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El Floppo
Footballguy
I was actually thinking of you as I typed that out...
St. Louis Bob
Footballguy
Yes, pic of the shrine.
Mrs. BSR
Footballguy
Oh mannnn, that sucks.THANK GOODNESS we stayed another two days. Otherwise, we would have totally missed out on the amazingly intimate experience of both of us being... sick... in our cozy 1 bathroom hotel room for the last 14 hours.
St. Louis Bob
Footballguy
If you think that's bad just wait until you see each other naked 10 years from now.THANK GOODNESS we stayed another two days. Otherwise, we would have totally missed out on the amazingly intimate experience of both of us being... sick... in our cozy 1 bathroom hotel room for the last 14 hours.
DA RAIDERS
Footballguy
Quit claim deed here in the states
Early_10
footballgoddess
We tried something similiar two weeks ago but the bank wouldn't release his name from the mortgage because I wouldn't qualify for both houses on my own. We'll have to sit down with my parents and the lawyer quickly.
St. Louis Bob
Footballguy
At my GB the bookie's daughter's HS graduation party. OMG are there hot chicks here.
krista4
Footballguy
Notes from Granada(yes, Floppy, there really is a Granada in Nicaragua--it's one of the oldest cities in the Americas):
Mr. krista is out shopping for provisions for our first dinner party here, which will be a small group consisting of our Nica friend Rodolfo, his loco friend Julio, a Canadian ex-pat named Andy, and Andy's sposa Maria, who does not speak a word of English.
While he's gone, I'm sitting in the courtyard with this view. Usually this is a peaceful place to sit and read, but right now the neighbors are setting off fireworks. The reasons are unknown, though probably relate to a religious ceremony of some kind. Nicaragua is nearly 90% Catholic, and there is always a religious celebration of some sort going on. Right now I know from Rodolfo that there is something lasting nine days for which he is going to church at 6 every morning. Nicaragua might be the second-poorest country in the western hemisphere, but there is always money for fireworks.
Just now one of the local vendors came by the house singing the name of what he was selling. My Spanish is not good enough to know. But you can buy almost anything here from your front door. The houses generally have heavy wooden doors with an intricate iron-work door in front of the wooden ones. Most people keep the iron doors locked but open up the wooden ones to let the breezes come through. The vendors will come singing up to your door and let you know what they have. Every day you can buy seafood, meat, milk, bread, fruit, vegetables, etc. from them. Some days you can also buy household items, and people will also come around occasionally selling animals, usually a wide variety of birds. In the evening people drag their rocking chairs (which every person has) onto the sidewalk and enjoy the sunset with their neighbors.
If you are an ex-pat here you are considered rich, though everything is so cheap here you needn't be to live here. But in a country with an average wage of less than $100/month and 60% unemployment, I suppose the ex-pats are all well off. When I say cheap, I mean, for example, 75 cents for the excellent (I'm told by Mr. krista) local beer Tona, or $1 for a nacatamale, which will keep you full through breakfast and lunch. Mangoes are free because they are so ubiquitous; you can just pick them up off the ground. You can buy a DVD for less than $1 of the newest releases--for instance, The Hangover II is available already--though you do have to know from whom you're buying so you get the best quality. A person will clean your house four hours a day six days a week (a necessity because of the outdoor living) for $80/month and consider that a desirable job.
The one thing that is extremely expensive here is electricity. Central A/C is unknown, but the rich will have small A/C units in their bedrooms. Some don't have that and rely on ceiling fans, and of course the average Nicaraguan does not even have the fans. Granada is hot and humid year-round and can be very oppressive. You learn to appreciate the A/C very much but no one runs it during the day due to the cost.
Granada is the most tourist-oriented city in Nicaragua and was beginning to boom as a retirement destination in the mid-2000s, until the global financial crisis hit. The boom has slowed but enough people are still looking to buy that some Granadians will have "this house is not for sale" painted on the side of their house. Still, of the 30 or so houses that Mr. krista has seen, all but one was owned by an ex-pat, so there is a large ex-pat presence here, mostly Americans with some Brits, Dutch, Canadians and others thrown in. Not many people in their 30s or 40s, though--mostly retirees in their 60s or backpackers in their teens and early 20s.
