Category Archives: General

Special Edition – Brazilian Food Part 2

Originally posted on The Meaning of If:
In continuing my post on Brazilian food, the below mostly highlights street and beach food. These were some of our tastiest meals. Pastel the size of Jon’s head. Great pastry filled with mince…

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Latino Quote Of The Day™ – Paulo Freire

Originally posted on Latino Quote Of The Day™:
“Reading is not walking on the words; it’s grasping the soul of them.”              –   Paulo Freire (1921-1997), Brazilian educator/philospher. Latino Quote Of The Day™ is curated…

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Descendants of Slaves Report Military Abuses in Brazil

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On destiny

Originally posted on riochronicles:
Some survive, some don’t. On Samba I  just survived a rehearsal with Estacio de Sa the other day. This was my second time playing with this great school after learning the tamborim part to their 2014…

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Installing the ground source heat pump system

Originally posted on Gallery in the Park:
It is not just the endless rain that Manchester has suffered over the last few weeks that has left the ISG site rather wet and muddy – drilling bore holes for the Gallery’s…

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La Féte des Pailhasses

Originally posted on Vin au Verre:
In my last post, I put up a bunch of pictures of the village where I now live, Cournonterral. Who caught the image of the two dummies on the side of the building? 🙂…

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Love life and Brazil

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Balloon Street, Manchester

Originally posted on Being 42:
Tuesday 21st January 2014, 9.15am (day 880) Yet another beautiful morning. What a difference a year makes — on 21st January 2013, Hebden Bridge was under several inches of snow. This is Manchester, and customers of…

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Basic Business Theory

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Domestic abuse and the new ways to expose the hidden problem

Originally posted on Joshua Tindall:
Walking down any ordinary street in Salford, it is astonishing to even contemplate that behind some doors will be abusive relationships. With tables suggesting that we have the highest number of incidents throughout Greater Manchester…

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