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Baroque Brazil

September 24, 2024

September 23, 2024

On the ancestors' route: Portugal

September 23, 2024

January 27, 2022

Rome: an eternal discovery

January 27, 2022

October 3, 2020

Exclusion/inclusion

October 3, 2020

I went to the MET this past Friday. It was a slow day, and I got my tickets on the spot. No lines to get to the rooftop and to the new installation by Hector Zamora, Lattice Detour. An experience worth having.

October 3, 2020

September 3, 2020

New York in the days of COVID-19

September 3, 2020

The city stopped. The streets were empty. Those who could, fled. Those who stayed locked themselves in their homes. Tourists and visitors (65 million a year) disappeared. Restaurants, shops, and theaters closed. The stock exchange closed the trading floor. Business failed. The subway no longer ran 24 hours a day. The streets were deserted, except for a few cyclists.

September 3, 2020

August 29, 2020

Nova York nos tempos do COVID-19

August 29, 2020

A cidade parou. As ruas ficaram vazias. Os que puderam, fugiram. Os que ficaram, se trancaram em casa. Turistas e visitantes (65 milhões ao ano) sumiram. Restaurantes, lojas e teatros fecharam. A bolsa fechou o pregão. Negócios faliram. O metro deixou de funcionar de madrugada. As ruas ficaram desertas, com exceção de uns poucos ciclistas.

August 29, 2020

November 20, 2017

Ephemeral

November 20, 2017

Graffiti is not meant to last. Sprayed and painted outdoors, it inevitably succumbs to the patient and constant action by the natural elements and/or to the abrupt and unanticipated deeds of other people. Under the sun and rain, the colorful images eventually fade away...

November 20, 2017

January 4, 2017

Travel Journal: Fournace Creek

January 4, 2017

Like migratory birds we escaped the heat in search of cooler lands. Furnace Creek, twenty-five miles away from Stovepipe Wells, felt like we had left Death Valley. Away went the sand dunes and the dark brown mountains. In came an oasis surrounded by colorful mountains, salt flats and abandoned mines...

January 4, 2017

January 3, 2017

Travel journal: Stovepipe wells

January 3, 2017

The wind has been blowing hard over the past couple of days and clouds have been forming over the arid patches of this majestic landscape. The information board at the Ranger Station mentioned 50 per cent chance of showers in the afternoon and perhaps a thunderstorm tomorrow. Rain in the desert?

January 3, 2017

Travel Journal: Indian Canyons

January 3, 2017

Not sufficiently awed by the Joshua Tree National Park, we went local and stayed in Palm Springs. The 120 mile round trip was not worth being repeated. Instead, we headed to Indian Canyons, but only after having checked the web for trail conditions. I had already discarded the Tahquitz Canyon, where the old Frank Capra’s movie Lost Horizon was shot (have you seen it?).

January 3, 2017