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3.77 today versus Greenback 4.23 against Euro. My friend from Europe who hasn't been here in 3 1/2 years cannot understand how Cariocas can manage with the price increases down here. We went past an a quilo restaurant in Lapa that was charging 7.25 reais for 100 grams. It is tough to find cheaper places for under 3.50 or even 4.0 reais for 100 grams.

OK, I ran across this blog by accident and had to post it here. By turns horrifying, sad, fascinating, funny and painful (often enough all jumbled up together), you gotta read it, it defies description. Many of yall who came of age in the 60s may recognize aspects of your own life here. PS Oz, there are several paragraphs on the Gaiety and other such clubs which you might like (about 2/3rds the way through). Also an insider's view of the release of the first anti-viral drug for Karposa's sarcoma and the vicious homophobia of the pharma company that developed it. And if you're Jewish &/or from NY/have lived in NY, it's a double plus must read.

If man walk through door sideways, he is going to Bangkok!