In S. Paulo

[petronia]

Theoretically I should have posted to say I was leaving but... yeah. *g* Got in at 11AM, had lunch at an all-you-can-eat place, went to the supermarket to buy water and beer, then took a stroll down Av. Paulista (major business-ish throughfare) past the Contemporary Art Museum. Attended a football match in the evening; two metro transfers and a 30-minute walk, but worthwhile. Weather is lovely. There's a sense of optimism to the architecture that's reminiscent of Shanghai, except they started building the City of the Future a generation earlier here - lots of monumental Modernist concrete - good Modernism, though, not ugly squat rectangular things. It's also less polluted than Shanghai, and restaurants have open-air terrasses. On the downside it's more expensive than I expected, and the sidewalks smell insistently of pee. o_O

There's free internet in the hotel lobby. Feel free to leave your coordinates if you want a postcard (comments are screened), but I'll be busier than usual this time so no promises. ^^;

Comments

[bell]

Take photos! :D

If you can, eat the following: palmito, guarana (<- the soft drink, specifically), pinhão (not sure if SP has it, but it's in season), and whatever fruit that's new to you. ^_^ I guess you could also try pão de queijo, and doce de leite.

[petronia.livejournal.com]

Photos are de rigueur - schoolmates are joking that they now know what it's like to be followed by the paparazzi. XD; Have tried everything except pinhão, which I haven't seen. THE JUICES ARE AWESOME.

[heliotrophes.livejournal.com]

To be fair, the last time I was in Shanghai I could almost breathe without choking. It's getting better! I'm Joy--rising college sophomore, returning to LJ after hiatus. The last time I was around I remember looking up to your tenipuri fiction and maturity re: fandom in general, and was wondering if you had a friending policy. Sorry if this comes out of left field; I'm trying this new thing called "taking initiative". :)

[petronia.livejournal.com]

Hi! *g* The friending policy in these parts is that I friend back anyone who friends this LJ - and in any case there's not much of interest that's locked, so. No new content that's Tenipuri-related since about 2006, I'm afraid, but hopefully you'll enjoy the occasional mp3s and rambling.