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Archive for March, 2009

Shalom from Nicaragua

Posted in Living Here, tagged , , on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Just always thought this sign was funny – guess I’m not the only Jew in Nicaragua…

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San Juan de Sur in the Wall Street Journal

Posted in Food, Living Here, Travel, tagged , , on March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Click here for link to article in WSJ.
San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua
News editor Paula Szuchman on the remote beaches of Nicaragua.

By PAULA SZUCHMAN
What to do: San Juan del Sur, on Nicaragua’s southwestern coast, is wedged between the Pacific Ocean and the massive Lake Nicaragua — best known as the home of the world’s only freshwater shark. Just [...]

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Adventures in Baking with a Mabe Oven

Posted in Food, Job, Living Here, tagged , , , , , , on March 26, 2009 | 4 Comments »

I am trying to start a bakery out of my house, in Nicaragua.  This is my kitchen.

On Monday, our friends ordered a cake for a dinner party at their restaurant on Tuesday.  On Tuesday, the power went out.   The fridge defrosted and 4 pounds of butter and my $10 bag of chocolate chips melted.  On [...]

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Heladeria La Michoacana

Posted in Food, Living Here, tagged , , , , on March 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Our friends, in  León, have entered the popsicle business, distributing  La Michoacana natural fruit pops. The “aguas y frutas” style was born in Mexico, hence the name, La Michoacana.  Look for the logo on bicycle vendors during your next visit to León (the hottest city in Nicaragua) and cool off with a refreshing frozen  100% natural fruit pop.

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I am a big fat liar…

Posted in Living Here, Moving Here, tagged , , , , , , on March 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I am a big fat liar.  Really, I am.  Yesterday, I re-read the “About the Ex-Pats” page of the blog and I laughed out loud and thought, “what a crock of shit.”  The honest-to-God-truth is that I didn’t love anything about this country during our first visit here, which ironically was two years ago to [...]

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Pieces of Jesus

Posted in Activities, Living Here, tagged , , , on March 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Instead of building an ocean-view home on his cliff-side lot, one of the landowners here in San Juan del Sur has commissioned a giant Jesus statue that will overlook the Bay of San Juan upon completion.  Yesterday, I took a quick walk to check out the progress.  Here are some photos of the statue in [...]

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