Did Christmas leave you with a few extra books on your shelves? Bring them along and go home with others!
Date: Thursday, December 30, 2010
Time: Meet Up is at 10:00 am, Book Exchange at 10:30 am
Place: Cafe Delicious, San Ramon, at our regular Thursday Morning Coffee
Directions: Main Street In from Mall, through first traffic light, then at first stop sign make a left. Go about six blocks (heading west), past Red Cross on left, then look for green awnings of Cafe D on the far left corner.
Expect: Coffee, pastries and breakfast available. Bring up to five books you don't need returned for exchange and go home with five you haven't read yet!
More Info: No need to RSVP, come if you like, look for all the Gringas! Questions? Email kbellhfpasco@aol.com . All are welcome!
Monday, December 27, 2010
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Meet Up Event: Great Food and Shopping in the Big City!
A couple of weeks ago, a few of us had to visit the American Embassy, and did we discover -- quite by accident! -- a wonderful block of shopping and the best Italian Restaurant ever in San Jose! If you are looking for a holiday treat for yourself, come along!
Date: Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Meet Up: 8 am at the Directo Bus Station in San Ramon in time for the 8:30 bus. Buy two bus tickets, one for the trip and one for the return (2,280 c total). This avoids lines in the SJ station.
Agenda: Visit Innovarte Design, a store which features modern wall art and furnishings with good prices; Mata Hari, a purveyor of East Indian and Indonesian furniture, lamps, decorative items; and La Artistica which is, well, just the biggest home furnishing store in Central America! For more info go to:
http://www.laartistica.net/main.php?action=quienes
http://innovartedesign.com/productos.html
http://importadoraisa.com/ (Mata Hari)
Lunch: Il Padrino Restaurante (menu at http://ilpadrinocr.com/ ) where the food was so good we almost cried at lunch, but we were having too much fun. You can have an excellent lunch for less than 10,000 c, but you can spend lots more with appetizers and wine, so be an informed consumer!
Special Note: Gentlemen are welcome, but they must pledge to be good shoppers, NO WHINING! We are going to look and look and look and look and maybe buy something, and look some more...
Expect: A one-hour bus ride to SJ, taxi to Rohrmoser (shared, about 3,000 c), walking in stores and in a five-block area, shared taxi back to Directo Bus Station (about the same cost) and arrive back in San Ramon about 4:30 pm.
More Info: E-mail Kathy Bell at kbellhfpasco@aol.com or call 8307-9059. No RSVP necessary, just Meet Up at the bus station as indicated above.
Date: Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Meet Up: 8 am at the Directo Bus Station in San Ramon in time for the 8:30 bus. Buy two bus tickets, one for the trip and one for the return (2,280 c total). This avoids lines in the SJ station.
Agenda: Visit Innovarte Design, a store which features modern wall art and furnishings with good prices; Mata Hari, a purveyor of East Indian and Indonesian furniture, lamps, decorative items; and La Artistica which is, well, just the biggest home furnishing store in Central America! For more info go to:
http://www.laartistica.net/main.php?action=quienes
http://innovartedesign.com/productos.html
http://importadoraisa.com/ (Mata Hari)
Lunch: Il Padrino Restaurante (menu at http://ilpadrinocr.com/ ) where the food was so good we almost cried at lunch, but we were having too much fun. You can have an excellent lunch for less than 10,000 c, but you can spend lots more with appetizers and wine, so be an informed consumer!
Special Note: Gentlemen are welcome, but they must pledge to be good shoppers, NO WHINING! We are going to look and look and look and look and maybe buy something, and look some more...
Expect: A one-hour bus ride to SJ, taxi to Rohrmoser (shared, about 3,000 c), walking in stores and in a five-block area, shared taxi back to Directo Bus Station (about the same cost) and arrive back in San Ramon about 4:30 pm.
More Info: E-mail Kathy Bell at kbellhfpasco@aol.com or call 8307-9059. No RSVP necessary, just Meet Up at the bus station as indicated above.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Meet Up Event: Magallanes Kids' Art Show!
Come out to support the kids in Mike and Earl's art class at the Magallanes Elementary School! There's nothing like the oohs and ahhs of an audience to boost their confidence, and you sure will have a good time with all the smiles! Oh, and Santa will be there too!
Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2010, no need to RSVP, just go!
Time: 12:00 noon, look for Mike and Earl, for info email mikenearl1832@aol.com
Place: Magallanes Elementary School
Directions: Take the autopista west from San R
amon, pass the Windmill Restaurant on your left and keep an eye to the right for the next right-turn on a paved road. There is a soda on the near corner and a house that looks like a castle on the far corner, up high. Continue about 1/2 mile until you see the school on the left.
Expect: Lots of art created by the students on display, cake and fun!!! Come spend an hour -- it's a good and easy way to give back to the local community!
Date: Tuesday, December 14, 2010, no need to RSVP, just go!
Time: 12:00 noon, look for Mike and Earl, for info email mikenearl1832@aol.com
Place: Magallanes Elementary School
Directions: Take the autopista west from San R
amon, pass the Windmill Restaurant on your left and keep an eye to the right for the next right-turn on a paved road. There is a soda on the near corner and a house that looks like a castle on the far corner, up high. Continue about 1/2 mile until you see the school on the left.Expect: Lots of art created by the students on display, cake and fun!!! Come spend an hour -- it's a good and easy way to give back to the local community!
