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Written by Matt Landau
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Wednesday, September 24 2008 |
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We've seen the signs of gentrification before in places like Soho: ramshackle kitsch shops giving way to trendy restaurants and bars giving way to upper class patrons "re-defining" a once red zone neighborhood. It's a common sight in Casco Viejo today, specifically with artists beginning to occupy spaces once considered dilapidated and not fit for business. These trendsetters create amenities consumed by the bourgeoisie and act as clear gauges for the economic status of this burgeoning district.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, September 24 2008 )
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Written by Pascale Schwander
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Sunday, March 23 2008 |
Last week, I went to my first fashion show in Panama! I invited my mom along -- she has always liked fashion and was curious to see how Panamanians would handle that kind of event. We went early to make sure we got good seats.
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Last Updated ( Monday, August 11 2008 )
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Written by Matt Landau
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Tuesday, January 22 2008 |
It'd always humored my family for some reason to drag me along to museums. Unlike the dentist or piano teacher, their torture rationale was never based on improving health or acquiring a skill, but rather a hope that through some sort of magical osmosis, we all might get smarter just by standing before a Renoir. I imagined it like a tanning booth, but for academics. That was why people got so close to the artwork, I figured. To soak up as much of the smart rays as possible.
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Last Updated ( Monday, August 11 2008 )
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Written by Matt Landau
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Tuesday, October 09 2007 |
Panama's National Theater is like a jewel on the eye. From the outside, the building is sort of ambiguous in that it appears to house government offices just like those all around it in Casco Antiguo. But the inside is wonderful and warm, the roof deck one of the better secrets in the capital city.
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Last Updated ( Monday, August 11 2008 )
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Written by Matt Landau
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Sunday, June 24 2007 |
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What could have been a terrific evening of warm breezes, romantic streets and elegant tunes at the Casco Antiguo Music Festival, for me, turned out to be a bit of a bummer.
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Last Updated ( Monday, August 11 2008 )
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Written by Matt Landau
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Thursday, May 03 2007 |
The 1000 Polleras festival is a who's who of Panamanian culture, art, and tradition. One day each year, Calle 50 becomes the main stage for a celebration that might resemble Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade after sniffing one too many whip cream canisters.
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Last Updated ( Monday, August 11 2008 )
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Written by Matt Landau
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Wednesday, October 11 2006 |
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When most people hear Panama, they think of one thing: the country's most valuable asset and undoubtedly its greatest shortcut, the Panama Canal. But from its pirate-ridden days as a swashbuckling stronghold to today's beefy economy and real estate gold rush, Panama is a country full of charm.
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Last Updated ( Monday, August 11 2008 )
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Written by Administrator
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Monday, August 28 2006 |
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Ok I'll admit it, when I go ClaroCom I not only do work and surf the web but I eaves drop! I am always on the look out for speakers of that funny little language- English. I can't help it! The other day I was on the computer watching a one of kind video of a South African Surfer getting his board ripped from under him by great white shark when I heard something interesting behind me. One of the workers at Claro com was telling this man seated at a table with a laptop that all women want in Panama is a muscular man with a nice car.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, September 03 2008 )
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