/ maio 29, 2010 /
Welcome!!!

"Negative people upset me."
Steve Jobs, Apple

"Doubt is humble"
Bill Maher, comediant

Hello! This is a reduced version of the Portuguese site, but I hope you can still find some substantial content here! The essays will be posted shortly. Enjoy!

* Here's a piece on Dads in New York City! The dads that never sleep, taking care of their babies on a full-time basis. And, guess, what? They're VERY happy! Published in March 2010, on TPM Magazine.

* If you like caipirinhas, you'd love Cachaça Leblon! Read here, why!

* Sesame Street is finally back in Brazil, after its departure 32 years ago! Here's my interview with Big Bird, I mean, CEO Gary Knell!

* I don't recall how it was life before the internet, but I do recall how it was before Skype: terrible. So here it is Niklas Zennstrom, the CEO of this unique company, whom I interviewed...over Skype. He was in London, I was in Rio.

* Foreign-born males in New York were going wild to watch the soccer World Cup games. Here are some funny/tragic stories I wrote for the The New York Times's Kickings and Screamings Section!

* Naomi Watts knows how to scream - especially when she runs away form a guy called King Kong. I interviewed her for IcelandAir's Atlantica Magazine. Check it out!

* I finally got Umberto Eco's interview translated! The interviewed took place at his office, in Bologna. This Italian professor is a real genius.

* You can also read my interview with Irshad Manji, this great Canadian Muslim journalist, whom I met in New York. Her book, The Trouble with Islam, is a best-seller. You may aslo check her website.

* Now, that Israel has a uncertain future, maybe we should listen to what Shimon Peres has to say. Here's my interview with this this wise 80-year old, in Jerusalem.

* Click here to watch a great documentary about land occupation in Brazil, made by two American journalists, Adam Raney and Chad Heeter, to PBS FRONTILNE World. It is a fantastic 15-minute piece.

* It was a real pleasure to cover Ashes and Snow,
this incredible photo exhibition by the Canadian Gregory Colbert. Veja Magazine published my story, including an interview with him, on four pages, displaying part of his formidable work.

* Hanoch Piven is one of my idols. The story I wrote about this great artist, who uses his trash-can to create collages and cartoons, is in Portuguese. However, you can always check his website out. His collage is worth a thousand words.

* If you are a foreigner living or going to Brazil, these are your websites - Brazil Max and Gringoes.com
More on Brazil, in the New York Times,click here.

* If you are in the US, go to a Starbucks and get a bottle of Ethos Water. This way, you will help kids all over the world get clean water.

* You may want to help refugee children around the world. It's easy. Just click here.

[ por Tania Menai ]