24.10.23 - Trocar de pneu com carro andando

Halloooo,

Hope all well. 

We've been having an unusually sociable week so far - Bruna came back from an extended stay in the German hinterlands, so we hung out in various restaurants discussing Andreia and Brunno's upcoming nuptials, plus I spent two straight days at the office for Crisis Management training, and a Halloween-themed happy hour on Friday night (I dressed up as an unpaid gas bill and was voted second-best costume, bagging some chocolate in the process).

In other news, I've made a new playlist, and my phrase of the day comes from the afore-mentioned training - "to change the tire while the car is already in motion", or make do in a less-than-ideal situation. And that's all  for now - see you sooooon!

A Fred of the Curve

17.10.23 - Sair de fininho

Hallooooo,

Hope all well!

We've been out and about this weekend, visiting Fernanda and her brand-new sprog in the maternity ward, then on to the second birthday party of Olivia (Taynah & Rafa's kid) in a soft-play buffet. Meanwhile, the Minas Gerais crew drove down for the long weekend and stayed at Zila's, so we went for a pizza and catch-up with them.

In other news, Gabi's started teaching an online course with a school in Brasilia, I've made a new mixtape, and my phrase of the day ("sair de fininho", or "leave in a skinny way") means to sneak out of an awkward social engagement, unnoticed. And that's about it for now!

Speak soon,

Fred, Shoulders, Knees & Toes

10.10.23 - Dar o peido mestre

Hallooooo,

Hope all well and looking forward to seeing you en bref! Not much to report over here this week, except for when we got the grandparents together for Sunday lunch at Zila's like some kind of supergroup, and managed to get everyone back home before the floods took the streets of São Paulo. 

In other news, I've made a new compilation, plus another spring-based mix for Instagram which isn't very seasonally appropriate for you Europeans... And my phrase of the week comes from Portugal, where "dar o peido mestre", or "to let off the master fart", is a curious euphemism for dying...

Ciao for now,

Frod Stewart

03.10.23 - Meia-boca

Hallooooo,

Hope all well as we enter the final stretch of 2023. Over here we were all set to head to an air show down the road on Sunday but rain stopped play, so we went for a nice Northeastern meal instead. Otherwise I've been catching up on U2's orb show in Las Vegas and flopping around nursing bruised ribs, etc.

In other news I've made another wildly eclectic compilation, and my phrase of the day means "half-mouth", which would be "half-hearted" or "half-arsed" in English... And that's about it for the noo, speak soon!

The Fred Zone