“Todo a cuara” (all for a quarter) is a favorite expression used by many Panamanians to refer to cheap food stalls. Most of these cheap restaurants are located within the vicinity of Calidonia in Panama City, Panama. Construction workers, laborers, park cleaners, low-paid government employees, taxi and bus drivers seek these places for their tasty [...]
Archive for May, 2010
All For a Quarter
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Food, Food Stalls, Panama, Restaurants, Todo a Cuara, Tourism on May 11, 2010 | 13 Comments »
Reading in the Park
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Cell Phones, Family, General Comptroller's Office, Grandfathers, Grandsons, Human Bonds, Morning, Park, Reading on May 10, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I visited Parque Urraca two weeks ago. The visit was not exactly to the park. In fact, I was interested in participating in the population census which would be carried out by the General Comptroller’s Office. This building is located adjacent to Parque Urraca. I got there early in the morning, since I was interested [...]
Joke: Golf Pragmatism
Posted in Jokes, tagged Blind, Doctors, Engineers, Firefighters, Golf, Ministers, Pragmatism, Sight, Sports on May 9, 2010 | 1 Comment »
A doctor, a minister, and an engineer were playing golf one day. They were frustrated by the slow play of the foursome ahead of them. They couldn’t seem to hit the ball anywhere, they drove their cart into a tree, they stumbled around, lost balls and left them laying behind in obvious locations. Their golf [...]
My New Computer Desk
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Computers, Faxes, Furniture, Hardware, Hewlett-Packard, MasterCard, Monitors, Printers on May 8, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Most of my computer equipment is a bit old, and has resisted time with grace. For example, my computer desk was purchased in 1993. It was 17 years old. I said was because it had to be replaced two days ago due to a painting job at my office. When Mr. Perea, the painter, moved [...]
A Regal Mansion in Bellavista
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Architecture, Bellavista, Gardens, Green, Mansions, Panama, Structures, Vegetation on May 7, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Bellavista used to be an exclusive neighborhood for upper middle class people during the forties and fifties. The style of the houses was unique with thick walls and very high rooms to improve ventilation. I understand the name of the architectural style was “Bellavista“. When I first came to Panama City, in 1972, I lived [...]
Joke: Highway Accident
Posted in Jokes, tagged Accident, Guns, Highway Patrol, Humor, Jokes, Patrolman on May 6, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Ole’s car was hit by a truck in an accident. In court, the trucking company’s lawyer was questioning Ole. —‘Didn’t you say, sir, at the scene of the accident, ‘I’m fine, ?’ asked the lawyer. Ole responded, ‘Vell, I’ll tell you vat happened. I had yust loaded my favorite mule, Bessie, into da…..’ —‘I didn’t [...]
Swings at Parque Urraca
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Children, Colors, Panama, Parks, Parque Urraca, Photographs, Playgrounds, Swings on May 5, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Parks are not complete if they don’t have playgrounds for kids. When you visit a park and there are no kids, you know something is missing. Playgrounds for kids are mandatory for any park anywhere. Parque Urraca is no exception. During a recent visit to this landscape park near the Avenida Balboa, I saw several [...]
Major Web Browsers Global Market Share – April 2010
Posted in Web Browsers, tagged Apple, Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Market Share, Mozilla, Opera, Safari, Software, Web Browsers on May 4, 2010 | 2 Comments »
April is gone and we plunge into the new month of May. The dry season is practically over, and the first rains are here. I feel so good for this change of season. I was frying up like a fish with April’s extreme hot temperatures. Now the temperatures are lot cooler; thanks God. As you [...]
Urraca Park
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Cities, Gazebos, Panama, Panama City, Parks, Parque Urraca, Tourism, Urban Planning on May 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Parque Urraca is a nicely landscaped park located on Avenida Balboa in the neighborhood of Bella Vista where several people take their pleasure walks, kids have great playground facilities and the park is also home to various annual events and art exhibits. This section of the city gives you not only this picturesque park, but [...]
Russian Pragmatism
Posted in Miscellaneous, tagged Astronauts, Creativity, Pens, Pragmatism, Russia, Space on May 2, 2010 | 3 Comments »
When NASA started sending astronauts into space, they realized that the ballpoint pen would not work at zero gravity. A million dollar investment and two years of tests resulted in a pen that would write in space, upside down, on almost any surface and at temperatures ranging from below freezing to over 300° C. When [...]
