Road To Rio

ROAD TO RIO

Back to Brazil ...
After spending three days in Sao Paulo, Eliza and I headed to Rio by bus. It was a six hour trip and a great way to see the landscape -- especially since we got to sit on the second level in the front seats.


At the bus station


Still in Sao Paulo



Still in Sao Paulo. Campground or shantytown...



Leaving Sao Paulo



Clearly outside of Sao Paulo ... and into Global Communist Consumerism









Eliza's feet












Beautiful!


Eliza has put on her boots ...


Getting close ...


We're here!

Illustration - Play

CRAVING FOR THE EXTRODINARY

Check it out! The book ILLUSTRATION - PLAY is now available at www.victionary.com
Lots of awesome artists!!! and I'm lucky to be included! You all ROCK!!














the blotchiness is my scanner, not the book

More Pics from Sao Paulo

MORE PICS FROM SAO PAULO

Going through my pictures, I realize that most of them are of architecture, design, and environment. Not sure why, but I'm generally not as interested in the fun party pics -- not that we didn't have plenty of those moments during the travels -- I can't believe I don't have ANY pictures from the Gaby Bex show -- but when I pull out the camera, it seems to be for the structural/environmental experiences.

Sao Paulo had a very seventies feel to it -- I think some of that might be due to the lack of hyper visual stimuli, but I was also very aware of the attention to design elements that aren't part of the current consumer culture. One of the moments that left both Eliza and I stunned was noticing that the McDonalds didn't even have golden arches!!! The only complaint that we heard from residents with regard to the lack of advertising was that it's been challenging to provide directions for people.

Oi!

Oi!
As in Oi Vei! (not "Hi" in Portuguese, one of the most complex languages to grasp)


(hi eliza, i meowiss you!)

I think the past year (and then some) has caught up to me -- I've been sick for the past week with a bad case of the flu (miserable for me, great for The Kitten) ... lots of activity and travel over the last 12 months, which has been exciting, but also challenging given other things -- most prominently the stress that's amassed from the harassment by my landlord. Among other things, we haven't had access to our power breakers for over a year and our garbage bin was moved from a locked room to our entry way on the street so that we constantly have people rifling through our trash. I could go on and on ... but I'll leave it to karma...

Instead will redirect to more pics from the trip to South America:


view from Eliza's flat in Buenos Aires





so love these road signs!


cool building


walking


am loving the queer window designers! you GO boys!




this is for you Miss CC


snack after a literary reading in San Telmo



lounging ... happy b-day ebx!


x marks the spot


supposedly Jenna Bush's new digs in San Telmo


there's NO Escape from these hideous hearts!!!!!!!!! we got to know the Buenos Aires airport really well after we missed our scheduled flight to Sao Paulo (it was printed wrong on our tickets!!)



we thought of you, Dr. Arcega ...


and here we are in the taxi from the Sao Paulo airport to the hotel. we LOVE Sao Paulo -- it feels a little like a ghost city without the advertising -- will write more about the experience when I'm feeling better.