Brazil Blog
About this blog
Thrill of Brazil is a travel blog all about Brazil written by Moon Brazil author Michael Sommers. Michael blogs about Brazil travel, culture, and more. He welcomes questions, comments, and story ideas.
Recent Posts
- Care for a Drink with your Film? (or a Film with your Drink?)
- Brazil’s Homegrown Tourism Boom
- Brazil's Best and Write-est
- Making House Calls in Rio (Part II)
- Making House Calls in Rio (Part I)
- The Dawning of Brazil's B&B Age
- Rio's Alternative Points of View
- Taxi Trouble in Santa Teresa
- Obamas Take to the Campaign Trail in Brazil
- Plans and Punctuality
- Reliving Tropicalismo - On and Off Screen
- Food and Lodging that Make the Grade
- The Making of Moon Living Abroad in Brazil
- U.S. is Number One Source of Immigrants to Brazil
- Best English-Language Blogs about Brazil
Welcome to the Thrill of Brazil Blog
Aside from the snappy appeal of its rhyme, there are several reasons for choosing the name “Thrill of Brazil” for my new blog.
Google “Thrill of Brazil” and you’ll find the term already exists:
1. As an excruciatingly bright shade of professional nail polish made by OPI (it’s supposedly a “classic”).
2. As the title of a very minor 1946 Hollywood musical churned out by Columbia pictures (back then known as a “Poverty Row” studio). The movie – which stars famous hoofer Ann Miller in one of her first screen roles – is pretty unmemorable apart from the fact that it was a late example of Hollywood’s “Good Neighbor Policy.” A U.S. political strategy dreamed up by F.D.R. in the ‘30s, the “Good Neighbor Policy” sought to strengthen ties between North and South America; as its main propaganda machine, Hollywood, was more than happy to help. more >>
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