Largo do Machado, Laranjeiras and Catete – Knockout Neighborhood Guides Rio de Janeiro
Often overshadowed by the glossy beaches of Ipanema or Copacabana, the previously royal neighborhoods of Largo do Machado, Laranjeiras and Catete offer…
Ipanema – Knockout Neighborhood Guides
I would describe Ipanema as a delectable frozen yogurt. A traditional beach neighborhood with a tangy Brazilian twist. The dashingly…
Copacabana – Rio de Janeiro Knockout Neighborhood Guides
Copacabana – A Buzz of Carioca Life Too often I see sad guides of Rio de Janeiro that follow the…
A Lazy Sunday at the Jockey Club Rio de Janeiro
Jockeys are on average no taller than 5.3 feet, though usually several inches shorter. It’s a career I could go…
Brazilian Women Everyone Should Know
From the word go Brazilian women had their fingers in all Brazil’s big pie moments. Campaigning, saving the planet and…
Visiting Favelas Responsibly
Before we charge into favelas, bamboozled by the mass of precariously stacked buildings that seem by some miracle to all…
What the Fudge is Cachaça? Should I get Drunk on it?
Caipirinha, what a beautiful, samba bobbin’ glass of joy. Cachaça the mysterious key ingredient. I’m well aware that caipirinha and…
5 Places to See Monkeys in Rio de Janeiro
If monkeys appeared in an animated movie named “Rio”, I am convinced, obviously, that this is an accurate representation of…
5 Restaurants in Rio de Janeiro for Traditional Brazilian Cuisine
Rio de Janeiro is a big ass town with some amazing restaurants and some pretty bog standard ones. If you are…
How Brazilian Drug Traffickers Began Chocolate Dealing
Hands down, I would still buy chocolate if it was illegal No word of a lie, one time I cried…