WELCOME BACK KAT1!!!!

podborski says on Sep 2, 2007, 14:24:

welcome back kat!

(I think it would be great if someone really clever like man t could write a brief summary of all that has happened while kat has been gone, otherwise she will never catch up)

kat1 (Moderator) says on Sep 2, 2007, 14:33:

Thank you! nope i didn't take many pictures, sorry, but i did have a wonderful time with my family, been in cartagena, it is a bit different now but still nice, went to the zona T in Bogota i got a bit tipsy jejeje, i am looking forward to christmas i am going back on the 10th, again and this time i am spending more time in bogota, sorry to someone i promised to see in Bogota but didn't have much time. maybe next time.

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LA_MONA says on Sep 2, 2007, 14:33:

For Man T, that would be a piece of cake ;-)

You know Pod you are right, ALOT has happened, things have changed around here, and I only joined in June I think...well Kat you have alot of reading up to do until Man T comes back from his little escape.

Pod how do you feel anyway? Now Kat is back?

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

kat1 (Moderator) says on Sep 2, 2007, 14:34:

mona i am off to london soon so perhaps we can meet :)

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LA_MONA says on Sep 2, 2007, 14:35:

Woopppeeeeee!! I will take you to a REALLY cool place, you will love it!

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

kat1 (Moderator) says on Sep 2, 2007, 14:39:

chippendales? included jiji

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LA_MONA says on Sep 2, 2007, 14:42:

Jijiji no but last time I went to this cool place I was propositioned by this yucky older guy...ewwww he was so disgusting, but apart from that it is really cool...do you like cocktails?

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

kat1 (Moderator) says on Sep 2, 2007, 14:43:

i love coktails, my favourite one is tequila sunrise, although after a couple everybody looks like brat pitt to me

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LA_MONA says on Sep 2, 2007, 14:46:

Ooops so I'll have to keep you on a tight leash then jajaja
There are ALOT of guys there on the prowl so we have to be careful!
Yeah I can't remember the name of the cocktail I liked best but I would have any of them, so delicious, the drinks are on me ok?

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

podborski says on Sep 2, 2007, 14:48:

"although after a couple everybody looks like brat pitt to me"

so where is this place you two are going? Maybe I'll buy you both a few drinks : )

Brad

LA_MONA says on Sep 2, 2007, 14:51:

Hey brad! It would be cool if you could come, you would love it there, a friend took me there as his own little despedida de soltero, he took myself and a friend and I haven't been since but it was such a lovely evening out, you have to get really dressed up to go ok Kat?

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

kat1 (Moderator) says on Sep 2, 2007, 14:52:

tequila sunrise please podborsky,, jejej,

mona that's fine i wil let you know as soon as i can, but you are welcome to Wales anytime!!

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LA_MONA says on Sep 2, 2007, 14:55:

Ah thanks Kat, I really love it it down in Wales and if you ever need a place to stay in London you are welcome too.
Guys gotta go, I have an unannounced visitor! And it's nearly 11pm, some people!

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

kat1 (Moderator) says on Sep 2, 2007, 15:00:

good, so i chat up podborky jijiij

podb do you have an Argentinean american accent?

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podborski says on Sep 2, 2007, 16:35:

I don't think so kat, Canadians don't have accents didn't you know? It's those damn brits that talk funny.

I suppose my spanish is starting to have that argy accent, you know, I say 'pollo' like 'po jo' not po yo.

So how was your trip? They don't have internet where you were? you didn't write, nuthin : (

podborski says on Sep 2, 2007, 16:39:

when you have time kat, a lot of time, you have to read this post:

http://poorbuthappy.com/colombia/post/mfe-d-the-pbh-voluntary-code-of-...

or else you might never know what mona and man t are talking about anymore

plus we talked about you in there so you probably want to find out what we said

tomtom33 says on Sep 2, 2007, 19:00:

With po jo you would fit right in in Medellin.

