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Race Cars in Punta Del Este Formula E road race
The noise draws you. With stands visible, and walls keeping people out, this spectacle is a city road race. There are cameras and cameramen strategically placed and, in retrospect, the best way to see the race is to see it on television. Despite...
Cleaning Shellfish in Punta Del Este Shells and Seals
This young man cleans shellfish he harvested earlier this morning. The shellfish are on the bottom of the bay and he uses a net to bring them up, a net weighted heavy that he casts out by hand, lets sink to the bottom, then wrestles up and into his small...
Pencil Museo/Ruta 1 You thought they were just to write with
The first stop on our day trip is a farm and museum off Route 1 that takes you from Montevideo to Colonia Del Sacramento through some of the best vineyards and cattle country in Uruguay. The Museo and farm are the creation of Emilio Arenas who not only...
Weddings With No Bells They just keep coming out
On Sarandi Street are groups of people, dressed to the nines, standing in my way as I pass on a sidewalk past a woman's fashion store, Happy couples exit a bland doorway, into the sunlight. They are jubilant. When more smiling couples come out and take...
Catching Some Z’s One afternoon on the street
Turning a corner off Colon street, near Roberto's antique store and studio, I happen upon a sleeping man in an alcove. He is out of the way of pedestrian traffic, looks comfortable, isn't causing trouble. There are no wine bottles. There is no cart...
Dog Whisperer/ Late Afternoon Leader of the pack
Surrounded by dogs, all on leashes, this long hair consults his map. It isn't certain whether this group is going on a field trip, going to relieve themselves, headed for a romp on the beach, or just following their leader, who holds their...
Tango at Two/Mercado Del Puerto In the marketplace
Tango began in the early 1900's in Buenos Aires and Montevideo. Beginning in brothels, like American jazz, it was refined and adopted by middle and upper classes, cleaned up and turned into a respectable music and dance form. Dance competitions usually...
Personal Pan Pizza/ Lunch at the Fair Nothing like an idea
There isn't anything new about pizza.You find it all around the world. What is refreshing about this pizza is that it is made outdoors, you watch the guys prepare it, the ingredients are natural, the taste is great, the price is a bargain. "What...
Police Report Next Door shoplifting in the next door boutique
It is mentioned in guide books that there is petty crime in Montevideo. The young woman in a next door boutique, who speaks English and tells me about Montevideo when I have my expresso, is standing and talking to motorcycle cops as I come out my...
The Violin Player Art show in Urban Heritage offices
The Urban Heritage group are Old City real estate developers. Jesper and his wife Olenka, partners in the Group,host an art exposition on the evening of November 7th, 2014 to promote their vision for the area to investors and business people and lovers...
Pocitos Open Air Market / Horses Horses are still getting us where we need to go
At an open air feria in Pocitos,Uruguay there are plenty of people out shopping this morning but only a few horses. While I wait for my empanada from a street vendor, a lady spoils a horse that has been halted near me till an intersection clears of...
Hot Water Heater Meltdown/Piedras Street Hot water is an essential
For two days, hot water has not been working. The landlord has been attentive, sent someone by who thought it might be something it wasn't, then sends his maintenance man to troubleshoot. Hugo comes prepared with a tape measure, apartment keys, an...
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