Monday, December 6, 2010
Go On Your Own Event: International Food Festival in Los Angeles Sur!
As a benefit for the computer program at the Felix Angel Salas School in Los Angeles Sur, Joe Anello invites everyone to attend a Christmas International Food Festival! Here are the details:
Date: Sunday, December 12, 2010
Time: 10 am until approximately 2 pm
Place: Salon Comunal, adjacent to the Church in Los Angeles Sur
Directions: From Maxi-Bodega continue north until you see the beige San Juan church in front of you; make a left toward La Fortuna (just in front of the church) and continue approximately six miles until you see the Los Angeles Sur Church on your right.
Expect: Lots of Tico Food prepared by parents, international foods prepared by the Gringo community, music (10 am - Tico band, 12 noon - Joe Anello Jazz Quartet, then the Krazy 8 rock band). You can get food to go if you bring your own tupperware containers.
Auction: 12:30 pm, Dinner at Vista Del Valle, Dinner at Mi Rancho, other items
Come out to support the kids! More info: email Joe Anello at jophoster@gmail.com
Date: Sunday, December 12, 2010
Time: 10 am until approximately 2 pm
Place: Salon Comunal, adjacent to the Church in Los Angeles Sur
Directions: From Maxi-Bodega continue north until you see the beige San Juan church in front of you; make a left toward La Fortuna (just in front of the church) and continue approximately six miles until you see the Los Angeles Sur Church on your right.
Expect: Lots of Tico Food prepared by parents, international foods prepared by the Gringo community, music (10 am - Tico band, 12 noon - Joe Anello Jazz Quartet, then the Krazy 8 rock band). You can get food to go if you bring your own tupperware containers.
Auction: 12:30 pm, Dinner at Vista Del Valle, Dinner at Mi Rancho, other items
Come out to support the kids! More info: email Joe Anello at jophoster@gmail.com
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Meet Up Event: Potluck at Mary Ellen's Hacienda!
If you have not yet been to Mary Ellen and Fernando Montenegro's house in Los Angeles Sur, it is a real treat! A talented artist with many paintings, ME also has created some whimsical tile art, and they have a fantastic garden and a hacienda-style porch. Bring a dish to share, and come to see!
Date: Wednesday, December 8, 2010, guys and gals invited.
Meet Up: Cafe Delicious at 11:00 am for carpooling and caravan and 11:20 am at Mi Rancho in Los Angeles Sur for anyone who needs to follow us. No need to RSVP, just come to one of the meet up places!
Time: 11:30 am to 1:30 pm
Expect: A lovely, casual setting; superb bilingual hosts; lots of fun folks and an excellent beginning to the holiday season, potluck lunch.
Bring: A dish to share and something to drink.
Thanks, Mary Ellen and Fernando, for your hospitality!
Date: Wednesday, December 8, 2010, guys and gals invited.
Meet Up: Cafe Delicious at 11:00 am for carpooling and caravan and 11:20 am at Mi Rancho in Los Angeles Sur for anyone who needs to follow us. No need to RSVP, just come to one of the meet up places!
Time: 11:30 am to 1:30 pm
Expect: A lovely, casual setting; superb bilingual hosts; lots of fun folks and an excellent beginning to the holiday season, potluck lunch.
Bring: A dish to share and something to drink.
Thanks, Mary Ellen and Fernando, for your hospitality!
Thursday, December 2, 2010
RSVP Event: Guys and Football!
It's time for the guys to get together! George Hudson is hoping the guys will meet en MASSe (Men's Athletic and Sports Society) for guy stuff: football, snacks and libations.
Date: Sunday, December 5, 2010 and Thursday, December 9, 2010
Time: 7:00 pm Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Baltimore Ravens, 7:20 pm CST kickoff (12/5)
7:00 pm Indianapolis Colts vs. Tennessee Titans, 7:20 pm CST kickoff (12/9)
Place: Tio Charley's Sports Bar...a HUGE WIDESCREEN TV, great bocas and drinks
Directions: Autopista west from San Ramon about 1 km, you will see a gas station on the left. Tio Charley's is the very next parking lot on the left.
RSVP: Email George Hudson, hudsongeorge47@gmail.com (Telephones are still not working at the cabinas!) Pass this on to all the football lovin' guys you know! George is hoping the guys getting together will become a regular event!
Date: Sunday, December 5, 2010 and Thursday, December 9, 2010
Time: 7:00 pm Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Baltimore Ravens, 7:20 pm CST kickoff (12/5)
7:00 pm Indianapolis Colts vs. Tennessee Titans, 7:20 pm CST kickoff (12/9)
Place: Tio Charley's Sports Bar...a HUGE WIDESCREEN TV, great bocas and drinks
Directions: Autopista west from San Ramon about 1 km, you will see a gas station on the left. Tio Charley's is the very next parking lot on the left.
RSVP: Email George Hudson, hudsongeorge47@gmail.com (Telephones are still not working at the cabinas!) Pass this on to all the football lovin' guys you know! George is hoping the guys getting together will become a regular event!
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