As might see from the picture, a typical colonial home in Granada will have a large outdoor space in the middle of the house. The homes in Granada generally have a brightly painted but simple facade, as mentioned with iron gates over large wooden doors. Behind those doors you might find a place in terrible disrepair or an updated mansion, but there is virtually no way to tell from the street. The wooden doors and exterior walls are usually very thick, in part to try to keep the cool air in. You will typically enter a large sala from the street, where you'll find the requisite rocking chairs, maybe a TV, the main living space. Behind that will be an outdoor space, a courtyard with beautiful flowers that might or might not have a pool but will always have at least one hammock. Some of this area will be covered, including the kitchens which are usually also located outside, but the pool and garden will be open air. For that reason you'll get a lot of critters visiting, including the rooftop cats. Yesterday Mr. krista discovered a small snake in the kitchen. Usually the bedrooms are located in the back of the house, where it is quieter and darker.
I don't know why I'm typing all this, but I hope someone will find it interesting.
Mr. krista is out shopping for provisions for our first dinner party here, which will be a small group consisting of our Nica friend Rodolfo, his loco friend Julio, a Canadian ex-pat named Andy, and Andy's sposa Maria, who does not speak a word of English.
While he's gone, I'm sitting in the courtyard with this view. Usually this is a peaceful place to sit and read, but right now the neighbors are setting off fireworks. The reasons are unknown, though probably relate to a religious ceremony of some kind. Nicaragua is nearly 90% Catholic, and there is always a religious celebration of some sort going on. Right now I know from Rodolfo that there is something lasting nine days for which he is going to church at 6 every morning. Nicaragua might be the second-poorest country in the western hemisphere, but there is always money for fireworks.
Just now one of the local vendors came by the house singing the name of what he was selling. My Spanish is not good enough to know. But you can buy almost anything here from your front door. The houses generally have heavy wooden doors with an intricate iron-work door in front of the wooden ones. Most people keep the iron doors locked but open up the wooden ones to let the breezes come through. The vendors will come singing up to your door and let you know what they have. Every day you can buy seafood, meat, milk, bread, fruit, vegetables, etc. from them. Some days you can also buy household items, and people will also come around occasionally selling animals, usually a wide variety of birds. In the evening people drag their rocking chairs (which every person has) onto the sidewalk and enjoy the sunset with their neighbors.
If you are an ex-pat here you are considered rich, though everything is so cheap here you needn't be to live here. But in a country with an average wage of less than $100/month and 60% unemployment, I suppose the ex-pats are all well off. When I say cheap, I mean, for example, 75 cents for the excellent (I'm told by Mr. krista) local beer Tona, or $1 for a nacatamale, which will keep you full through breakfast and lunch. Mangoes are free because they are so ubiquitous; you can just pick them up off the ground. You can buy a DVD for less than $1 of the newest releases--for instance, The Hangover II is available already--though you do have to know from whom you're buying so you get the best quality. A person will clean your house four hours a day six days a week (a necessity because of the outdoor living) for $80/month and consider that a desirable job.
The one thing that is extremely expensive here is electricity. Central A/C is unknown, but the rich will have small A/C units in their bedrooms. Some don't have that and rely on ceiling fans, and of course the average Nicaraguan does not even have the fans. Granada is hot and humid year-round and can be very oppressive. You learn to appreciate the A/C very much but no one runs it during the day due to the cost.
Granada is the most tourist-oriented city in Nicaragua and was beginning to boom as a retirement destination in the mid-2000s, until the global financial crisis hit. The boom has slowed but enough people are still looking to buy that some Granadians will have "this house is not for sale" painted on the side of their house. Still, of the 30 or so houses that Mr. krista has seen, all but one was owned by an ex-pat, so there is a large ex-pat presence here, mostly Americans with some Brits, Dutch, Canadians and others thrown in. Not many people in their 30s or 40s, though--mostly retirees in their 60s or backpackers in their teens and early 20s.
