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Night Basketball Keeping in the neighborhood
At night, when it is cool, Santo Domingo neighborhood people, in the Colonial District, congregate in front of the local mini market and watch sports on a big screen television. This group of grown men and women, on the closest corner to the the LaPuerta...
Poetry in Motion Zona Colonia, Santo Domingo, Monday evening
Words, bless their little hearts, can say a lot of things. They can take the form of a contract, come firing out of mouths like an old gattling gun . They can make people love or hate us, and, in the right mixture, sooth and calm the most indignant...
Godfather street Zona Colonia- Calle Hostos
According to one of my first guides, Alberto, this Godfather Street is where parts of the movie " Godfather " were filmed. Alberto, who is missing one leg, but transports quickly, even with crutches,took me on a tour the other day to the Plaza Espana,...
Dirty Laundry four blocks away
Dirty laundry catches up with all of us. Only bringing a carry on suitcase this trip, and looking at my pile of dirty clothes on the bed, I am down to my last clean socks and shirt. I could have brought a bigger suitcase but I wanted to travel as light...
Basilica Cathedral of Santa Maria le Menor Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
There are, according to the web, 1.2 billion Catholics in the world today. This number, of course, changes every second because people are born and die every second and because counting anything is never easy. This Cathedral, in the middle of...
Museo of Amber Zona Colonia, Santo Domingo
Pat reminds me to dig deeper into amber, when I'm in the Dominican Republic, highly valued by Kings and royalty way way back when we had Kings and royalty. Tunneling deeper, I walk myself to the Museum of Ambar at 454 Calle Arzobismo Merino Street...
Under Construction local barrio outside Zona Colonia
Having worked construction for years, customers have always appreciated a clean work place. Construction sites go through a lot of stages and there are times when clean is the last thing on a builders mind. There are times it is best to leave a room...
Old World/New World Plaza Duarte, Santo Domingo DR Fundraiser
The old and new world co-exist, sometimes shake hands, but more often ignore one another. These kids are fundraising for a trip to Phoenix, Arizona for an International Hip-Hop Competition. These seniors,sitting on green crates in the park,close to them,...
God Bless Santo Domingo Jardin Botanico snack stop
At the Jardin Botanico in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, it is lunch time. On the menu is one part indigenous people, one part Europeans, one part Hispanics, one part black Africans. Combine the European, African, Caribbean and Dominican recipe and...
Jardin Botanico Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
A ten minute taxi ride to the north of the Zona Colonia are the National Botanical Gardens of the Dominican Republic. The gardens are huge and narrow city sidewalks are traded for wide foot paths to walk freely in wide open spaces This Sunday...
Plazas in the Zona Colonia Sunday evening,dinner time
Shadows begin to form in the early evening, thick stones in old city walls seem less heavy and ancient, a softness wraps itself around the Parque Colon, the Santo Domingo Cathedral, the bars, restaurants and hotels in the Zona Colonia. This World...
Fishing by the Napolitano Casino Fishermen rise early
Before seven in the morning, a kid passes me on his old bicycle, carrying a five gallon plastic bucket, with bait and tackle inside, on his bicycle handlebars. His fishing pole sticks out of an empty milk container secured to his back bike fender with a...
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