One day, a few weeks after I arrived in Rio, Miss Eat Rio (as she was back then) had a headache. There were no pain-killers in the house so I was just about to go to the pharmacy when my future mother-in-law simply picked up the phone. 10 minutes later a guy knocked on the […]
Regular readers may be aware that I’m not a big fan of super-sweet things. I do like chocolate (I’m not completely crazy), but the really sweet things like Brigadeiro are a little too much for me. With that in mind, it may come as a surprise to hear that I rather like today’s Brazilian brand. Paçoquita […]
Because of my activities yesterday, I needed to spend an extra 10 minutes scrubbing my chiselled body in the shower this morning. No, I didn’t enter the Rio Erotic Mud Wrestling Competition (after last time I promised myself never again!). Instead I entered the Rio Color Run! The idea is pretty simple: a 5km run/race […]
How do you feel about brands? Whether it’s food, clothes, electronics or detergents, they’re all around us whether we like it or not. Some of us willingly embrace a brand, while others feel that brands are simply a cunning marketing ploy to fool us into paying more than the fair price. I have to admit […]
Last Saturday some friends and I went to a kind of fundraiser for one of Rio’s top Samba Schools, Portela. It was pretty cool actually, there were a bunch of different bands playing up on a stage, there were plates piled high with feijoada and there were ice buckets full of beer. Oh yes, and there […]