Panama, Casco Viejo: Art , Tomatoes and San Felipe´s Aniversary
Recycle/ composting success, Art exhibition about energy crisis and Casco Viejo´s aniversary... all in one weekend!
Read moreHow to get a historic apartment for $350,000 or less in Casco Viejo, Panama
Properties in historic areas that have gone through a revitalization process tend to always appreciate. To the point they become very expensive. In Panama, it is still way below the prices of their peers, but quickly getting to match them…
Read moreYahoo Recomends The Canal House Panama in Casco Viejo, Panama
Yahooo!!!!!! literally.... Our Canal House Panama got recomended by Yahoo on today´s cover story on what to do, where to go and most importantly where to stay while in Panama. So go check it out!
Read moreJust meditating this morning… the first rains of the season brought great memories and seagulls
This morning it felt like a scene from Jonathan Livingston Seagull. The sky was a beautiful plomb color, the air felt almost chilli. Hundreds of seagulls flying over the roof catching all sorts of things for breakfast. A bit of…
Read moreFundacion Calicanto: Protecting both the Architectural and Human Patrimony of Casco Antiguo
Back in 1998 things where quite different in Casco Viejo. It was more Viejo than Casco. It was a fragile, run down, un protected site most people in Panama (government and not) had "written off". Back then, a group of…
Read moreCaribbean Style Religious Procesion in Casco Antiguo
Just another day in my office and suddenly... tarataraaaraaa.... carnival music and people singing: the classic signs of a religious procesion in Casco Viejo. Everything is a fiesta to us!
Read moreCaterpillar signed contract with Panama
Today, at La Prensa there was a very short article with huge positive impact: Caterpillar Signed Contract with Panama. In less than a paragraph, it mentions that this heavyweight company will...
Read moreGraffiti Urban Art II: One Man´s Junk is Another Man´s Treasure
These graffitti pictures were done also by Cisco and Above. I didn´t realize they went into the Santa Familia building, which we are turning into a huge nursery for our urban agriculture project in Casco Antiguo. Couldn´t be more appropiate!…
Read moreBeautiful Santa Ana at Night
For me, Santa Ana is a great place, full of life. Shops opening to the street, people everywhere, vegetable markets on the sidewalks and the great park full of people doing nothing or discussing politics, which is pretty much the…
Read moreCasco Antiguo Green Issue… The EcoCasco!
There is a silent neighbor in the old city, one that has been shadowed by the gorgeous historic architecture and taken for granted by most of us, but they lighten up with the first rains of March in an explosion…
Read moreQuintessentially Extravaganza Party in Casco Antiguo
Last night most of Panama´s socialites (or our version of it anyways) gathered in Paseo Las Bovedas, to the launch party of Quintessentially. I have to say I was pretty impressed by the organization, especially in Panama! if you don´t…
Read morePanama’s hottest secret…A new article on Casco Antiguo in a British website
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2008/mar/20/panama.casco?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront Panama’s hottest secret If you’re looking to get ahead of the game, Panama City’s Casco Viejo is as up-and-coming as it gets, says Vicky Baker. Go now before the word is well and truly out Vicky Baker guardian.co.uk, Friday…
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