You have to behave, Kat. The rules were tightened.

goin_south says on Sep 2, 2007, 22:46:

Yeah; Now,... you can't "Drink While Writin'.

Welcome back Kat!

Someone was asking ME, a few days ago: "Hey, What Happened to Kat1?"... now, imagine someone asking me. Like I would know. But, hey! Just to let you know, people missed you.

I guaranteed whoever was asking that you are one of the lucky ones: long trips to Colombia! and that you would not forsake PBsH...but would likely return soon.

Don't forget to check out "Mona's Birthday Party" post, too.
Damn; I thought we took care of that girl, while you were gone. but she has been getting stressed.....even had to open up a girlz forum .. jus 4 her ;)

and, thank you.

Robert Jorge says on Sep 2, 2007, 22:47:

I'll admit it was me that asked.

--"I believe in making the world safe for our children. But not for our children's children, because I don't think that children should be having sex." - Jack Handy

goin_south says on Sep 2, 2007, 23:20:

R U kissin butt?
or, jus makin personal confessions?

or, both?
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...kiddin, Rob.
You didn't see my new avatar???

and, thank you.

scotty says on Sep 3, 2007, 01:03:

welcome back Kat1 !

Get Rhythm, when you got the blues. Johnny Cash

kat1 (Moderator) says on Sep 3, 2007, 06:08:

Thanks for the welcome guys, i have to catch up with so much post, podb i did have access to the net in Villavicencio but as i said i was quite busy so my time there was limited, i have to read the new pbh rules and start behaving then, no more flirty comments, i will be a very good girl ;)

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LA_MONA says on Sep 3, 2007, 06:10:

Kat who said flirty comments are not allowed? They most certainly are ;-)
Pod would have been thrown out a long time ago what with all his two-timing.

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

kat1 (Moderator) says on Sep 3, 2007, 06:58:

I dunno someone told me i have to behave :)))) as if i don't huh!

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Sep 3, 2007, 07:17:

by the way Podb, my stayed in Colombia was good, I was very busy with the farm and the flat in Cartagena, I decided not to sell this last one, just to do some renovations, the flat have wonderful views and HSBC just put an office in the building, it would be silly to sell it and buying another one unless the other is a brand new one.

with farm i am planning to build a new house there, also doing some work there, one of the cows had a little calf we called it blacky and it's gorgeous, The people that works on my farm called me La Patrona it sound so weird I laughed everytime, maybe that should be my handle name jejejej,also me and other farmers from the corregimiento had a reunion with the gaula and sijin about security and everytime seem to be ok in the area.

I also went to Bogota i saw my brother's band played it was very good, and we went for a drink in la la zona T.

what else oh, i celebrated my daughter's 15th birrthday, we hired a dj and some lights and we did it in the kiosk where my mum lives, all her friends came and she has a wonderful party. they gave her money as a pressie but i told her to spent it in Colombia as in the UK it's nothing.

anyway i still got so much to do there, i am off in christmas again, and i am planning a trip to Cartagena in January because we have to chosse some floor and stuff for the flat.

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podborski says on Sep 3, 2007, 08:44:

sounds like you were busy kat, I didn't know you were such a real estate magnate, homes in wales, cartagena, a finca, wow! Your handle should be jetsetter, or maybe minitrump.

BTW, I wasn't two timing like mona says, there were at least 5 women that I was flirting with, although I think 2 of them turned out to be a 15 year old boy masquerading as hot bikini clad girls : (

Cerealkiller says on Sep 3, 2007, 08:49:

Welcome back Kat1, glad to hear you kept yourself busy in Colombia...that probably means you had an awesome time. So youre going back in like 4 months? hahaha

Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives -John Stuart Mill

Desideria (Moderator) says on Sep 3, 2007, 09:12:

Welcome back Kat :)

