Stuff unrelated to food, wine & spirits that I just feel like posting.
A bit more relaxing done over the weekend, the only two major things we did were go to an art fair and the beach. Embu das Artes, a small town on the southwestern outskirts of São Paulo that’s famous for its artisans’ market. Turns out to be pretty much a big street fair that encircles… Read More The SP Weekend
Decided to do something different, off-beat, from our usual dose of museums and cultural events. We headed out on day two to visit… The Aquário de São Paulo, Rua Huet Bacelar 407. Rather unassuming from the outside, albeit very blue, it turns out to be a rather massive indoor and outdoor aquarium, plus a bit of… Read More Fish, From Water to Table
That’s “São Paulo Fun for 5 Days”. It’s also, at least so far, about as much solar protection as we might need. It’s been, let’s say, drizzly and cool. Not at all what we expected (nor what was forecast) for this time of year. On our two previous trips here, we really didn’t go for… Read More SPF-5
I’m not going to say that this last week was typical, as usually I don’t have quite so many things all happen in the same week. At the same time, it’s not really all that unusual. These weeks pop up repeatedly during the year…. We Are the Champions Last Sunday I was invited by friend… Read More And What Did You Do This Week?
“The History of every major Galactic Civilization tends to pass through three distinct and recognizable phases, those of Survival, Inquiry and Sophistication, otherwise known as the How, Why, and Where phases. For instance, the first phase is characterized by the question ‘How can we eat?’ the second by the question ‘Why do we eat?’ and… Read More What to Eat #1
It was a last minute decision – getting away for a long weekend before Henry starts his profesorado program at the university. We decided to return to Brazil for Carnival. Being last minute, however, options were limited – it’s a popular tourism destination and time to visit. Our first choice, Rio de Janeiro, was immediately out of the… Read More São Paulo, Round 2 – Carnival
Last day in São Paulo and let’s change things up a bit…. A visit to the Museu Afro-Brasil in Parque Ibirapuera, for about two hours of wandering through and seeing some of the history of the African descendant community of Brazil, from the days of Portuguese slave trade to modern day. Well worth a visit! And… Read More Mini-Break in St. Paul, Day 3
I had all these ideas of heading to the restaurants in São Paulo that keep getting written up in international circles, I mean, best of and all that. But Henry, rightly, pointed out that we’ve spent no time in Brazil, and basically have no real sense of the traditional local food. Why go eat the… Read More Mini-Break in St. Paul, Day 2