Happy Birthday to Me!

Classy from a young age

Since it is my birthday I thought I would make this blog post totally 100% about me. It is my birthday after all.

So here you go!

Things you didn't know about me:

15. I like to call men's underwear panties.

14. I'd move to Europe in a minute if we could.

13. One of my favorite places in Brazil is Buzios.

12. I would so get a boob job if anesthesia didn't scare the crap out of me.

11. I hate whistling. If you want to annoy me, you now know how to do it.

10. I can play a mean game of Super Trump (super trunfo in Portuguese)

9. I have an endlessly empty stomach, especially for junk food. You should see me at Brazilian children's bday parties. This will bite me in the ass eventually.

8. I LOVE cottage cheese. Love it, would roll in it, and would eat it daily (with celery salt of course).

7. I hate celebrating my birthday with a big birthday party. Makes me weirdly uncomfortable. I like to keep the day low key.

6. I was once told by a tattoo artist that I have perfect skin for tattoos.

5. With both of my children, my left armpit smelled seriously rank at the beginning of my pregnancy. It was actually why I suspected my second pregnancy.

4. I have a weird thing about picking at my nails. I can't help it. I'm super fidgety and they get the brunt of it.

3. My brothers' nickname for me as a kid was Poop.

2. I hate bugs. Love the outdoors but hate the bugs that come with them. By the way, the bugs in Rio are on crack! Not fun.

1. I  have to sleep with one foot out from under the blanket. Oh, and no socks! 

Brazilian Pantie Lines

I once asked a female Brazilian friend what the deal was with underwear down here. Why no thong?  I mean, if a Carioca can bust it out on the beach, why not under their skin tight pants? 

She said it´s because Carioca women know how to seduce men. 

Say what?  How on Earth do pantie lines seduce men?  She had a pretty good answer for that one. 

It makes them think about the woman´s panties. 

Hmmm, now there´s some food for thought.  You´d think a smooth pantie line showing a nice butt would do the trick, but maybe the Carioca woman has something there. 

First thing first, you have to understand what a Carioca woman pantie line is.  It is nothing like the US kind, aka. is not a bunch of bunched up fabric.  Oh no, the Carioca woman has panties that fit her as well as her Brazilian bikini.  It´s just a thin line cutting downf the buttock. It´s almost a thong but not quite.

It´s as if she´s saying, I could have hid them but instead I decided to make you imagine what they look like. 

It´s just plane brilliant.