Tag Archives: 2014 World Cup

Going to a World Cup game in Rio de Janeiro

  Thanks to a blog reader/friend, a ticket to the France-Equador game was acquired, at a reasonable price (considering). And so, your blogger took a free subway ride yesterday (for game attendees), and got out at the São Cristóvão station, … Continue reading

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Rio art moves

Fifth in a series of conversational nuggets about the transformation of cultural life in the marvelous city. Sculptor (and blogger) Raul Mourão has been working with grilles since the late 80s. Not the barbecue kind, but the sort he saw … Continue reading

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Rio: new center of the universe?

Dolphin visitors, Sonia Braga moving from New York to downtown Rio, movie premières right and left, the Today Show, Paul McCartney, Obama… why would anyone want to leave? In this faux-crisp southern-hemisphere fall season, Rio is hotter than ever– but from tomorrow … Continue reading

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