Panama Casco Viejo Imagine a card that would give you great offers at your favorite places in Casco Viejo. Really cool stuff like discounts and special access so you can enjoy with your friends and family. Such card exists!!! Yes! welcome to the “Casqueño Card” ! Hundreds of dollars in savings for only $50. All…
Panama Casco Viejo Yesterday was Idalibeth and Doña Mary`s Christmas Party. Every year, they host a party for the neighborhood kids, an event that has grown from being in someone`s borrowed patio to the big Plaza Centenario. At least a hundred kids attend, from all ages: they know each other from school, from their street,…
Panama Casco Viejo Successful second year! the Carols by Candlelight concert filled in Plaza Francia with tons of people from all over, singing and dancing. Congratulations to the Canada Club and to David Young and his team for organizing it!
Panama, Casco Viejo This year, Casco Viejo’s neighborhood association AVACA celebrated its third anniversary. It is called AVACA for its Spanish name: Asociación de Vecinos y Amigos del Casco Antiguo, and for three years it has been the voice of residents , businesses and lovers of this beautiful historic district. It`s membership is as diverse…
Panama, Casco Viejo This is my favorite Casco Crew: they work like crazy, but never seem stressed. It is the only crew I know that loves working 24 hours straight, delivers on time and the product normally comes out better than you imagined. What do they do? floats! Franz and his team can take on…
I was truly impressed by this book by Ida Vallarino. The love that went into it, and the accuracy of its models makes this a great gift for Casco fans or Panama fans. Ida Vallarino worked small models of the houses, based on photos and her experience. Amazing. My favorites? you`ll see here Las Clementinas…
Casco Viejo Panama What is great about this time of the year is that people take time to spend it together and share with others. Here are some photos of the small parties I`ve seen in the neighborhood, from local ngo`s that work with kids. Some of these are from Pot to Plate and some…
I woke up with a romantic vein today and changed my computer`s wallpaper to this photo of this beautiful kiss. The paint is at the Carlos Endara Museum in Casco Viejo, painted on the ceiling of one of the corridors.
Panama Casco Viejo Last night was the lightning of Casco Viejo`s Christmas Tree at Plaza Francia. The group of parents and children walked singing from Plaza Herrera all the way to the point of the peninsula. This event will be followed by Carols by Candlelight on Saturday, a beautiful outdoors concert at Plaza Francia featuring…
Panama Casco Antiguo Saril, the vibrant red spicy juice every Panamanian loves to drink in Christmas time! for the first time I was able to grow the plant in my backyard, and finally drink 100% “organic” saril!!! I didn´t even know how to make it, as there is this mystic about the recipe, but Mario,…