"I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them."-President George W. Bush

kat1 (Moderator) says on Sep 3, 2007, 09:16:

thanks CK and Desi, yep i have a good time, with a bit of misfortune, but I can't dwell on the past, my mum house was broken into, we think it was someone we know, unfortunately we think is the lady that did the ironing and cleaned the house, we were in Cartagena, and they did a lot of mess upstairs and only stole my jewelry, nothing else, she denied it but everything seem to go that way although we try not to focus in one person., we went to la sijin, and with a bit of palanca they are looking into the case, it was a weird robbery because they didn't took anything else not even my mum's jewelry, and there was the laptop, digital camera, and son's mobile phone, the detective came an interview her and others so see what happens, and gather info. i don't think i will never recover my jewelry but at least i want to know who was the bastard!!! they are checking into all compraventas.. but some of the people that owns those places are accomplices

The sad thing is I never take my jewelry to Colombia just a few earrings and that's it but being a damm bit lazy that day i didn't took my other jewelries from the little box and packed the whole thing, , yes it sad but what can i do, that will teach me a lesson. most of the rings had a sentimental value that is the sad part *cry*

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Cerealkiller says on Sep 3, 2007, 09:21:

oh Kat I am very sorry to hear about that. There is not much you can do about it now, its a great thing that you did not let it ruin your holidays, thats a fantastic trait to have.

Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives -John Stuart Mill

Desideria (Moderator) says on Sep 3, 2007, 09:30:

That's weird, though, why would she take just your jewelry? Was that the most valuable thing there?
Yes, it looks like it could've been the cleaning lady or perhaps some friend of hers. I had trouble with thieving maids too, just little things, a ring, underwear, towels disappearing little by little. One of my maids, a wonderful black lady from Cauca who helped me with the babies a lot and I really loved her took just a dozen glasses. When I asked the other maid she said that she had said that I didn't need them, I had plenty! If only she had asked!

She came by later, to bring me a coffee plant she had promised me from her parents' farm and to visit. I never asked her about the glasses, it was not worth it.

Cheers,
Desi
(Did you take pics of your daughter's party?)

"I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them."-President George W. Bush

kat1 (Moderator) says on Sep 3, 2007, 09:53:

hi desi, yes it was weird, they did a lot of mess in all of the rooms except downstairs, another weird thing was my dad have a little fridge in his room, and kept some chocolates i brought to him from the UK, this person took the chocolates out of the fridge and threw them all over my sister's bed, also the laptop was out so the digital camera and those weren't stolen, my dad have a collection of expensive torches and they didn't took those one either, neither his watch. i think the person that took my jewelries new were they were , because my room was the one with the least mess. I think they came just for my jewels

CK well what can I do,i couldn't let that ruin my holidays, at least they are replaceable (sp)


Desi i had a few will post it, it was full of teenagers just very few adults.

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Man Tequila says on Sep 3, 2007, 13:32:

Glad you are back, Kat.

While you were gone Pod went into a coma like state. He sent a thousand roses daily to Villavicencio, was despondent when he learned they were stolen by Dian, (another girl, not the customs agency) and got so drunk on guaro that he nearly ended up having a torrid affair with Paris Hilton.

HoustonGal caused riots in the streets of Montevideo after showing a picture of herself with a tray of kiwi and Budweiser featured in an 80s movie, starring Erik Estrada.

La_Mona continued her protracted struggle against "el hombro". She asked the PBH community for donations to help her buy four helmets, eight Colombian soldiers in fatigues, twelve drummers drumming, sixteen tubs of Pralines and Cream Haagen-Daaz, twenty pairs of boots, twenty-four blackbirds baked in a pie, and 28 pounds to purchase aguardiente and several copies of the letter "C". Shhhhh! She can use it to make words like "Cerveza" and "Chisme".

