Comments on: “Panza de Burro”: The Donkey-grey Sky of Lima http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/ slices of my life in Peru Sun, 13 Mar 2011 13:56:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Nano http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1908 Nano Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:09:14 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1908 "We limenians feel comfortable with our grey winter sky. It’s foreigners who feel uneasy and over-concerned with it." ditto! “We limenians feel comfortable with our grey winter sky. It’s foreigners who feel uneasy and over-concerned with it.”

ditto!

]]> By: Margaret http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1888 Margaret Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:27:43 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1888 Wow...I never realized that Lima was so gray in the winter... Here in Santiago (Chile) the winters are also gray and dreary, but with rain... and the Chileans love it... their comments are very similar to those left by all the nostalgic Peruvians who have commented here. It took me a long time to come to appreciate those gray days here, but I finally get it now... although I'd gladly trade them for a New York snowstorm any day! (guess it's all a matter of what we grow up with!) Wow…I never realized that Lima was so gray in the winter… Here in Santiago (Chile) the winters are also gray and dreary, but with rain… and the Chileans love it… their comments are very similar to those left by all the nostalgic Peruvians who have commented here. It took me a long time to come to appreciate those gray days here, but I finally get it now… although I’d gladly trade them for a New York snowstorm any day! (guess it’s all a matter of what we grow up with!)

]]> By: Juan Arellano http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1662 Juan Arellano Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:27:36 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1662 You should read Luis Loayza's "El Sol de Lima", it's not fiction lit. but it will help you to understand limeños, ja. You can find something about this book here: http://www.elperuano.com.pe/identidades/56/ensayo.asp And.. did u like emoliente? I like it with "Sávila". Saludos. You should read Luis Loayza’s “El Sol de Lima”, it’s not fiction lit. but it will help you to understand limeños, ja. You can find something about this book here: http://www.elperuano.com.pe/identidades/56/ensayo.asp

And.. did u like emoliente? I like it with “Sávila”.

Saludos.

]]> By: malena http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1590 malena Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:20:33 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1590 I live in Miraflores, at the Malecón, and I collect liters of water with my dehumidifyers every day. Still, the leather items like bags and shoes grow green mold and become a big pain, specially if you are allergic. That mix of dust and garúa so romantically described above causes asthma patients to flee towards the mountains. The clothes you hang up to dry (very few limeños have dryers) never do. You go to bed under frozen sheets. When I open my window in the mornings, fog literally invades my bedroom. BUT I love living here. Lima has the best food in the world, the nicest warmhearted people and the best summers ever. There´s nothing like a good ceviche and a cold beer beside theocean! I live in Miraflores, at the Malecón, and I collect liters of water with my dehumidifyers every day. Still, the leather items like bags and shoes grow green mold and become a big pain, specially if you are allergic. That mix of dust and garúa so romantically described above causes asthma patients to flee towards the mountains. The clothes you hang up to dry (very few limeños have dryers) never do. You go to bed under frozen sheets. When I open my window in the mornings, fog literally invades my bedroom.
BUT I love living here. Lima has the best food in the world, the nicest warmhearted people and the best summers ever. There´s nothing like a good ceviche and a cold beer beside theocean!

]]> By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1363 Barb Wed, 06 May 2009 14:57:50 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1363 "Salt water rusted bolts. " :) Love your description. I'm always taken with the poems written in permanent marker on the wall along the Malecon. They are invariably love poems -- romantic and heartfelt. I was interviewed in March by a documentary filmmaker who wanted to see a typical part of Lima, so I took him to the Malecon, and he shot a little bit of the wall. Then we went about a half a mile away to the place where people jump and commit suicide. “Salt water rusted bolts. ” :)

Love your description.

I’m always taken with the poems written in permanent marker on the wall along the Malecon. They are invariably love poems — romantic and heartfelt. I was interviewed in March by a documentary filmmaker who wanted to see a typical part of Lima, so I took him to the Malecon, and he shot a little bit of the wall. Then we went about a half a mile away to the place where people jump and commit suicide.

]]> By: Pico http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1358 Pico Mon, 04 May 2009 02:44:10 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1358 I never thought about it, but my favorite winter moments in Lima were spent looking out to the ocean (or at least as far as I could see) over the Malecon around the Club Terrazas. I spent countless hours practicing how I would tell a girl how I felt about her, and a few more crying after being rejected. I would always bring my guitar along (which would explain the salt water rusted bolts) and hum the ballads or valses in vogue at the time. Lima la horrible is the only way to begin to describe her, but it is my Lima. Ugly, yeah, but I love her. Salud I never thought about it, but my favorite winter moments in Lima were spent looking out to the ocean (or at least as far as I could see) over the Malecon around the Club Terrazas.

I spent countless hours practicing how I would tell a girl how I felt about her, and a few more crying after being rejected. I would always bring my guitar along (which would explain the salt water rusted bolts) and hum the ballads or valses in vogue at the time.

Lima la horrible is the only way to begin to describe her, but it is my Lima. Ugly, yeah, but I love her.

Salud

]]> By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-664 Barb Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:19:13 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-664 Jorge -- I'm very interested in your comments about La Molina's climate changing since you were in school. Twenty years really isn't so much time. I wonder, too, if the changes are due to global warming or pollution/over-development. I remember visiting La Molina in 1995. It was like going to the country (a dusty country, granted). El Fotografo's aunt and uncle live there, and I remember thinking as we drove through the quiet neighborhoods, 'Wow, they sure live out in the middle of nowhere.' When we visited again in 2007, I barely recognized La Molina. It looks like another crowded neighborhood -- so many businesses, so many cars. The traffic is horrendous and very dangerous. Friends of ours lost their teenage daughter in an accident caused by a drunk driver last New Year's. Now EF's aunt and uncle are selling their house and moving from La Molina. It's no longer a refuge for them. I'll look for the emoliente at Wong. Jorge — I’m very interested in your comments about La Molina’s climate changing since you were in school. Twenty years really isn’t so much time. I wonder, too, if the changes are due to global warming or pollution/over-development.

I remember visiting La Molina in 1995. It was like going to the country (a dusty country, granted). El Fotografo’s aunt and uncle live there, and I remember thinking as we drove through the quiet neighborhoods, ‘Wow, they sure live out in the middle of nowhere.’

When we visited again in 2007, I barely recognized La Molina. It looks like another crowded neighborhood — so many businesses, so many cars. The traffic is horrendous and very dangerous. Friends of ours lost their teenage daughter in an accident caused by a drunk driver last New Year’s.

Now EF’s aunt and uncle are selling their house and moving from La Molina. It’s no longer a refuge for them.

I’ll look for the emoliente at Wong.

]]> By: Jorge http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-663 Jorge Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:26:33 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-663 I lived in Surco and went to school in La Molina; that was more than 20 years ago. I remember it was foggy in the morning and then sunny in the afternoon almost everyday. Now it's cloudy the whole day even in La Molina. The center has been always that cloudy in winter, though. In Surco the sky at night was so clear I could see shooting stars almost every night. Now Lima's sky is like any other big city's. Too many cars and too much pollution. You can't see the stars any more. But I think global warming must have something to do with it as well. The food and the drinks there are so good though, they make me forget completely about the weather... And about the emoliente El Tonto de la Colina mentioned, if you try it and like it, go to Wong, Plaza Vea or any super market, you'll find packs with all the ingredients inside, ready to boil. Just add honey and lemon. I lived in Surco and went to school in La Molina; that was more than 20 years ago. I remember it was foggy in the morning and then sunny in the afternoon almost everyday. Now it’s cloudy the whole day even in La Molina. The center has been always that cloudy in winter, though.
In Surco the sky at night was so clear I could see shooting stars almost every night.
Now Lima’s sky is like any other big city’s. Too many cars and too much pollution. You can’t see the stars any more. But I think global warming must have something to do with it as well.
The food and the drinks there are so good though, they make me forget completely about the weather…
And about the emoliente El Tonto de la Colina mentioned, if you try it and like it, go to Wong, Plaza Vea or any super market, you’ll find packs with all the ingredients inside, ready to boil. Just add honey and lemon.

]]> By: Cecilia Jakubowycz http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-575 Cecilia Jakubowycz Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:21:45 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-575 Oh no, I'm not moving back. I did not mean that, it was more like thinking outloud. I wish I can move but my husband(Gringo) said "no way" and my kids(12 and 5) said the same. They love to go on vacation there but not to stay. If you got a chance during summer try to go to a beach called Las Lagunas de San Pedro it is paradise like 40 minutes from Lima, looks like Greece Oh no, I’m not moving back. I did not mean that, it was more like thinking outloud. I wish I can move but my husband(Gringo) said “no way” and my kids(12 and 5) said the same. They love to go on vacation there but not to stay. If you got a chance during summer try to go to a beach called Las Lagunas de San Pedro it is paradise like 40 minutes from Lima, looks like Greece

]]> By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/ slices of my life in Peru Sun, 13 Mar 2011 13:56:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Comments on: “Panza de Burro”: The Donkey-grey Sky of Lima http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/ slices of my life in Peru Sun, 13 Mar 2011 13:56:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Nano http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1908 Nano Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:09:14 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1908 "We limenians feel comfortable with our grey winter sky. It’s foreigners who feel uneasy and over-concerned with it." ditto! “We limenians feel comfortable with our grey winter sky. It’s foreigners who feel uneasy and over-concerned with it.”

ditto!

]]> By: Margaret http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1888 Margaret Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:27:43 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1888 Wow...I never realized that Lima was so gray in the winter... Here in Santiago (Chile) the winters are also gray and dreary, but with rain... and the Chileans love it... their comments are very similar to those left by all the nostalgic Peruvians who have commented here. It took me a long time to come to appreciate those gray days here, but I finally get it now... although I'd gladly trade them for a New York snowstorm any day! (guess it's all a matter of what we grow up with!) Wow…I never realized that Lima was so gray in the winter… Here in Santiago (Chile) the winters are also gray and dreary, but with rain… and the Chileans love it… their comments are very similar to those left by all the nostalgic Peruvians who have commented here. It took me a long time to come to appreciate those gray days here, but I finally get it now… although I’d gladly trade them for a New York snowstorm any day! (guess it’s all a matter of what we grow up with!)

]]> By: Juan Arellano http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1662 Juan Arellano Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:27:36 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1662 You should read Luis Loayza's "El Sol de Lima", it's not fiction lit. but it will help you to understand limeños, ja. You can find something about this book here: http://www.elperuano.com.pe/identidades/56/ensayo.asp And.. did u like emoliente? I like it with "Sávila". Saludos. You should read Luis Loayza’s “El Sol de Lima”, it’s not fiction lit. but it will help you to understand limeños, ja. You can find something about this book here: http://www.elperuano.com.pe/identidades/56/ensayo.asp

And.. did u like emoliente? I like it with “Sávila”.

Saludos.

]]> By: malena http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1590 malena Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:20:33 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1590 I live in Miraflores, at the Malecón, and I collect liters of water with my dehumidifyers every day. Still, the leather items like bags and shoes grow green mold and become a big pain, specially if you are allergic. That mix of dust and garúa so romantically described above causes asthma patients to flee towards the mountains. The clothes you hang up to dry (very few limeños have dryers) never do. You go to bed under frozen sheets. When I open my window in the mornings, fog literally invades my bedroom. BUT I love living here. Lima has the best food in the world, the nicest warmhearted people and the best summers ever. There´s nothing like a good ceviche and a cold beer beside theocean! I live in Miraflores, at the Malecón, and I collect liters of water with my dehumidifyers every day. Still, the leather items like bags and shoes grow green mold and become a big pain, specially if you are allergic. That mix of dust and garúa so romantically described above causes asthma patients to flee towards the mountains. The clothes you hang up to dry (very few limeños have dryers) never do. You go to bed under frozen sheets. When I open my window in the mornings, fog literally invades my bedroom.
BUT I love living here. Lima has the best food in the world, the nicest warmhearted people and the best summers ever. There´s nothing like a good ceviche and a cold beer beside theocean!

