Pickle Deli Square

Apr 27

Apr 27 Lodging Review: O Veleiro Bed & Breakfast, Rio de Janeiro

I was really frightened by all of the reports of Rio being a dangerous city, so I decided to choose a bed & breakfast in the quiet, non-touristy, largely middle class neighborhood of Botafogo...

Apr 27

Apr 27 Wall art: Brazil

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After my last post about graffiti in Istanbul, I realized I never got around to posting about the graffiti I saw in Brazil...

Apr 2

In my two weeks in Brazil, I have to say that the food I've tried is generally over-salted, oily, and without nuance (if savory), or too sweet (if a dessert)...the big exception being the natural fruit juices which I love. Not to say that eating here isn't fun, courtesy of the snack foods that are in abundance...

Apr 2

Apr 2 Brazil's love affair with ice cream

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I really don't think I've seen a country that loves its ice cream this much! Every where I turn, someone's eating an ice cream cone, soft serve, or milk shake...

Mar 29

Mar 29 Rua Oscar Freire

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Today I saw a very different kind of built environment compared to the concrete Avenida Paulista. The shopping street of Rua Oscar Freire is in the Jardins neighborhood, and is often compared to Rodeo Drive in LA, and Newbury St in Boston.

Mar 27

Mar 27 Sign Language: Rio de Janeiro

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Mar 27
Mar 27 New posting at Dystopian Republic: Petrobas headquarters

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Mar 27
Mar 27 Book Review: Best guidebook for Rio

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Today was my last day in Rio de Janeiro, and I want to put in a plug for a great guidebook that I found totally by chance.Today was my last day in Rio de Janeiro, and I want to put in a plug for a great guidebook that I found totally by chance...

Mar 26

Mar 26 What's showing in art: Rio

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People say that Rio is to Miami, as Sao Paulo is to NY; i.e. the culture quotient is a bit higher in Sao Paulo...

Mar 25
Mar 25 Rio de Janeiro architecture at www.dystopianrepublic.com

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Mar 25

Mar 25 Favela Tour

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Today I took my one tour in Rio, a tour of two of the city's favelas...

Mar 25

Mar 25 Fitting in: Rio

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Rio is probably the first place I've visited where I felt I needed to buy new clothes immediately upon arrival...

Mar 24

Mar 24 Juice bars: where food R&D folks must come to do research!

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So far, I think my favorite thing about Rio de Janeiro are its juice bars. Here, you can try out all of those exotic flavors that sometimes make their way to the US (like acai), only here it's not just a pinch of acai concentrate in grape or pear juice, they actually blend the entire fruit into a pure juice...