by Texan In Ascoli October 20, 2010 1 There’s An Awful Lot of (Awful) Coffee In Brazil The following song was a big hit more than once as sung by Frank Sinatra, Rosemary Clooney, Louis Prima andContinue Reading
by Texan In Ascoli October 14, 2010 1 Great music in Rio: Bon Jovi, Rush and Dave Matthews Band…. Last Sunday, I saw a large number of young dudes wearing new, clearly pirated Rush t-shirts…I guess in preparation forContinue Reading
by Texan In Ascoli October 13, 2010 Number of comments0 A Vignette of Ipanema— Just Filler Till the Next Entry! I can’t believe I have not had the energy or motivation to keep this more up to date. Let’s justContinue Reading
by Texan In Ascoli October 8, 2010 Number of comments0 You MUST Eat Your Ice Cream Cone With A Spoon Last year’s blog entries from Rio were full of juicy observations about Rio, life in Rio, food, manners, and soContinue Reading
by Texan In Ascoli October 6, 2010 Number of comments0 Delicious Poison, Delicious Samba Brasil, and Rio especially, have a tradition of very inexpensive, interestingly produced music presentations, often sponsored by a bank, theContinue Reading