The world of lotions, soaps and other beauty products is way over my head. Just give me a Dove bar and Neutrogena moisturizer any day and I'm completely happy. Here in Brazil, however, men and women alike have a fascination…
Continue Reading →I love Internet video magazines because they're such great opportunities to present content in a different way, but I haven't found many that hold my interest. After receiving an intriguing poster/flyer for the Brazilian Gema website, I went home and…
Continue Reading →I'm definitely not the only girl with enough purses in my closet to last several lifetimes, but it's embarrassing how much effort and energy is expended by the industry to satiate my purse obsession. The amount of bananas lost over…
Continue Reading →Our refrigerator door is littered with so much roommate correspondence, that even with the addition of some colorful fridge magnets for the local pizza delivery and favorite manicure/pedicure place, it's not exactly an appetizing scene that confronts one on their…
Continue Reading →Latin American B-boys will be battling it out for the title as the best breakdancer in the land tomorrow in Sao Paulo at Red Bull's BC One, which is throwing together 16 Brazilians and five others from Argentina, Mexico, Venezuela,…
Continue Reading →It's hard for me to admit this, but there's been a void in my life. I love to sit on piles of stuffed animals, and I love to sit on chairs. But there's never been a chair made of stuffed…
Continue Reading →Rio de Janeiro's Supercordas has been getting lots of buzz here in Brazil, and the hype is for good reason, as I can't stop listening to this awesome five-member band. They call themselves a rock and roll group, but add…
Continue Reading →Yesterday kicked off the beginning of a holiday weekend here in Brazil. It also coincides with Sao Paulo's annual Gay Pride Parade happening on Sunday, the largest of its kind anywhere in the world. The theme this year is "For…
Continue Reading →It's something you have to see to believe: four famous Brazilian graffiti artists, Nunca and Nina Pandolfo and duo Os Gemeos have been working for the past few weeks on covering the medieval Scottish Kelburn Castle with their colorful, signature…
Continue Reading →Any artist who encourages me to take his/her art without having to exchange an amount equal to what I owe in student loans gets four stars in my lil' book of People I Want to Know Forever. Mulheres Barbadas are…
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