New Cathedral domes in the afternoon from neighboring rooftop Santo Domingo church, as seen from the same rooftop New Cathedral after sundown as seen from rooftop across the main square This afternoon we went to a party thrown by Vivian Slade — the jazz singer we have listened to several times from The Jazz Society. […]
Art Class Completed
Evelyn has just completed a series of art classes taught by renown Santa Fe instructor, Gary Myers, in his home studio in El Centro. Because art materials and studio supplies are scarce in Cuenca, Gary and Arie have developed innovative tools to use. For student easels, he used wooden wedges that were being used as […]
Bad “Expat Day” & Good Pot Luck
This morning was the Second Annual Expat Day, in which the city of Cuenca holds a small festival (seems there is a festival every week here) for expats. The idea is to have expats meet local businesses, be welcomed to the city, etc. Unfortunately, whoever set it up is a moron… 🙁 Once the music […]
Churches and Jazz Society
Evelyn has drawing art classes on Thursday mornings, so I walked the 3 blocks to take in the week’s laundry. $3.58 for same-day wash & fold for all I can carry is such a deal that I don’t really want a washer/dryer in Cuenca! I decided to take a long route back home, exploring a […]
Market plus Jazz Society
This morning we went out looking for a new adventure… in getting a haircut. See the separate blog entry from earlier today on that excitement. After my hair fit on my head again, we went looking for another almuerzos restaurant (it seems we could go to a new one every day and not run out […]
Independence Day Without Fireworks!?
[NOTE: Late Addendum] It is now just after 1AM, and the fireworks have started! I can see them over the tops of the houses in 2 different directions. Nobody we talked to knew when or where, but we apparently gave up many hours too soon. They were all over in about 5 minutes, but they […]
Dia de los Muertos
Dia de los Muertos is now over. It occurs on the second day of the extended Independence Day celebrations. Police presence in the city has been dramatically increased, with the newspapers explaining that they want to be sure no outside criminals come into town to prey on festival goers. I have seen no indication of […]
Cuenca Independence Begins!
Cuenca’s Independence Day is November 3, which is the day the city declared independence from Spain in 1820 (Quito had declared in August and Guayaquil in October earlier that same year). This is such a major celebration here that it actually covers 4 days — from November 1 through November 4 each year. Today started […]
[Art + Food] Vampire’s Bite At Sofy’s Orchard
Benigno Malo 5-72 y Juan Jaramillo Even more than most, Sofy’s Orchard is a hard-to-find restaurant. If we had not had that address in hand when looking for this new restaurant, we would have ended up eating elsewhere. We walked past it twice before counting off the address and found where it must be, finally […]