Chiriquí Chatter

While I was downtown yesterday, I stopped at the new ice cream store (El Rey del Helado).

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Saturday I stopped by a new organic store in David. It is in Plaza Mallorca and to the right of Dental Estetic. I spent some time talking to Brittany Wilhelm and took some photos in the store.
I asked Brittany to send me a short email and I told her I would put it in the [...]

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A new ice cream shop is opening close to Parque Cervantes. You can see from their name that they are calling themselves the king of ice cream.
The ice cream shop is across the street from the downtown Casino and toward Parque Cervantes.
It wasn’t open yesterday, but it is supposed to be open today. If you [...]

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Yesterday, I had to get some watch batteries replaced and some watch bands sized. The place, that is the best and most reasonably priced shop that I have found, is El Marquez Watch Repair. it is located at the corner across from Banco General downtown. They have opened another shop down the same street on [...]

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I received the following email from my friend Giovy in Boquete.
Hi, Just want to let you know that my bookstore is offering an office space for rent, the office space include energy and internet access.
Please contact me at 6808-8594 for more details.
Regards, —————————————————–
Hola, Solo para informarles que mi librería esta ofreciendo en alquiler un [...]

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BLOCKBUSTER has moved to its new location, next to Pizza Hut.

The hours are now as you see here. They seem to be opening later in the day. I guess this is to cut down on expenses.

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I noticed that there is an new commercial center that is being built in David. The area for the center is cleared and dirt is being moved. It will be across from the Mercado Artesanal on the InterAmerican Highway.

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Yesterday evening, I was invited by Señorita Lucy, of Viaje Crisol, to attend a briefing on the 2008 – 2009 cruise schedule. This was of interest to me after following the progress of Lee and Jenifer on their cruise on Lee’s blog (Boquete Panama Guide).

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Yesterday, I went with Dr. Sussan and her daughter, Sofia, to visit friends at Optica Lopez. Dr Sussan used to be the doctor you would see, if you went to have your vision checked. It was on one such a visit, that I got to meet this group of young ladies, excluding Martha.
Optica Lopez was [...]

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It looks like BLOCKBUSTER is getting ready to move. My guess is that when it moves, the other store will close. This store is next door to Pizza Hut. Not a bad idea. Pick up a couple pizzas to go, grab a couple of videos and have a great evening.

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