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Five years ago: an emerald crater lake and a La Avelina ice cream.

Five years ago we were in the motherland and enjoyed the natural beauties of the Andes mountains. In this picture my wife stands before the emerald crater lake of Quilotoa. On this trip to Quilotoa I was already victim of trying to eat all I could of the delicious foods of my childhood. From [...]

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Quito patrimonio y grandes memorias

A city in a valley surrounded by snow capped mountains, some of them active volcanoes. The homeland of my beloved mother, a land where my wife fell in love with and a city that will be turning 474 years old.A lot of stories and memories can be gathered from those days. The culture, the songs [...]

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Friendlies and World Cup Qualifiers

My buddy Charles called me from one of his business trips to Dallas and was wondering how England had done against the Czech republic in one of the many World Cup preparatory friendlies. I had just seen highlights of the goals. The first came from Milan Baros goal while being manhandled by John Terry. Almost [...]

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Ecuador and the Olympics

One of the reasons I enjoy watching the Olympics is not the Dream team. On the contrary, I wish the Olympic team sports were represented by amateurs. This gives a lot of the college and amateur athletes the opportunity to represent their country. The professional athletes are already in the limelight. The small Andean [...]

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Abba, a group and a term of endearment.

I can remember sitting in the front of Sanduches al paso in Avenida Amazonas (Quito) and listening to some of Abba’s tunes. This group from Sweden was quite popular with its catchy tunes in the 70’s. I am presently listening to an Abba marathon on Sirius radio with my wife. This is slightly ironic as [...]

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As the month departs…

As the month departs I see that my wife’s birthday is coming up. I know in Georgia June is not known for its showers but I have been praying for rain. The rain is not just for my flowers and trees but for this parched land that has been ravaged by fire, as shown in [...]

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Mothers , produce and revamping the team…

My produce price hike prediction has come true. A 3.9 % rise in produce in the Southeast of the US of A could be caused by the drought or the rise of transportation costs. The following article from the Washington Times explains the refinery outages and other factors to the pending fuel hike. Gas price [...]

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Breakfast of champions

A bowl of cereal and listening to Sirius on Saturday morning reminded me of my days as a child in Ecuador. The smell of freshly squeezed orange juice, fresh bread and the rustle of the morning paper interrupted early morning cartoons. My mom would sit beside me reading part of the paper and I would [...]

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Week One just passed by..

The first weekend is over for the Premier league and I will have to say that Reading have an honorable mention. The Royals came back from being 2-0 behind Middlesbrough through the majestic guidance of Lita, and Sidwell. Reading 3- Boro 2.
Manchester United did very well at Old Trafford as they demolished a weak Fulham. [...]

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Other leagues- Ecuador

The Ecuadorean clubs are on their fourth week of the local championship called the Copa Pilsener. For a view of the standings click on the picture below.

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