Monthly Archives: August 2012

In Brazil they call hot dogs cachorro-quentes. In portuguese cachorro is the word for dog. Quente as you may have guessed, is the word for hot. Hot dogs here are really good, and really different from what we eat in the US. This week Marizete’s brother is visiting with his family and last night his [...]

Dear Tyler, One year ago today I watched you being born and it was one of the best days of my life. Before you were born I wondered what you would be like. I wondered if I would enjoy spending time with you, and what you would look like. While you were still in the [...]

Remember my friend Maiane I mentioned in my post yesterday? Well, this weekend while we were at the roça, we decided to take some pictures of her. Maiane is my sister in laws cousin. She is 6 feet tall and super skinny. Obviously she needs to be a model. All of her family here thinks [...]

Saturday morning my friend Maiane and I went to the roça to visit her family there (they are related to my brothers wife as well, so I feel like they are my family too). It’s out in the country and it’s not a tourist destination. I don’t think many Americans have ever been. For me [...]

My friend Noreen is the best ever. She just wrote the cutest thing about me on her blog. And now it’s my turn to return the favor. I would like to start off by saying that Noreen is HOT. Like she was in an ad for American Apparel hot. Like when you look at her [...]

Here at Marizete & Valters house we drink fresh made juice every day. Passion fruit, guava, pineapple, etc. This recipe is for lime juice, but using the steps below you could probably make any kind of juice. The best part about this recipe is that you don’t have to squeeze any limes and it only [...]

In Jacobina and other surrounding cities it’s getting close to election day. I don’t really know much about how it works, but I do know that there is a lot of music involved. If you are running for Mayor of the city, you make a song and it is played all over the place. Most [...]

As far as I can tell, here in Jacobina, there are no laws for noise. You can play your radio as loud as you want. You can mount giant speakers to the top of your car and drive around the streets with propaganda. If you are selling anything, you can shout it out as you [...]