the green chest

Tag: Rio de Janeiro

  • fact friday rio: poverty and world change

    Violence is rampant in Rio’s favelas. Art can help. This is a big topic for the first post in what I hope will become a weekly series about Rio. I was planning to discuss only lovely things about Rio before I delved into the topic of class wars, but sadly, I couldn’t find much out…

  • a summer classic

    Confession: I’m really struggling with the don’t-buy-clothes rule. I didn’t realize I’m so interested in clothing, but Decatur has the cutest boutiques. I walk past them every day and read about them, too. They’re hard to resist. But I am resisting. One thing that’s pulling me through is a Scoutmob coupon for one of my…