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5 Items for Foreigners from the Feira for Feriado
As an extension of Tuesday’s post 10 Great Gifts to Bring from Brazil, here are five fun items you can buy at your local feira to bring to family and friends: 1. Make Your Own Bolo de Mandioca… more →
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5 Items for Foreigners from the Feira for Feriado
wrote 36 minutes ago: As an extension of Tuesday’s post 10 Great Gifts to Bring from Brazil, here are five fun items … more →
10 Great Gifts to Bring from Brazil
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wrote 2 days ago: Many of us foreigners in the city are making, or have already secured, plans to travel to our home c … more →
Boys & Girls, Soccer & Ballet
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wrote 1 week ago: In some ways, Brazil is socially progressive. For example, Brazil just recently passed a law dictati … more →
10 Things that Might Shock You in São Paulo
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wrote 1 week ago: The term “culture-shock” wasn’t coined for nothing. I know for a fact that there are many things tha … more →
10 Things I Wish I Had Brought in the Move
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wrote 2 weeks ago: In July we will have been here for three years. While within the first, there were items I wish we h … more →
BAB's One-Day Tour of São Paulo
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wrote 2 weeks ago: The other day, I got to enjoy a single-day tour of São Paulo with a visiting American. There was muc … more →
Leo's material - Day 1
wrote 3 weeks ago: Day 1 [The camera shows the door being open] (D) Hello~! Welcome! [Shots of interview] … more →
Ten Questions for Reducing Your Dependency on Household Help
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wrote 1 month ago: When you live in a country where the cost of household help runs from inexpensive to reasonable, you … more →
American Exbrat in São Paulo
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wrote 1 month ago: Definition of EXBRAT: 1. A foreigner living in a “developing” country, spoiled by the conveniences … more →
Strange São Paulo
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wrote 2 months ago: What I often love about São Paulo are the oddities that surround me… A mime crossing guard. … more →
Dear Abilio dos Santos Diniz
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wrote 2 months ago: Dear Mr. Abilio dos Santos Diniz, Chairman of Grupo Pão de Açúcar, You and I both know that I don … more →
Arte Urbana at the MuBE
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wrote 3 months ago: Our friends recently mentioned that their visiting mother/in-law commented on the amount of “v … more →
Dessert Deception at the Basílica São Bento
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wrote 3 months ago: For awhile I’ve wanted to attend a mass at the basílica in the college of São Bento. Travel bo … more →
Screen Dream
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wrote 3 months ago: Last night we went to see “Silver Lining Playbook” at the new Shopping JK Iguatemi … more →
Vai Vai Samba Rehearsal
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wrote 3 months ago: Last night we went to the Vai Vai Samba School rehearsal for Carnaval. It was great fun to see. But … more →
(Household) Help!
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wrote 3 months ago: One of the benefits in moving to a “developing” country is that you can hire household h … more →
TB or Not TB
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wrote 3 months ago: There’s a health topic that has been buzzing around the São Paulo international mom crowd … more →
Chinese Food!
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wrote 4 months ago: Hey New Yorkers in São Paulo! Missing those trips to Chinatown for a little oily indulgence in the f … more →
SP Night Market!
wrote 5 months ago: I’m very excited that tomorrow I’ll finally be able to attend the SP Night market … more →
