Oscar Night

There was a party on Oscar night at the Ambassador's place. Another chance to talk about intellectual property rights (Jim) and to dress up and comment on the clothing of celebrities (Kellee).

Lucha Libre - All-Star Wrestling (?!) Panama Style

We went to Lucha Libre in a middle school size gymnasium on Friday night. After waiting two hours (!!) for the first match, we saw two guys who looked like they were doing this for the first time; they were worse than amateurs. The next two fights increased in quality and I am sure the fights after that were better; but we had enough and went out to eat with our friends at 10:30.

I hope we have now checked off almost every item on Kellee Farmer's Panama To Do List. We are really scrapping the bottom of the barrel.

hipodromo

We finally visited the Hipodromo, the place to watch horse races in Panama. It was a nice place to drink beer on a Saturday afternoon, plus we almost broke even on our bets.

Jim B - expert pulpo cook

On our last beach weekend, Jim B tried something new on the grill - pulpo (octopus). Pulpo is really popular in Panama and excellent if bought fresh and cooked properly. We bought the pulpo at the seafood market in Panama City and took it out to our favorite beach spot, Las Sirenas. This was his first go, but the Jim's pulpo was really good. We expect to see it again in the grilling rotation.

golf pros

Jen and I are golf pros now, after 10 lessons with our cute, capable and Colombian pro Wilman. He insisted that we wear proper golf clothes, at least occasionally, which is the reason for the pink skirt, which I strangely like (little shorts underneath!)

El Valle

We spent a nice weekend enjyoying the cool weather of El Valle with John and Cindy. In addition to eating and drinking very well, we climbed (we think) Cerro Gaital. An easy stroll for everyone but Kellee, who was sore for three days.

Kellee with summer school students

Kellee went with the public affairs section to Penonome, where she gave a little talk to students taking an English immersion summer class. It was a fun diversion, and the kids loved the photos of Altoona-Midway homecoming!