Friday May 18/12 update
Tom Thumb was almost waiting at my window this morning for a
meal and he didn’t care if I was less than a foot away. I got a couple of decent shots and played
again with one of them…. Hope you like
it.
Bella went off to do some banking then I met her and Bettye
& Chris for lunch at the Ital Deli on Avenida Solano. I really enjoy Avenida Solano because of its
wide center boulevard of trees and its direct view south to Turi and north to
Immaculate Conception.
Then the girls were off to bridge around the corner while
Chris and I wandered over to Parque De La Madre. I had noted on the way by on the bus that
they had painted over all the grafitti on the plywood surrounding wall and were
a new grafitti competition. When we
walked by it was obvious there would be a party later with music because the
stage and speakers were setting up. Many
of the artists were already busy at work using many mediums of paint to perform
their destructive magic. Some of the
works were quite incredible and many just plain weird. The art ranged from one plywood panel to eleven
panels. I will see the completed works
on Monday before Spanish class so we didn’t hang around long. I was disappointed that they had painted over
an amazing work of art along the front wall so I am glad that I got a good shot
of it about 3 weeks before.
Chris told me he had met a judge in a beautiful building at
the corner of Parque Calderon so he took me in to show off the magnificent
open-air courtyard in the center. What a
gorgeous sight!
Then we went to the iTur information office to see if the
May events booklet was available yet.
The nice lady there says they only publish those in April and November
when they have big city celebrations.
Darn it! I sure enjoyed being
able to see, at a glance, where everything was happening. She said we could check online so I asked her
to show me. She went to the same city
site that I check and the May calendar still has not been updated to show a
single event.
Chris and Bettye are pricing out appliances and furniture so
we checked out a large appliance store for comparisons on five items with a
prior quote from a competitor. When all
is done, they appear to be a whole $5 less.
Chris will go back tomorrow with an interpreter, try for a Sony TV in
the mix and grind them for a better price and a gift. Good luck Chris.
We didn’t want to wander around all afternoon so we caught a
bus to their apartment and we caught the end of an old movie, Solomon and Sheba , with Yul
Brynner (with hair and a beard, no less).
While we were watching this I received a call from Katie McNally saying
that they would probably not show up for supper tonight as planned. They were having internet problems, but more
seriously, her husband Layne had lost his false teeth!! This is the couple from California that only arrived yesterday to
check out our fair city for a couple of weeks.
Well we showed up at the California Kitchen shortly before
Bella and Bettye showed up. We waited
until 6:15 before ordering as Katie and Layne did not show up. The food was wonderful as usual and the
dessert absolutely scrumptious!
Enjoy the pics.
That was today’s excitement. Hugs to all.
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| 120518 Art Supplies at Parque De La Madre |
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| 120518 Artist at Parque De La Madre 1 |
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| 120518 Artist at Parque De La Madre 2 |
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| 120518 Artist at Parque De La Madre 3 |
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| 120518 Artist at Parque De La Madre 4 |
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| 120518 Artist at Parque De La Madre 5 |
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| 120518 Artist at Parque De La Madre 6 |
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| 120518 Artist at Parque De La Madre = 11 panels |
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| 120518 My Tom Thumb artwork |
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| 120518 New and Old Cathedrals |
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| 120518 Jet over Parque De La Madre |
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| 120518 Judicial Building Courtyard 1 |
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| 120518 Judicial Building Courtyard 2 |
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| 120518 Judicial Building Courtyard 3 |
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| 120518 Judicial Building Courtyard 4 |
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| 120518 Old Cathedral Belfry |
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| 120518 Avenida Solano looking north to Immaculate Conception |
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| 120518 Tom Thumb 1 |
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| 120518 Tom Thumb 2 |
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| 120518 Tom Thumb 3 |
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| 120518 Tom Thumb 4 |
