Tropical Daydreams

The unthinkable is happening this evening, Sunday. The (for me) all-important 86 th Academy Awards are scheduled to start at 9:00 p.m. Bras...

 Dr. Seuss's famous Grinch How could I have let Carnaval just pass me by this year? I really surprised myself. In the past I’ve a...

Mark and I just suffered through the Olympics Closing Ceremony — a two-and-a-half-hour long anthology from hell of five decades of bangers-...

Getting ready to read the scores That's it, carnaval is over. Yesterday was the apuração , the judging, the final tally, the crownin...

Before  After  We're naked. For years, well-meaning visitors have been telling us that we`d have a better view of the bay if we cu...

Okay, this is it, carnaval weekend looms ahead. I've been to the Sambadrome in Rio three times to see the 12 main Rio samba schools do ...

Clara Alcione Beth Of the many, many talented women singers in Brazil there are three who have been anointed the Quee...

Mosteiro Zen Budista's  s ilent carnaval   It's carnaval ! Get out your masks, your feathers, your boas! Get your tickets to the ...