Tropical Daydreams

By now everyone knows that Rio de Janeiro was the city chosen to host this year’s Vatican World Youth Day, and that Pope Francis chose to at...

Okay, so we leave Brazil for three short weeks, our first trip abroad in over two years, and the Brazilians go and have a Revolution! There ...

We had emptied the refrigerator, packed our bags, hugged all our friends, said our good-byes. I had announced to my blog readers that I was ...

Usually when Mark and I walk on "our" beach of Manguinhos, we turn left towards the commerce and the restaurants. It just seems mo...

 the divine batata baroa If I were a complainer I could easily complain about not being able to find a real thick-skinned Idaho bakin...

...one, two, three....pause....one, two, three... Remember those high school gym classes when some handsome volunteer fireman would come...

Hard to forget the many catchphrases of my youth, like Eh, what's up, Doc? and Heeeeere's Johnny , and the always sturdy  Go ah...