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  • From alan on Lady Buffs/ West Texas A&M

    Starting to read and enjoy your new blog additions from your Texas visit….point to note….the team is actually called the Lady Buffs…..as I don’t recall anyone ever calling them the buffaloes. You hit some great weather while you were here…yesterday was cold and very windy and today is cloudy and rainy!
    2015/03/18 at 9:00 am

  • From a on Polo and Juanito

    This must be one of the posts you have worked on? Didn’t have any idea how long pelicans lived…sort of like dogs I guess?
    2015/02/26 at 3:53 pm

    • From Scott Lafon on Polo and Juanito

      This was an interesting side trip. The pelican’s are quite odd and ungainly. Polo wasn’t exactly sure how old Juanito was, but he was part of his family, for sure. There are always better ways to say things.
      2015/02/27 at 9:00 am

  • From alan on Pickleball Classic

    I never got to play pickleball….but wish I was still in Arizona! I woke up to snow this morning!
    2015/02/17 at 4:51 pm

  • From alan on Pickleball Classic

    Although I didn’t try pickleball I wish I was still in Arizona….for it snowed here last night! Alas, I came home a couple of weeks too early! Have to remember that next winter…..right now I’m thinking of leaving Texas around the 1st of December and not returning until the 1st of March!!! Lol
    2015/02/17 at 3:57 pm

  • From Pat Riley on Night Dolphins/On the Malecon

    Hey, appreciate the plug!
    2015/01/23 at 8:48 pm

    • From Scott Lafon on Night Dolphins/On the Malecon

      we enjoyed the show – one of the highlights of the trip.
      2015/01/24 at 4:30 am

  • From Pat Riley on Jack Kerouac in Mazatlan

    Interesting! I didn’t know this.
    2015/01/23 at 8:38 pm

    • From Scott Lafon on Jack Kerouac in Mazatlan

      planning on re-visiting the book. see how he talks about the area. a gifted writer always on the prowl for new experiences, new adventures.
      2015/01/24 at 4:33 am

  • From alan on Back Home

    Any foreign trip you make it home from is a good one these days! Exploring Uruguay through your eyes and pen has been very enjoyable so thanks for all the posts and pictures and insights into a part of the world I will probably see no other way!
    2014/12/13 at 3:41 pm

  • From alan on Florida/ A Fountain of Youth

    I may just some day have to check out Florida! If I do it will be in January or February when it’s cold in west Texas!
    2014/12/10 at 3:37 pm

    • From Scott Lafon on Florida/ A Fountain of Youth

      very nice there. especially in the winter like now. a condo still might be a good idea.
      2014/12/12 at 12:46 am

  • From alan on Story Hour

    I’ve really enjoyed your new blog site Scott and looked forward each day to see where you were and what you were seeing. And you’ve saved me a lot of money by me not having to go to Uruguay myself and seeing it in person. The pictures are a nice plus so we can see some of the things you write about! Will this trip remain on-line and available for eternity…..or will it disappear into cyber-space?
    2014/12/08 at 2:05 pm

    • From Scott Lafon on Story Hour

      thanks for following. Mazatlan looks to be favorable. It will be a short trip but probably have as many interesting sights as this trip. We need to check – I have heard there are Aztec ruins somewhere near Mazatlan that would make a good day trip into the past.
      2014/12/09 at 6:22 am

  • From Pat Riley on San Jose, National Theatre Tour

    If we have a national theatric (perhaps the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC), I bet there is no Nativity scene. It wouldn’t be politically correct.
    2014/12/07 at 4:34 pm

    • From Scott Lafon on San Jose, National Theatre Tour

      It seems that way, Pat. Trees are up here but I haven’t heard a lot of Jingle Bells yet. That is a song for the ages and Santa is the MAN.
      2014/12/07 at 4:55 pm

  • From Pat Riley on Eating for Eatings Sake

    Yummmmm … looks good!
    2014/12/07 at 2:42 am

    • From Scott Lafon on Eating for Eatings Sake

      It is great. Have been a little food deprived the last month so this is like going to heaven. The food is less expensive and more to my liking, and the buffet makes the hotel cost even a better deal. You can go all day on this meal and it gets you ready for tours or whatever you want to do.
      2014/12/07 at 4:27 am

      • From alan on Eating for Eatings Sake

        I don’t know about going all day on a big delicious breakfast…but it would sure get me thru till noon! Are you still getting up very early when nothing is open…or have you gotten more in sync with normal people?
        2014/12/07 at 4:20 pm

        • From Scott Lafon on Eating for Eatings Sake

          no, doing much better with my time clock. leaving tomorrow at ten thirty so I will have breakfast here ,and then get a taxi to the airport. I do get up by seven though and you would be surprised how few people are awake and active then. Looking forward to Mazatlan in January. That and Arizona will be a shorter trip for me. I need to take a break from my break.
          2014/12/07 at 4:54 pm

  • From alan on Potty Training

    Now I know it’s time for you to come home! Although I will admit that you’ve done another thing that I have never done…taken a shot of water to the chest trying to figure out that strange porcelain appliance! Lol Reminded me of Crocodile Dundee putting his boot into one trying to figure out what in the hell it was!
    2014/12/02 at 5:02 pm

