happy new year...

2011, the start of the Golden Decade (as Brazilians have been calling it) has begun.

Did you know... it's common tradition for Brazilians to eat yellow lentils on the first day of the New Year. Apparently it's a sort-of good luck act. The idea is that by eating the lentils, you will gain luck and become rich (the lentils are similar to the gold coins that used to be used as currency in the country).