Today is special…
…because it’s my wife’s birthday. Therefore I’ll keep this short and leave you with a little preview of tomorrow’s post.
Archive for month: November, 2011
Should you put a ring on it?
A little while back I mentioned a walk along the beach at Ipanema – the volleyball and slacklining, the hotties and the notties lounging on the beach. But the thing that really got me that day was the people (or to be more specific, the women) wandering along the pavement (sidewalk) next to the beach.
It is important to wear the correct protective clothing when rollerblading…
How to beat the Kilo
Although I think of myself as being fairly adventurous when it comes to food, I am also a creature of habit, particularly when it comes to my everyday working life.
Me proving my food-adventurousness with the help of a guinea pig (and several glasses of wine).
Things you find under bridges in Rio
The photo, taken in Botafogo, shows one of my favourite pieces of street art in Rio. Technically excellent, stylistically interesting and (hopefully) it makes you think.
I’m not great with art history and arty references, but this piece by How & Nosm reminded me of Picasso and Cubism in general (I just googled this to make sure I wasn’t being utterly ridiculous. Can now confirm there is definitely a resemblance!).
It’s a beautiful piece by identical twins Davide and Raoul Perre, better known as How & Nosm. They are known as the other identical twins in the graffiti world, in reference to Brazil’s very own Os Gêmeos (the twins).
Tenacious, Tasty and Deadly
To round off my threesome of plant posts, I thought that today we could look at a plant (in fact a group of plants) that has stirred up a bit of trouble here in Brazil.
Right next to the orchid collection at Jardim Botanico there is a huge collection of Bromeliads.
The Bromeliad group contains over 3,000 species – some are tenacious others delicious and some of them can be deadly.