Tropical Daydreams

I recant. Back in a January blogpost I stamped my feet and, in a fit of pique, declared to the world that I had eaten my last feijoada , the...

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 ...

I used to do a little of this dancing-in-the-dark stuff with my father who — at least when partnering me — kept to the safe and easy steps,...

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

Ten years ago, when we told our American families and friends that we were moving to Brazil, I knew in my heart that most of them felt like ...