Aunque no me creas/ si me lo propongo/ lograre olvidarte/ porque a fin de cuentas/ no soy tan cobarde./ Y termino todo una de estas tardes/ no sera dificil buscar algún sitio donde refugiarme/ donde nunca mas vuelvas a encontrarme. (Polo Montañez)

kat1 (Moderator) says on Sep 3, 2007, 13:36:

lol TM, I am glad everything run normal and smoothly l when i went, :))))

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Sep 3, 2007, 13:45:

one of the very few pictures i took in Cartagena.. sorry i am a lazy photographer

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Sep 3, 2007, 13:53:

all of this picture were taken from my apartment in Cartagena

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Sep 3, 2007, 13:58:

a friend who is a chef made this rice for my daughter's 15th birthday its call arroz de las 3 carnes

carne de res, pollo y cerdo although it also has mariscos

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houstongal says on Sep 3, 2007, 14:22:

Welcome back Kat! And thanks for posting the photos, especially of food! Looks delicious!

Culture is language and language is culture - Dr. Annamaria Napolitano

kat1 (Moderator) says on Sep 3, 2007, 14:23:

Oh btw I met Alejo Duran he came to Villavo to met a dear friend of my dad, he invited us to Pto Lopes to see him singing but unfortunately it was my niece's birthday and we were busy hosting her party :(

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Sep 3, 2007, 14:34:

thanks houstongal.. the rice was top ten it iwas delicious although i will never try to do it i will ended up with a disaster. It would be a case for divorce!!

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slguy says on Sep 3, 2007, 18:55:

More than one of us would LOVE to hear you tried that rice dish, Kat! ;)

Welcome back!

Before you throw me out, make sure I pay my bar tab

gringoloid says on Sep 3, 2007, 23:38:

kat....how do you feel about the loss of pow wow?

gringolondinense says on Sep 4, 2007, 04:23:

Wow...Kat it looks like a great place to live!..looks very modern and clean. And the rice dish looks amazing!! yum!

kat1 (Moderator) says on Sep 4, 2007, 04:55:

where is pow wow ban forever? and where is kalder?
last i heard was that he was meeting pow wow, oh no don't tell me he was exterminated by pow wow's wife!! , poor kalder!!!



GL , Cartagena is nice, but i would not live in it full time, i did and i felt claustrophobic after a month or so, my city is Bogota. but Cartagena is wonderful to go just for Holidays,

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Sep 4, 2007, 05:06:

"I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them."-President George W. Bush

kalder says on Sep 4, 2007, 05:09:

No, I'm alive and well, thanks Kat.

And I'm yet to meet powwow. But I hope to rectify that soon- I have his number.

Like yourself I've been away in Colombia.

"kalder- have you ever had a woman?"--Sam Salmon

kat1 (Moderator) says on Sep 4, 2007, 05:45:

WELCOME BACK Kalder! where in Colombia did you go? and how long did you stay?

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tomtom33 says on Sep 4, 2007, 05:54:

Looks like they haven't even started to take the steel down from the "tallest building" in Colombia. Maybe they can just leave the skeleton in place and call it a monument. From the angle of that photo, I can tell that you made it out to Laguito.

I left Laguito in March and won't return until Jan. The addition to the Hilton should be complete as well as two more residential high rises.

Forget about behaving.

webmanco says on Sep 4, 2007, 05:59:

Bienvenida Kat, es eso como un arroz atollao?

But, I'm going to start making some assumptions here.... Which means I might actually end up making an ass out of myself ..........Thu 04 17, 2008 11:34 am

kat1 (Moderator) says on Sep 4, 2007, 05:59:

tomtom my apartment is in Bocagrande as you know but because is rented until November I stayed in an apartment in laguito, near a bar called Los Borrachitos owned by an American, we went drinking there an stayed until late nice atmosphere, was not very full and my son and nephew were in charge of the music, the owner let them to do it, although we told them to go easy on the heavy metal.


