Sunset at the Lava Lava Beach Club in Waikoloa Village, Hawaii (above). The last time we were on the Big Island was over 50 years ago, so it was interesting to see the changes. There were a lot more resort communities and restaurants. Saddle Road, formerly a dirt road connecting Kailua-Kona with Hilo has transformed […]
50th Anniversary in Lima!
We reached our golden 50th wedding anniversary–a milestone we never thought we would achieve! Rather than celebrate it with friends in a local restaurant, we decided that this landmark deserved something a bit bigger. We decided to celebrate in Lima, Peru — a city known as the Culinary Capital of South America and one of […]
Video – Living in Ecuador as an Expat
Since joining the Eyes of Hawaii photography club in Honolulu, several people were asking me about what it was like to live in Ecuador. Being a photography club, I decided the best way to explain it was by creating a slide show / video for them. In looking over our photographic resources from our living […]
Living in Ecuador as an Expat (video)
We have begun to get settled into Honolulu, and establishing our routines here. One of my personal routines is membership into the Eyes of Hawaii camera club here. At the request of members, I have created a couple of narrated slide shows. The most recent slide show, that will be shown in August, when we […]
Cuenca – Thanksgiving 2021
Happy Thanksgiving to all of our family and friends. We’re thankful we were able to get together with others this year. We had several Thanksgiving invitations, and had to choose. In the end, we decided to go to two dinners, based on timing. Yes, we were stuffed on Thanksgiving and wished we had “stretchy pants”! […]
San Diego 2 – Family
While in San Diego, we had the chance to hook up with our nephew, Mark (top-left), and his girlfriend, Jenna (top-center). After a wonderful salmon dinner prepared by Jenna, Mark took us into his man cave, filled with music equipment, monitors, and gaming devices. During the pandemic, Mark had gotten quite good with his guitars, […]
Cuenca Day 20 Lockdown
Along with much of the world, we have been put under “Shelter In Place” restrictions since March 17th, 2020. Today is Day 20 of the lockdown for us in Cuenca, and the current projection is for this to continue through April 30th. Ecuador has taken this very seriously, and has put the entire country under […]
A Milestone: Burt Turns 70
70?? Really?? How did that happen?? I am now well inside the age called “Tercera Edad” or the “Third Phase” in Spanish. When we hit 65, we started to receive the benefits of being older in Ecuador, such as paying half price for transportation, special short lines at the bank, people on the bus offering […]
Cuenca Artists Celebrate Cafe Reopening 2020
More than 120 people packed the inside and outside the Casa Azul cafe to welcome the new owners, Jose and Vivi, as they reopened a favorite artist’s haunt originally created by Gregory Kluyskens, a charismatic Belgium entrepreneur. Everyone was asking how we could display 6 artists in such a small gallery. When the furniture was […]
Graduates Visit Cuenca
Mark and Kerry, our niece and nephew on Evelyn’s side, both visited us in Cuenca in June. When they graduated from the university, we offered them a trip to South America as a gift. Mark actually graduated with a BS in Biology four years ago (and again with an MBA this month), while Kerry graduated […]