]]> By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1363 Barb Wed, 06 May 2009 14:57:50 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1363 "Salt water rusted bolts. " :) Love your description. I'm always taken with the poems written in permanent marker on the wall along the Malecon. They are invariably love poems -- romantic and heartfelt. I was interviewed in March by a documentary filmmaker who wanted to see a typical part of Lima, so I took him to the Malecon, and he shot a little bit of the wall. Then we went about a half a mile away to the place where people jump and commit suicide. “Salt water rusted bolts. ” :)

Love your description.

I’m always taken with the poems written in permanent marker on the wall along the Malecon. They are invariably love poems — romantic and heartfelt. I was interviewed in March by a documentary filmmaker who wanted to see a typical part of Lima, so I took him to the Malecon, and he shot a little bit of the wall. Then we went about a half a mile away to the place where people jump and commit suicide.

]]> By: Pico http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1358 Pico Mon, 04 May 2009 02:44:10 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1358 I never thought about it, but my favorite winter moments in Lima were spent looking out to the ocean (or at least as far as I could see) over the Malecon around the Club Terrazas. I spent countless hours practicing how I would tell a girl how I felt about her, and a few more crying after being rejected. I would always bring my guitar along (which would explain the salt water rusted bolts) and hum the ballads or valses in vogue at the time. Lima la horrible is the only way to begin to describe her, but it is my Lima. Ugly, yeah, but I love her. Salud I never thought about it, but my favorite winter moments in Lima were spent looking out to the ocean (or at least as far as I could see) over the Malecon around the Club Terrazas.

I spent countless hours practicing how I would tell a girl how I felt about her, and a few more crying after being rejected. I would always bring my guitar along (which would explain the salt water rusted bolts) and hum the ballads or valses in vogue at the time.

Lima la horrible is the only way to begin to describe her, but it is my Lima. Ugly, yeah, but I love her.

Salud

]]> By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-664 Barb Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:19:13 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-664 Jorge -- I'm very interested in your comments about La Molina's climate changing since you were in school. Twenty years really isn't so much time. I wonder, too, if the changes are due to global warming or pollution/over-development. I remember visiting La Molina in 1995. It was like going to the country (a dusty country, granted). El Fotografo's aunt and uncle live there, and I remember thinking as we drove through the quiet neighborhoods, 'Wow, they sure live out in the middle of nowhere.' When we visited again in 2007, I barely recognized La Molina. It looks like another crowded neighborhood -- so many businesses, so many cars. The traffic is horrendous and very dangerous. Friends of ours lost their teenage daughter in an accident caused by a drunk driver last New Year's. Now EF's aunt and uncle are selling their house and moving from La Molina. It's no longer a refuge for them. I'll look for the emoliente at Wong. Jorge — I’m very interested in your comments about La Molina’s climate changing since you were in school. Twenty years really isn’t so much time. I wonder, too, if the changes are due to global warming or pollution/over-development.

I remember visiting La Molina in 1995. It was like going to the country (a dusty country, granted). El Fotografo’s aunt and uncle live there, and I remember thinking as we drove through the quiet neighborhoods, ‘Wow, they sure live out in the middle of nowhere.’

When we visited again in 2007, I barely recognized La Molina. It looks like another crowded neighborhood — so many businesses, so many cars. The traffic is horrendous and very dangerous. Friends of ours lost their teenage daughter in an accident caused by a drunk driver last New Year’s.

Now EF’s aunt and uncle are selling their house and moving from La Molina. It’s no longer a refuge for them.

I’ll look for the emoliente at Wong.

]]> By: Jorge http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-663 Jorge Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:26:33 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-663 I lived in Surco and went to school in La Molina; that was more than 20 years ago. I remember it was foggy in the morning and then sunny in the afternoon almost everyday. Now it's cloudy the whole day even in La Molina. The center has been always that cloudy in winter, though. In Surco the sky at night was so clear I could see shooting stars almost every night. Now Lima's sky is like any other big city's. Too many cars and too much pollution. You can't see the stars any more. But I think global warming must have something to do with it as well. The food and the drinks there are so good though, they make me forget completely about the weather... And about the emoliente El Tonto de la Colina mentioned, if you try it and like it, go to Wong, Plaza Vea or any super market, you'll find packs with all the ingredients inside, ready to boil. Just add honey and lemon. I lived in Surco and went to school in La Molina; that was more than 20 years ago. I remember it was foggy in the morning and then sunny in the afternoon almost everyday. Now it’s cloudy the whole day even in La Molina. The center has been always that cloudy in winter, though.
In Surco the sky at night was so clear I could see shooting stars almost every night.
Now Lima’s sky is like any other big city’s. Too many cars and too much pollution. You can’t see the stars any more. But I think global warming must have something to do with it as well.
The food and the drinks there are so good though, they make me forget completely about the weather…
And about the emoliente El Tonto de la Colina mentioned, if you try it and like it, go to Wong, Plaza Vea or any super market, you’ll find packs with all the ingredients inside, ready to boil. Just add honey and lemon.

]]> By: Cecilia Jakubowycz http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-575 Cecilia Jakubowycz Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:21:45 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-575 Oh no, I'm not moving back. I did not mean that, it was more like thinking outloud. I wish I can move but my husband(Gringo) said "no way" and my kids(12 and 5) said the same. They love to go on vacation there but not to stay. If you got a chance during summer try to go to a beach called Las Lagunas de San Pedro it is paradise like 40 minutes from Lima, looks like Greece Oh no, I’m not moving back. I did not mean that, it was more like thinking outloud. I wish I can move but my husband(Gringo) said “no way” and my kids(12 and 5) said the same. They love to go on vacation there but not to stay. If you got a chance during summer try to go to a beach called Las Lagunas de San Pedro it is paradise like 40 minutes from Lima, looks like Greece

]]> By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1908 Nano Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:09:14 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1908 "We limenians feel comfortable with our grey winter sky. It’s foreigners who feel uneasy and over-concerned with it." ditto! “We limenians feel comfortable with our grey winter sky. It’s foreigners who feel uneasy and over-concerned with it.”

ditto!

]]> Comments on: “Panza de Burro”: The Donkey-grey Sky of Lima http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/ slices of my life in Peru Sun, 13 Mar 2011 13:56:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Nano http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1908 Nano Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:09:14 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1908 "We limenians feel comfortable with our grey winter sky. It’s foreigners who feel uneasy and over-concerned with it." ditto! “We limenians feel comfortable with our grey winter sky. It’s foreigners who feel uneasy and over-concerned with it.”

ditto!

]]> By: Margaret http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1888 Margaret Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:27:43 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1888 Wow...I never realized that Lima was so gray in the winter... Here in Santiago (Chile) the winters are also gray and dreary, but with rain... and the Chileans love it... their comments are very similar to those left by all the nostalgic Peruvians who have commented here. It took me a long time to come to appreciate those gray days here, but I finally get it now... although I'd gladly trade them for a New York snowstorm any day! (guess it's all a matter of what we grow up with!) Wow…I never realized that Lima was so gray in the winter… Here in Santiago (Chile) the winters are also gray and dreary, but with rain… and the Chileans love it… their comments are very similar to those left by all the nostalgic Peruvians who have commented here. It took me a long time to come to appreciate those gray days here, but I finally get it now… although I’d gladly trade them for a New York snowstorm any day! (guess it’s all a matter of what we grow up with!)

]]> By: Juan Arellano http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1662 Juan Arellano Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:27:36 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1662 You should read Luis Loayza's "El Sol de Lima", it's not fiction lit. but it will help you to understand limeños, ja. You can find something about this book here: http://www.elperuano.com.pe/identidades/56/ensayo.asp And.. did u like emoliente? I like it with "Sávila". Saludos. You should read Luis Loayza’s “El Sol de Lima”, it’s not fiction lit. but it will help you to understand limeños, ja. You can find something about this book here: http://www.elperuano.com.pe/identidades/56/ensayo.asp

And.. did u like emoliente? I like it with “Sávila”.

Saludos.

]]> By: malena http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1590 malena Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:20:33 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1590 I live in Miraflores, at the Malecón, and I collect liters of water with my dehumidifyers every day. Still, the leather items like bags and shoes grow green mold and become a big pain, specially if you are allergic. That mix of dust and garúa so romantically described above causes asthma patients to flee towards the mountains. The clothes you hang up to dry (very few limeños have dryers) never do. You go to bed under frozen sheets. When I open my window in the mornings, fog literally invades my bedroom. BUT I love living here. Lima has the best food in the world, the nicest warmhearted people and the best summers ever. There´s nothing like a good ceviche and a cold beer beside theocean! I live in Miraflores, at the Malecón, and I collect liters of water with my dehumidifyers every day. Still, the leather items like bags and shoes grow green mold and become a big pain, specially if you are allergic. That mix of dust and garúa so romantically described above causes asthma patients to flee towards the mountains. The clothes you hang up to dry (very few limeños have dryers) never do. You go to bed under frozen sheets. When I open my window in the mornings, fog literally invades my bedroom.
BUT I love living here. Lima has the best food in the world, the nicest warmhearted people and the best summers ever. There´s nothing like a good ceviche and a cold beer beside theocean!

]]> By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1363 Barb Wed, 06 May 2009 14:57:50 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1363 "Salt water rusted bolts. " :) Love your description. I'm always taken with the poems written in permanent marker on the wall along the Malecon. They are invariably love poems -- romantic and heartfelt. I was interviewed in March by a documentary filmmaker who wanted to see a typical part of Lima, so I took him to the Malecon, and he shot a little bit of the wall. Then we went about a half a mile away to the place where people jump and commit suicide. “Salt water rusted bolts. ” :)

Love your description.

I’m always taken with the poems written in permanent marker on the wall along the Malecon. They are invariably love poems — romantic and heartfelt. I was interviewed in March by a documentary filmmaker who wanted to see a typical part of Lima, so I took him to the Malecon, and he shot a little bit of the wall. Then we went about a half a mile away to the place where people jump and commit suicide.

]]> By: Pico http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1358 Pico Mon, 04 May 2009 02:44:10 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1358 I never thought about it, but my favorite winter moments in Lima were spent looking out to the ocean (or at least as far as I could see) over the Malecon around the Club Terrazas. I spent countless hours practicing how I would tell a girl how I felt about her, and a few more crying after being rejected. I would always bring my guitar along (which would explain the salt water rusted bolts) and hum the ballads or valses in vogue at the time. Lima la horrible is the only way to begin to describe her, but it is my Lima. Ugly, yeah, but I love her. Salud I never thought about it, but my favorite winter moments in Lima were spent looking out to the ocean (or at least as far as I could see) over the Malecon around the Club Terrazas.

I spent countless hours practicing how I would tell a girl how I felt about her, and a few more crying after being rejected. I would always bring my guitar along (which would explain the salt water rusted bolts) and hum the ballads or valses in vogue at the time.

Lima la horrible is the only way to begin to describe her, but it is my Lima. Ugly, yeah, but I love her.

Salud

]]> By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-664 Barb Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:19:13 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-664 Jorge -- I'm very interested in your comments about La Molina's climate changing since you were in school. Twenty years really isn't so much time. I wonder, too, if the changes are due to global warming or pollution/over-development. I remember visiting La Molina in 1995. It was like going to the country (a dusty country, granted). El Fotografo's aunt and uncle live there, and I remember thinking as we drove through the quiet neighborhoods, 'Wow, they sure live out in the middle of nowhere.' When we visited again in 2007, I barely recognized La Molina. It looks like another crowded neighborhood -- so many businesses, so many cars. The traffic is horrendous and very dangerous. Friends of ours lost their teenage daughter in an accident caused by a drunk driver last New Year's. Now EF's aunt and uncle are selling their house and moving from La Molina. It's no longer a refuge for them. I'll look for the emoliente at Wong. Jorge — I’m very interested in your comments about La Molina’s climate changing since you were in school. Twenty years really isn’t so much time. I wonder, too, if the changes are due to global warming or pollution/over-development.

I remember visiting La Molina in 1995. It was like going to the country (a dusty country, granted). El Fotografo’s aunt and uncle live there, and I remember thinking as we drove through the quiet neighborhoods, ‘Wow, they sure live out in the middle of nowhere.’