As might see from the picture, a typical colonial home in Granada will have a large outdoor space in the middle of the house. The homes in Granada generally have a brightly painted but simple facade, as mentioned with iron gates over large wooden doors. Behind those doors you might find a place in terrible disrepair or an updated mansion, but there is virtually no way to tell from the street. The wooden doors and exterior walls are usually very thick, in part to try to keep the cool air in. You will typically enter a large sala from the street, where you'll find the requisite rocking chairs, maybe a TV, the main living space. Behind that will be an outdoor space, a courtyard with beautiful flowers that might or might not have a pool but will always have at least one hammock. Some of this area will be covered, including the kitchens which are usually also located outside, but the pool and garden will be open air. For that reason you'll get a lot of critters visiting, including the rooftop cats. Yesterday Mr. krista discovered a small snake in the kitchen. Usually the bedrooms are located in the back of the house, where it is quieter and darker.
I don't know why I'm typing all this, but I hope someone will find it interesting.
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YSR
Footballguy
I want to go to there. /LemonNotes from Granada(yes, Floppy, there really is a Granada in Nicaragua--it's one of the oldest cities in the Americas):
Mr. krista is out shopping for provisions for our first dinner party here, which will be a small group consisting of our Nica friend Rodolfo, his loco friend Julio, a Canadian ex-pat named Andy, and Andy's sposa Maria, who does not speak a word of English.
While he's gone, I'm sitting in the courtyard with this view. Usually this is a peaceful place to sit and read, but right now the neighbors are setting off fireworks. The reasons are unknown, though probably relate to a religious ceremony of some kind. Nicaragua is nearly 90% Catholic, and there is always a religious celebration of some sort going on. Right now I know from Rodolfo that there is something lasting nine days for which he is going to church at 6 every morning. Nicaragua might be the second-poorest country in the western hemisphere, but there is always money for fireworks.
Just now one of the local vendors came by the house singing the name of what he was selling. My Spanish is not good enough to know. But you can buy almost anything here from your front door. The houses generally have heavy wooden doors with an intricate iron-work door in front of the wooden ones. Most people keep the iron doors locked but open up the wooden ones to let the breezes come through. The vendors will come singing up to your door and let you know what they have. Every day you can buy seafood, meat, milks, bread, fruit, vegetables, etc. from them. Some days you can also buy household items, and people will also come around occasionally selling animals, usually a wide variety of birds. In the evening people drag their rocking chairs (which every person has) onto the sidewalk and enjoy the sunset with their neighbors.
If you are an ex-pat here you are considered rich, though everything is so cheap here you needn't be to live here. But in a country with an average wage of less than $100/month and 60% unemployment, I suppose the ex-pats are all well off. When I say cheap, I mean, for example, 75 cents for the excellent (I'm told by Mr. krista) local beer Tona, or $1 for a nacatamale, which will keep you full through breakfast and lunch. Mangoes are free because they are so ubiquitous; you can just pick them up off the ground. You can buy a DVD for less than $1 of the newest releases--for instance, The Hangover II is available already--though you do have to know from whom you're buying so you get the best quality. A person will clean your house four hours a day six days a week (a necessity because of the outdoor living) for $80/month and consider that a desirable job.
The one thing that is extremely expensive here is electricity. Central A/C is unknown, but the rich will have small A/C units in their bedrooms. Some don't have that and rely on ceiling fans, and of course the average Nicaraguan does not even have the fans. Granada is hot and humid year-round and can be very oppressive. You learn to appreciate the A/C very much but no one runs it during the day due to the cost.
Granada is the most tourist-oriented city in Nicaragua and was beginning to boom as a retirement destination in the mid-2000s, until the global financial crisis hit. The boom has slowed but enough people are still looking to buy that some Granadians will have "this house is not for sale" painted on the side of their house. Still, of the 30 or so houses that Mr. krista has seen, all but one was owned by an ex-pat, so there is a large ex-pat presence here, mostly Americans with some Brits, Dutch, Canadians and others thrown in. Not many people in their 30s or 40s, though--mostly retirees in their 60s or backpackers in their teens and early 20s.
