Murals on walls near our home in Cuenca, Ecuador One year ago today, in 2013, we received our Ecuadorian resident visa and became officially able to stay in Ecuador as long as we wish, albeit with certain travel restrictions. I was thinking what I should write on this auspicious date. I finally decided I would […]
Dante’s Inferno Is Shrinking
Masks go on sale a few days before New Year’s Eve and are popular with old and young alike New Year’s Eve in Cuenca, Ecuador is like no other we have experienced around the world. This is our third NYE in Cuenca, and it seems to get smaller each year? You can see our blog […]
Cuenca International Chorale
This is the time of year to hear Christmas music. In the past two years, there has been a choral presentation at the Old Cathedral on Parque Calderon, which we have gone to. This year, the group was comprised mostly of gringos for the first time, with the songs both in English and Spanish. We […]
Magic in Cuenca
Tomorrow marks our one year anniversary since we officially moved to Ecuador. In that time, we have become a bit jaded. With so much to do every week (and most nights), we often hear or read about an event, then ask each other “so you want to go?” The answer is often becoming “it looks like […]
Approaching Our First Year Anniversary in Cuenca
Hard to believe, but we are only a couple days short of our one year anniversary of moving to Ecuador and starting our lives as a retired couple. So much has happened in this past year that it is hard to get my head around it. I find I go back and reread my […]
Comedy and Magic
As we have noted several times, there is always something going on in Cuenca. You would have to be a hermit not to find something to do every week. We started this morning with a going away party for some friends that have decided to return to the States after several years in Cuenca. […]
Ambassador Sings The Blues
Music is largely free in Cuenca, Ecuador. We could go to multiple music venues every week without spending a cent. Tonight there was a free Blues concert at the Teatro Sucre — about 4 blocks from our condo. It was starring Adam Namm, the US ambassador to Ecuador, on keyboard and as lead singer. We […]
Jhoss Joins Me In The Studio
Jhoss is a local Cuenca high school student that joined me recently in my studio. We both worked for several hours, trying out various photograph techniques, mostly revolving around capturing motion in still images. You can see some of our results above. This has been added as a new page in our Studio photography web […]
Guayaquil Art Show
Today we traveled to Guayaquil to attend the opening reception of an art show by four Ecuadorian artists. We were traveling with one of the main artists — Alberto Soriano and his wife Maite. Other painters exhibiting included Boris Ordonez and Pepe Luque. We had always fled Guayaquil as soon as our international flights arrived, […]
Hugh Done It
We are finding an increasing number of talented artists, musicians, actors, and others moving to Cuenca and developing ways of expressing their creativity. Last Saturday, we were treated to a murder mystery dinner show created by a witty and talented group of actors called The Cuenca Characters. Set on a cruise ship, the audience was […]
