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Yemanja Dance
Swing Brazil and Viver Brasil of Los Angeles, CA dancing the movement of Yemanja, the Afro Brazilian Goddess of the [Read More]
Honoring the Sea 2008
Honoring the Sea Procession in celebration of Yemanja, Goddess of the Sea, led by Vida Vierra’s Swing Brazil. [Read More]
Dida: Sound of Salvador, Bahia
Dida is an all-female percussion band that plays samba reggae, a music genre from Bahia, Brazil. Filmed in August [Read More]
Bali
Bali Highs
Bali is always magical. I remember my first time on Bali, as a nine-year old on vacation in Sanur Beach with my family from Jakarta, dipping my feet in the warm ocean, [Read More]
Turkey
1000 Things to Spend Your Money On In Turkey
Turkey is best enjoyed by bus. The long bus trips through this magnificent country rich [Read More]
Road Trip Through Turkey
I am somewhere between Konya and Antalya, halfway through my two-week Turkey road trip. [Read More]
Day 1 Istanbul: Random Thoughts
1. “A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.” ~ Lao [Read More]
Brazil
Salvador: Land of the Drums
What is it about Salvador de Bahia that enchants those who visit? Is it the long stretch of sand around the Bay of All Saints and the perpetual sunshine? Or could it be the [Read More]
Stories
Chasing the Light of Angkor
Adventures happen when we let strangers and intuition guide us on our travels. Such is [Read More]
DOLCE POSITANO
Imagine the joy of waking up to a poster-perfect view of shimmering blue sea, bright blue [Read More]
Finding the Spirits of Peru
September 2008 As I’m writing this, I have been back in Southern California for a [Read More]
Arts
A Venice Life
What is it about Venice, California, that draws in the artistic, the spiritual, the bohemians, and the dreamers? Perhaps it’s the ocean, or the sunshine. More likely, it’s the palpable collective intellectual and creative energy of the community. Always bohemian at the [Read More]
SAN FRANCISCO ETHNIC DANCE FESTIVAL
The truest expression of a people is in its dance and in its music. Bodies never lie. ~Agnes de Mille A highlight from a [Read More]
Yemanja Dance
Swing Brazil and Viver Brasil of Los Angeles, CA dancing the movement of Yemanja, the Afro Brazilian Goddess of the Sea. [Read More]
Dida: Sound of Salvador, Bahia
Dida is an all-female percussion band that plays samba reggae, a music genre from Bahia, Brazil. Filmed in August [Read More]