Gringo Café Happy Hour with Dems Abroad
This Friday, May 4th, the Gringo Cafe in Ipanema continues their monthly Gringo Group Therapy Happy Hour, this time with...
May 1, 2012Topic
Ipanema
Leblon Beach Water Pollution Challenges
Leblon's beach receives run-off from the Jardim de Allah and Visconde de Albuquerque canals, and residents have long since been...
April 24, 2012
What R$10,000 Rents in Rio 2012
Renting in Rio with a healthy budget of R$10,000 per month (US$5,400 with today’s 1.8 exchange rate) most people could...
April 17, 2012
Cafes, Bakeries and Patisseries in Rio
Cariocas know their business when it comes to cakes and sweets with a variety of cafes and confectionaries (padarias) to...
April 10, 2012
Celebrating 2012 Easter in Rio de Janeiro
Easter (Páscoa in Portuguese) represents a significant biblical event, as well as the opportunity of a long weekend combined with...
April 3, 2012
Stricter Licensing for Ipanema Shops: Daily
New licensing laws will aim to prevent Ipanema’s main shopping street, Visconde de Pirajá, from being dominated by banks and...
March 18, 2012
One English, a New School in Ipanema
English language school ‘One English’ celebrated its opening in Ipanema, launched by a team of Englishman Robin Ward, and Brazilian...
March 6, 2012
Plan to Clean Rio Beaches by 2014: Daily
Rio State government and the City Hall have announced that Ipanema will be the first beach to be cleaned-up as...
March 6, 2012
Meetup and Gringo Cafe Happy Hour
Expatriates and Carioca friends will be kicking March off with the next Gringo Group Therapy Happy Hour event, held at...
February 28, 2012