Date: 02 Jan 1999
Just found you, I can't wait to journey on.JAMcB63@aol.com
Date: 03 Jan 1999
Dear Mrs. Thomson
I'm a reader of your page since I wasby the first time in the web (... and there go five or six years), but just now I felt encouraged to write you, mainly because my English is very, very poor, even to send a single note to anybody.
My words are of encouragement and grattitude, for the fine and wonderful work you did and continue doing to increase the Brazil's knowledge there in USA.
As a brazilian, 60 years old, a jazz ana merican popular music listener, wittness of the birth of bossa nova with Tom and João Gilberto, I ever believed that were impossible to a foreigner, specially an american, understand all the "nuances" of our culture, with high degree of regional diversification.
You prooved I was wrong: at least in your case, you've got all of our cultural aspects.
Finally, I want to thank you, for your wonderful work that makes us, a little more prouds of oueselves, And God knows how we need to increase our autosteem and confidence in our cultural cappabilitties.
I expect that you go on, doing your wonderful work. Very truly yours
Antonio L. S. Simoni E Mail: simvic@sto.zaz.com.br
Date: 04 Jan 1999
Thanks for your page you helped me on my report on Brazil.Thanks man.
Wesley
Date: 06 Jan 1999
I just read that Rio de Janiero's airport has been renamed to honor Antonio Carlos Jobim. Don't know who to contact but wanted to somehow express my pleasure on behalf of myself and the millions of other thoughout the world who have had their lives enriched by the music of Jobim. If you know how to make contact with those reponsible, please convey my approval and appreciation of their action. John J. Italiane, jjitaliane@juno.com
Date: 06 Jan 1999
Every new year I get shocked when I find out that precedent year's messages disappeared. It's a pity all those tiny pieces of joy lost in cyberspace forever... Never mind! We'll do it all again! Viva Maria! Joe Limper <limper@bhnet.com.br>
Date: 07 Jan 1999
Hello: I really enjoy your site.
I retired from the U S Army after a number of years and having spent 3 years in Panama. I truely enjoy that part of the world. While ther I was there my family and I were able to enjoy Carnival and wahtch Carnival form the Samba Dome in Rio. It was great!!
My wife and I are planning to have a Carnival Party here this year and make it our Annual tradition. I am trying to gather information about how to make the party more Brasil Carnival, foods, music, decorations etc. Any advice/ help or other sites to look at would be appreciated.
I also enjoy Brasiliam Jazz. I hae some tapes and went to a Brasilian group that played in the park in Washington DC while I was there. I have always be interested in Brasil and will one days vist the country.
Thanks for all of the help
My e-mail is wettig@earthlink.net
Keith
Date: 08 Jan 1999
Your site is so nice !
Rino from Istanbul Turkey
Date: 09 Jan 1999
Hello, my name is Brian Silverman. I am a freelance writer based in New York. I have been assigned a story for a magazine called Four Seasons: the magazine that goes into all the rooms at the Four Seasons Hotels. The story is about exotic ice creams. I read your column in this site about some of the unsual Brazilian ice creams. I would like to interview a
Date: 09 Jan 1999
Brian Silverman: I would like to interview an expert on Brazilian ice cream for my story. If you know of someone (Maria??) whom I can arrange to interview, I would be very appreciative. My email address is BSilverM@aol.com. Thank you in advance for your help.
