The advantage of living in Casco Viejo is the variety of small shops within a couple of blocks of my home in Casco Viejo.

Casco Viejo, the jewel of Panama is also a UNESCO Heritage Trust site.

Last Friday Casco Viejo´s “usual suspects” gathered around the fire (Lorelei´s Super Gourmet)and enjoyed some of Argentina´s best wines, all for under $10!

Flash post! The Saint Malo Music Festival just inaugurated. What and When here....

Last night I went to the opening of the show "15000 Watts" at La Casona de Brujas in Plaza Herrera. The show is a meditation on the current energy crisis, in Panama, in the world, and how it touches all of us at different levels. From the everyday experiences to the hydro plant. The most important part of it all was not so much how electricity has changed our lifestyle to make it more comfortable and allows us to think at a higher level (or not think..) but a question o whether we are able to leave this comfort zone and take action, join efforts and help solve this crisis.

Winter Events at Casco Viejo... Remember to always check our Casco Antiguo Event Calendar...

Almost a month ago we launched an Urban Composting Contest aimed to provide the comunity of Casco Antiguo with a system to not only recycle their organic trash but also to be able to grow food that would balance their diet and ultimately even sell to restaurants. The results so far are interesting...

It almost sounds like the title of an experimental movie! but well, I had so many little pictures and happenings this weekend and upcoming week I couldn´t just "cluster" them in a theme. First, of course, the tomatoes...

Every year, around September, a group of artists present their work at the Contemporary Art Museum. This year, several "Casco Addicts" are competing: film directors Abner Benhaim and Enrique Castro Ríos. Other years have had photographer Rachelle Mozman, who is also a Casco resident