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Daniel, Paraisópolis.Ben McGee (@mcgeesees) posting from São Paulo.
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Tables
On Thursday morning a street near our place closes for a small market, much like other suburbs on different days of the week. People mostly sell fruit and vegetables but in this part of the market during lunchtime it will be packed with people eating pastel, a popular deep fried pastry. Ben McGee (@mcgeesees) posting …
Worn floor
The worn floor around Senhor Joaquim’s barber chair. “The 60 year old floor sits under this one, this floor is a little over 30 years old”. Ben McGee (@mcgeesees) posting from São Paulo.
Barber
This morning I went to get a hairy and give my barber Senhor Joaquim a copy of a book of photos I made from Brazil. He features in the book and was very happy to see if after a long hiatus. At the end of my haircut he tried to give me money for the …
Estella
Another ray of sunshine, Estella is a librarian working here in the mapoteca (they have whole library just for maps!). This is her expression as she explains to me (in the voice of her pet birds) how excited they become when she walks through the front door. Ben McGee (@mcgeesees) posting from São Paulo.
Sunlights
The sun just peeked through this cloudy São Paulo day. When I was a kid my parents used to take me and my brother camping a lot in outback Australia. We would get out maps and plan our trip, looking at names of towns and mountains we didn’t yet know. I guess something rubbed off, …