People deserve what they get.  But, please, in the name of all that is holy, go out and vote for Barack Obama.  Go volunteer.  And for godsakes if you’re in California stand up and tell those fucking Christians (and Mormons and all the other whack jobs) to go and suck it.  No on Prop 8.  Don’t fuck it up.

Help.
I don’t know what the fuck to do.  So, I am soliciting opinions and I will weigh and balance and shift and sink and figure this shit out.  I have a return ticket for January 13th.  Do I use it?
Staying or leaving.
Why I should stay:
a. It’s super fun down here.
b. I will speak just enough Portuguese in January to forget it all if I don’t practice enough.
c. Although the girls down here are a goddamned treat I think it’s unlikely that I will meet “her the one”.  I know I …

This is probably my new favorite place in Brazil. A little buteco in Santo Antônio owned by the most incredible guy. They had a brief mention in the New York Times last year which is proudly displayed above the bar.
Get your feet wet at Mercearia Lili (Rua São João Evangelista, 696, Santo Antônio, 55-31-3296-1951), a regular participant in Comida di Buteco. It is one bar of many in Santo Antônio, an upscale neighborhood of steep hills that require superhuman parallel parking skills or, preferably, use of the city’s metered taxis.
The …