When we visited again in 2007, I barely recognized La Molina. It looks like another crowded neighborhood — so many businesses, so many cars. The traffic is horrendous and very dangerous. Friends of ours lost their teenage daughter in an accident caused by a drunk driver last New Year’s.

Now EF’s aunt and uncle are selling their house and moving from La Molina. It’s no longer a refuge for them.

I’ll look for the emoliente at Wong.

]]> By: Jorge http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-663 Jorge Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:26:33 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-663 I lived in Surco and went to school in La Molina; that was more than 20 years ago. I remember it was foggy in the morning and then sunny in the afternoon almost everyday. Now it's cloudy the whole day even in La Molina. The center has been always that cloudy in winter, though. In Surco the sky at night was so clear I could see shooting stars almost every night. Now Lima's sky is like any other big city's. Too many cars and too much pollution. You can't see the stars any more. But I think global warming must have something to do with it as well. The food and the drinks there are so good though, they make me forget completely about the weather... And about the emoliente El Tonto de la Colina mentioned, if you try it and like it, go to Wong, Plaza Vea or any super market, you'll find packs with all the ingredients inside, ready to boil. Just add honey and lemon. I lived in Surco and went to school in La Molina; that was more than 20 years ago. I remember it was foggy in the morning and then sunny in the afternoon almost everyday. Now it’s cloudy the whole day even in La Molina. The center has been always that cloudy in winter, though.
In Surco the sky at night was so clear I could see shooting stars almost every night.
Now Lima’s sky is like any other big city’s. Too many cars and too much pollution. You can’t see the stars any more. But I think global warming must have something to do with it as well.
The food and the drinks there are so good though, they make me forget completely about the weather…
And about the emoliente El Tonto de la Colina mentioned, if you try it and like it, go to Wong, Plaza Vea or any super market, you’ll find packs with all the ingredients inside, ready to boil. Just add honey and lemon.

]]> By: Cecilia Jakubowycz http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-575 Cecilia Jakubowycz Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:21:45 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-575 Oh no, I'm not moving back. I did not mean that, it was more like thinking outloud. I wish I can move but my husband(Gringo) said "no way" and my kids(12 and 5) said the same. They love to go on vacation there but not to stay. If you got a chance during summer try to go to a beach called Las Lagunas de San Pedro it is paradise like 40 minutes from Lima, looks like Greece Oh no, I’m not moving back. I did not mean that, it was more like thinking outloud. I wish I can move but my husband(Gringo) said “no way” and my kids(12 and 5) said the same. They love to go on vacation there but not to stay. If you got a chance during summer try to go to a beach called Las Lagunas de San Pedro it is paradise like 40 minutes from Lima, looks like Greece

]]> By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1888 Margaret Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:27:43 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1888 Wow...I never realized that Lima was so gray in the winter... Here in Santiago (Chile) the winters are also gray and dreary, but with rain... and the Chileans love it... their comments are very similar to those left by all the nostalgic Peruvians who have commented here. It took me a long time to come to appreciate those gray days here, but I finally get it now... although I'd gladly trade them for a New York snowstorm any day! (guess it's all a matter of what we grow up with!) Wow…I never realized that Lima was so gray in the winter… Here in Santiago (Chile) the winters are also gray and dreary, but with rain… and the Chileans love it… their comments are very similar to those left by all the nostalgic Peruvians who have commented here. It took me a long time to come to appreciate those gray days here, but I finally get it now… although I’d gladly trade them for a New York snowstorm any day! (guess it’s all a matter of what we grow up with!)

]]> Comments on: “Panza de Burro”: The Donkey-grey Sky of Lima http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/ slices of my life in Peru Sun, 13 Mar 2011 13:56:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Nano http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1908 Nano Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:09:14 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1908 "We limenians feel comfortable with our grey winter sky. It’s foreigners who feel uneasy and over-concerned with it." ditto! “We limenians feel comfortable with our grey winter sky. It’s foreigners who feel uneasy and over-concerned with it.”

ditto!

]]> By: Margaret http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1888 Margaret Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:27:43 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1888 Wow...I never realized that Lima was so gray in the winter... Here in Santiago (Chile) the winters are also gray and dreary, but with rain... and the Chileans love it... their comments are very similar to those left by all the nostalgic Peruvians who have commented here. It took me a long time to come to appreciate those gray days here, but I finally get it now... although I'd gladly trade them for a New York snowstorm any day! (guess it's all a matter of what we grow up with!) Wow…I never realized that Lima was so gray in the winter… Here in Santiago (Chile) the winters are also gray and dreary, but with rain… and the Chileans love it… their comments are very similar to those left by all the nostalgic Peruvians who have commented here. It took me a long time to come to appreciate those gray days here, but I finally get it now… although I’d gladly trade them for a New York snowstorm any day! (guess it’s all a matter of what we grow up with!)

]]> By: Juan Arellano http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1662 Juan Arellano Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:27:36 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1662 You should read Luis Loayza's "El Sol de Lima", it's not fiction lit. but it will help you to understand limeños, ja. You can find something about this book here: http://www.elperuano.com.pe/identidades/56/ensayo.asp And.. did u like emoliente? I like it with "Sávila". Saludos. You should read Luis Loayza’s “El Sol de Lima”, it’s not fiction lit. but it will help you to understand limeños, ja. You can find something about this book here: http://www.elperuano.com.pe/identidades/56/ensayo.asp

And.. did u like emoliente? I like it with “Sávila”.

Saludos.

]]> By: malena http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1590 malena Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:20:33 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1590 I live in Miraflores, at the Malecón, and I collect liters of water with my dehumidifyers every day. Still, the leather items like bags and shoes grow green mold and become a big pain, specially if you are allergic. That mix of dust and garúa so romantically described above causes asthma patients to flee towards the mountains. The clothes you hang up to dry (very few limeños have dryers) never do. You go to bed under frozen sheets. When I open my window in the mornings, fog literally invades my bedroom. BUT I love living here. Lima has the best food in the world, the nicest warmhearted people and the best summers ever. There´s nothing like a good ceviche and a cold beer beside theocean! I live in Miraflores, at the Malecón, and I collect liters of water with my dehumidifyers every day. Still, the leather items like bags and shoes grow green mold and become a big pain, specially if you are allergic. That mix of dust and garúa so romantically described above causes asthma patients to flee towards the mountains. The clothes you hang up to dry (very few limeños have dryers) never do. You go to bed under frozen sheets. When I open my window in the mornings, fog literally invades my bedroom.
BUT I love living here. Lima has the best food in the world, the nicest warmhearted people and the best summers ever. There´s nothing like a good ceviche and a cold beer beside theocean!

]]> By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1363 Barb Wed, 06 May 2009 14:57:50 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1363 "Salt water rusted bolts. " :) Love your description. I'm always taken with the poems written in permanent marker on the wall along the Malecon. They are invariably love poems -- romantic and heartfelt. I was interviewed in March by a documentary filmmaker who wanted to see a typical part of Lima, so I took him to the Malecon, and he shot a little bit of the wall. Then we went about a half a mile away to the place where people jump and commit suicide. “Salt water rusted bolts. ” :)

Love your description.

I’m always taken with the poems written in permanent marker on the wall along the Malecon. They are invariably love poems — romantic and heartfelt. I was interviewed in March by a documentary filmmaker who wanted to see a typical part of Lima, so I took him to the Malecon, and he shot a little bit of the wall. Then we went about a half a mile away to the place where people jump and commit suicide.

]]> By: Pico http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1358 Pico Mon, 04 May 2009 02:44:10 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1358 I never thought about it, but my favorite winter moments in Lima were spent looking out to the ocean (or at least as far as I could see) over the Malecon around the Club Terrazas. I spent countless hours practicing how I would tell a girl how I felt about her, and a few more crying after being rejected. I would always bring my guitar along (which would explain the salt water rusted bolts) and hum the ballads or valses in vogue at the time. Lima la horrible is the only way to begin to describe her, but it is my Lima. Ugly, yeah, but I love her. Salud I never thought about it, but my favorite winter moments in Lima were spent looking out to the ocean (or at least as far as I could see) over the Malecon around the Club Terrazas.

I spent countless hours practicing how I would tell a girl how I felt about her, and a few more crying after being rejected. I would always bring my guitar along (which would explain the salt water rusted bolts) and hum the ballads or valses in vogue at the time.

Lima la horrible is the only way to begin to describe her, but it is my Lima. Ugly, yeah, but I love her.

Salud

]]> By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-664 Barb Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:19:13 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-664 Jorge -- I'm very interested in your comments about La Molina's climate changing since you were in school. Twenty years really isn't so much time. I wonder, too, if the changes are due to global warming or pollution/over-development. I remember visiting La Molina in 1995. It was like going to the country (a dusty country, granted). El Fotografo's aunt and uncle live there, and I remember thinking as we drove through the quiet neighborhoods, 'Wow, they sure live out in the middle of nowhere.' When we visited again in 2007, I barely recognized La Molina. It looks like another crowded neighborhood -- so many businesses, so many cars. The traffic is horrendous and very dangerous. Friends of ours lost their teenage daughter in an accident caused by a drunk driver last New Year's. Now EF's aunt and uncle are selling their house and moving from La Molina. It's no longer a refuge for them. I'll look for the emoliente at Wong. Jorge — I’m very interested in your comments about La Molina’s climate changing since you were in school. Twenty years really isn’t so much time. I wonder, too, if the changes are due to global warming or pollution/over-development.

I remember visiting La Molina in 1995. It was like going to the country (a dusty country, granted). El Fotografo’s aunt and uncle live there, and I remember thinking as we drove through the quiet neighborhoods, ‘Wow, they sure live out in the middle of nowhere.’

When we visited again in 2007, I barely recognized La Molina. It looks like another crowded neighborhood — so many businesses, so many cars. The traffic is horrendous and very dangerous. Friends of ours lost their teenage daughter in an accident caused by a drunk driver last New Year’s.

Now EF’s aunt and uncle are selling their house and moving from La Molina. It’s no longer a refuge for them.

I’ll look for the emoliente at Wong.

]]> By: Jorge http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-663 Jorge Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:26:33 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-663 I lived in Surco and went to school in La Molina; that was more than 20 years ago. I remember it was foggy in the morning and then sunny in the afternoon almost everyday. Now it's cloudy the whole day even in La Molina. The center has been always that cloudy in winter, though. In Surco the sky at night was so clear I could see shooting stars almost every night. Now Lima's sky is like any other big city's. Too many cars and too much pollution. You can't see the stars any more. But I think global warming must have something to do with it as well. The food and the drinks there are so good though, they make me forget completely about the weather... And about the emoliente El Tonto de la Colina mentioned, if you try it and like it, go to Wong, Plaza Vea or any super market, you'll find packs with all the ingredients inside, ready to boil. Just add honey and lemon. I lived in Surco and went to school in La Molina; that was more than 20 years ago. I remember it was foggy in the morning and then sunny in the afternoon almost everyday. Now it’s cloudy the whole day even in La Molina. The center has been always that cloudy in winter, though.
In Surco the sky at night was so clear I could see shooting stars almost every night.
Now Lima’s sky is like any other big city’s. Too many cars and too much pollution. You can’t see the stars any more. But I think global warming must have something to do with it as well.
The food and the drinks there are so good though, they make me forget completely about the weather…
And about the emoliente El Tonto de la Colina mentioned, if you try it and like it, go to Wong, Plaza Vea or any super market, you’ll find packs with all the ingredients inside, ready to boil. Just add honey and lemon.

]]> By: Cecilia Jakubowycz http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-575 Cecilia Jakubowycz Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:21:45 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-575 Oh no, I'm not moving back. I did not mean that, it was more like thinking outloud. I wish I can move but my husband(Gringo) said "no way" and my kids(12 and 5) said the same. They love to go on vacation there but not to stay. If you got a chance during summer try to go to a beach called Las Lagunas de San Pedro it is paradise like 40 minutes from Lima, looks like Greece Oh no, I’m not moving back. I did not mean that, it was more like thinking outloud. I wish I can move but my husband(Gringo) said “no way” and my kids(12 and 5) said the same. They love to go on vacation there but not to stay. If you got a chance during summer try to go to a beach called Las Lagunas de San Pedro it is paradise like 40 minutes from Lima, looks like Greece

]]> By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1662 Juan Arellano Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:27:36 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1662 You should read Luis Loayza's "El Sol de Lima", it's not fiction lit. but it will help you to understand limeños, ja. You can find something about this book here: http://www.elperuano.com.pe/identidades/56/ensayo.asp And.. did u like emoliente? I like it with "Sávila". Saludos. You should read Luis Loayza’s “El Sol de Lima”, it’s not fiction lit. but it will help you to understand limeños, ja. You can find something about this book here: http://www.elperuano.com.pe/identidades/56/ensayo.asp

And.. did u like emoliente? I like it with “Sávila”.

