Category: Everyday Stuff

Before we got married, my husband asked me multiple times and in various ways if I was really willing to give up the comforts of living in the U.S. …

Today I bought some plug adapters for my family, who will be arriving in a couple days, and it brought back fond memories of one of my first limited-Portuguese …

For a long time, I would get annoyed at the way people walk on the streets of Salvador: 1) Slowly 2) Illogically – sometimes people seem to change their …

Lately I find my heart flooded with gratitude. The first thought in my head upon waking up is thankfulness for another day of life. When I draw up a …

I had an amusing moment of exaggeration yesterday. For a long time I’ve kind of puzzled at the fact that foreigners go wild over capoeira, practice and research it …

Things I won’t miss about Bahia The attention I constantly and inevitably attract here as a young white woman. I can’t go anywhere without being approached, harassed, or commented …

SEE FAMILY AND FRIENDS!!! Vai ser tão bom matar a saudade! To see people I’ve been separated from for over a year, to talk to them face-to-face and not …

What to say about capoeira? I am LOVING it!!! Specifically capoeira angola, and (more specifically) capoeira angola with FICA. What I feel about regional/contemporânea (the capoeira style I used …

Last night was one of my rare depression nights. I feel a bit better, but I’m not completely over it. I’ve gotten progressively more dissatisfied with my life here, …

Churrasco. I don’t know what the Brazilians do to their meat, but MAN it comes out good… moist, hot off the skillet, impossibly flavorful… my mouth waters just thinking …