Jeremy has left the building...

Jimmy, Mac and I were lucky enough to have one final visitor before we blow this popsicle stand. One of our oldest friends from childhood, Jeremy, came to visit us. I'm not 100% convinced he really came to see us; it might have been more the allure of the female Brazilian population to which he is partial, but we take visitors where we can get them.

Jeremy came to visit us in Brasilia and we wondered what in the world we were going to do with a good-looking single guy in that city, which doesn't have extraordinary nightlife (not that we would've known if there was even mediocre nightlife). As our friend James Watson used to say: "if the streetlights are on, the Storys are in bed." We need not have worried because the Brasilia nightlife came to Jeremy and thus began his love affair with this country.

Jeremy has been back to Brazil (to Rio) twice since then but he came to us in Sao Paulo this time. We removed all possibility of temptation by making him spend the first 5 days of his visit at a very family-oriented beach where there might be nightlife but he didn't experience it. It was a relaxing few days of lazing around in the sun, surfing, eating way too much, and catching up.


We returned to Sao Paulo after the long holiday weekend. Jimmy worked and Mac went to school, so Jeremy and I piddled around town. He was an easy, undemanding guest, which meant we didn't do nearly as much as we should have. But we did hit the Municipal Market, the shops, and the movies, all the while eating very well, no thanks to my kitchen or cooking talents.

It was a great visit and we're so thankful he came. Jimmy leaves Sao Paulo two weeks from tonight so it was a great excuse for us to eat at some of our favorite restaurants and to go to our favorite beach and to visit with a friend that we don't see often enough.

Jeremy, thanks for coming down. We loved every minute of it!