My way cool bosses at Crain today told me they are going to take a stab at letting me work remotely from Brazil. If I ever, ever, ever have complained about work, I take it back. Not only will I be the most loyal employee ever, they are going to get some great work out of me from the (way) southern bureau of Automotive News. The built-in desk that I'll be using in our Sao Paulo apartment office is pictured in this post. As part of the deal, I'll be coming home every 4-6 weeks for a week or so at a time. How sweet is that?? I can stock up on tennis shoes, jeans and electronics in the U.S. and sell them from my trunk in Brazil. (Just kidding!)
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You might actually be able to start a profitable side business, lol. Every time we go to Brasil, we take electronics and you wouldn't believe how fast word gets out that we have stuff on the cheap (but still at a profit to us).
very cool about the job - and the returning so often!! It will make it easier to keep the family in peanut butter and such. I agree with Mamasphere - you could get a side business going, but the down side is once the word gets out, you may be given enormous lists from friends who want you to bring stuff back. Resist this as much as possible or you will spend your whole visit running around getting other people´s stuff!!
(oh, btw, the comment about adapting/honeymoon stage was me, sometimes I don´t sign into my google account. Who knew Corinne was such a popular name??)
We lived in Sao Paulo and never had a problem buying anything we needed, including great quality locally made mattresses, sometimes the price is off but again the exchange rate comes in to rescue.
Don't go crazy buying everything because you will be able to find absolutely everything in Sao Paulo.
Remember comments from people who lived in other parts of Brazil will be as useful as comments from someone who lived in Cambodia or Alaska for someone going to Sao Paulo, it really is a completely different part of Brazil, principally anywhere north, including Rio de Janeiro.
Like our friends always told us, if you can't find it in Sao Paulo it doesn't exist.
TWO THINGS YOU MUST TAKE TO BRAZIL:
-Washer
-Dryer
They have washers and dryers, of all brands and prices, but because of the local culture of having maids, their washer and dryers are different, they are not for every type of clothes, mainly for linens and underwear.
They are not good with all kinds of clothes, only some, once you are expected to have a maid to wash your delicate clothes and send the rest to the cleaners.
Our experience with Brazilian washers was a lot of destroyed clothes.
Ray
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