Tag Archives: interactive
Favorite Brazilian Author Posted by Rachel on Jul 23, 2009
For today’s interactive feature, the question is: who is your favorite Brazilian author? Even though most Americans and Europeans are most familiar with Latin American authors like Garcia Marquez and Isabel Allende, Brazil has produced quite a few world class novelists, poets, and playwrights that have not received the international acclaim they deserve. Though Paulo…
Favorite Brazilian Drink Posted by Rachel on Jul 17, 2009
Brazil has some of the most amazing juices, smoothies, and drinks in the Americas that you can usually get on every street anywhere in the country. By day, there are fresh coconut waters, tropical fruit juices, and açaí smoothies, and by night, the famous caipirinha and hundreds of locally brewed beers. So for today’s interactive…
Favorite Brazilian Athlete Posted by Rachel on Jul 9, 2009
Though Brazil is best known for its outstanding soccer players, it has produced amazing athletes in other sports as well, like volleyball, Formula 1 racing, and track and field. For today’s interactive feature, the question is: who is your favorite Brazilian athlete? Though there are many soccer players to chose from, my favorite athlete of…
Favorite Brazilian Beach Posted by Rachel on Jul 2, 2009
Brazilians are very serious about their beaches, partially because they have so many beautiful ones to choose from. From Amapa to Rio Grande do Sul, there are thousands of miles of coastline. So for today’s interactive feature, the question is: what is your favorite Brazilian beach? I think this is an exceedingly difficult question, since…
Favorite Brazilian Soccer Team Posted by Rachel on Jun 26, 2009
In Brazil, soccer is life, and your favorite local team can define who you are. While everyone roots for the national team, rivalries run deep amongst city teams, where the heart of Brazilian soccer really lies. So for today’s interactive feature, the question is: what’s your favorite Brazilian soccer team? In Rio de Janeiro, there…
Favorite Brazilian TV Show Posted by Rachel on Jun 19, 2009
For today’s interactive feature, the question is: what is your favorite Brazilian TV show? Though Brazil is best known for its novelas, it also has produced some interesting reality shows, often local adaptations of foreign reality shows. I happen to be a big fan of “Troca de Familia,” a Brazilian adaptation of the American show…
Portuguese Courses in the US Posted by Rachel on Jun 11, 2009
For today’s interactive feature, I want to know if any US-based readers are taking formal Portuguese classes, and what you think about the classes. The question is: do you take a Portuguese class at a language school or with a private tutor? Is it helpful? Is it worth the time and money? Though I’ve never…