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Don Timoteo Afternoon in Ciudad Vieja
This live concert is next to the Mercado, about lunchtime. There are posters advertising it on phone poles but their music grabs me by the ear through my open studio window and drags me to come watch and listen. This band calls themselves ," Murga Don...
Now is the Time to Paint Gustavo in Montevideo
Big cities should be a worker's paradise with good wages because there is too much construction and maintenance needed to match equally with people who will work a long hard day for little pay and no recognition. Walking near Constitution Plaza, on...
Home from school Ciudad Vieja
Next to the farmacia is a door that leads to an upstairs apartment that leads to a family that leads to a mom and dad that leads to a warm place for kids to grow up. When you look at a street of closed doors, faded or chipped or cobbled together, one...
Mercado Del Puerto Barbecue at its best
When visitors get off cruise ships at the Port of Montevideo, one of the first places they visit is the Mercado Del Puerto, a collection of steakhouses, gift shops, and art galleries under one big tin roof. Uruguay is famous for wine and steaks and...
Big Mac in Montevideo American eating habits don't go away
Regardless of where I travel, one of the most asked questions I get is - "Do they have a McDonald's?" There is a McDonald's in Montevideo, Uruguay. It wasn't sought out, isn't on my list of important things to do, but it is a cultural landmark that marks...
Street Art in Montevideo anonymous dreams
In worn areas of most world mega-cities, there is street art, some commissioned, some spontaneous. This art can occupy an entire wall like our sixteen foot lady. It can be part of a series of images on a parking lot wall like our two faced head....
Fruits and Vegetables/ Ciudad Vieja Produce right off the boat
When you are looking for produce in the Port area you are not near the grand shopping palaces you visit in the United States. Groceries in the U.S. display well groomed produce as you walk down waxed shiny floors,choose fruit and vegetables from clean...
Rain Day in Montevideo Climate always changes, so do we
"We were in the eighties last week," Jesper tells me, pouring us a Monday afternoon cup of coffee at his desk in a Ciudad Vieja office close to the Port. He talks about the old city versus the new city, how he and his wife are now moving into...
ATM Meltdown ATM's are your bread and butter
Money might not make the world go round, but it provides lubrication . Looking for an ATM to get cash to pay for my rented vacation studio in Ciudad Vieja, I have apprehension. Banks and credit card companies have been told Scott will be out of the...
Landing in Montevideo Uruguay welcomes me
After an eight hour wait at the Miami International Airport, I board a plane this Saturday evening and safely get off the ground for Montevideo, Uruguay. Scheduled to arrive Sunday around eleven, our plane does, and we leave our transport this morning...
South Beach lazy afternoon
South Beach is like beaches in the Caribbean. The sand is white and grainy and blue beach umbrellas blow in the wind like the tops of stir sticks in one's Pina Colada. Some brave souls wade in the water even though it is cold this time of year. Bodies...
Tan Lines putting your best body forward
There is much concern in this country about skin damage. There is, on this beach, a lot of skin that will be damaged and this is a perfect poster for a Dermatology convention in Miami Beach. Two big bodies are prone on the sand, turning their backs to...
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