Archive for 'Fiesta'
Mama Vilma’s poolside party
Posted on January 30, 2012 in 1,620 + posts, Fiesta, Volunteer Belize
Shelly, Eve and Cheryl’s vision of a night pool party fundraiser worked out beautifully, right down to getting the rain out of the way in the morning. The smiling faces, full seats and packed bar were a great measure of their success. Wave Music’s Gerry Badillo was our announcer letting us know where the fashions [...]
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Events Leading up to the Fundraiser
Posted on January 28, 2012 in 1,620 + posts, Fiesta, Volunteer Belize
Organizing a large fundraiser is no small thing, especially when it comes to preparation. I can just imagine how Shelly, Eve and Cheryl must be feeling right now with all their hard work, hopefully cat naps are in process. I have been in process getting ready for the fundraiser since Monday with blogging a first [...]
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Pineapple on my Pizza.
Posted on December 6, 2011 in 1,620 + posts, Fiesta, Useful Information
[Tonight's stream has funny audio, video froze off and on due to connection - life in Belize.] I knew it would be a busy day so I decided to prepare with a Belize breakfast of champions – 2 iced coffees, leftover Pedro’s pizza that Paul brought home last night and some ruffles potato chips is [...]
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Lighted Boat Parade
Posted on December 4, 2011 in 1,620 + posts, Fiesta, Videos
What a great night, the boat parade was bigger and better than ever this year. We started our night at Exotic Caye/Crazy Canucks, perfect dock to watch the parade from and not super crowded. Ran into Scotty who is back on the island for a visit. Afterwards we walked the beach to town for the [...]
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Pleasantly Full
Posted on November 25, 2011 in 1,620 + posts, Fiesta, Living in Belize
Tim and Tina’s annual thanks giving party was great as always, I am glad we made it early to enjoy the sunset. Managed to fill my plate just enough so that I was pleasantly full but not so much that I needed to walk it off ha ha. I scored well at the gift game [...]
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Garifuna Settlement Day Celebrations
Posted on November 20, 2011 in 1,620 + posts, Fiesta, Guest posts, Living in Belize, San Pedro Belize weather
I would like to welcome you Paula, my guest poster for today. I was thinking about how to frame her first post with a good introduction and waiting for an idea. After reading what she had to say I decided make it 2 people’s stories of how they their Garifuna Settlement Day in Belize and [...]
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A day with Birthday Boy
Posted on November 7, 2011 in 1,620 + posts, Eat - Sleep - Drink, Fiesta, San Pedro Belize weather
I just saw a 19 year old win a million dollars on a game show. Imagine how different any of our lives would be if that had happened to us? I wonder if I would have moved to Belize or would I have landed in a different Tropical location instead. I can say for sure [...]
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Grand Caribe Resort pool party part 2
Posted on September 14, 2011 in 1,620 + posts, Fiesta
I am finally making it back to the blog, warning you now this is not going to be a fast process. I keep getting sucked back to emails – over 200 car pile up there. So glad I did not bring my laptop with me to the party. Here are a few pics to tide [...]
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Giant Lobster found in pool at Grand Caribe Resort
Posted on September 12, 2011 in 1,620 + posts, Fiesta, San Pedro Belize weather
What a fantastic day perfect tropical September weather I am so glad I had my birthday at Grand Caribe Resort, I could not think of a better place. We ate, drank, hula hooped and floated in the pool for hours. Cowboy Doug was an excellent host and the staff at Footprints Beach Bar and Grill did a [...]
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San Pedro Poker Run
Posted on September 11, 2010 in 1,620 + posts, Eat - Sleep - Drink, Fiesta, Useful Information
Paul had me set up a haircut for him with Carole this morning and Molly and I decided to tag a long and enjoy visit. They have all gone off to Cindy’s for a swim. I opted to stay here as the sun is pretty bright and hot right now – 30c today according to [...]
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It’s not just fun and parties in San Pedro
Posted on November 16, 2007 in 1,620 + posts, Fiesta
It’s not just fun and parties in San Pedro… we love our parades too ha ha. Thanks to Amanda I caught the beach part of the Garifuna parade as well as my usual view from our balcony. Garifuna Settlement day falls yearly on is November 19. On this day, Garifuna Settlement Day, the arrival of [...]
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Easter Party
Posted on March 31, 2007 in 1,620 + posts, Fiesta, Volunteer Belize
Today was the Holy Cross School Easter party. I went up early to help get the prizes ready and hide eggs. We had all kinds of cool prizes, fancy pencils, spinning tops, super balls, rings, barrettes, bubbles, plastic bugs and more. All the donations people keep sending / bringing are such a help for us [...]
