Bizarre Brazil

I have told you about Pelé –so, here you can see, in this homage, our hero – I mean the Martinican hero, Pelé – making a goal and Stallone playing a very fine football!

(Victory Homage by LazyLamont92 - You Tube)

A friend of mine once said: “Muscle beauties don’t do Brazilian wax, they shave”. Well, I won’t disagree.

Paulista Avenue used to be the financial center of Brazil. It’s not so anymore, as most business fled to other Sao Paulo’s regions and to Faria Lima avenue. Though Paulista avenue is still an important financial hub, its role now can be described more as a civic space where most of the city’s demonstrations take place (last month there was a small anti-Bush demonstration, for example). Also most of the city’s parties like the gay parade, labor’s day, new-year party, Saint Silvester Marathon take place in it. It’s served by a subway line and most of the good and affordable town’s hotels are in its neighborhoods. Click on the thumbs to a larger version. And here, the old times Sao Paulo.

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This are some old postcards you can find on Brazil Postcards site, online since 1997.

The town in 1904.

Trianon Belvedere in Paulista Avenue where it’s now a park in front of MASP.

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