Chief of Police of Malibu

Little to report.  Long flights.  Alcohol costs $5 on international flights now (I don’t think I’ve sought alcohol on an international flight for years), so we forewent it.  Brazil is hot as ever and Brazilian customs & immigration people are still 100 times nicer than US (and 1000 times nicer than Russian!).  We’re staying in a hostel in Copacabana until we find an apartment, although we made little progress on that today after we arrive around 2pm after 24 hrs of transit, we took a nap and are now roused, showered, and looking for food.  Hopefully more to report tomorrow.  One funny thing–we met a Harvard Gov Dept colleague of mine randomly in the LAX security line.  He was returning to Cambridge from research in Japan and connecting through.  Another blow to the laws of probability is that days before, he had e-mailed Marcy (he used to live in the apt above her in Somerville) to say he was coming back to Boston and wanted to get people together for a beer.  It was the first either of us had heard from him in over a year.  Hope you’re all well.

- Dan