Saludos.

]]> Comments on: “Panza de Burro”: The Donkey-grey Sky of Lima http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/ slices of my life in Peru Sun, 13 Mar 2011 13:56:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Nano http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1908 Nano Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:09:14 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1908 "We limenians feel comfortable with our grey winter sky. It’s foreigners who feel uneasy and over-concerned with it." ditto! “We limenians feel comfortable with our grey winter sky. It’s foreigners who feel uneasy and over-concerned with it.”

ditto!

]]> By: Margaret http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1888 Margaret Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:27:43 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1888 Wow...I never realized that Lima was so gray in the winter... Here in Santiago (Chile) the winters are also gray and dreary, but with rain... and the Chileans love it... their comments are very similar to those left by all the nostalgic Peruvians who have commented here. It took me a long time to come to appreciate those gray days here, but I finally get it now... although I'd gladly trade them for a New York snowstorm any day! (guess it's all a matter of what we grow up with!) Wow…I never realized that Lima was so gray in the winter… Here in Santiago (Chile) the winters are also gray and dreary, but with rain… and the Chileans love it… their comments are very similar to those left by all the nostalgic Peruvians who have commented here. It took me a long time to come to appreciate those gray days here, but I finally get it now… although I’d gladly trade them for a New York snowstorm any day! (guess it’s all a matter of what we grow up with!)

]]> By: Juan Arellano http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1662 Juan Arellano Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:27:36 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1662 You should read Luis Loayza's "El Sol de Lima", it's not fiction lit. but it will help you to understand limeños, ja. You can find something about this book here: http://www.elperuano.com.pe/identidades/56/ensayo.asp And.. did u like emoliente? I like it with "Sávila". Saludos. You should read Luis Loayza’s “El Sol de Lima”, it’s not fiction lit. but it will help you to understand limeños, ja. You can find something about this book here: http://www.elperuano.com.pe/identidades/56/ensayo.asp

And.. did u like emoliente? I like it with “Sávila”.

Saludos.

]]> By: malena http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1590 malena Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:20:33 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1590 I live in Miraflores, at the Malecón, and I collect liters of water with my dehumidifyers every day. Still, the leather items like bags and shoes grow green mold and become a big pain, specially if you are allergic. That mix of dust and garúa so romantically described above causes asthma patients to flee towards the mountains. The clothes you hang up to dry (very few limeños have dryers) never do. You go to bed under frozen sheets. When I open my window in the mornings, fog literally invades my bedroom. BUT I love living here. Lima has the best food in the world, the nicest warmhearted people and the best summers ever. There´s nothing like a good ceviche and a cold beer beside theocean! I live in Miraflores, at the Malecón, and I collect liters of water with my dehumidifyers every day. Still, the leather items like bags and shoes grow green mold and become a big pain, specially if you are allergic. That mix of dust and garúa so romantically described above causes asthma patients to flee towards the mountains. The clothes you hang up to dry (very few limeños have dryers) never do. You go to bed under frozen sheets. When I open my window in the mornings, fog literally invades my bedroom.
BUT I love living here. Lima has the best food in the world, the nicest warmhearted people and the best summers ever. There´s nothing like a good ceviche and a cold beer beside theocean!

]]> By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1363 Barb Wed, 06 May 2009 14:57:50 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1363 "Salt water rusted bolts. " :) Love your description. I'm always taken with the poems written in permanent marker on the wall along the Malecon. They are invariably love poems -- romantic and heartfelt. I was interviewed in March by a documentary filmmaker who wanted to see a typical part of Lima, so I took him to the Malecon, and he shot a little bit of the wall. Then we went about a half a mile away to the place where people jump and commit suicide. “Salt water rusted bolts. ” :)

Love your description.

I’m always taken with the poems written in permanent marker on the wall along the Malecon. They are invariably love poems — romantic and heartfelt. I was interviewed in March by a documentary filmmaker who wanted to see a typical part of Lima, so I took him to the Malecon, and he shot a little bit of the wall. Then we went about a half a mile away to the place where people jump and commit suicide.

]]> By: Pico http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1358 Pico Mon, 04 May 2009 02:44:10 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1358 I never thought about it, but my favorite winter moments in Lima were spent looking out to the ocean (or at least as far as I could see) over the Malecon around the Club Terrazas. I spent countless hours practicing how I would tell a girl how I felt about her, and a few more crying after being rejected. I would always bring my guitar along (which would explain the salt water rusted bolts) and hum the ballads or valses in vogue at the time. Lima la horrible is the only way to begin to describe her, but it is my Lima. Ugly, yeah, but I love her. Salud I never thought about it, but my favorite winter moments in Lima were spent looking out to the ocean (or at least as far as I could see) over the Malecon around the Club Terrazas.

I spent countless hours practicing how I would tell a girl how I felt about her, and a few more crying after being rejected. I would always bring my guitar along (which would explain the salt water rusted bolts) and hum the ballads or valses in vogue at the time.

Lima la horrible is the only way to begin to describe her, but it is my Lima. Ugly, yeah, but I love her.

Salud

]]> By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-664 Barb Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:19:13 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-664 Jorge -- I'm very interested in your comments about La Molina's climate changing since you were in school. Twenty years really isn't so much time. I wonder, too, if the changes are due to global warming or pollution/over-development. I remember visiting La Molina in 1995. It was like going to the country (a dusty country, granted). El Fotografo's aunt and uncle live there, and I remember thinking as we drove through the quiet neighborhoods, 'Wow, they sure live out in the middle of nowhere.' When we visited again in 2007, I barely recognized La Molina. It looks like another crowded neighborhood -- so many businesses, so many cars. The traffic is horrendous and very dangerous. Friends of ours lost their teenage daughter in an accident caused by a drunk driver last New Year's. Now EF's aunt and uncle are selling their house and moving from La Molina. It's no longer a refuge for them. I'll look for the emoliente at Wong. Jorge — I’m very interested in your comments about La Molina’s climate changing since you were in school. Twenty years really isn’t so much time. I wonder, too, if the changes are due to global warming or pollution/over-development.

I remember visiting La Molina in 1995. It was like going to the country (a dusty country, granted). El Fotografo’s aunt and uncle live there, and I remember thinking as we drove through the quiet neighborhoods, ‘Wow, they sure live out in the middle of nowhere.’

When we visited again in 2007, I barely recognized La Molina. It looks like another crowded neighborhood — so many businesses, so many cars. The traffic is horrendous and very dangerous. Friends of ours lost their teenage daughter in an accident caused by a drunk driver last New Year’s.

Now EF’s aunt and uncle are selling their house and moving from La Molina. It’s no longer a refuge for them.

I’ll look for the emoliente at Wong.

]]> By: Jorge http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-663 Jorge Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:26:33 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-663 I lived in Surco and went to school in La Molina; that was more than 20 years ago. I remember it was foggy in the morning and then sunny in the afternoon almost everyday. Now it's cloudy the whole day even in La Molina. The center has been always that cloudy in winter, though. In Surco the sky at night was so clear I could see shooting stars almost every night. Now Lima's sky is like any other big city's. Too many cars and too much pollution. You can't see the stars any more. But I think global warming must have something to do with it as well. The food and the drinks there are so good though, they make me forget completely about the weather... And about the emoliente El Tonto de la Colina mentioned, if you try it and like it, go to Wong, Plaza Vea or any super market, you'll find packs with all the ingredients inside, ready to boil. Just add honey and lemon. I lived in Surco and went to school in La Molina; that was more than 20 years ago. I remember it was foggy in the morning and then sunny in the afternoon almost everyday. Now it’s cloudy the whole day even in La Molina. The center has been always that cloudy in winter, though.
In Surco the sky at night was so clear I could see shooting stars almost every night.
Now Lima’s sky is like any other big city’s. Too many cars and too much pollution. You can’t see the stars any more. But I think global warming must have something to do with it as well.
The food and the drinks there are so good though, they make me forget completely about the weather…
And about the emoliente El Tonto de la Colina mentioned, if you try it and like it, go to Wong, Plaza Vea or any super market, you’ll find packs with all the ingredients inside, ready to boil. Just add honey and lemon.

]]> By: Cecilia Jakubowycz http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-575 Cecilia Jakubowycz Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:21:45 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-575 Oh no, I'm not moving back. I did not mean that, it was more like thinking outloud. I wish I can move but my husband(Gringo) said "no way" and my kids(12 and 5) said the same. They love to go on vacation there but not to stay. If you got a chance during summer try to go to a beach called Las Lagunas de San Pedro it is paradise like 40 minutes from Lima, looks like Greece Oh no, I’m not moving back. I did not mean that, it was more like thinking outloud. I wish I can move but my husband(Gringo) said “no way” and my kids(12 and 5) said the same. They love to go on vacation there but not to stay. If you got a chance during summer try to go to a beach called Las Lagunas de San Pedro it is paradise like 40 minutes from Lima, looks like Greece

]]> By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1590 malena Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:20:33 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1590 I live in Miraflores, at the Malecón, and I collect liters of water with my dehumidifyers every day. Still, the leather items like bags and shoes grow green mold and become a big pain, specially if you are allergic. That mix of dust and garúa so romantically described above causes asthma patients to flee towards the mountains. The clothes you hang up to dry (very few limeños have dryers) never do. You go to bed under frozen sheets. When I open my window in the mornings, fog literally invades my bedroom. BUT I love living here. Lima has the best food in the world, the nicest warmhearted people and the best summers ever. There´s nothing like a good ceviche and a cold beer beside theocean! I live in Miraflores, at the Malecón, and I collect liters of water with my dehumidifyers every day. Still, the leather items like bags and shoes grow green mold and become a big pain, specially if you are allergic. That mix of dust and garúa so romantically described above causes asthma patients to flee towards the mountains. The clothes you hang up to dry (very few limeños have dryers) never do. You go to bed under frozen sheets. When I open my window in the mornings, fog literally invades my bedroom.
BUT I love living here. Lima has the best food in the world, the nicest warmhearted people and the best summers ever. There´s nothing like a good ceviche and a cold beer beside theocean!

]]> Comments on: “Panza de Burro”: The Donkey-grey Sky of Lima http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/ slices of my life in Peru Sun, 13 Mar 2011 13:56:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Nano http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1908 Nano Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:09:14 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1908 "We limenians feel comfortable with our grey winter sky. It’s foreigners who feel uneasy and over-concerned with it." ditto! “We limenians feel comfortable with our grey winter sky. It’s foreigners who feel uneasy and over-concerned with it.”

ditto!

]]> By: Margaret http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1888 Margaret Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:27:43 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1888 Wow...I never realized that Lima was so gray in the winter... Here in Santiago (Chile) the winters are also gray and dreary, but with rain... and the Chileans love it... their comments are very similar to those left by all the nostalgic Peruvians who have commented here. It took me a long time to come to appreciate those gray days here, but I finally get it now... although I'd gladly trade them for a New York snowstorm any day! (guess it's all a matter of what we grow up with!) Wow…I never realized that Lima was so gray in the winter… Here in Santiago (Chile) the winters are also gray and dreary, but with rain… and the Chileans love it… their comments are very similar to those left by all the nostalgic Peruvians who have commented here. It took me a long time to come to appreciate those gray days here, but I finally get it now… although I’d gladly trade them for a New York snowstorm any day! (guess it’s all a matter of what we grow up with!)