Thanks webmanco, no, i believe it's called Arroz de las 3 carnes

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elmodefoque says on Sep 4, 2007, 06:15:

eche cordoba y que? como esta la vaina?
I see you're back to tea and crumpets.
Heavy metal?? that noisy chit is from the 80's, your kids listen to that?
send them here to NYC and i'll have them listening to hip hop and reaggaton in no time.

over 5 million colombianos in USA and only 27 barranquilleros, i'm one.Curramba, el mejor vividero del mundo!

kat1 (Moderator) says on Sep 4, 2007, 08:01:

restregon mas bien, my son doesn't like restregon or hip hop he loves reggae, my nephew love restregon, i love like diomedez y los cincuenta de joselito

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Sep 4, 2007, 08:02:

although I also love porro

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Sep 4, 2007, 08:07:

BTW Elmo did you know that my auntie the ones that lives in Ayapel and used to own motels yep and was a good mate with the priest, when her son turned out 15th he wanted Diomedez Dias to play on his birthday.. and she brought Diomedez to play on his birthday, I am trying to get in contact with my cousin to see if he can send me some pictures, he is 19 or 20 y/o now so that was 4 or 5 years ago.

she sold all of the other bussines and now own the disco there.

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kalder says on Sep 4, 2007, 08:13:

Thanks Kat. Five weeks in Valle del Cauca.

I met up with Fugdis btw.

"kalder- have you ever had a woman?"--Sam Salmon

Miguel says on Sep 4, 2007, 08:14:

tomtom, good idea about "the tallest building in Colombia"...what a fuckup that was!

kat1, those pictures taken from your room in Laguito are very close to where I stayed a couple of times when in Cartagena. Regarding the bar owned by the gringos, do you know where they are from in the USA?

LA_MONA says on Sep 4, 2007, 08:20:

"La_Mona continued her protracted struggle against "el hombro". She asked the PBH community for donations to help her buy four helmets, eight Colombian soldiers in fatigues, twelve drummers drumming, sixteen tubs of Pralines and Cream Haagen-Daaz, twenty pairs of boots, twenty-four blackbirds baked in a pie, and 28 pounds to purchase aguardiente and several copies of the letter "C". Shhhhh! She can use it to make words like "Cerveza" and "Chisme"."
Jajaja 28 pounds to buy aguardiente, twelve drummers drumming, jajaja you are sooo funny!

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

kat1 (Moderator) says on Sep 4, 2007, 08:28:

no, miguel the only picture taken from laguito was the first one where you can see the tallest building, the other ones where taken from my apto in cartagena, the gringo told me where he was from but I forgot jiji his name was mike

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christobeldawg says on Sep 4, 2007, 08:28:

so are they going to have to remove that tallest building in Colombia? is it beyond repair, structurally? anybody heard the latest?

admittedly, arriving can feel great too

kat1 (Moderator) says on Sep 4, 2007, 08:28:

no, miguel the only picture taken from laguito was the first one where you can see the tallest building, the other ones where taken from my apto in cartagena, the gringo told me where he was from but I forgot jiji his name was mike

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LA_MONA says on Sep 4, 2007, 08:34:

Lovely pics btw Kat, I am, definately accepting your offer to come and stay, (remember?) and the arroces look good, I know I am going to eat so much in Colombia what the hell, it's easy to burn off in Colombia anyway ;-)

Para volar, es preciso tener resistencia. -M.Lin

Miguel says on Sep 4, 2007, 08:37:

Sorry kat1, I got my barrios/playas mixed up...I stayed in Bocagrande a couple of times as well as Laguito.

And what's up with the "tallest building/biggest scrap heap"? Can it be repaired/modified?

christobeldawg says on Sep 4, 2007, 09:26:

The word is that it has to come down, is irreparable.

admittedly, arriving can feel great too

kat1 (Moderator) says on Sep 4, 2007, 09:36:

I saw some people still working on it so I don't know, I heard that almost all the flat have been sold, i wouldn't want one, i don't trust that building!!

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Sep 4, 2007, 09:38:

mona la oferta esta en pie :)

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Tinto (Moderator) says on Sep 4, 2007, 09:43:

It's getting close to lunchtime and both of those photos make my mouth water. Yum-yum.

