Random thoughts de Sudamerica

• There is a song that tends to follow me and the wifey around,  no matter where we go - restaurants, the Dominican Republic, el bano:  The Girl from Ipanema.   It is a Brazilian (my number one wishful destination - I wanna be a Brazilionaire) song, so in Portugese (Go Cubby!), it is Garota de Ipanema.  It was originally titled Menina que Passa, or The Girl Who Passes By, which is far better than their other consideration:  The Girl Who Passes Wind.  Strangely for a locale noted for their comely beauties, the song was written for a musical comedy titled Dirigivel or The Blimp.  The song, not the musical, won the grammy for record of the year in 1965, one year prior to my birth (when another exotic sounding song won - A Taste of Honey by Herb Albert).  
• Speaking of south of the border (no, not Taco Bell - which sounds yummy, even though a new Chipotle just opened up by us - which also sounds yummy), my eldest is reading The Adventurers by Harold Robbins.  Dios Mio!!!
• And just for the record, my yeldest youngest is reading Tales of a 4th Grade Nothing by Judy Blume.  And that's as advanced in Judy Blume she gets.
• I'm reading Lost in Shangri-La, which sounds like a nice place to be - except for the plane crash and the cannibals.  
• Just booked a mini-trip to Scottsdale in the spring to see the P's and break flatbread with the Indiana Brother.  Looking forward to it, even if it's not Ipanema.