Three days in Ubatuba, Brasil – a beach lover’s haven!

Note: I have a working phone, woohoo! The whole thing went kaput and I had to get a totally new handset – the folks at the Apple Store told me that everything on it was gone (which included all our Ubatuba pictures) but somehow they have showed up on my new device. I’m not asking questions and just…

Volunteering with Project Favela in Rio de Janeiro

Ooh boy, this is going to be one of my most favorite posts to write. As Damian and I were planning this trip we knew that one thing we wanted to make sure we had as part of it was volunteering. Selfishly, it’s something we really enjoy doing and get a lot of fulfillment from, and less selfishly…

My Top 4 business-of-sports Professorial thoughts on attending a football match at Maracanã!

Ahh, Brasil and it’s love of football! As some of you may know, I spent 4 years working at the National Basketball Association (the NBA) and serve as an Adjunct Professor in Columbia University’s Masters in Sports Management Program. I clearly have a love of sports (especially my beloved Boston teams) and truly enjoy thinking about the…

Our first three days in Rio de Janeiro!

Note: I still have to write about our fabulous time on the beach in Ubatuba … but my not-so-fabulous iPhone decided to eat it and all the pictures are on there so I’m going to wait and see if they can be recovered before writing about that. For now, we are skipping forward to our first…

Touring in Bonito – River snorkeling and Waterfall hiking!

As mentioned in my previous post about Bonito, I wanted to write a little more in detail about all the amazing activities that Bonito and the surrounding area has to offer. Because tourism has grown only recently the whole system that is set up for visitors to tour is one that has been created to be as simple, effective and…