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 […]
Walking Off the Shakes
Both Evelyn and I have worn pedometers every day for the past couple years, egging each other to get out and walk for exercise. It has helped my weight (though less than I would have liked), my blood pressure and my cholesterol. It has cost me nothing but a few bucks for the meter and […]
[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 […]
[Food] Eucalyptus Cafe (Cuenca)
I was originally thinking of writing a post for every restaurant we ate at here in Cuenca, Ecuador. It very quickly became clear that would really need a separate food/restaurant blog, and that it would not really be very interesting to most people. Instead, I will try to create a post only for the really […]
[Food] Mate de Coca — Cocaine For Altitude Sickness
Cuenca is at 8,200 ft elevation. When we were young, we skied at that altitute all Winter. Now, it is more of a challenge to walk 5 miles of hilly city at that altitute. Breath sometimes comes a bit too fast, or the head is a little too light after standing up quickly. Cocaine to […]
Wet Burrito and Really Good Jerky – Enroute to Death Valley
We started our drive today, to start a week+ long car trip with Evelyn’s sisters’ family. First stop: Death Valley. Since we plan on getting some (hopefully) nice photographs along the way, we wanted to start out with arriving in the desert in time for a sunset shot. Sunset in Death Valley is awfully early […]