]]> By: Juan Arellano http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1662 Juan Arellano Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:27:36 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1662 You should read Luis Loayza's "El Sol de Lima", it's not fiction lit. but it will help you to understand limeños, ja. You can find something about this book here: http://www.elperuano.com.pe/identidades/56/ensayo.asp And.. did u like emoliente? I like it with "Sávila". Saludos. You should read Luis Loayza’s “El Sol de Lima”, it’s not fiction lit. but it will help you to understand limeños, ja. You can find something about this book here: http://www.elperuano.com.pe/identidades/56/ensayo.asp

And.. did u like emoliente? I like it with “Sávila”.

Saludos.

]]> By: malena http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1590 malena Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:20:33 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1590 I live in Miraflores, at the Malecón, and I collect liters of water with my dehumidifyers every day. Still, the leather items like bags and shoes grow green mold and become a big pain, specially if you are allergic. That mix of dust and garúa so romantically described above causes asthma patients to flee towards the mountains. The clothes you hang up to dry (very few limeños have dryers) never do. You go to bed under frozen sheets. When I open my window in the mornings, fog literally invades my bedroom. BUT I love living here. Lima has the best food in the world, the nicest warmhearted people and the best summers ever. There´s nothing like a good ceviche and a cold beer beside theocean! I live in Miraflores, at the Malecón, and I collect liters of water with my dehumidifyers every day. Still, the leather items like bags and shoes grow green mold and become a big pain, specially if you are allergic. That mix of dust and garúa so romantically described above causes asthma patients to flee towards the mountains. The clothes you hang up to dry (very few limeños have dryers) never do. You go to bed under frozen sheets. When I open my window in the mornings, fog literally invades my bedroom.
BUT I love living here. Lima has the best food in the world, the nicest warmhearted people and the best summers ever. There´s nothing like a good ceviche and a cold beer beside theocean!

]]> By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1363 Barb Wed, 06 May 2009 14:57:50 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1363 "Salt water rusted bolts. " :) Love your description. I'm always taken with the poems written in permanent marker on the wall along the Malecon. They are invariably love poems -- romantic and heartfelt. I was interviewed in March by a documentary filmmaker who wanted to see a typical part of Lima, so I took him to the Malecon, and he shot a little bit of the wall. Then we went about a half a mile away to the place where people jump and commit suicide. “Salt water rusted bolts. ” :)

Love your description.

I’m always taken with the poems written in permanent marker on the wall along the Malecon. They are invariably love poems — romantic and heartfelt. I was interviewed in March by a documentary filmmaker who wanted to see a typical part of Lima, so I took him to the Malecon, and he shot a little bit of the wall. Then we went about a half a mile away to the place where people jump and commit suicide.

]]> By: Pico http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1358 Pico Mon, 04 May 2009 02:44:10 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1358 I never thought about it, but my favorite winter moments in Lima were spent looking out to the ocean (or at least as far as I could see) over the Malecon around the Club Terrazas. I spent countless hours practicing how I would tell a girl how I felt about her, and a few more crying after being rejected. I would always bring my guitar along (which would explain the salt water rusted bolts) and hum the ballads or valses in vogue at the time. Lima la horrible is the only way to begin to describe her, but it is my Lima. Ugly, yeah, but I love her. Salud I never thought about it, but my favorite winter moments in Lima were spent looking out to the ocean (or at least as far as I could see) over the Malecon around the Club Terrazas.

I spent countless hours practicing how I would tell a girl how I felt about her, and a few more crying after being rejected. I would always bring my guitar along (which would explain the salt water rusted bolts) and hum the ballads or valses in vogue at the time.

Lima la horrible is the only way to begin to describe her, but it is my Lima. Ugly, yeah, but I love her.

Salud

]]> By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-664 Barb Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:19:13 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-664 Jorge -- I'm very interested in your comments about La Molina's climate changing since you were in school. Twenty years really isn't so much time. I wonder, too, if the changes are due to global warming or pollution/over-development. I remember visiting La Molina in 1995. It was like going to the country (a dusty country, granted). El Fotografo's aunt and uncle live there, and I remember thinking as we drove through the quiet neighborhoods, 'Wow, they sure live out in the middle of nowhere.' When we visited again in 2007, I barely recognized La Molina. It looks like another crowded neighborhood -- so many businesses, so many cars. The traffic is horrendous and very dangerous. Friends of ours lost their teenage daughter in an accident caused by a drunk driver last New Year's. Now EF's aunt and uncle are selling their house and moving from La Molina. It's no longer a refuge for them. I'll look for the emoliente at Wong. Jorge — I’m very interested in your comments about La Molina’s climate changing since you were in school. Twenty years really isn’t so much time. I wonder, too, if the changes are due to global warming or pollution/over-development.

I remember visiting La Molina in 1995. It was like going to the country (a dusty country, granted). El Fotografo’s aunt and uncle live there, and I remember thinking as we drove through the quiet neighborhoods, ‘Wow, they sure live out in the middle of nowhere.’

When we visited again in 2007, I barely recognized La Molina. It looks like another crowded neighborhood — so many businesses, so many cars. The traffic is horrendous and very dangerous. Friends of ours lost their teenage daughter in an accident caused by a drunk driver last New Year’s.

Now EF’s aunt and uncle are selling their house and moving from La Molina. It’s no longer a refuge for them.

I’ll look for the emoliente at Wong.

]]> By: Jorge http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-663 Jorge Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:26:33 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-663 I lived in Surco and went to school in La Molina; that was more than 20 years ago. I remember it was foggy in the morning and then sunny in the afternoon almost everyday. Now it's cloudy the whole day even in La Molina. The center has been always that cloudy in winter, though. In Surco the sky at night was so clear I could see shooting stars almost every night. Now Lima's sky is like any other big city's. Too many cars and too much pollution. You can't see the stars any more. But I think global warming must have something to do with it as well. The food and the drinks there are so good though, they make me forget completely about the weather... And about the emoliente El Tonto de la Colina mentioned, if you try it and like it, go to Wong, Plaza Vea or any super market, you'll find packs with all the ingredients inside, ready to boil. Just add honey and lemon. I lived in Surco and went to school in La Molina; that was more than 20 years ago. I remember it was foggy in the morning and then sunny in the afternoon almost everyday. Now it’s cloudy the whole day even in La Molina. The center has been always that cloudy in winter, though.
In Surco the sky at night was so clear I could see shooting stars almost every night.
Now Lima’s sky is like any other big city’s. Too many cars and too much pollution. You can’t see the stars any more. But I think global warming must have something to do with it as well.
The food and the drinks there are so good though, they make me forget completely about the weather…
And about the emoliente El Tonto de la Colina mentioned, if you try it and like it, go to Wong, Plaza Vea or any super market, you’ll find packs with all the ingredients inside, ready to boil. Just add honey and lemon.

]]> By: Cecilia Jakubowycz http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-575 Cecilia Jakubowycz Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:21:45 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-575 Oh no, I'm not moving back. I did not mean that, it was more like thinking outloud. I wish I can move but my husband(Gringo) said "no way" and my kids(12 and 5) said the same. They love to go on vacation there but not to stay. If you got a chance during summer try to go to a beach called Las Lagunas de San Pedro it is paradise like 40 minutes from Lima, looks like Greece Oh no, I’m not moving back. I did not mean that, it was more like thinking outloud. I wish I can move but my husband(Gringo) said “no way” and my kids(12 and 5) said the same. They love to go on vacation there but not to stay. If you got a chance during summer try to go to a beach called Las Lagunas de San Pedro it is paradise like 40 minutes from Lima, looks like Greece

]]> By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1363 Barb Wed, 06 May 2009 14:57:50 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1363 "Salt water rusted bolts. " :) Love your description. I'm always taken with the poems written in permanent marker on the wall along the Malecon. They are invariably love poems -- romantic and heartfelt. I was interviewed in March by a documentary filmmaker who wanted to see a typical part of Lima, so I took him to the Malecon, and he shot a little bit of the wall. Then we went about a half a mile away to the place where people jump and commit suicide. “Salt water rusted bolts. ” :)

Love your description.

I’m always taken with the poems written in permanent marker on the wall along the Malecon. They are invariably love poems — romantic and heartfelt. I was interviewed in March by a documentary filmmaker who wanted to see a typical part of Lima, so I took him to the Malecon, and he shot a little bit of the wall. Then we went about a half a mile away to the place where people jump and commit suicide.

]]> Comments on: “Panza de Burro”: The Donkey-grey Sky of Lima http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/ slices of my life in Peru Sun, 13 Mar 2011 13:56:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Nano http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1908 Nano Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:09:14 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1908 "We limenians feel comfortable with our grey winter sky. It’s foreigners who feel uneasy and over-concerned with it." ditto! “We limenians feel comfortable with our grey winter sky. It’s foreigners who feel uneasy and over-concerned with it.”

ditto!

]]> By: Margaret http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1888 Margaret Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:27:43 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1888 Wow...I never realized that Lima was so gray in the winter... Here in Santiago (Chile) the winters are also gray and dreary, but with rain... and the Chileans love it... their comments are very similar to those left by all the nostalgic Peruvians who have commented here. It took me a long time to come to appreciate those gray days here, but I finally get it now... although I'd gladly trade them for a New York snowstorm any day! (guess it's all a matter of what we grow up with!) Wow…I never realized that Lima was so gray in the winter… Here in Santiago (Chile) the winters are also gray and dreary, but with rain… and the Chileans love it… their comments are very similar to those left by all the nostalgic Peruvians who have commented here. It took me a long time to come to appreciate those gray days here, but I finally get it now… although I’d gladly trade them for a New York snowstorm any day! (guess it’s all a matter of what we grow up with!)

]]> By: Juan Arellano http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1662 Juan Arellano Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:27:36 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1662 You should read Luis Loayza's "El Sol de Lima", it's not fiction lit. but it will help you to understand limeños, ja. You can find something about this book here: http://www.elperuano.com.pe/identidades/56/ensayo.asp And.. did u like emoliente? I like it with "Sávila". Saludos. You should read Luis Loayza’s “El Sol de Lima”, it’s not fiction lit. but it will help you to understand limeños, ja. You can find something about this book here: http://www.elperuano.com.pe/identidades/56/ensayo.asp

And.. did u like emoliente? I like it with “Sávila”.

Saludos.

]]> By: malena http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1590 malena Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:20:33 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1590 I live in Miraflores, at the Malecón, and I collect liters of water with my dehumidifyers every day. Still, the leather items like bags and shoes grow green mold and become a big pain, specially if you are allergic. That mix of dust and garúa so romantically described above causes asthma patients to flee towards the mountains. The clothes you hang up to dry (very few limeños have dryers) never do. You go to bed under frozen sheets. When I open my window in the mornings, fog literally invades my bedroom. BUT I love living here. Lima has the best food in the world, the nicest warmhearted people and the best summers ever. There´s nothing like a good ceviche and a cold beer beside theocean! I live in Miraflores, at the Malecón, and I collect liters of water with my dehumidifyers every day. Still, the leather items like bags and shoes grow green mold and become a big pain, specially if you are allergic. That mix of dust and garúa so romantically described above causes asthma patients to flee towards the mountains. The clothes you hang up to dry (very few limeños have dryers) never do. You go to bed under frozen sheets. When I open my window in the mornings, fog literally invades my bedroom.
BUT I love living here. Lima has the best food in the world, the nicest warmhearted people and the best summers ever. There´s nothing like a good ceviche and a cold beer beside theocean!

]]> By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1363 Barb Wed, 06 May 2009 14:57:50 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1363 "Salt water rusted bolts. " :) Love your description. I'm always taken with the poems written in permanent marker on the wall along the Malecon. They are invariably love poems -- romantic and heartfelt. I was interviewed in March by a documentary filmmaker who wanted to see a typical part of Lima, so I took him to the Malecon, and he shot a little bit of the wall. Then we went about a half a mile away to the place where people jump and commit suicide. “Salt water rusted bolts. ” :)

Love your description.

I’m always taken with the poems written in permanent marker on the wall along the Malecon. They are invariably love poems — romantic and heartfelt. I was interviewed in March by a documentary filmmaker who wanted to see a typical part of Lima, so I took him to the Malecon, and he shot a little bit of the wall. Then we went about a half a mile away to the place where people jump and commit suicide.

