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The Story Tales: UFC, Part 2
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Currently being brought to you from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! Saturday, August 1, 2015. UFC, Part 2. Where there are UFC fighters, there are also so-called Octagon Girls, or Ring Girls. You know who I'm talking about, right? Those pretty, scantily clad girls who walk around the ring during the fight and hold up the signs. Well there were three of them at Providencia. And they were pretty and fairly scantily clad compared to me. Mac with the beautiful Octagon girls. When she was 18 she decided to move to Sã...
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The Story Tales: Measuring life by the small successes
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Currently being brought to you from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! Tuesday, July 28, 2015. Measuring life by the small successes. Now that we're back in Brazil, we use bottled water for everything but brushing our teeth. We have a water delivery service that drops off 20-liter bottles of water as needed. For the record, 20 liters of water equals about 44 pounds. We now have about 19 liters to go before we rinse and repeat. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Never Miss a Post! Where in the world are you? Measur...
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The Story Tales: Sun Protection
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Currently being brought to you from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! Tuesday, July 21, 2015. I hate applying it and re-applying it. I hate how expensive good sunscreen is. I hate how it feels once you get hot and sweaty and beach-sandy. Last week at the beach, I pulled the sleeves up a little for maybe 30 minutes. When I removed the shirt later, I was very surprised to see just how effective the tee's sun protection really is. The top was covered, the bottom was not.). Save your skin and cover up! C jane enjoy it.
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The Story Tales: UFC, Part 1
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Currently being brought to you from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! Saturday, August 1, 2015. UFC, Part 1. On Thursday morning, Mac and I joined Jimmy and some other folks from the Consulate on a trip back to the Providencia favela that I wrote about a few weeks ago. The purpose of this trip was to accompany two UFC fighters to the favela so they could meet members of the community and inspire them with their stories of how valuable hard work and education are. So we went to the favela in a convoy, part of which...
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The Story Tales: August 2015
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Currently being brought to you from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! Monday, August 31, 2015. A matter of semantics. Here in Rio, there is definitely crime to be wary of. From what I can tell, the crime is mainly normal big-city street crime. Pickpockets, grabbing cell phones, etc. Obviously, bigger, more serious stuff happens, but this is a big metropolitan area and bigger, more serious stuff always happens in big cities. And I freak out a little. Sunday, August 30, 2015. A piquenique at the lake. On Sundays, th...
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The Story Tales: Santa Teresa
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Currently being brought to you from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! Sunday, July 26, 2015. Today Jimmy, Mac and I visited the bairro. Of Santa Teresa. Santa Teresa is up a mountain with sweeping views (in some locations) and makes me think this is what Rio used to look like when there were still houses and not multistory apartment buildings everywhere. Santa Teresa is also the. Bohemian, artsy neighborhood of Rio with lots of trendy bars and restaurants, which brings me to the two reasons we went: art and food.
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The Story Tales: March 2015
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Currently being brought to you from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! Friday, March 13, 2015. One little dog on my bad list. Tonight we went to dinner at District Taco (best carnitas! With our dear friend Chico from Guadalajara days a very long time ago. Jimmy, Chico and Mac dropped me off at home and went on to Mac's baseball practice at the batting cage. I've been a parent long enough to know that the children only act that. Guilty when they've done something really. Wednesday, March 11, 2015. I always get a cle...
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The Story Tales: January 2015
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Currently being brought to you from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! Saturday, January 24, 2015. The other day I implored you to Think Snow. You either didn't think hard enough or I didn't give you enough advance notice to think long enough because we got nothing. Last night through this morning we were supposed to have another storm and we got nothing again except some sleet. There's another storm coming tomorrow night through Monday. MONDAY! Do you know what that means, people? I want you to imagine. This odd b...
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The Story Tales: Random Musings from today's activities (UFC Part 3 is coming soon!)
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Currently being brought to you from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! Friday, August 7, 2015. Random Musings from today's activities (UFC Part 3 is coming soon! 1 Today a taxi driver asked me if I was from Portugal. I took that as a compliment because normally I'm asked if I'm American, which means I'm speaking Portuguese like a tourist. The taxi driver's question means, to me, that he understood I was speaking Portuguese, but he knew it wasn't his breed of Portuguese. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Random le...