Brian
Date: 09 Jan 1999
great site I am a brasil fanatic I lived there for a couple of years and enyoy your web site a lot thanks for giving me a taste of brazil so my memories won't fade obrigada , bom trabalha
Date: 11 Jan 1999
We are doing a television show in San Diego California for a non-profit television organization. We would like background information on Campinas as part of the Sister Cities program between Campinas and San Diego. Thank you. Bob Meissner // dmeissnr@sdcoe.k12.ca.us
Date: 11 Jan 1999
Cool site; the best yet. Got any reccommendations for a hotel in Salvadore; we're leaving next month. Chet & Judy Heyberger heytraveler@hotmail.com
Date: 12 Jan 1999
Hello, years ago as a teenager from the United States I spent two summers living with Brazilian families in Soracaba, Sao Roque and Itu. These cities were located in the state of Sao Paulo. The food that I ate was wonderful. I would love to be able to read VOVO's recipes in English since I don't remember much Portuguese. I was also wondering if you might be able to suggest how to contact the families that I visited. If there is a way to find e-mail addresses for them. I was also wondering how one might locate stores that might sell Brazilian food products in the Virginia, Maryland and Washington D.C. areas. It has been difficult for me to find manioc flour for florafa. Thanks for you help. My e-mail address is smrichwine@aol.com
Date: 12 Jan 1999
I found your web site to be informative and delightful. I peeked in to look for a recipe and ended up looking at everything else as well. Time went by so quickly. I'm just learning portuguese, hopefully, I'll be able to understand grandmother's recipes in the near future. I just spend a month in Brazil and I am especially anxious to develop the six rolls of film, most of them were taken in Florianopolis. Meiling Jo meilingjo@yahoo.com
Date: 13 Jan 1999
I'm like to find a guest home in Rio de Janeiro, if anyone known please recommend. Very appreciated. You can e-mail to : tnguyen45@yahoo.com
Date: 13 Jan 1999
I think this is a great website. I love Brasil with all of my heart and now I have a place to come to quando quero matar meus saudades!!! This is truly and original website and I can clearly see that alot of time, effort and love have been put into this!!! Brasil is a wonderful and beautiful place and this site just shows some of the beauty it has to offer. The reason why I say some of the beauty is because Brasil is so vast with culture and beauty, that to really feel apart of it one would have to go and spend time over there!!! The beaches, the discotecas, AS GATINHAS :), A CERVEJA, A MUSICA(o rappa!!), E tudo mais que tem para oferecer!!!! Also, the sport of BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU!!! It's a great sport and is one that I started about a year and a half ago. It is sooooo awsome. If anybody wants to check out my brothers website with me included in the bjj pics section...members.tripod.com/~saldana/mACa-1.html Um abracao para a dona deste pagina....Jason Saldana....Fresno, CA. U.S.A
Date: 14 Jan 1999
Beautiful pictures. We love to travel to Brazil to visit cashew plantation. Our supplier is in Forteleza. Hope you can recommend some organic cashew suppliers and Brazil nuts as well. We supply more than four hundred natural food stores in Canada.
Date: 15 Jan 1999
A very interesting read and to know it is coming from a female perspective. I'm from New Zealand and am off to Brazil in Feb 99 for six months thus my interest in getting all the up to date info I can on the place. There seems to be so much to do and see - however I will be doing voluntary work and won't have much money to throw around. Do you think I'll still be able to enjoy much of the sights and sounds of Brazil?
Date: 16 Jan 1999
Seria uma boa ideia se vcs tentassem montar aqui um site para pessoas sozinhas no Brasil que estivessem a procura de outras pessoas para viajar por aqui mesmo, ou noo exterior. Q tal? Sucesso, Jk Ps- O site e bem abrangente, muito bom.
Date: 21 Jan 1999
Wow is all I can say after visiting your wonderful web site! I will be travelling to Brazil from May 16th to August 11th to visit my Brazilian boyfriend. I was getting very nervous but after reading your pages on food and the proper way to act I definitely feel relieved. Since I am just learning Portuguese and have never travelled to Brazil before I am extremely excited. Muito Obrigada. Brandi-branmuffin@rocketmail.com
Date: 24 Jan 1999
HI, MYNAME IS LANICE HAMILTON AND I FIND YOUR COUNTRY VERY BEAUTFUL. i WOUL SOME DAY LIKE TO VISIT. I AM IN THE PROCESS OF WRITING A TRM PAPER ABOUT YOUR COUNTRY AND CARNIVAL. IF YOU WOULD BE SO KIND TO SEND ME SOME INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR COUNTRY AND CARNIVAL, I WOULD REALLY APPRIECIATE IT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. YOU CAN SEND THE INFORMATION TO: LANICE HAMILTON COLLEGE OF MANAGMENT & BUSINESS NATIONAL LOUIS UNIVERSITY 18 S. MICHIGAN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60603
Date: 25 Jan 1999
Brazil is My dad
Date: 25 Jan 1999
Hi, I like your site. I grew up in rio. I now sell brazilian products and own a catering business. I sell alot of guarana antarctica over the internent. if we can be of service please contact me at iansmarket@bellsouth.net Sincerely Chuck Tezekjian
Date: 26 Jan 1999
Can you answer a question for me? What kind of flowers are favored in Brazil? Please e-mail me at jnehs@execpc.com. Thank you!!
Date: 28 Jan 1999
great web site finally some recipies to prepare for my Brazilian Born husband. I have been waiting for immigration to give him his green card so we can travel to his family farm and figured I woul stand there and watch his mother cook his favs. Now I will have him scan the list of recipies and pick what he wants me to try cooking for him.
