment forced me to stop the doors with various colored flipflops. [...]
Today was another sunny, blue-sky day here in Vitoria. A breeze blowing through my apartment forced me to stop the doors with various colored flipflops. [...]
Last Saturday, the whole Barineau-Mauricio clan (all three of us) seized the day early (like 10ish) and headed to the beach. It was the kind [...]
Having spent the majority of my adult life outside of the United States (mostly in small, homogeneous cities), I've gotten used to being the subject [...]
My only parenting standard at airports is "don't lose her". My little family of three took a trip to Rio de Janeiro this [...]
5 of the many things that have surprised me about Brazil... "Do you like Brazil?" I heard this question for the thousandth time [...]
What are they going to do for the 2nd birthday? We can learn a lot about our own culture by having to explain [...]
The daily rainbow in Brazil. When I'm back home in Atlanta, I try not to mention that I live in Brazil. The opportunity [...]
Beach Comber From Birth Growing up in Atlanta, I got to be part of that great American summer tradition, the annual family beach [...]
My expat identity has taken a back seat in my last few posts to the teacher or pregnant woman part of me, but after reading [...]