I woke up feeling extra refreshed. It was crazy sunny outside, so I put on some beach gear, killed a few cockroaches (yeah, we have roaches. And we’re staying in the “nice” part of town.), snapped a few pics of the casa, and headed to Ipanema Beach. Lovin’ it.
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Relaxation, relaxation, relaxation. That is all I accomplished. No Favelas, no site-seeing, no beach, no more than a few minutes outside, and no pictures. Love it. One positive thing about staying indoors for the majority of the day is that I was able to watch a few flicks: Little Children (2 [...]
It’s field trip day today, and I absolutely love field trips. On the agenda? Favelas. Vila Cruzeiro to be exact. I really didn’t know much about Favelas before the trip, other than that is where most of the poor people in Rio live. In actuality, something like 40% of all [...]
It’s official. I’m in Brazil. Rio De Janiero to be exact. Ipanema to be even more exact. I’m glad I’m finally here, because getting here was not the most pleasant experience.
I left early in the morning on June 1, 2008. Flew to Atlanta, sat in the airport for 8hrs (my [...]
Barack Obama just gave his “A More Perfect Union” speech, and today is one of those days when I know I am witnessing a very powerful, very historic moment in the United States. It’s hard for me to say it is on-par with King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, simply because King’s speech speaks to [...]
Well the bags are packed, the sadness has set it, and the temperature is declining; we are on our way home from Atlanta. Here is the rundown of Atlanta:
Sheraton Buckhead: I like the room. It was decent, close to Lenox Square Mall (directly across the street close), and had the basic necessities (comfortable [...]
Now that Spring is approaching, I figured it would be a good time for me to yank the good ‘ol bicycle off the rack and put those good ‘ol fashioned pedal powered wheels in motion. The destination? My local gym. My thinking was that I would save myself some miles on my [...]
It is Black History Month, and with that it is inevitable that some conversations pertaining to black people and black culture are going to take place. In the past I have seen, and participated in, my fair share of those conversations. And through them all I have noticed that they all seem to [...]
Now that 2006 is officially over, it is time for me to look back and see how accurate my predictions were. Let us get started.
-: Music :- Not sure about this one. 50 Cent actually had a record year with The Massacre selling over one million units. However, as predicted, ever since his album [...]
For Halloween this it looks like Google Book Search is making a some classic scary stories available for free. Some of them can even be downloaded in PDF format for printing and perusing at your leisure. Personally I prefer to get my digital books through Project Gutenberg, but people love Google so I [...]