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January 18, 2017 January 22, 2017
Feria del Almojábano, celebrated in Dolega.
For more information, see https://www.facebook.com/festivaldelalmojabano, among other websites and newspaper articles.
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January 18, 2017 02:45 PM 06:00 PM
Jaramillo Gardeners Trip to Finca Tangara, Palmira
January 18, 2017, Wednesday 10 am.
$5 donation (benefits the Library) per person for informative tour and consulting by Peter Sterling.
Met up at San Francisco Plaza to car pool 9:45 am sharp
Join us for a trip to Peter Sterling's beautiful farm - citrus, coffee, and native plant nursery, overlooking the Pacific Ocean in Palmira, Panama. The garden club went here a couple years ago and it remains one of our most popular trips ever!
Plants - trees, shrubs, fruiting, flowers, etc will be for sale - all proceeds benefit the Boquete Library.
Met up at San Francisco Plaza to car pool 9:45 am sharp. Bring small bills for the donation and to purchase plants. Wear long pants and closed shoes or you will be bug lunch! FYI - there is mud on farms...
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January 18, 2017 04:00 PM 08:00 PM
Explore Boquete City Center area while participating in the Boquete Amazing Race! Like the TV show, there will be Roadblocks to overcome, you will have to navigate through Detours, and dash to the Finish Mat! Complete team challenges and various tasks! Win Prizes!
Race to find the answers to questions like....
How much is a 12oz cup of coffee at "so and so"?
How many _____________ are there?
Wednesday, January 18th from 11am-3pm.
2 people on a team and $15 per team. Includes: Team entrance and first beer free and then 50 cent beers ALL DAY plus free chips and salsa.
Starting and finishing at Big Daddy's Grill. Check in at 11am and return no later than 3pm.
Don't be the last to finish! Come in team uniform and win more points!
Here's an example of how this event will work. Teams arrive and check in. Each team is asked to guess the number of something. The team who guess the closest to the actual number gets a 2 minute head start. A few teams will get a head start for their first "Challenge". Once you complete the challenge, you'll return to Big Daddy's and run into a "Roadblock". This is a different type of challenge that you can either Pass or Fail (example: one team member will be blindfolded and asked to distinguish different flavors of potato chips.) If the team member answers correctly, you move on to another Challenge. If they answer incorrectly, you must complete a Detour before getting next challenge. After each Challenge, you'll hit a Roadblock which could mean a Detour or onto the final Challenge.
Amazing Race final.pdf
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Recent Event Reviews
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BCP Holiday Open House
By Moderator_02,
We were not able to participate in this event due to absence from the area, but we understand from friends who supported this event that it was a HUGE success. Here are some of Clare Taylor's photos:
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Community Christmas Party Hosted by Amigos de Boquete Comunidad
By Moderator_02,
Marcelyn and I attended this fabulous Christmas Party at La Posada Restaurant this afternoon. Besides the usual Christmas season festivities, one purpose for this party was to collect Christmas gifts for the local children. There was no entrance fee, but attendees were asked to bring wrapped Christmas gifts for distribution by the local churches. Our estimate is that about 50 people were in attendance, and all enjoyed the fantastic music of a seven member mariachi band. What a great performance on their part; they were very good at getting the attendees involved by singing and dancing with them. La Posada had extra waitstaff to take care of drink and food orders. The party was in a large room at the rear of La Posada -- could not have been a better venue for this kind of gathering.
The party was planned and executed by a recently formed group of expats under the name of Amigos de Boquete Comunidad (ABC). Joe Hart and his wife, Linda, along with numerous volunteers put together this festive gathering. Our hats off to Joe, Linda, and all of their elves.
Here are a few pictures from this event:
A panorama shot of some of the attendees.
The Christmas tree, prior to all of the gifts being received that were to be donated.
The Mariachi Band
Linda and Joe Hart, Dave and Erin Ross
Special guests at the table with Joe and Linda Hart.
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ARF Thanksgiving Meal
By Bud,
Marcelyn and I were participants in ARF's Thanksgiving Day event at the Animales Building. There was a LOT of VERY GOOD food, great conversations, visits with friends, etc. We estimate there were about 70 guests and maybe 15 worker-bees taking care of setting up, tending to the guests, etc. The background music was nice, and not so loud as to intrude into the conversations. The pecan pie was simply outstanding. Kudos to that chef! But I also do not want to take away from any of the other food items. I sampled all the food choices, and there was nothing to apologize for on that front.
An unexpected plus for us was that we finally got to meet Beth Abrahams (it is kind of a long story, don't ask).
Beth Abrahams
We also got to catch up with all of the latest travels and happenings of our friends who were at our table. Met a few new people, etc.
There simply was nothing that we could fault (not our goal anyway). This is the way things should be done, and ARF did it with all of their wonderful volunteers. If someone found fault with something yesterday, then I would chalk them off as being a token curmudgeon. Thank you ARF! GREAT JOB!!!!
Thank you to all who helped make yesterday's Thanksgiving Day celebration such a huge success, and special thanks to N&N:
I will close with: we all have a lot to be thankful for.
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One Night in India
By JudyS,
I think $55 for one person is a lot of money to spend on a dinner in Boquete. I've never spent that much for an Indian dinner anywhere.
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Plein Air Painters Art Exhibiton Opening Reception
By Mary Ellen Watts,
I am glad I will be there early so I can buy some of the art available for cash and carry!!!
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