Thanks
Date: 28 Jan 1999
Hey ...this site is cool...it helped me out alot on a geography project i had...i tryed alot of the recipes(walnut candy,corn pudding,coconut kisses,and the milk caramel)they were all great... Well..please write me back at: amybd5@hotmail.com Hope to hear from you soon.....
Date: 29 Jan 1999
we love you
Date: 29 Jan 1999
Bethany Hudkins
Date: 01 Feb 1999
This is a wonderful site! It makes me wish I was in Brazil right now... I look forward to reading your tips from other places within Brazil.
Date: 02 Feb 1999
Hi folks! Every time I come back to this terrific site I love it more and more. Sheila is the one! From times to times I notice people posting queries about their acquaintances's addresses and phone numbers in Brazil. Here is a link to Brazilian White and Yellow pages. Just go to the following URL and you'll get it. I hope you meet your friends in Brazil. Go to http://www.jpl.com.br/tels0.htm . Joe Limper limper@bhnet.com.br .
Date: 03 Feb 1999
I am a college student at the University of Missourti-St. Louis, and I am doing a country report on Brazil. I am in search of statistical information about retailers and channels of distribution in the country. Any web links or information you could give me would be greatly appreciated!! Please e-mail me at s1024303@admiral.umsl.edu. Thanks. :-)
Date: 04 Feb 1999
oi sheila my wife's website at www.sdwtele.com/sa.html lets us take portuguese/ english translations over the web. I found you thru katie crosby's website, is it possible to get a link to my wife's site- do you work with any translators? let us know I liked your site very much a lot of info, get in touch thanks steve webmaster at www.sdwtele.com
Date: 04 Feb 1999
Oi, tudo bem? Meu nome é Luiza, sou de Campinas, interior de São Paulo e estou fazendo um programa de intercâmbio aqui nos States. Achei o máximo a sua Home Page, pois não sei se você sente como eu, mas eu estou MORRENDO de saudades da terra do carnaval. Adorei a sua descrição do Brasil, acho que você caracterizou exatamente o que cada brasileiro sente daquele super país. Espero que a gente possa se comunicar e trocar experiências, pois para mim está sendo uma e tanto, nova língua e cultura! Espero a sua resposta, Luiza.
E-mail: "lulicurcio@zipmail.com.br"
Date: 05 Feb 1999
This web is awesome,i'm an exchange student living in USA and i'm getting great information to bring to a project at school here about Brazil in tis web. Thanks,Izabela,New Hampshire,USA
Date: 05 Feb 1999
Sorry, i forgot to leave my e-mail address which is: dgilman@worldpath.com.net Izabela,New Hampshire,USA
Date: 06 Feb 1999
Well , I was interested in info on Brazil's Geographical frontiers, it's Crops, Population, Weather etc. for a Project work.
Shall be grateful if you can e-mail some info on this aspect to :
costman@vsnl.com
(I am stationed in Mumbai, India)
Thanks and Best Regards.
Nachiket Jawle 06.02.1999
Date: 07 Feb 1999
Do you know of a place to buy "tempero do vovo" here in the U.S.A. bcwuth@sonnet.com
Date: 08 Feb 1999
I had a quick look on this web side and enjoy it very much. I left Brazil 34 years ago, still writing to my friends, but no luck in visiting again. Thank you for memories.
Date: 08 Feb 1999
Hello Maria
It was a great pleasure to run into your web page. I live in Miami, and have traveled several several times to Brazil. I have visited Sao Paulo, Curitiba and Porto Alegre but I must admit that for me there is no paradise as Florianopolis. The beaches are beautiful and endless, they're full of life. The mountains are incredible to hike. I just returned from Brazil a month ago, we spent Christmas and New Years there. I can't wait to return! Have you visited this part of Brazil, if so do you have pictures? If not I would be happy to send you a few. I just believe that more people should know what they are missing out on.
