Robin Sparks

An American woman’s global search for a new country

Life is a Beach

I am at Tartaruga Beach, one of twenty beaches on the Buzios peninsula. In Brazil, going to the beach is the raison d’ etre – everything is planned around it – and so when in Rome… The long curved sliver of sand is lined with chaises,...

THE LESSON

I moved into an apartment today just a few feet from the water. The WHY I switched locations is another story which I will write about when I’ve had a chance to cool down. Suffice it to say, that leaving the Aqua Barra Guesthouse in Buzios, Brazil was something...

BLOGJAM

LOG-BLOG!!! Half finished articles are jamming my notebooks faster than I can write and log them. Someone told me a “blog” is the “same as an article, only unpublished”. I am in Brazil with stories coming out of my ears. But I normally spend up...

Ex in the City

Ex In The City was formed by Margaret Manning and her son Nathan, to empower and inspire “dumped, divorced, dynamic divas

SHARK ATTACK!

Surfer on Buzios Beach, Brazil I have set out to swim alone among the expats of Buzios. Stefano, who once tooled around Miami in a long yellow Cadillac, played professional tennis in France, frequented the international party circuit between Uruguay, Marabella, and...