Portuguese author and Nobel Prize winner José Saramago, whose chilling Ensaio sobre a cegueira was published in English as Blindness , and ...

These photos are from a couple of years ago, but I think the energy and feel of São Paulo remains palpable in each shot. I was also a littl...

In this, the season finale of the Fly Brother Podcast: São Paulo: Scratch & Sniff Playlist: "Homenagem a Barra Funda" – Julgad...

Today, I return to São Paulo, my favorite megacity, for a weekend of sophistication and debauchery. Brazil's largest city presents me w...

Image by street paparazzo Carnival, the annual celebration of debauchery preceding 40 days of disciplined abstinence leading up to Easter, i...

Before moving to a new place, you have to establish your priorities; what exactly do you want from the city you'll be calling home...

Watch this shiny, sing-songy, well-meaning tourist board commercial about my favorite world city, São Paulo. Now watch this short film, whic...

The last post of a 4-part series on my year-end jaunt through the Promised Land, aka Brazil. After an early-morning flight back from Rio to ...

This is for all my HBCUans in the house, and all lovers of Southern black college and high school marching bands: tell me, tell me this do...

Part 1 of a 4-part series on my year-end jaunt through the Promised Land, aka Brazil. It all started with a 6 AM (Colombian time) flight out...

Yesterday was the end of my three-week long Christmas vacation in Brazil. There was sun, sweat, sand, sex, song, and samba in varied combin...