Yvette@miamimotos.com
Date: 09 Feb 1999
It feels so good to be able to sit at the computer once in a while a "visit home" hurray for cybernetics. Thank you for providing this WONDERFUL service to us, transplanted Brazilians and Brazilians in the heart. When going to Fortaleza, look for my mother Cecilia Cruz; she is a 74 yr old retired nurse who works with the "Instituto de Ecologia Humana" with turism. She is great, has a great heart and will point you in the right direction. Tell her I sent you. My name is Aspasia and I'm a nurse here in Suffolk, Virginia. I've been here over 20 yrs and love this land. My mother's greatest love (besides her children) is her country, particularly Fortaleza, even though she is alagoana. Her phone number is 244-1870 (or from here 011-5585-2441870. This is something she wrote for the Institute: You'll love it: "Queremos dividir com o turista o que temos de melhor: nossas praias, nossos costumes, nossa cozinha e come faze-la. Encantar com a nossa identidade, o nosso modo de ser diferente e sermos encantados com a gentileza de sua visita." It goes on and on and at the end she writes: "Seja bem vindo, goste da terra e de seu povo. Diga o que quer, e quem sabe, possamos atende-lo". I'm her biggest fan, I guess you can tell. She also has great recipes, like Chichi de galinha. I know she wouldn't mind helping you so you can continue with this great service and have lots of fun doing it! My e-mail address is spazRNC@aol.com. Feel free to call on me for anything you may need, specially if it has to do with Fortaleza, or for that matter, with Virginia also. Hope to hear from you if you have the time! Aspasia G. Harrell 4464 Carolina Road Suffolk, Virginia 23434 (757) 986-2546 spazrnc@aol.com
Date: 09 Feb 1999
please note the bikini was invented by an australian.
Date: 10 Feb 1999
Interesting web site. Good for school work.
Date: 10 Feb 1999
Cara Sheila, não se i se você se lembra de mim, mas eu a conheci na Embaixada, por intermédio do manuel Montenegro. Meu nome é Renato Mosca. Sou agora chefe do Setor de Imprensa e gostaria de pedir um favor: a National Geographic está fazendo uma grande reportagem sobre o Brasil, comidas, costumes e tudo mais. Um dos importantes itens é a receita de uma feijoada, que encontrei em seu site. Pergunto-lhe se você daria autorização para que nós utilizássemos sua receita nesse artigo. Poderemos inclusive citar seu site como fonte. Aguardo resposta. Meu mail é remosca@brasilemb.org Abraços, Mosca
Date: 11 Feb 1999
Obrigada! Maria para sua informacao interesante, directamente da corazao! Cara Maria, e otras artistas... Eu sou escritora, novelista publicada por Random House, Inc., especialmente interesada em viajar para Ceara-- Jericoacoara e Fortaleza-- no Avril e Mayo '99. Voce tem informacao-- especialmente agora-- quase colonias das artes la? Para informacao quase minhas publicacoes, etc., olha em Amazon.com para mim-- "Xam Cartier." De novo, obrigada! Meu e-mail e : xamciaran.hotmail.com
Date: 12 Feb 1999
To: Maria-brazil.org
Desculpem-me por lhes escrever em portugues. Achei o seu site adorável. É a segunda vez que acesso após um ano.Na primeira vez encontrei as paginas da Imperatriz Leopoldina mas agora não a encontro. Por favor recoloque estas páginas, vocês não sabem o quanto isto é importante para a cultura do Brasil. Reiterando esses apelos faço um convite para visitarem o meu site: http://www.yojikonda.com Entre na seção cultural e vá para a página de Leopoldina.
Um grande abraços a todos
Yoji Konda
Date: 12 Feb 1999
Meu nome e Marco de Carvalho. Meu E-mail e: mcarvalho@foxinternet.net Sou brasileiro e toco musica brasileira. Tenho um cd e gostaria de enviar uma copia, e desta maneira anunciar no seu website. Se for de seu interesse por favor diga-me o seu endereco de correspondencia. Obrigado.
Marco de Carvalho
Date: 14 Feb 1999
hi sheila, it's elizabeth I'm in Connecticut and Massachusetts. It's Sunday Valentines Day and dark and dreary. Came to your web site for some cheering up. I am bringing my students to the Wolfsonian next Monday. Are you working on that day?
Date: 17 Feb 1999
Hi, Does anyone know where I can buy Brazilian food and drink in the Chicago area? Also, where can I get a recipe for a bolacha chamada "lua de mel" but in U.S. measurements (cups, teaspoons, etc.)and a recipe for capirinhas?
my e-mail address (for Maria Brazil only (not the whole world!)) is mmerrill@jonesday.com.
Obrigada!
Date: 17 Feb 1999
Dear Maria,
I wish I had access to these wonderful pages, including the recipes when my family hosted Claudio Manoel Brito from Minas Gerais in 1966-67. He was an American Field Service Student. He had to put up with Mama Cavalieri's home cooking, and not one Brazilian dish. He did not complain, though. He is now a neuro-surgeon in the Sao Paolo area. I wish I could locate him.
