Back to the City of Dreams
The airplane descends. The slight shaking from the turbulence and the extra light from the lifted windows wakes me up and I look out across the land as we glide over quaint looking red-roofed houses and ambling green hills full of grapevines. The Danube river shimmers and soon I can make out the city of Vienna, […]
Dances with Bubbles on the Big Island of Hawaii
Kona, Hawaii “Wake up! Wake Up!” I pry open my jet lagged eyes. It’s seven AM and my brother is standing over me with a cup of coffee. “It’s time to go fishing!” We hop in the jeep and drive about thirty minutes down windy roads to my brother’s favorite fishing spot. He’s brought his […]
Aloha Hawaii
I touch down at Kona International Airport on the Big Island of Hawaii late at night. The Big Island is the largest and most southeastern Island in the chain of Hawaiian Islands. It’s population is very small, just under 200,000. My brother picks me up at the airport in his jeep and we cruise off […]
The Aces
Pérola and I have been painting the portals for our Vienna project, now a collaboration with three other talented people, Zel Nonnenberg a video artist, Nathan Wheeler, a sound artist and Marilia Vasconcellos a photographer. We will leave for Vienna in late June to get everything ready for the opening on Sept 14th. The first portal […]
Delight and sadness at the Rio Zoo
Jardim Zoológico, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Oh what wonders are there to behold at the Rio Zoo? My boyfriend Orien and I pay our ten real each (approx $5 US) to enter the impressive arched gates positioned at the end of a long promenade. We step inside the zoo into a 30 acre expanse housing over 2,000 […]
MAGIC CARPET RIDE TO THE ISLAND OF GOOD TRAVEL- Part 2
…Continued In this excursion my phone, despite being sealed in a plastic bag for safety, dies a watery death destroying my photos, so you will have to use your imagination~ We manage to board The Magic Carpet (as we’ve dubbed it) and using Havianas for paddles we steer our craft out to sea. The waves are […]
MAGIC CARPET RIDE TO THE ISLAND OF GOOD TRAVEL~ Part 1
Niteroi, Brazil We sit to the side of the bridge and take turns blowing up the air mattress, 20 breaths at a time. It takes a total of one hundred and twenty breaths between the two of us. While one of us fills the mattress the other one takes turns knocking beach nuts into the […]
Rio- The Saturday Fruit and Veggie Market
In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, every Saturday there is a Feira (farmers market) on Rua Paulo Barreto (see map below). In fact this market moves around to different neighborhoods every day. On Wednesday you can find them near Botafogo Beach, on Friday, they are in Urca etc. They offer a stunning variety of exotic tropical fruits and […]
Where we’re going, we don’t need roads, Ilha Grande, Pt 4
It’s our last day in Ilha Grande and we pack up and head to the next little town. It is surprisingly close, only about 5 minutes from where we camped. Its a sleepy town and consists of the homes of locals and then four tourist trap restaurants lining the beach. Large ships come daily bringing […]
Where we’re going, we don’t need roads, Ilha Grande, Pt 3
I awaken in the tent, hot, sandy and sticky. Orien and I pack all our things and head out to find the Blue Lagoon. But first, we must cross the bay. The blaring sun beats down on us as we walk in the sand past private houses and docks. The bay seems to be endless, […]