Itacaré, in the low season (April through July) is almost like a shell of itself. Pousadas lay empty, restaurants close up. The center and neighborhoods where the natives live remain functioning, but...
Just a bit of what you see while walking around the part of Itacaré that still looks like a fishing village.
Weight works in funny ways here in Brazil. It is valorized and criticized in ways that would never even occur to someone in the States; I’ve started learning to love–and hate–parts of me that w...
Of all the things that I will miss about Itacaré, I think capoeira is definitely within the top two. I’ve come to love my time with these women every morning, the constant giggling and gossipin...
I bought my tickets back to the States this week. June 11 I fly out of Rio, make a bazillion stops in various airports, and will find myself in San Francisco on June 12, around noon, after a year awa...
Karen Karen is probably one of the coolest people I have met so far here in Brazil. I’ve decided that if I had been born into her family, in her place, I would be exactly like her, because we a...
I’d never thought of myself as much of a homebody until I started living in Rio. Telling my cousin for the third Friday that month that I was going to stay in, I realized that I really like sta...
This is one of the girls I work with at Libélula. She is super sassy (like all of them) and loves attention, constantly yelling and jumping in front of my camera. She also has this weird knack for pl...
So I’ve blogged about my experiences with Libélula before, talking about the frustrations and challenges of working with the girls, our International Women’s Day Parade, and a bit about t...
When I was about 13, a friend and I were sent by our Brazilian mothers to something called Brazil Camp, a casual gathering of people up in the California redwoods, where you could take all sorts of c...
Being that I have only one month left, I’ve been trying to take my camera with me whenever I leave the house now. Can you tell?
Hitched a ride to Ilhéus the other day. Ilhéus is the nearest city to Itacaré whose major claim to fame that Jorge Amado was born there (though some people claim he actually lived in Itabunas, anothe...
Just some shots of the wonderful fruits and vegetables I get to experiment with while living here.
Have I mentioned that Itacaré is a chocolate town? It’s actually one of my favorite parts about the place. You see, Bahia–the state where Itacaré is located–was once the center of Brazil, and h...
These are some shots from the morning I spent in the Mercado de São Joaquim, on my last day in Salvador. Apart from the awkwardness of being the whitest person there–and therefore very obviously a to...
Syncretism is a word often used in academic writing about Brazil. Brazil–and Latin America in general–is in fact famous for the role that syncretism has played in developing what is now known as Braz...
Salvador is a city full of façades. Driving along the lower part of the city, and looking up, all you can see are the façades of old houses, beautiful fleur de lis decorating their once colorful wall...
Salvador. Savior. My savior. But no, really. For someone who loves to travel, I can be a huge homebody. If it’s conducive to where I’m living, I can stay at home for days on end, working ...
Some things I saw while out and about.
Helping to work on a promotional film for Libélula, I went out with the film maker in search of some libelulas (dragonflies). Our journey took us the land surrounding the house of Libélula’s di...
The story goes like this: when my parents were naming me, they had to pick a name that would work in Portuguese and English. My dad like the name Ana, and my mom like Juliana, a perfect compromise. G...
I often think of the girls we work with at Libélula as pre-women rather than preteens. In the States, from the ages 11 to 13 we are usually preparing for teenagehood, when you get to pretend that you...
Itacaré is famous for its beautiful beaches its surf-perfect waves, and water so warm you could take a bath in it. But here’s the thing: there’s waterfalls too. Just a 15 minute bus ride ...
A lovely sunset from Pontal beach. I always forget what our little city looks like from across the bay. Seeing the fishermen coming in from a day’s work, and launching off from the little port,...
It’s Semana Santa here, meaning holiday for everyone. Beyond the church activities and processions that go on, I haven’t seemed to be able to understand exactly why everything will be clo...
Another late video that I finally finished of our trip in Argentina. This one is of the trip in general. Sorry it took so long!
A song that has inspired me lately. Thanks to Hannah for showing it to me. Everybody is Free to Wear Sunscreen Wear sunscreen. If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it....
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