]]> By: Pico http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1358 Pico Mon, 04 May 2009 02:44:10 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1358 I never thought about it, but my favorite winter moments in Lima were spent looking out to the ocean (or at least as far as I could see) over the Malecon around the Club Terrazas. I spent countless hours practicing how I would tell a girl how I felt about her, and a few more crying after being rejected. I would always bring my guitar along (which would explain the salt water rusted bolts) and hum the ballads or valses in vogue at the time. Lima la horrible is the only way to begin to describe her, but it is my Lima. Ugly, yeah, but I love her. Salud I never thought about it, but my favorite winter moments in Lima were spent looking out to the ocean (or at least as far as I could see) over the Malecon around the Club Terrazas.

I spent countless hours practicing how I would tell a girl how I felt about her, and a few more crying after being rejected. I would always bring my guitar along (which would explain the salt water rusted bolts) and hum the ballads or valses in vogue at the time.

Lima la horrible is the only way to begin to describe her, but it is my Lima. Ugly, yeah, but I love her.

Salud

]]> By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-664 Barb Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:19:13 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-664 Jorge -- I'm very interested in your comments about La Molina's climate changing since you were in school. Twenty years really isn't so much time. I wonder, too, if the changes are due to global warming or pollution/over-development. I remember visiting La Molina in 1995. It was like going to the country (a dusty country, granted). El Fotografo's aunt and uncle live there, and I remember thinking as we drove through the quiet neighborhoods, 'Wow, they sure live out in the middle of nowhere.' When we visited again in 2007, I barely recognized La Molina. It looks like another crowded neighborhood -- so many businesses, so many cars. The traffic is horrendous and very dangerous. Friends of ours lost their teenage daughter in an accident caused by a drunk driver last New Year's. Now EF's aunt and uncle are selling their house and moving from La Molina. It's no longer a refuge for them. I'll look for the emoliente at Wong. Jorge — I’m very interested in your comments about La Molina’s climate changing since you were in school. Twenty years really isn’t so much time. I wonder, too, if the changes are due to global warming or pollution/over-development.

I remember visiting La Molina in 1995. It was like going to the country (a dusty country, granted). El Fotografo’s aunt and uncle live there, and I remember thinking as we drove through the quiet neighborhoods, ‘Wow, they sure live out in the middle of nowhere.’

When we visited again in 2007, I barely recognized La Molina. It looks like another crowded neighborhood — so many businesses, so many cars. The traffic is horrendous and very dangerous. Friends of ours lost their teenage daughter in an accident caused by a drunk driver last New Year’s.

Now EF’s aunt and uncle are selling their house and moving from La Molina. It’s no longer a refuge for them.

I’ll look for the emoliente at Wong.

]]> By: Jorge http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-663 Jorge Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:26:33 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-663 I lived in Surco and went to school in La Molina; that was more than 20 years ago. I remember it was foggy in the morning and then sunny in the afternoon almost everyday. Now it's cloudy the whole day even in La Molina. The center has been always that cloudy in winter, though. In Surco the sky at night was so clear I could see shooting stars almost every night. Now Lima's sky is like any other big city's. Too many cars and too much pollution. You can't see the stars any more. But I think global warming must have something to do with it as well. The food and the drinks there are so good though, they make me forget completely about the weather... And about the emoliente El Tonto de la Colina mentioned, if you try it and like it, go to Wong, Plaza Vea or any super market, you'll find packs with all the ingredients inside, ready to boil. Just add honey and lemon. I lived in Surco and went to school in La Molina; that was more than 20 years ago. I remember it was foggy in the morning and then sunny in the afternoon almost everyday. Now it’s cloudy the whole day even in La Molina. The center has been always that cloudy in winter, though.
In Surco the sky at night was so clear I could see shooting stars almost every night.
Now Lima’s sky is like any other big city’s. Too many cars and too much pollution. You can’t see the stars any more. But I think global warming must have something to do with it as well.
The food and the drinks there are so good though, they make me forget completely about the weather…
And about the emoliente El Tonto de la Colina mentioned, if you try it and like it, go to Wong, Plaza Vea or any super market, you’ll find packs with all the ingredients inside, ready to boil. Just add honey and lemon.

]]> By: Cecilia Jakubowycz http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-575 Cecilia Jakubowycz Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:21:45 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-575 Oh no, I'm not moving back. I did not mean that, it was more like thinking outloud. I wish I can move but my husband(Gringo) said "no way" and my kids(12 and 5) said the same. They love to go on vacation there but not to stay. If you got a chance during summer try to go to a beach called Las Lagunas de San Pedro it is paradise like 40 minutes from Lima, looks like Greece Oh no, I’m not moving back. I did not mean that, it was more like thinking outloud. I wish I can move but my husband(Gringo) said “no way” and my kids(12 and 5) said the same. They love to go on vacation there but not to stay. If you got a chance during summer try to go to a beach called Las Lagunas de San Pedro it is paradise like 40 minutes from Lima, looks like Greece

]]> By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1358 Pico Mon, 04 May 2009 02:44:10 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1358 I never thought about it, but my favorite winter moments in Lima were spent looking out to the ocean (or at least as far as I could see) over the Malecon around the Club Terrazas. I spent countless hours practicing how I would tell a girl how I felt about her, and a few more crying after being rejected. I would always bring my guitar along (which would explain the salt water rusted bolts) and hum the ballads or valses in vogue at the time. Lima la horrible is the only way to begin to describe her, but it is my Lima. Ugly, yeah, but I love her. Salud I never thought about it, but my favorite winter moments in Lima were spent looking out to the ocean (or at least as far as I could see) over the Malecon around the Club Terrazas.

I spent countless hours practicing how I would tell a girl how I felt about her, and a few more crying after being rejected. I would always bring my guitar along (which would explain the salt water rusted bolts) and hum the ballads or valses in vogue at the time.

Lima la horrible is the only way to begin to describe her, but it is my Lima. Ugly, yeah, but I love her.

Salud

]]> Comments on: “Panza de Burro”: The Donkey-grey Sky of Lima http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/ slices of my life in Peru Sun, 13 Mar 2011 13:56:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Nano http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1908 Nano Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:09:14 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1908 "We limenians feel comfortable with our grey winter sky. It’s foreigners who feel uneasy and over-concerned with it." ditto! “We limenians feel comfortable with our grey winter sky. It’s foreigners who feel uneasy and over-concerned with it.”

ditto!

]]> By: Margaret http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1888 Margaret Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:27:43 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1888 Wow...I never realized that Lima was so gray in the winter... Here in Santiago (Chile) the winters are also gray and dreary, but with rain... and the Chileans love it... their comments are very similar to those left by all the nostalgic Peruvians who have commented here. It took me a long time to come to appreciate those gray days here, but I finally get it now... although I'd gladly trade them for a New York snowstorm any day! (guess it's all a matter of what we grow up with!) Wow…I never realized that Lima was so gray in the winter… Here in Santiago (Chile) the winters are also gray and dreary, but with rain… and the Chileans love it… their comments are very similar to those left by all the nostalgic Peruvians who have commented here. It took me a long time to come to appreciate those gray days here, but I finally get it now… although I’d gladly trade them for a New York snowstorm any day! (guess it’s all a matter of what we grow up with!)

]]> By: Juan Arellano http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1662 Juan Arellano Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:27:36 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1662 You should read Luis Loayza's "El Sol de Lima", it's not fiction lit. but it will help you to understand limeños, ja. You can find something about this book here: http://www.elperuano.com.pe/identidades/56/ensayo.asp And.. did u like emoliente? I like it with "Sávila". Saludos. You should read Luis Loayza’s “El Sol de Lima”, it’s not fiction lit. but it will help you to understand limeños, ja. You can find something about this book here: http://www.elperuano.com.pe/identidades/56/ensayo.asp

And.. did u like emoliente? I like it with “Sávila”.

Saludos.

]]> By: malena http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1590 malena Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:20:33 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1590 I live in Miraflores, at the Malecón, and I collect liters of water with my dehumidifyers every day. Still, the leather items like bags and shoes grow green mold and become a big pain, specially if you are allergic. That mix of dust and garúa so romantically described above causes asthma patients to flee towards the mountains. The clothes you hang up to dry (very few limeños have dryers) never do. You go to bed under frozen sheets. When I open my window in the mornings, fog literally invades my bedroom. BUT I love living here. Lima has the best food in the world, the nicest warmhearted people and the best summers ever. There´s nothing like a good ceviche and a cold beer beside theocean! I live in Miraflores, at the Malecón, and I collect liters of water with my dehumidifyers every day. Still, the leather items like bags and shoes grow green mold and become a big pain, specially if you are allergic. That mix of dust and garúa so romantically described above causes asthma patients to flee towards the mountains. The clothes you hang up to dry (very few limeños have dryers) never do. You go to bed under frozen sheets. When I open my window in the mornings, fog literally invades my bedroom.
BUT I love living here. Lima has the best food in the world, the nicest warmhearted people and the best summers ever. There´s nothing like a good ceviche and a cold beer beside theocean!

]]> By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1363 Barb Wed, 06 May 2009 14:57:50 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1363 "Salt water rusted bolts. " :) Love your description. I'm always taken with the poems written in permanent marker on the wall along the Malecon. They are invariably love poems -- romantic and heartfelt. I was interviewed in March by a documentary filmmaker who wanted to see a typical part of Lima, so I took him to the Malecon, and he shot a little bit of the wall. Then we went about a half a mile away to the place where people jump and commit suicide. “Salt water rusted bolts. ” :)

Love your description.

I’m always taken with the poems written in permanent marker on the wall along the Malecon. They are invariably love poems — romantic and heartfelt. I was interviewed in March by a documentary filmmaker who wanted to see a typical part of Lima, so I took him to the Malecon, and he shot a little bit of the wall. Then we went about a half a mile away to the place where people jump and commit suicide.

]]> By: Pico http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1358 Pico Mon, 04 May 2009 02:44:10 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1358 I never thought about it, but my favorite winter moments in Lima were spent looking out to the ocean (or at least as far as I could see) over the Malecon around the Club Terrazas. I spent countless hours practicing how I would tell a girl how I felt about her, and a few more crying after being rejected. I would always bring my guitar along (which would explain the salt water rusted bolts) and hum the ballads or valses in vogue at the time. Lima la horrible is the only way to begin to describe her, but it is my Lima. Ugly, yeah, but I love her. Salud I never thought about it, but my favorite winter moments in Lima were spent looking out to the ocean (or at least as far as I could see) over the Malecon around the Club Terrazas.

I spent countless hours practicing how I would tell a girl how I felt about her, and a few more crying after being rejected. I would always bring my guitar along (which would explain the salt water rusted bolts) and hum the ballads or valses in vogue at the time.

Lima la horrible is the only way to begin to describe her, but it is my Lima. Ugly, yeah, but I love her.

Salud

]]> By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-664 Barb Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:19:13 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-664 Jorge -- I'm very interested in your comments about La Molina's climate changing since you were in school. Twenty years really isn't so much time. I wonder, too, if the changes are due to global warming or pollution/over-development. I remember visiting La Molina in 1995. It was like going to the country (a dusty country, granted). El Fotografo's aunt and uncle live there, and I remember thinking as we drove through the quiet neighborhoods, 'Wow, they sure live out in the middle of nowhere.' When we visited again in 2007, I barely recognized La Molina. It looks like another crowded neighborhood -- so many businesses, so many cars. The traffic is horrendous and very dangerous. Friends of ours lost their teenage daughter in an accident caused by a drunk driver last New Year's. Now EF's aunt and uncle are selling their house and moving from La Molina. It's no longer a refuge for them. I'll look for the emoliente at Wong. Jorge — I’m very interested in your comments about La Molina’s climate changing since you were in school. Twenty years really isn’t so much time. I wonder, too, if the changes are due to global warming or pollution/over-development.

I remember visiting La Molina in 1995. It was like going to the country (a dusty country, granted). El Fotografo’s aunt and uncle live there, and I remember thinking as we drove through the quiet neighborhoods, ‘Wow, they sure live out in the middle of nowhere.’

