Tropical Daydreams

Life in Búzios

30 January 2012

Gran Ciné Bardot

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Our Gran Ciné Bardot For those of us who love stage and screen, the cultural life of Búzios revolves around our little 111-seat movie the...
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26 January 2012

Overseas Voting

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"There are 285 days left before this year's elections in the USA!" "Be an active overseas voter!" "Request your...
23 January 2012

Twin Pianos

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"I love a piano, I love a piano,  I love to hear somebody play,  Upon a piano, a grand piano,  It simply carries me away..."  ...
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19 January 2012

Madame President

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Dilma Rousseff, Most Excellent Madame President of the Federative Republic of Brazil. The majority of Brazilians refer to her simply as ...
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16 January 2012

The Claremont Salad Lives!

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The Claremont Diner, in Clifton, NJ I grew up in New Jersey, not far from one of the famous "Jersey diners," the Claremont Dine...
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12 January 2012

Jamelão

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Jambul - the nickname stuck The first time I ever heard the huge, piercing voice of a samba singer known as Jamelão (a sweet, dark fruit ...
09 January 2012

It's Raining, It's Pouring

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São as águas de março,  fechando o verão ... One thing I did know before moving to Brazil was the Tom Jobim song, Aguas de Março , the W...
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barbara lowenstein
My husband and I have lived in Brazil for over a decade now, and we can't imagine returning to the States. Doesn't mean we don't appreciate all that America has done for us. We both received solid educations there. We have family ties there. We still pay federal income tax and take a keen interest in the U.S. political scene. But for retirees, living abroad can insure a quality of life that's simply no longer available in the U.S., and without running through our entire nest egg to boot. Here in Brazil we have super health care, a simpler, stress-free life, and friends from all over the world. Life abroad is not for everyone. There are risks, uncertainties, frustrations . . . but as you read through my tropical daydreams, see if you don't agree that the rewards are worth it.
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