Cooking Shrimp (class)

I’ve commented several times about how many gourmet restaurants exist within a couple blocks of our condo.  Today a new variation appeared — a gourmet cooking school!  And yes, it is two blocks from our condo.  Today was La Warmi’s first such class, but they promise to soon start doing such a class every day, […]

Jupiter!

We have tried to get into the local planetarium several times, but were always turned away because it was either closed or the tickets were sold out.  We decided to try again today. We walked to the planetarium (it is only a 10 minute walk from our condo), and had lunch at one of our […]

Mas Agua, Poco Color

[Note: This post by Evelyn] I had my last watercolor lesson with Alberto Soriano, a world class Ecuadorian painter, today. It was an honor and privilege  for me to learn from such a talented artist, and be so welcomed into his world. Alberto is quite passionate, warm, with a positive energy, that is absolutely inspiring. […]

[Computer] How and Why to Backup Your Computers

Please believe me — this is one message you want to pay attention to.  It may very well save your sanity. 🙂 First off, why worry about backups at all? 1) Your computer disk WILL fail at some point.  If you have not had a computer disk failure before now, you are very lucky, but […]

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