Tropical Daydreams

Today is Tax Day in Brazil! All people who are required to file an income tax declaration must do so by midnight tonight. Mark and I file...

There's something very peculiar about João Fernandes Beach here in Búzios. If you're a visitor from abroad the stamp in your passpor...

Last week I talked about some typically Brazilian things that Mark and I used to do but don't do any longer. Let's flip the coin no...

Dr. Seuss, a.k.a. Theodor Seuss Geisel, is known to and beloved by nearly every American who grew up before, in and after my generation. H...

Those were the days 1. No more caipirinhas — Time was when Mark and I could each drink two of these magic, green potions in one sittin...

If you start out from our own Manguinhos Beach and walk due south across the narrow isthmus neck of our peninsula you will find yourself on ...

Everywhere I look nowadays there are articles about retiring abroad. Maybe it just seems that way because I'm living the topic, but a ...