Would You Like Some Pizza With That?

Okay, some of you are wondering about the island brothel behind the pizza place. (I'm not referencing any names or business name whatsoever--I don't want to be sued or sought by the Portuguese police..

Well, this what I know about it:

There is this guy on the island who is known as being a “business man” who owns a few establishments on the island.  I don’t know the name of this person, but everyone who lives there apparently knows who he is.  Well, this idiot, had a brilliant idea of a new “business.”  He went over to Brazil and recruited a bunch of women (prostitutes) to work for him on the island at his “bar” (brothel).  This place was situated directly behind a very popular, family pizza joint, on the same street as my ex-husband’s family home.  Lovely, huh?

You cannot imagine the upheaval that arose from the opening of this brothel.  The Brazilian women apparently were walking billboards for business.  They went walking in very skimpy outfits around the island, doing their shopping at the grocery stores..etc..  Bringing a lot of attention to themselves and drawing even more attention by some of the men, making them curious about the new “bar” near town..   Some women caught their men frequenting these places.  People split up, hearts were broken, and some marriages ended.  Married women started dressing up in more revealing clothes to keep up with the Brasileiras (Brazilian women).  There was scandal and betrayal in the air.

I’m not saying that there never was such a place on the island before, or that prostitution never existed, but these women were from Brazil.  New meat.  You must remember, it's a SMALL island.  In my opinion, Brazilian women (and men) are very beautiful, and if you ever heard them speak… (Sigh… I wish I had that accent..) their voices are pretty incredible.  Not only is Brazil known for its beautiful women, and Carnaval, but also for FUTEBOL-(Soccer), the most beloved sport of all of Europe—adding even more mystique.  According to reliable sources (relatives) however, I heard that most of these women were not that beautiful—some were pretty darn ugly, but they had that Brazilian mystique, and wore very revealing clothes.  On one occasion a number of them went to a bullfight at my mom’s village.  They all sat at the Casa Do Povo (it’s a large building/community center situated right in the middle of the town), filling up two windows.  There were men just standing there in front of the building, just staring.  One almost got hit by a bull; but he didn’t leave his post.  I heard it was quite entertaining to watch. 

Well, this new business did not last long.  Angry citizens (mostly women, by the way) all went down to the City Hall and filed a complaint.  It was soon discovered that most of these women came to the island with expired Visas, and were eventually all deported back to Brazil.  The idiot who mastered the plan got fined, and his business was shut down-don't worry, he is doing okay. 

 The good people of the island gave out a big sigh of relief.   Surprisingly some good came out of all of this.  A few homely looking men who sought refuge at the “bar” apparently found true love.  I know of one guy who is a very happy man, newly married with a hot, Brazilian mama.  His parents are thrilled, but have no idea how the two met.  It’s a secret.  The two got married, and moved to Canada.  No one has the heart to reveal how the two met to the parents.  Some things are better left unknown.

Personally, I’m glad that place is gone.  It was a little too close to my ex-inlaw’s home, and I’m sure my ex-sister-in-law, a devoted Catholic, had a very hard time living on that street when all of this was going on.   She must have prayed over her dozen religious statues every night.  She showed them off to me when I went to visit her this summer.  She then went on to say, with tears in her eyes, how she would pray over her brother, and how she would plead to him on the phone and in letters to come back to me.  Thank you God for listening to MY prayers that he stay away!

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