Spring musts: Teasing Sun, check; Sunscreen, also check (ok, this is a total lie, I only almost bought a tube yesterday, honestly the current minimal sun exposure does not yet justify the use of anything beyond a pair of aviator sunglasses); Travel opportunity, double check. [More]

Remember last year’s star-studded “La Semaine Du Cap-Vert,” which ran in Paris, France, from May 26th through June 3rd 2007? Well, it’s Brazil’s turn to get completely engulfed by our culture. The South American country, or at least a small part of it, Santo André... [More]

Carnival. Mardi Gras. Fat Tuesday. Most everybody knows about that obese feast the day before Lent but how many about "Cinza"? A day of food and relaxing (and repentance?) from the festivities of that previous day, I am told Cinza is a uniquely Santiago thing (all you other islanders fee... [More]

George Bush’s money is paving Praia and has given the capital the feel of a modern city. It’s called ’progress’ and I suppose if it gives her citizens an opportunity to have a better life, good. The selfish part of me wishes things here would not change so quickly...that&rs... [More]

Just think, in prehistoric times some guy named Og was in cave drawing on a wall the goings on in his everyday life. You know, hunting mastodons, running away from saber toothed tigers, recording the mankind’s first ’hot foot’ practical joke and such. ’Og’s blog&rsquo... [More]