Blog topic: Misc

E Cocada Boa – ou Nao E?

By Joel Shuler | Published: July 5, 2010

Sim – eh cocada boa.  It’s good to be back in Brazil, especially given the humidity in Austin.   I was dying of hunger on the bus to Santos when the bus stopped to pick up someone and I heard “cocada 2 reais.” So much better than the C-Store offerings on trips to Houston and [...]

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Birthday Excuse – Parabéns pra Você Gilberto Gil

By Joel Shuler | Published: June 26, 2010

Using birthdays as an excuse for posting some great music. Gilberto Gil is 68 today.

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Food (and Water) at Finca Santa Felisa

By Lisiane Saude Shuler | Published: May 11, 2010

Water first… The farm workers, 100% Mayas, live on the finca  in simple houses. Last night when we were coming home we met one of the locals (here with her nephew) dressed in typical Mayan garb and carrying water on her head. It’s amazing to see, and even the young girls can carry the water [...]

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Finca Santa Felisa

By Lisiane Saude Shuler | Published: May 10, 2010

Finca Santa Felisa will be my home in Guatemala for a month.  It is an organic and shade-grown coffee farm with an intense focus on social initiatives and developing the community around it. Here is a shot of the coffee at Finca Santa Felisa. A few things to note about the coffee is that it [...]

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New Orleans Trip

By Joel Shuler | Published: May 7, 2010

If I told you that I went to New Orleans to sell coffee and ended up on BB King’s tour bus, would you believe me? I wouldn’t either – thus the photo. How did that happen? Well, one answer is that when I was a kid I spent two weeks in Rio de Janeiro where [...]

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