    • From Scott Lafon on Potty Training

      I know. sometimes you just run out of ideas or get bored and put down whatever comes in your mind. But, I know not to pull the handle!
      2014/12/07 at 4:28 am

  • From Pat Riley on Photo Shoot

    Wow … big river! This might even be larger than the Rio Grande! The Dorados I’m familiar with (and sent the video link to) are salt water fish. Is there a fresh water variety in Uruguay?
    2014/11/29 at 11:13 pm

  • From Pat Riley on Gaucho

    Like the gaucho painting!
    2014/11/29 at 2:16 am

  • From Pat Riley on Plants For Sale

    Finally some jungle! Up to these photos, Uruguay’s been looking kind of like Kansas with a beach.
    2014/11/29 at 2:05 am

  • From mark on Three Crosses Bus Terminal

    Looks like an Eat more chicken billboard.
    2014/11/28 at 6:49 am

  • From mark on Uruguay is Green

    Looks like the plains with palm trees.
    2014/11/28 at 6:44 am

  • From alan on Plants For Sale

    I liked this post and the pictures and am dying to know….what did you do with the two plants you bought?
    2014/11/27 at 2:29 pm

  • From mark on La Paloma/Uruguay

    Nothing like palm trees to make me want to go somewhere.I think I have seen the street dog somewhere else.Left to their own motives the genetic result looks the same.
    2014/11/25 at 5:52 am

  • From Pat Riley on Juan Carlos and Mate

    Scott, really interesting “factoid”; loved learning about Mate!
    2014/11/24 at 4:51 pm

  • From alan on Ralli Museum

    I liked this post….and the fact that was a free gallery was exceptional! Lol. I thought of Piet Mondrian when you showed some of the art for some reason? I never would have thought of Calder….like most I always think of mobiles when I think of him! Hope u r getting enough to eat down there…you’ve quit posting pics of your entrees!
    2014/11/23 at 4:03 pm

  • From mark on Biography of an Artist

    Absolutely crazy about his artwork.The house made my hands itchy, wanted to get out and mix up some mortar.The disposable picture with the curving shirt and reflected color was great. I also am dealing with weeds.Before I give up gardening altogether, I built a border around the plot.A line in the sand so to speak, my space, my rules, my kingdom.
    2014/11/23 at 11:52 am

  • From Pat Riley on Santa

    I like the MundoMac Store photo. Do you can this an “Apple Store” or a “Manzana Store”?
    2014/11/23 at 12:32 am

    • From on Santa

      a manzana tienda maybe?
      2014/11/23 at 12:01 pm

  • From Alicia on Biography of an Artist

    I understand your confusion 16 was the survivors (29 past away) and one of them was Carlitos Paez the Vilaro son.
    2014/11/22 at 2:03 pm

  • From Pat Riley on Biography of an Artist

    Suggested viewing … watch the movie “Alive” about an Uruguayan soccer or rugby team, on the way to a match in Chile, whose plane crashed in the Andes in the 1970s. I’m not sure of the length of these survivors’ ordeal but it was longer than sixteen days.
    2014/11/21 at 9:30 pm

    • From Alicia on Biography of an Artist

      Carlitos , Vilaro’s son was son was lost for 72 days at the alpes You can find a book ALIVE or bust the museum Museo Andes 1972 -mandes.uy- www.mandes.uy/
      2014/11/22 at 1:55 pm

  • From alan on Biography of an Artist

    “We need to give thanks for artists because they are explorers with flashlights who show us our way in the dark.” Very nice post….especially this last line!
    2014/11/21 at 8:13 am

  • From Mark on Sandwich bargains

    another construction photo,I love seeing how they build in other places.
    2014/11/20 at 10:52 am

  • From Pat Riley on Cathedral San Fernando, Maldonado, Uruguay

    Scott, these are stunning photos! I particularly like the two exterior shots which contrast the pink cathedral against the blue sky. Ansel Adams is probably sorry he never visited Uruguay.
    2014/11/19 at 10:51 pm

  • From Mark on On the Way to Punta Del Este

    Those buses look nice. I wonder if, those are similar to the ones from Buenos Aires to Santiago, Chile over the Andes, maybe you could inquire?
    2014/11/19 at 5:49 pm

  • From alan on Graffiti

    At first glance I thought this pic was of you! It sounds like you’re doing what I used to in mexico..i.e. go out walking and talk to the natives! Lol. In fact, I had a regular route and enjoyed trying out my Spanish and the Mexicans enjoyed practicing their english. Can’t even estimate how many hours I spent sitting with Tomas by the San Carlos marina gas docks chatting while he waited for boats to pull up! I especially like your posts with pictures of people! I remember when we were kids we thought having pictures with people in them…ruined them…..but now I realize that having people in pictures really makes them better! Keep your posts coming…..I loOK forward to see where you’ve been each day!
    2014/11/19 at 3:30 pm

    • From on Graffiti

      Hey Alan, Its funny, I came to the same realization a long time ago.My eyes are drawn to the people in the photos.Perhaps there is a deeper meaning in this.Relax, sit on a beach somewhere and reflect.
      2014/11/20 at 10:46 am
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