More weekend recap

The fei­joada at Suzana’s book store was really nice. We rode the sub­way to Cinelandia and walked to the trol­ley car sta­tion. The wait at the sta­tion was quite long and we were wor­ried that we wouldn’t get in. When it finally did arrive, we had to hang on to the sides, which felt pretty nuts, espe­cially going over the arches that stretch over Lapa. There is a fence, but all the fence would do is give you some­thing to tum­ble over on your way down or push you under the train onto the tracks. The trol­ley car sys­tem dates from the late 19th cen­tury when the wealth­i­est car­i­o­cas lives on this hill and rode it to their jobs in the cen­ter of the city. The train was packed and quite a num­ber of peo­ple were hang­ing off the sides. It was good fun. Later in the day we watched a trol­ley go by and side swipe a car, tak­ing off it’s side view mir­ror! The crowd at the book­store was chill and we lounged around for a few hours, eat­ing, brows­ing, and admir­ing the light.

In the evening, the capoeira school that is run out of the same build­ing did a per­for­mance. Two nights in a row Tri­cia and I ended up at mov­ing inter­ac­tive the­ater events. After a while, I real­ized it was Romeo and Juliet that they were per­form­ing. It was pretty awe­some the way they moved all the way around the build­ing, using the var­i­ous spaces and archi­tec­ture, with the audi­ence trail­ing as they went.

It’s awfully rainy today, and we need to get dressed up for the visit to the Ford Foundation…

To con­tinue with the theme of writ­ing about every­thing except what hap­pens in class, here are some pic­tures from the din­ner party we threw on Fri­day night. The whole class was invited, about 8 peo­ple showed for din­ner and some 6 more showed up later. I was impressed that we accom­mo­dated so many, if not ter­ri­bly com­fort­ably. I enjoyed hang­ing out with peo­ple in a con­text that was domes­tic and no one had to play tour guide.