HUGE PUBLIC MARKET
A GOOD HALF HOUR NORTH OF DOWNTOWN RIO
LOVED BY LOCALS AND FOODIES
Showing posts with label Ipanema. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ipanema. Show all posts
Saturday, August 13, 2016
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Sunday, March 20, 2016
VINICIUS SHOW BAR, IPANEMA, RIO DE JANEIRO
THE TEMPLE OF BOSSA NOVA
About the only drawback to Bar Vinicius is that it is upstairs, so wheelchair users cannot enjoy its intimate confines, fine acoustics and outstanding shows.
The best place to hear bossa nova in Rio, this place has been an icon in the neighborhood since 1989.
It is named for Vinicius de Moraes, the Brazilian poet, lyricist, essayist and playwright who wrote the lyrics for many now-classic Brazilian songs and became a seminal figure in modern Música Brasileira.
The cover charge is a modest 38 BRL (less than $10 USD).
If you are lucky, the show will start at 9:30 p.m. on a weeknight -- rather early by Rio standards.
The singer and combo will perform for at least an hour and you will sip caipirinhas.
Skip the food, it is mediocre at best.
Despite a full menu, the downstairs restaurant is best only for its rustic feel and huge windows for people watching in fashionable Ipanema.
It is across the street from the bigger, more outlandish, tourist-filled Garota de Ipanema, the original Bar Veloso where Moraes and Antonio Carlos Jobim held court.
http://viniciusbar.com.br/index_en.htm
Friday, March 18, 2016
THE MOST LOYAL DOG IN THE WORLD
A BEAUTIFUL AND PROTECTIVE POOCH WRAPS HIS LEGS AROUND HIS SLEEPING MASTER IN A LOVING HUG
We thought long and hard about taking this image.
It was pouring rain that day in Rio de Janeiro.
We were under an overhang of a bank building, trying to decide what to do to keep from getting soaked.
We looked down and there was this great animal, protecting his owner.
The man obviously lives and sleeps on the streets.
His belongings are next to him in a makeshift cart.
With a bed of thin cardboard, he sleeps off the troubles of the world.
All of this was taking place on one of the most elegant shopping streets of the upscale Ipanema district.
We didn't want to invade the man's privacy, but we felt there was a story too true to not tell.
On the tragic side, no matter how much Brazil increased its middle class and scrubbed its image to host the World Cup and soon, the Olympics, poverty is all around -- and not just in the favelas.
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
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