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A love letter for Brazil

A love letter for Brazil

Travel Guides / Inspiration

Being away from my home country for two years is more than enough to acknowledge that I was not born to be separated from the things I care about the most: friends and family. Likewise, the sunlight. If only I could bring them all with me...

Love, pain, intensity and contrasts: this is my São Paulo

Love, pain, intensity and contrasts: this is my São Paulo

Travel Guides / Cities / Brazil / São Paulo

São Paulo is not a place for the faint hearted, it makes you grow a thick skin. And writing about it, where I lived half of my life, brings up deep and buried feelings that once made me so much want to be there and to be part of something special. As a result of living there, I also made friends who became family. Is blood really thicker than water? I wonder.

My Last Drink with the iconic Brazilian bartender Bolinha

My Last Drink with the iconic Brazilian bartender Bolinha

Persons of Note

"Nordestinos are all the same: they come to São Paulo, picturing a better life in this huge capital city, but they are always yearning to go back", said Walter Bolinha, as he referred to his fellows’ northeastern citizens known in Brazil as "nordestinos". He is the driving force for more than 20 years at Baretto - the fancy bar of the international acclaimed Hotel Fasano.

My Last Drink with Diageo's Brazilian Ambassador, Kennedy Nascimento

My Last Drink with Diageo's Brazilian Ambassador, Kennedy Nascimento

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Long before any of us could ever have imagined living under such socially restricted conditions, I've had the idea to ask some dear bartenders that I admire the most: what would the Last Drink of your life be? Coincidentally or not, Covid-19 made its unpleasant appearance right after my first inquiries and the subject of this interview has made more sense than ever.


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