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…
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).
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).
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.
Sorry about the brutal pun – I’m feeling sick as a dog today and as my health deteriorates, so do my standards of what constitutes acceptable word-play. As mentioned in my last post, I visited the Jardim Botanico a few days ago. And alongside the amazing palms, one of the highlights was the orchid house.
It’s just a pretty flower!