But, thank you for some delightful recipes. You seem to be a very dear person.
With great admiration,
Phyllis Cavalieri My E-Mail address is: pcavalie@JPS.net (I'm from California.)
Date: 17 Feb 1999
Otacilio Goulart Magalhaes, carioca, vive em Belem, Para. Se precisar correspondente pode contar conosco.
otacilio@logonet.com.br
Date: 18 Feb 1999
I just finished reading a very interesting book about Brazil called "Brazil and Brazilians: All You Need to Know." It was written by an American who spent 30 years in Brazil as CEO of several American companies. The book is being sold for download on the internet at http://brazilbook.com. I would recommend your citing this address on your homepage. Keep up the good work and best regards. Ben H. Barteldes
Date: 21 Feb 1999
Thank you for bringing a little of my home to me (I am from Manaus). I live in San Antonio Texas with my husband Mark. Telma Costa Paixao Stentz E-Mail: mrstentz@stic.net
Date: 22 Feb 1999
muito obrigado por nos trazer um pouco do nosso brasa . parabens
Date: 24 Feb 1999
Ms Thomson of Maria Brazil: By a fortunate happenstance, various links ultimately led me to your homepage devoted to the culture of Brazil. I began by glancing through the majority of the text and then landed on music and folklore. Now, every morning at work, I put on your medley of Brazil's greatest hits and I love every minute. The music is heavily entertaining as well as being representative of a rich and diverse society that I now long to visit. Im moved to begin studying the portugese language and to make that voyage. Thank you for making university studies and work endeavors a livlier experience. Ms. M.M. mmac0627@aol.com
Date: 26 Feb 1999
I am trying to find out the ingredients to a festive lime mixed drink that I enjoyed recently in New York. It was called a "KAIPIRINHA" and had a couple different types of alcohol, ice and pulped limes.
I hope you can help me out on this one. It was GREAT, and I was told it was Brazilian.
Thanks!
Date: 27 Feb 1999
Dear Maria and Friends,
I am a 33 year old college student writing a paper on Brazil.It is to be filled with various aspect that comprise the culture, politics,religion and the way business people behave in their home country. I was thrilled to find maria-brazil.org I not only found a wealth of information, but found myself lost in the beauty of the country (the photos are wonderful!) and wanting to be with the people of Brazil! You should be very proud to be apart of such history and rich culture! Brenda Plasz New Hampshire, USA
Date: 02 Mar 1999
I am looking very carefully in your very nice web pages to find any information about:
2nd International festival of folklore of Olimpia - Sao Paulo.
Best regards from aylar@online.no - Oyvind Larsen
Date: 02 Mar 1999
I loved the page!! I am an American, but my mother grew up in Brasil. I am working on a projectt for one of my classes here at college, and I found this page very helpful!!!! Thank you very much for taking all the time to do it!!!!
Kristin E. Neumann Cedarville College Cedarville, OH s1151745@cedarville.edu
Date: 02 Mar 1999
I loved the page!! I am an American, but my mother grew up in Brasil. I am working on a project for one of my classes here at college, and I found this page very helpful!!!! Thank you very much for taking all the time to do it!!!!
Kristin E. Neumann Cedarville College Cedarville, OH s1151745@cedarville.edu
Date: 02 Mar 1999
We have traced these anonymous messages to isvorfiat.bhnet.com.br IP address
200.251.40.227 They will remain here so people around the world can see how stupid this
moron is. And it's not the first time he does this either. Sad that it's a Brazilian from
Minas Gerais doing this, isn't it? Sheila
this place sucks
Date: 03 Mar 1999
your site suck
We have traced these anonymous messages to isvorfiat.bhnet.com.br IP address 200.251.40.227 They will remain here so people around the world can see how stupid this moron is. And it's not the first time he does this either. Sad that it's a Brazilian from Minas Gerais doing this, isn't it? Sheila
Date: 03 Mar 1999
HELP ME!!! hello, i am an student from the US who is currently taking a international marketing class. we are doing group projects on individual countries and the one i have is Brazil. i found a lot of data on and off the internet but i can not find anything on what family life is and what are the roles in the society. i would love it if someone could email if they know of anywhere to get some information. thank you
-brenda(brenmurr@hotmail.com)
Date: 04 Mar 1999
Time: 09:17:06
Remote Name: 205.213.72.117
Remote User:
this address is ok I like the pictures