Re the tall building, I thought I read an article that a portion of it was still able to be used, but it would never be built out to its originally intended height.

kat1 (Moderator) says on Sep 4, 2007, 09:45:

I wonder what went wrong, many tall buildings have been build what they fail to noticed or do in this one?

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Miguel says on Sep 4, 2007, 09:51:

As I know it, there was a big wind storm and the damn builiding looked like it would fall down after completion.

Tinto (Moderator) says on Sep 4, 2007, 09:52:

I happened to remember this little item:

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Tinto says on Tuesday May 29th, 2007 10:17: edit

Here's a story in English about the bldg http://www.emporis.com/en/bu/nc/ne/?id=101801

News: Torre La Escollera On Hold and Redesigned

Cartagena: Torre La Escollera, which was to have been Colombia’s tallest building, will not now be completed. The decision was taken by ActionCol S.A. - the building’s owner - after floors 28 to 40 were damaged as the result of a storm that hit the city last week. The building’s developer had planned to rebuild the damaged floors but the structure was deemed too unstable, resulting in the removal of the beams.

Originally to have been 208 metres tall with 58 floors, doubts had for months been expressed by Colombian construction experts about the structural stability of the tower’s slender profile.

The developer is now planning to build a tower that will have between 15 to 20 floors.

tomtom33 says on Sep 4, 2007, 12:36:

Miguel, a Gringo from California owns and operates the Loco Gringo in Laguito. I like their pizza and pancakes.

I can't tell by Kat's statement if it was the apartment or the bar that was owned by the Gringo. But I think that Los Borrachitos is owned by Colombians. There are many apartments in Laguito that are owned by Gringos. The Gringo owners are from Wisconsin, Florida, New Jersey, and California. And I am sure that there are some I don't know.

kat1 (Moderator) says on Sep 4, 2007, 12:51:

los borrachitos is w owned by a gringo called mike.

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Sep 4, 2007, 12:54:

the apartment i stayed in el Laguito is owned by a Colombian, and the one that is in the picture or the one i took the picture from except the picture showing the steel skyscrape is owned by me.

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tomtom33 says on Sep 4, 2007, 13:01:

My guess is that Mike just bought the place within the last 6 months then. Is that the same Mike who owns the little cafe and Internet place on the first floor of Edificio Tochoagua?

kat1 (Moderator) says on Sep 4, 2007, 13:10:

Maybe, i dunno if is the same mike I met him just that night but we didn't talk that much i was busy dancing jejej he did offered me a free drink.

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gringoloid says on Sep 4, 2007, 17:46:

tom tom, I thought the Loco Gringo was owned by a guy named Bill who is from Florida.

He tried to sell me one of his apartments he had for sale.

tomtom33 says on Sep 4, 2007, 18:00:

Bill sold the Loco Gringo to Martin several months ago. Bill is finally going to retire.

gringolondinense says on Sep 10, 2007, 03:54:

Whats the name of the rice dish that Kat posted?? is it like a spanish dish?

I hope someone knows, it looks so tasty.

goin_south says on Sep 10, 2007, 05:37:

the bad thing is, though... it's not on the paleolithic diet

and, thank you.

gringolondinense says on Sep 10, 2007, 06:20:

Im on the Britney Spears diet. I already lost 10 pounds in about 5 minutes. You just shave all your hair off.

Or you can try the Bon Jovi diet, just set light to your hair, you lose the same amount of weight but in a tenth of the time.

kat1 (Moderator) says on Sep 10, 2007, 06:45:

It is called arroz de las 3 carnes (rice of the 3 meats) it has pork,chicken,beef, shrimps, vegetables, mushrooms, it is delicious!!!!!! we accompanied it with this


and a sauce but i can't remember the name of the sauce, will post pict soon.

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Sep 10, 2007, 06:45:

got to go to London see you Wednesday !!!!

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