Pickle Deli Square

Jul 22

Jul 22 City I'd Most Like to Live In: second runner-up

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Sao Paulo

Jul 20

Jul 20 Best and Worst of RTW Eats: South America edition

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I saved the best of the best for last. And the worst of the worst. All from South America...

Apr 27

Apr 27 Lodging Review: Pousada Dona Zilah, Sao Paulo

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I highly recommend Pousada Dona Zilah. I was all set to go back to hostel living, but I was also determined to stay in the Jardins neighborhood for its relative safety and easy access to restaurants and shopping...

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 10

Apr 10 Trip Report: GRU-JNB

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Overall, a very nice flight from Sao Paulo, Brazil (GRU) to Johannesburg, South Africa (JNB)...

Apr 10

Apr 10 What’s showing in art: Sao Paulo part 2

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A couple other art highlights in Sao Paulo...

Apr 10

Apr 10 My quick tour through Brazilian cuisine

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I decided to splurge at Brasil a Gosto, a restaurant off of a residential side street in the Jardins Paulista neighborhood, and highly recommended by folks on Chowhound and Lonely Planet. I guess it's sort of a "new Brazilian" restaurant...

Apr 4
Apr 4 What's showing in art: Sao Paulo

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One thing that I love about Sao Paulo is the sheer amount of art and design exhibits throughout the city...

Apr 2

Apr 2 Snack-y food in Brazil

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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 31
Mar 31 New posting at Dystopian Republic: Edificio Copan

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Mar 30

Mar 30 McDecor: Sao Paulo, Liberdade

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Round-the-World, Vernacular Design

Mar 30

Mar 30 Japanese food in Sao Paulo

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Lonely Planet, tourist brochures,...everyone says that the Japanese food in Sao Paulo is really good. It would make sense, because Sao Paulo has the largest population of Japanese people outside of Japan...