In response to the question, "where shall we go tonight?", your companion will bring you into a house at the center of an unfamiliar neighborhood. In this closed off patio, in this town halfway between Rio and Fortaleza, people come to drink and talk. Music blares from an old stereo at the corner. You will be one of the few people whose skin color is not coffee. Surrounded by low houses with their tin roofs, you will nervously ask your companion what to do. She will say, "Buy everyone a beer." Heed her advice.