"Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today."-James Dean
Feb 28
Here is the latest ACS message.
Date: 28 February 2007
Subject: Security Update – Pre-operational Criminal Surveillance Prior to Home Invasion
The Embassy would like to inform all members of the U.S. Citizen Community to be aware of pre-operational criminal surveillance that local law enforcement authorities have identified in Panama [...]
Feb 28
When I was in Costa Rica recently, I saw two fruits that I hadn’t seen before, but had heard of.
The first was called a sweet lemon. I am really not sure why it has that name. I didn’t find it sweet. In fact I didn’t find that it had much flavor at all. It did [...]
Feb 27
I wonder how many out there remember Bucky Beaver, the Ipana toothpaste mascot from yester year? I know I made my folks buy me Ipana because of him. I can hear him now.
“Brusha, Brusha, Brusha. Here’s the new Ipana.”
He came to my mind today, because I had my second visit with Doctor Rodriguez.
Today she [...]
Feb 27
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Yesterday I had another chili craving. Being a little lasy, I decided to just use the old reliable McCormick seasoning. I thought I had everything else until I was well underway cooking the meat. Then I noticed I had already used up the last of my tomato sauce.
While I was searching I saw that [...]
Feb 26
Yesterday I stopped in Los Molinos on the way back from Boquete. I have been there before, but one of my passengers hadn’t and wanted to see it. When we got to the main entry the guard came out and we told him we wanted to drive through. He got his clipboard with a sign [...]
Feb 26
I am sure you have heard of Russian roulette. I am convinced that Panama has its own version. I saw on the local news today that another of the large buses that run continually from David to Panama City and back had an accident yesterday.
From what I heard, the bus driver had fallen asleep. Last [...]
Feb 25
Since Sunday is my designated day to go somewhere and since I had not visited the new plaza in Boquete, that was today’s outing. I thought it would be a good day to try El Hibiscus restaurant again.
Feb 25
When I moved to my current theme, I placed my link section on one of the upper tabs and removed them from the sidebar. One of the drawbacks is that I have to remember to check on some of the sites I used to look at on a daily basis. Today, I went to my [...]
Feb 25
Yesterday afternoon my neighbor stopped by for a visit, and look what she brought. A piña colada cake. The only thing sweeter than this cake is my neighbor.
Feb 25
On the way back from the farmer’s market by the library yesterday, I stopped at ABEL’s market. I needed bananas and the market I had been going to had slipped up and showed me they were charging gringo prices. The last time I went in to buy bananas they priced them at two for a [...]
