After a late night arrival back in Pedasi last night, Phinny is enjoying the view from the balcony this morning. Lots of new smells for this doggie! We’ll take him on a walk later to get him used to the
Reflections From The Mall
Spending some time in a huge mall (larger than Mall of America) gives me some interesting perspective on consumers and vendors so I figured it was time for a Panama Pause reflection. For one, it’s crowded here. It probably is
More Christmas Spirit
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here. We got our tree up and there are even a few gifts under it! Today we heard about a tree decorating party in the town square for the kids so
Christmas Spirit
It was an active day. Here are a few highlights… The girls went to the fiesta at school. Two and a half hours later they returned with 8 Panamanian friends. Haley had 7 of them in tow (which is shocking
Casa Blanca, Casa Concrete
Today’s update has been brought to you by the word WHAT. Specifically followed by a bunch of question marks. As in “WHAT did you say????” We moved into our new house on Monday. We are renting a two story duplex
Small Town Fame
Part of being an expat family in a small town is being known to people whom you don’t know. And part of having kids in the local school means that there are a LOT of people who know them that
Mother’s Day in Panama
There was no school today (shocking!) but instead there was a Mother’s Day fiesta. Mother’s Day is on Monday here (I think I’l be celebrating it on both USA and Panama schedules!) and the school sent home a little invitation
Another Independence Day
Today is Panama’s Independence day from Spain. This wraps up a long month of a bunch of holidays, starting with Halloween and continuing what seems like every other day since then. There was a long weekend of celebrating Panama’s independence
Thanksgiving 2014
On Tuesday night (after the infamous “risk our lives getting home from the beach” incident) as we were getting ready for bed, the power went out. This isn’t uncommon but we noticed it didn’t come back on right away like