Wednesday-Thursday
December 26-27/12 update #324
Wednesday was simply a rest day for both of us and it gave
us time to catch up on details for the upcoming trips. I also tried to get more info on a camera I
should buy and everything seems to point to a Canon T3i. I stayed online until past midnight reading
countless reviews from professionals and the vast consensus was to go with an
EF-S 15-85 lens. I did do a live chat
with B+H Photo in New York, hoping to see the camera on the Friday and make the
purchase on a Saturday, but since it is run by Hassidic Jews they are closed at
the only hours I could actually make a purchase. There seems to be better deals online too,
so I am going to try to find one of these cameras to test it out.
Thursday morning we noticed an Etapa truck and some workmen
in front. We had a small river of water
in front of our place emanating from the neighbors but hadn’t given it much
thought. They must have had a plugged
sewer and an overflow somewhere because they were digging down to the pipes to
fix something.
Bella headed downtown to mail out some tax forms for the
crochet shows I will be doing in January in NYC and Phoenix .
She also checked out a new self-cleaning GE stove that she wants because
our oven does not seem to want to heat above 350F. I want to talk to the people we bought it
from before making a wholesale change.
Maybe they will have a simple solution?
I went a different direction and hit every store that sold
cameras I could find. Finally the Fuji store kitty-corner from Santo Domingo directed me 5.5 blocks away to
DigiCam on Mariscal Lamar. They had the body and an 18-55 basic kit
lens, but not the EF-S 15-85. All the reports rave about the 15-85 and
compare it to a professional lens. The grip is not as nice as my Sony HX1 but I am sure I
will get accustomed to it. I loved the camera body, not too heavy and it
has an awesome flip-tilt live screen which is a necessity for old guys like me
that can’t bend easily. Even with the crappy lens it focused and operated
beautifully. The T3i even shoots RAW so I may need a lot of lessons from
some of my professional friends.
I am
going to email a few places in NYC for quotes on a package of items.
I did
see a few interesting sights while out there.
In the next block is another Mercado that we had been by on the bus many
times but had never entered. It appears
a little closed in and intimidating but it really isn’t. I was really amazed at the awesome quality of
their produce in there, very fresh indeed.
Down the
block a man was milking a goat right on the street and getting his results in a
small glass. Drinking on the run??
Oh, and I bought 9 more movies for $10, and I made sure they worked, were in English, good quality, and the sound matched the lip movement. I'm getting better at this..
I noted
that Raoul was installing dormers on the fourth floor where he may make himself
his own small penthouse apartment. It is
a very small chopped area but could be made livable for a single person.
When I
arrived home the workmen had already filled in the hole in our street and had
left, so they must have been successful in their repair.
That was today’s excitement.
Hugs to all. Please see all photos at http://souvenircuenca.blogspot.com/
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