As might see from the picture, a typical colonial home in Granada will have a large outdoor space in the middle of the house. The homes in Granada are generally have a brightly painted but simple facade, as mentioned with iron gates over large wooden doors. Behind those doors you might find a place in terrible disrepair or an updated mansion, but there is virtually no way to tell from the street. The wooden doors and exterior walls are usually very thick, in part to try to keep the cool air in. You will typically enter a large sala from the street, where you'll find the requisite rocking chairs, maybe a TV, the main living space. Behind that will be an outdoor space, a courtyard with beautiful flowers that might or might not have a pool but will always have at least one hammock. Some of this area will be covered, including the kitchens which are usually also located outside, but the pool and garden will be open air. For that reason you'll get a lot of critters visiting, including the rooftop cats. Yesterday Mr. krista discovered a small snake in the kitchen. Usually the bedrooms are located in the back of the house, where it is quieter and darker.
I don't know why I'm typing all this, but I hope someone will find it interesting.
facook
Footballguy
krista4, that sounds incredibly appealing to me. I think I would love to live in a place like that...but maybe only half the year. 
I'd miss "civilization" (American luxury) too much to not be here at least during the late spring/summer/early fall.
Very happy for you, and hope you keep posting update. I for one will be living vicariously through you and Mr. K.
I'd miss "civilization" (American luxury) too much to not be here at least during the late spring/summer/early fall.Very happy for you, and hope you keep posting update. I for one will be living vicariously through you and Mr. K.
krista4
Footballguy
Well, there is satellite TV and you can even get the NFL Sunday Ticket.krista4, that sounds incredibly appealing to me. I think I would love to live in a place like that...but maybe only half the year.
There is also wireless internet most everywhere. You can buy almost anything you want at one of the large markets in Granada, but most people also go to Managua every few weeks to stock up at a place that is similar to a Costco. There you can get the better electronics (there is a Radio Shack in Granada) as well as stuff like decent linens and towels. It is also the only place to get kitty litter. 
Granada is thankfully free of American fast-food chains at this point but does have a chicken chain called "Tip Top", though I hear it's actually pretty good. What you would probably miss most about "civilization", in addition to the A/C, is the pace at which you can get things done. Everything hear moves realllly slowly, which is nice in a way but can be a challenge for us Type A people. Early, it's a very good question about a restaurant. Our original intention was to try to open a place that could be appealing to both Nicas and tourists alike. The more time we spend here the more I wonder if that is possible. Granada, and Nicaragua in general, is still increasing rapidly in tourism every year, but the tourists tastes are of course quite different than what a typical Nicaraguan is looking for. We tend to eat Nicaraguan food most of the time and then bust out for a pizza once or twice (there are three very good pizza joints we've found so far). But most of the tourists tend to stick to the places where they can eat something familiar--there is a place called Kathy's Waffle House that I understand always has a wait. So we will have to figure out whether we can appeal to the $$ (tourists) while still providing affordable meals that a Nicaraguan would like as well. We'll start small in any case.YSR, maybe you should try a second honeymoon here!
St. Louis Bob
Footballguy
I want to be Krista when/if I grow up.
Gadzooks
Footballguy
And really for this reason only:
Is that the type of group of friends that grown up people have? I may use any of those character's names as an alias in the future.
SofaKings
Footballguy
Homer J Simpson
I don't push
Sign of Homer's Alcohol Problem #126:
So I'm at work, and over the last hour I start getting a bit of a sore throat and start feeling really run down. Odds are good Im getting sick. So what's my first thought? "I need to start drinking now in case I don't feel like it later."
And in an unrelated matter, the 19 year old spinner is coming up to hang out tonight.
So I'm at work, and over the last hour I start getting a bit of a sore throat and start feeling really run down. Odds are good Im getting sick. So what's my first thought? "I need to start drinking now in case I don't feel like it later."
And in an unrelated matter, the 19 year old spinner is coming up to hang out tonight.
Samuel L Bronkowitz
Footballguy
My first thought is usually "I need to start drinking now so I can pee this <insert sickness> out"
Dr. Awesome
Footballguy
krista - please keep sharing. I'm one of the many who find it quite interesting.
Dr. Awesome
Footballguy
I split my time between Los Angeles and a small town in the inland empire (about 60 miles east).
