hey dad

Rio De Janeiro in June seems possible. Anyone know anything about this place aside from the two famous beaches and big Jesus statue? Worth it? Any cool day trips? If I had two weeks should I try to go to Buenos Aires as well or is that going to be cost prohibitive? This would be a family trip with a 16 and 13 year old in tow.

I know that Pearl Jam doesn’t play there enough

Post this in the Ask Jorge thread too

my wife and i went there in 2009 or so..it was work related for her and it happened to be during carnival..it was too fucking hot, the beaches were crowded and the ocean was dirty and full of trash..the beer was cheap..we had private boxes for carnival one night and madonna and brittany spears were there in boxes next to our business party..they brag about their meat but it was average at best from what i had...it takes what seems forever to get into town from the airport...have fun

Go to Montreal, instead. Doug likes it there, and the meat is good

I would clearly not be going during carnival.

its like that all the time though..

Almost probably going to New Orleans next weekend. I haven’t been since before covid. I was talking to a friend who told me he’s never been and that’s how a Halloween trip came up.

10 days until we head off on our 2 month caravan adventure.

Holy shit do I have a lot to do in those 10 days.

Spending next week in Portland. I hate Portland.

no you don't...you lived there and talk highly about it

Yes i lived there for four years. By the the time I left, my opinion had soured. Time hasn't done it any favors.

maybe it was just your version of portland you hate, and now that you've changed, you may like it this time

I hated it when I left in 2005.

I hated it more when I visited intermittently between 2007-2010.

I hated it WAY more when I visited in 2014 and again in 2015.

I loathed it when I visited in 2017.

I hate Portland. There is good: transit, food, thriving arts & culture scene, easy access to nature. But the bad far outweighs the good, IMO.

What’s the bad?

Rampant socioeconomic displacement and poverty enablement by the liberal ruling class, plus the embarrassing level of cognitive dissonance it takes for them to have created this community on their foundational ideals.

A homeless crisis second only to San Francisco. Crime. People pooping in the streets and nodding off on the bus.

Antifa.

The Decemberists.

do you spend your weekends fly fishing with ted turner now?

wow, i'm never going to portland.