The Great Security State
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...
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...
New Electric Service, Ciudad Vieja Every little improvement helps
On my way to a lavenderia, electricians are installing a new electrical service to the front of a residential/commercial building on Main Street. Like most of the homes in this neighborhood, there is a retail space on the bottom floor. Atop the...
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...
Door Keys/Piedras Street Little problems solved
The keys to my studio apartment are old fashioned. One key opens the front door to the building. One key opens a security gate after you enter the front door. One key opens the front door of my unit 104 at 271 Piedras Street. The last key opens a door I...
Port of Montevideo Argentina isn't in the cards
The Port reminds me of a toy box in a giant's kid's room. It is walled off from the public with a tall iron fence and each of its entrances is protected by security guards who don't want people entering without proper credentials. Along the fence's...
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...
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...
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...
Delayed Inauspicious beginnings
Even the best plans of men go awry and the best planned trips get caught in rough currents. Boarding my plane in Albuquerque, all things are possible. I am scheduled to fly from Albuquerque to Dallas, Dallas to Miami, Miami to Montevideo, Uruguay.There...
Leaving Albuquerque Security everywhere but do they keep us safe?
At the Albuquerque International Sun Port I ride two escalators, get my boarding pass, check my baggage, then get processed by airport security. Channeled down a long winding roped off aisle with cutbacks, my airline ticket is initialed with a black ball...
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