Dr. Awesome
Footballguy
Southern California.'urbanhack said:
Frostillicus
Footballguy
I've never understood all the love for Blazing Saddles. Not a fan.
Semi-related: did I ever tell you guys I was briefly a Guiness World Record co-holder? Me and about 10 or so other people made it to the end of a movie marathon at a local theater to set the record at 58 hours straight of movie watching in a theater. The record was broken somewhere in asia by the end of the next month.
But still.
Semi-related: did I ever tell you guys I was briefly a Guiness World Record co-holder? Me and about 10 or so other people made it to the end of a movie marathon at a local theater to set the record at 58 hours straight of movie watching in a theater. The record was broken somewhere in asia by the end of the next month.
But still.
KGB
Footballguy
kevzilla
Footballguy
I nominate Frosty to go back and get a ####-load more dimes.
Bob Sacamano
Footballguy
If people there are truly that.poor and the food that good, I'd think you could find a quality local cook to help with the local dishes. Maybe do something in a sit down Humanzee menu inside, with a patio/walk-up window type of setup featuring more local cuisine.Well, there is satellite TV and you can even get the NFL Sunday Ticket.krista4, that sounds incredibly appealing to me. I think I would love to live in a place like that...but maybe only half the year.
First thought I had reading your post. Well, second after, "you guys suck."
shuke
Black Ice Skeptic
It was awesome when I was 14.
Dr. Awesome
Footballguy
High Anxiety is probably my favorite Mel Brooks movie. Blazing Saddles is probably my least favorite of his comedies.
NorvilleBarnes
Footballguy
Young Frankenstein and it's not even close for me.
DA RAIDERS
Footballguy
Me too
El Floppo
Footballguy
I don't know why I'm typing all this, but I hope someone will find it interesting.
St. Louis Bob
Footballguy
Seriously, what has happened in the last 20 years? These gals are 17-18 and they looked like they were 23-24. Almost every one of them was 6'1-6'2, skinny, with nice racks. Good night.
You just got married. You have nothing left to fear.
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Tecumseh
Footballguy
Our community pool opened this weekend, and there is some stunning new talent developing in the minors. I know it's cliché, but chicks just did not look like this when I was their age.
St. Louis Bob
Footballguy
Maybe it is the hormones and stuff in the milk, cattle etc. I was pretty close to handing out automobiles yesterday.
Mr. Pickles
Footballguy
Oprah?
Sconch
Footballguy
Bob Sacamano
Footballguy
"Don't be afraid. It's only a ####."
Sconch
Footballguy
You brought your cats with you?It is also the only place to get kitty litter.krista4, that sounds incredibly appealing to me. I think I would love to live in a place like that...but maybe only half the year.
Homer J Simpson
I don't push
It's about time you idiots noticed this!
St. Louis Bob
Footballguy
There were a ton of cute gals for sure but not as tall and built. At 6' I was one of the biggest guys in HS, these gals were all 6'1-6'2 maybe taller. Mrs. SLB was one of the tallest gals at 5' 11, I'm a leg guy, I don't miss these things.
Bob Sacamano
Footballguy
I saw a portion of Hogs Gone Wild for the first time a few nights ago. Fewer boobs than I thought there'd be.
Bob Sacamano
Footballguy
It didn't really hold my attention before OR after I finished.
St. Louis Bob
Footballguy
Mrs. SLB had to meet me at the party yesterday since she had a bridal shower to attend at the same time. On her way she saw a guy fall out of a tree. She called 911 and helped him and he luckily only broke his arm. After the incident with the guy getting hit by the car in December, I'm starting to get a little suspicious. She also told me it's no fun having sex with me when I'm really wasted and she's sober. What a #####.
DA RAIDERS
Footballguy
'Homer J Simpson said:
Bob Sacamano
Footballguy
Tell her you so badly wish to empathize with her that you're willing to experience what she had to experience so you can understand what it is she dislikes so much.
Sconch
Footballguy
Why was the guy up in the tree in the first place?
JaxBill
Footballguy
He was raking leaves. Everything was fine until Mrs. SLB waved.
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