For those who wondered what was the last plant, here is the answer:

After composting for some time in my balcony, I had a wonderful (but completely accidental) turn of events! check it out!

Meditating about what has value and what doesn´t is a profound activity, almost zen-like. It has to do with the fundamentals of the property, but on a bigger picture even that is subdued to one and only factor: what makes a human happy.

Just another day in my office and suddenly... tarataraaaraaa.... carnival music and people singing: the classic signs of a religious procesion in Casco Viejo. I know most people feel a serious ceremony should be more appropiate, but so far I haven´t seen any procession here that is not filled with music, ballons and flowers.

Yesterday, running around as I always do, suddenly I saw a big bunch of people dressed up in purple, yellow and red. They where filming a commercial for one of the current presidential candidates for 2009 from an opposition party. I thought two things where really funny, borderline hilarious

Thomas was one of our first tenants in Casa Padrós, at the back of the ex music Conservatorio building, in Plaza Herrera. Originally from Holland, Thomas has travelled all around and spent quite some time in Panama all the way from Bocas del Toro to Casco Antiguo taking fantastic pictures. We´ll be featuring some of his work in my blog

Today, at La Prensa there was a very short article with huge positive impact: Caterpillar Signed Contract with Panama. In less than a paragraph, it mentions that this heavyweight company will...

These graffitti pictures were done also by Cisco and Above. I didn´t realize they went into the Santa Familia building, which we are turning into a huge nursery for our urban agriculture project in Casco Antiguo.

Earth Day in Casco Antiguo! a unique celebration...