When we visited again in 2007, I barely recognized La Molina. It looks like another crowded neighborhood — so many businesses, so many cars. The traffic is horrendous and very dangerous. Friends of ours lost their teenage daughter in an accident caused by a drunk driver last New Year’s.

Now EF’s aunt and uncle are selling their house and moving from La Molina. It’s no longer a refuge for them.

I’ll look for the emoliente at Wong.

]]> By: Jorge http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-663 Jorge Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:26:33 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-663 I lived in Surco and went to school in La Molina; that was more than 20 years ago. I remember it was foggy in the morning and then sunny in the afternoon almost everyday. Now it's cloudy the whole day even in La Molina. The center has been always that cloudy in winter, though. In Surco the sky at night was so clear I could see shooting stars almost every night. Now Lima's sky is like any other big city's. Too many cars and too much pollution. You can't see the stars any more. But I think global warming must have something to do with it as well. The food and the drinks there are so good though, they make me forget completely about the weather... And about the emoliente El Tonto de la Colina mentioned, if you try it and like it, go to Wong, Plaza Vea or any super market, you'll find packs with all the ingredients inside, ready to boil. Just add honey and lemon. I lived in Surco and went to school in La Molina; that was more than 20 years ago. I remember it was foggy in the morning and then sunny in the afternoon almost everyday. Now it’s cloudy the whole day even in La Molina. The center has been always that cloudy in winter, though.
In Surco the sky at night was so clear I could see shooting stars almost every night.
Now Lima’s sky is like any other big city’s. Too many cars and too much pollution. You can’t see the stars any more. But I think global warming must have something to do with it as well.
The food and the drinks there are so good though, they make me forget completely about the weather…
And about the emoliente El Tonto de la Colina mentioned, if you try it and like it, go to Wong, Plaza Vea or any super market, you’ll find packs with all the ingredients inside, ready to boil. Just add honey and lemon.

]]> By: Cecilia Jakubowycz http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-575 Cecilia Jakubowycz Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:21:45 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-575 Oh no, I'm not moving back. I did not mean that, it was more like thinking outloud. I wish I can move but my husband(Gringo) said "no way" and my kids(12 and 5) said the same. They love to go on vacation there but not to stay. If you got a chance during summer try to go to a beach called Las Lagunas de San Pedro it is paradise like 40 minutes from Lima, looks like Greece Oh no, I’m not moving back. I did not mean that, it was more like thinking outloud. I wish I can move but my husband(Gringo) said “no way” and my kids(12 and 5) said the same. They love to go on vacation there but not to stay. If you got a chance during summer try to go to a beach called Las Lagunas de San Pedro it is paradise like 40 minutes from Lima, looks like Greece

]]> By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-664 Barb Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:19:13 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-664 Jorge -- I'm very interested in your comments about La Molina's climate changing since you were in school. Twenty years really isn't so much time. I wonder, too, if the changes are due to global warming or pollution/over-development. I remember visiting La Molina in 1995. It was like going to the country (a dusty country, granted). El Fotografo's aunt and uncle live there, and I remember thinking as we drove through the quiet neighborhoods, 'Wow, they sure live out in the middle of nowhere.' When we visited again in 2007, I barely recognized La Molina. It looks like another crowded neighborhood -- so many businesses, so many cars. The traffic is horrendous and very dangerous. Friends of ours lost their teenage daughter in an accident caused by a drunk driver last New Year's. Now EF's aunt and uncle are selling their house and moving from La Molina. It's no longer a refuge for them. I'll look for the emoliente at Wong. Jorge — I’m very interested in your comments about La Molina’s climate changing since you were in school. Twenty years really isn’t so much time. I wonder, too, if the changes are due to global warming or pollution/over-development.

I remember visiting La Molina in 1995. It was like going to the country (a dusty country, granted). El Fotografo’s aunt and uncle live there, and I remember thinking as we drove through the quiet neighborhoods, ‘Wow, they sure live out in the middle of nowhere.’

When we visited again in 2007, I barely recognized La Molina. It looks like another crowded neighborhood — so many businesses, so many cars. The traffic is horrendous and very dangerous. Friends of ours lost their teenage daughter in an accident caused by a drunk driver last New Year’s.

Now EF’s aunt and uncle are selling their house and moving from La Molina. It’s no longer a refuge for them.

I’ll look for the emoliente at Wong.

]]> Comments on: “Panza de Burro”: The Donkey-grey Sky of Lima http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/ slices of my life in Peru Sun, 13 Mar 2011 13:56:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Nano http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1908 Nano Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:09:14 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1908 "We limenians feel comfortable with our grey winter sky. It’s foreigners who feel uneasy and over-concerned with it." ditto! “We limenians feel comfortable with our grey winter sky. It’s foreigners who feel uneasy and over-concerned with it.”

ditto!

]]> By: Margaret http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1888 Margaret Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:27:43 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1888 Wow...I never realized that Lima was so gray in the winter... Here in Santiago (Chile) the winters are also gray and dreary, but with rain... and the Chileans love it... their comments are very similar to those left by all the nostalgic Peruvians who have commented here. It took me a long time to come to appreciate those gray days here, but I finally get it now... although I'd gladly trade them for a New York snowstorm any day! (guess it's all a matter of what we grow up with!) Wow…I never realized that Lima was so gray in the winter… Here in Santiago (Chile) the winters are also gray and dreary, but with rain… and the Chileans love it… their comments are very similar to those left by all the nostalgic Peruvians who have commented here. It took me a long time to come to appreciate those gray days here, but I finally get it now… although I’d gladly trade them for a New York snowstorm any day! (guess it’s all a matter of what we grow up with!)

]]> By: Juan Arellano http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1662 Juan Arellano Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:27:36 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1662 You should read Luis Loayza's "El Sol de Lima", it's not fiction lit. but it will help you to understand limeños, ja. You can find something about this book here: http://www.elperuano.com.pe/identidades/56/ensayo.asp And.. did u like emoliente? I like it with "Sávila". Saludos. You should read Luis Loayza’s “El Sol de Lima”, it’s not fiction lit. but it will help you to understand limeños, ja. You can find something about this book here: http://www.elperuano.com.pe/identidades/56/ensayo.asp

And.. did u like emoliente? I like it with “Sávila”.

Saludos.

]]> By: malena http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1590 malena Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:20:33 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1590 I live in Miraflores, at the Malecón, and I collect liters of water with my dehumidifyers every day. Still, the leather items like bags and shoes grow green mold and become a big pain, specially if you are allergic. That mix of dust and garúa so romantically described above causes asthma patients to flee towards the mountains. The clothes you hang up to dry (very few limeños have dryers) never do. You go to bed under frozen sheets. When I open my window in the mornings, fog literally invades my bedroom. BUT I love living here. Lima has the best food in the world, the nicest warmhearted people and the best summers ever. There´s nothing like a good ceviche and a cold beer beside theocean! I live in Miraflores, at the Malecón, and I collect liters of water with my dehumidifyers every day. Still, the leather items like bags and shoes grow green mold and become a big pain, specially if you are allergic. That mix of dust and garúa so romantically described above causes asthma patients to flee towards the mountains. The clothes you hang up to dry (very few limeños have dryers) never do. You go to bed under frozen sheets. When I open my window in the mornings, fog literally invades my bedroom.
BUT I love living here. Lima has the best food in the world, the nicest warmhearted people and the best summers ever. There´s nothing like a good ceviche and a cold beer beside theocean!

]]> By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1363 Barb Wed, 06 May 2009 14:57:50 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1363 "Salt water rusted bolts. " :) Love your description. I'm always taken with the poems written in permanent marker on the wall along the Malecon. They are invariably love poems -- romantic and heartfelt. I was interviewed in March by a documentary filmmaker who wanted to see a typical part of Lima, so I took him to the Malecon, and he shot a little bit of the wall. Then we went about a half a mile away to the place where people jump and commit suicide. “Salt water rusted bolts. ” :)

Love your description.

I’m always taken with the poems written in permanent marker on the wall along the Malecon. They are invariably love poems — romantic and heartfelt. I was interviewed in March by a documentary filmmaker who wanted to see a typical part of Lima, so I took him to the Malecon, and he shot a little bit of the wall. Then we went about a half a mile away to the place where people jump and commit suicide.

]]> By: Pico http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1358 Pico Mon, 04 May 2009 02:44:10 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1358 I never thought about it, but my favorite winter moments in Lima were spent looking out to the ocean (or at least as far as I could see) over the Malecon around the Club Terrazas. I spent countless hours practicing how I would tell a girl how I felt about her, and a few more crying after being rejected. I would always bring my guitar along (which would explain the salt water rusted bolts) and hum the ballads or valses in vogue at the time. Lima la horrible is the only way to begin to describe her, but it is my Lima. Ugly, yeah, but I love her. Salud I never thought about it, but my favorite winter moments in Lima were spent looking out to the ocean (or at least as far as I could see) over the Malecon around the Club Terrazas.

I spent countless hours practicing how I would tell a girl how I felt about her, and a few more crying after being rejected. I would always bring my guitar along (which would explain the salt water rusted bolts) and hum the ballads or valses in vogue at the time.

Lima la horrible is the only way to begin to describe her, but it is my Lima. Ugly, yeah, but I love her.

Salud

]]> By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-664 Barb Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:19:13 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-664 Jorge -- I'm very interested in your comments about La Molina's climate changing since you were in school. Twenty years really isn't so much time. I wonder, too, if the changes are due to global warming or pollution/over-development. I remember visiting La Molina in 1995. It was like going to the country (a dusty country, granted). El Fotografo's aunt and uncle live there, and I remember thinking as we drove through the quiet neighborhoods, 'Wow, they sure live out in the middle of nowhere.' When we visited again in 2007, I barely recognized La Molina. It looks like another crowded neighborhood -- so many businesses, so many cars. The traffic is horrendous and very dangerous. Friends of ours lost their teenage daughter in an accident caused by a drunk driver last New Year's. Now EF's aunt and uncle are selling their house and moving from La Molina. It's no longer a refuge for them. I'll look for the emoliente at Wong. Jorge — I’m very interested in your comments about La Molina’s climate changing since you were in school. Twenty years really isn’t so much time. I wonder, too, if the changes are due to global warming or pollution/over-development.

I remember visiting La Molina in 1995. It was like going to the country (a dusty country, granted). El Fotografo’s aunt and uncle live there, and I remember thinking as we drove through the quiet neighborhoods, ‘Wow, they sure live out in the middle of nowhere.’

When we visited again in 2007, I barely recognized La Molina. It looks like another crowded neighborhood — so many businesses, so many cars. The traffic is horrendous and very dangerous. Friends of ours lost their teenage daughter in an accident caused by a drunk driver last New Year’s.

Now EF’s aunt and uncle are selling their house and moving from La Molina. It’s no longer a refuge for them.

I’ll look for the emoliente at Wong.

]]> By: Jorge http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-663 Jorge Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:26:33 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-663 I lived in Surco and went to school in La Molina; that was more than 20 years ago. I remember it was foggy in the morning and then sunny in the afternoon almost everyday. Now it's cloudy the whole day even in La Molina. The center has been always that cloudy in winter, though. In Surco the sky at night was so clear I could see shooting stars almost every night. Now Lima's sky is like any other big city's. Too many cars and too much pollution. You can't see the stars any more. But I think global warming must have something to do with it as well. The food and the drinks there are so good though, they make me forget completely about the weather... And about the emoliente El Tonto de la Colina mentioned, if you try it and like it, go to Wong, Plaza Vea or any super market, you'll find packs with all the ingredients inside, ready to boil. Just add honey and lemon. I lived in Surco and went to school in La Molina; that was more than 20 years ago. I remember it was foggy in the morning and then sunny in the afternoon almost everyday. Now it’s cloudy the whole day even in La Molina. The center has been always that cloudy in winter, though.
In Surco the sky at night was so clear I could see shooting stars almost every night.
Now Lima’s sky is like any other big city’s. Too many cars and too much pollution. You can’t see the stars any more. But I think global warming must have something to do with it as well.
The food and the drinks there are so good though, they make me forget completely about the weather…
And about the emoliente El Tonto de la Colina mentioned, if you try it and like it, go to Wong, Plaza Vea or any super market, you’ll find packs with all the ingredients inside, ready to boil. Just add honey and lemon.

