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Basics, markets and culture

December 6, 2013August 4, 2016 Let it go

Here we go again. After waking up in a new city, there’s tons of things to be organized. First, the shopping. I asked at the downstairs reception for a supermarket, and headed there first thing. Without breakfast. Was a mistake. Luckily, this apartment has a lot of the basics like oil, salt, balsamic, pepper, spices, […] Read More

Beers and friends

November 19, 2013August 26, 2016 Let it go

Great fun having met Matías at the Blur concert. He’s a multi-talent, working in communication, making his own music, developed an app for Daft Punk, and a great guy to hang with for a beer. Below we’re just goofing off in a park around sunset. Yesterday I was also invited to the home of this […] Read More

Palermo streets and street art

November 4, 2013August 26, 2016 Let it go

Today I took a walk though the neighborhood of Palermo, a big area that has several little areas, Palermo Viejo, Palermo Hollywood, Palermo Soho…. It is one of the city’s hubs for cafés and bars at night, little shopping boutiques during the day and full of street art. I was with Pablo, a […] Read More

But… where is the art…?

October 26, 2013August 4, 2016 Let it go

I really like museums. Anything with photography, a Picasso or Matisse will make me happy. São Paulo seemed to have a lot to offer… the MIS, the MASP, the MAM, the MAC…. all interesting targets. I was however a bit confused about the MAC, the Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo. Judging from its […] Read More

Park of Ruins

October 17, 2013August 4, 2016 Let it go

I went up to Santa Teresa today, on foot. I had stopped a cab and told him I wanted to go to the museum on top, but he refused with the word ‘mais alta’ or something. Ok, so it wasn’t raining yet, so I walked. Quite steep. I realised I was nearly there when I […] Read More

Lagoons, parks, and all the wild things therein

October 10, 2013August 4, 2016 Let it go

I still haven’t seen a bit of Rio, its center, old town or even the sugar loaf. Still, as the day was nice, I embarked on a long walk around the lagoon that is practically on my doorstep, called Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, a lake that is just separated from the ocean by Ipanema itself. So off […] Read More

I h a v e t i m e . . .

August 4, 2013August 4, 2016 Let it go

Today, as I’m lying in Hyde Park in London, just with a book, wasting time in such an amazing city with a book I could read on any rainy day, I realized, again, what a big luxury I have… Time. I have nothing to do today, nowhere to be, nothing to see, just be and […] Read More