]]> By: Cecilia Jakubowycz http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-575 Cecilia Jakubowycz Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:21:45 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-575 Oh no, I'm not moving back. I did not mean that, it was more like thinking outloud. I wish I can move but my husband(Gringo) said "no way" and my kids(12 and 5) said the same. They love to go on vacation there but not to stay. If you got a chance during summer try to go to a beach called Las Lagunas de San Pedro it is paradise like 40 minutes from Lima, looks like Greece Oh no, I’m not moving back. I did not mean that, it was more like thinking outloud. I wish I can move but my husband(Gringo) said “no way” and my kids(12 and 5) said the same. They love to go on vacation there but not to stay. If you got a chance during summer try to go to a beach called Las Lagunas de San Pedro it is paradise like 40 minutes from Lima, looks like Greece

]]> By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-663 Jorge Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:26:33 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-663 I lived in Surco and went to school in La Molina; that was more than 20 years ago. I remember it was foggy in the morning and then sunny in the afternoon almost everyday. Now it's cloudy the whole day even in La Molina. The center has been always that cloudy in winter, though. In Surco the sky at night was so clear I could see shooting stars almost every night. Now Lima's sky is like any other big city's. Too many cars and too much pollution. You can't see the stars any more. But I think global warming must have something to do with it as well. The food and the drinks there are so good though, they make me forget completely about the weather... And about the emoliente El Tonto de la Colina mentioned, if you try it and like it, go to Wong, Plaza Vea or any super market, you'll find packs with all the ingredients inside, ready to boil. Just add honey and lemon. I lived in Surco and went to school in La Molina; that was more than 20 years ago. I remember it was foggy in the morning and then sunny in the afternoon almost everyday. Now it’s cloudy the whole day even in La Molina. The center has been always that cloudy in winter, though.
In Surco the sky at night was so clear I could see shooting stars almost every night.
Now Lima’s sky is like any other big city’s. Too many cars and too much pollution. You can’t see the stars any more. But I think global warming must have something to do with it as well.
The food and the drinks there are so good though, they make me forget completely about the weather…
And about the emoliente El Tonto de la Colina mentioned, if you try it and like it, go to Wong, Plaza Vea or any super market, you’ll find packs with all the ingredients inside, ready to boil. Just add honey and lemon.

]]> Comments on: “Panza de Burro”: The Donkey-grey Sky of Lima http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/ slices of my life in Peru Sun, 13 Mar 2011 13:56:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Nano http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1908 Nano Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:09:14 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1908 "We limenians feel comfortable with our grey winter sky. It’s foreigners who feel uneasy and over-concerned with it." ditto! “We limenians feel comfortable with our grey winter sky. It’s foreigners who feel uneasy and over-concerned with it.”

ditto!

]]> By: Margaret http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1888 Margaret Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:27:43 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1888 Wow...I never realized that Lima was so gray in the winter... Here in Santiago (Chile) the winters are also gray and dreary, but with rain... and the Chileans love it... their comments are very similar to those left by all the nostalgic Peruvians who have commented here. It took me a long time to come to appreciate those gray days here, but I finally get it now... although I'd gladly trade them for a New York snowstorm any day! (guess it's all a matter of what we grow up with!) Wow…I never realized that Lima was so gray in the winter… Here in Santiago (Chile) the winters are also gray and dreary, but with rain… and the Chileans love it… their comments are very similar to those left by all the nostalgic Peruvians who have commented here. It took me a long time to come to appreciate those gray days here, but I finally get it now… although I’d gladly trade them for a New York snowstorm any day! (guess it’s all a matter of what we grow up with!)

]]> By: Juan Arellano http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1662 Juan Arellano Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:27:36 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1662 You should read Luis Loayza's "El Sol de Lima", it's not fiction lit. but it will help you to understand limeños, ja. You can find something about this book here: http://www.elperuano.com.pe/identidades/56/ensayo.asp And.. did u like emoliente? I like it with "Sávila". Saludos. You should read Luis Loayza’s “El Sol de Lima”, it’s not fiction lit. but it will help you to understand limeños, ja. You can find something about this book here: http://www.elperuano.com.pe/identidades/56/ensayo.asp

And.. did u like emoliente? I like it with “Sávila”.

Saludos.

]]> By: malena http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1590 malena Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:20:33 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1590 I live in Miraflores, at the Malecón, and I collect liters of water with my dehumidifyers every day. Still, the leather items like bags and shoes grow green mold and become a big pain, specially if you are allergic. That mix of dust and garúa so romantically described above causes asthma patients to flee towards the mountains. The clothes you hang up to dry (very few limeños have dryers) never do. You go to bed under frozen sheets. When I open my window in the mornings, fog literally invades my bedroom. BUT I love living here. Lima has the best food in the world, the nicest warmhearted people and the best summers ever. There´s nothing like a good ceviche and a cold beer beside theocean! I live in Miraflores, at the Malecón, and I collect liters of water with my dehumidifyers every day. Still, the leather items like bags and shoes grow green mold and become a big pain, specially if you are allergic. That mix of dust and garúa so romantically described above causes asthma patients to flee towards the mountains. The clothes you hang up to dry (very few limeños have dryers) never do. You go to bed under frozen sheets. When I open my window in the mornings, fog literally invades my bedroom.
BUT I love living here. Lima has the best food in the world, the nicest warmhearted people and the best summers ever. There´s nothing like a good ceviche and a cold beer beside theocean!

]]> By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1363 Barb Wed, 06 May 2009 14:57:50 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1363 "Salt water rusted bolts. " :) Love your description. I'm always taken with the poems written in permanent marker on the wall along the Malecon. They are invariably love poems -- romantic and heartfelt. I was interviewed in March by a documentary filmmaker who wanted to see a typical part of Lima, so I took him to the Malecon, and he shot a little bit of the wall. Then we went about a half a mile away to the place where people jump and commit suicide. “Salt water rusted bolts. ” :)

Love your description.

I’m always taken with the poems written in permanent marker on the wall along the Malecon. They are invariably love poems — romantic and heartfelt. I was interviewed in March by a documentary filmmaker who wanted to see a typical part of Lima, so I took him to the Malecon, and he shot a little bit of the wall. Then we went about a half a mile away to the place where people jump and commit suicide.

]]> By: Pico http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1358 Pico Mon, 04 May 2009 02:44:10 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1358 I never thought about it, but my favorite winter moments in Lima were spent looking out to the ocean (or at least as far as I could see) over the Malecon around the Club Terrazas. I spent countless hours practicing how I would tell a girl how I felt about her, and a few more crying after being rejected. I would always bring my guitar along (which would explain the salt water rusted bolts) and hum the ballads or valses in vogue at the time. Lima la horrible is the only way to begin to describe her, but it is my Lima. Ugly, yeah, but I love her. Salud I never thought about it, but my favorite winter moments in Lima were spent looking out to the ocean (or at least as far as I could see) over the Malecon around the Club Terrazas.

I spent countless hours practicing how I would tell a girl how I felt about her, and a few more crying after being rejected. I would always bring my guitar along (which would explain the salt water rusted bolts) and hum the ballads or valses in vogue at the time.

Lima la horrible is the only way to begin to describe her, but it is my Lima. Ugly, yeah, but I love her.

Salud

]]> By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-664 Barb Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:19:13 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-664 Jorge -- I'm very interested in your comments about La Molina's climate changing since you were in school. Twenty years really isn't so much time. I wonder, too, if the changes are due to global warming or pollution/over-development. I remember visiting La Molina in 1995. It was like going to the country (a dusty country, granted). El Fotografo's aunt and uncle live there, and I remember thinking as we drove through the quiet neighborhoods, 'Wow, they sure live out in the middle of nowhere.' When we visited again in 2007, I barely recognized La Molina. It looks like another crowded neighborhood -- so many businesses, so many cars. The traffic is horrendous and very dangerous. Friends of ours lost their teenage daughter in an accident caused by a drunk driver last New Year's. Now EF's aunt and uncle are selling their house and moving from La Molina. It's no longer a refuge for them. I'll look for the emoliente at Wong. Jorge — I’m very interested in your comments about La Molina’s climate changing since you were in school. Twenty years really isn’t so much time. I wonder, too, if the changes are due to global warming or pollution/over-development.

I remember visiting La Molina in 1995. It was like going to the country (a dusty country, granted). El Fotografo’s aunt and uncle live there, and I remember thinking as we drove through the quiet neighborhoods, ‘Wow, they sure live out in the middle of nowhere.’

When we visited again in 2007, I barely recognized La Molina. It looks like another crowded neighborhood — so many businesses, so many cars. The traffic is horrendous and very dangerous. Friends of ours lost their teenage daughter in an accident caused by a drunk driver last New Year’s.

Now EF’s aunt and uncle are selling their house and moving from La Molina. It’s no longer a refuge for them.

I’ll look for the emoliente at Wong.

]]> By: Jorge http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-663 Jorge Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:26:33 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-663 I lived in Surco and went to school in La Molina; that was more than 20 years ago. I remember it was foggy in the morning and then sunny in the afternoon almost everyday. Now it's cloudy the whole day even in La Molina. The center has been always that cloudy in winter, though. In Surco the sky at night was so clear I could see shooting stars almost every night. Now Lima's sky is like any other big city's. Too many cars and too much pollution. You can't see the stars any more. But I think global warming must have something to do with it as well. The food and the drinks there are so good though, they make me forget completely about the weather... And about the emoliente El Tonto de la Colina mentioned, if you try it and like it, go to Wong, Plaza Vea or any super market, you'll find packs with all the ingredients inside, ready to boil. Just add honey and lemon. I lived in Surco and went to school in La Molina; that was more than 20 years ago. I remember it was foggy in the morning and then sunny in the afternoon almost everyday. Now it’s cloudy the whole day even in La Molina. The center has been always that cloudy in winter, though.
In Surco the sky at night was so clear I could see shooting stars almost every night.
Now Lima’s sky is like any other big city’s. Too many cars and too much pollution. You can’t see the stars any more. But I think global warming must have something to do with it as well.
The food and the drinks there are so good though, they make me forget completely about the weather…
And about the emoliente El Tonto de la Colina mentioned, if you try it and like it, go to Wong, Plaza Vea or any super market, you’ll find packs with all the ingredients inside, ready to boil. Just add honey and lemon.

]]> By: Cecilia Jakubowycz http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-575 Cecilia Jakubowycz Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:21:45 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-575 Oh no, I'm not moving back. I did not mean that, it was more like thinking outloud. I wish I can move but my husband(Gringo) said "no way" and my kids(12 and 5) said the same. They love to go on vacation there but not to stay. If you got a chance during summer try to go to a beach called Las Lagunas de San Pedro it is paradise like 40 minutes from Lima, looks like Greece Oh no, I’m not moving back. I did not mean that, it was more like thinking outloud. I wish I can move but my husband(Gringo) said “no way” and my kids(12 and 5) said the same. They love to go on vacation there but not to stay. If you got a chance during summer try to go to a beach called Las Lagunas de San Pedro it is paradise like 40 minutes from Lima, looks like Greece

]]> By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-575 Cecilia Jakubowycz Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:21:45 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-575 Oh no, I'm not moving back. I did not mean that, it was more like thinking outloud. I wish I can move but my husband(Gringo) said "no way" and my kids(12 and 5) said the same. They love to go on vacation there but not to stay. If you got a chance during summer try to go to a beach called Las Lagunas de San Pedro it is paradise like 40 minutes from Lima, looks like Greece Oh no, I’m not moving back. I did not mean that, it was more like thinking outloud. I wish I can move but my husband(Gringo) said “no way” and my kids(12 and 5) said the same. They love to go on vacation there but not to stay. If you got a chance during summer try to go to a beach called Las Lagunas de San Pedro it is paradise like 40 minutes from Lima, looks like Greece

]]> Comments on: “Panza de Burro”: The Donkey-grey Sky of Lima http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/ slices of my life in Peru Sun, 13 Mar 2011 13:56:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Nano http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1908 Nano Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:09:14 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1908 "We limenians feel comfortable with our grey winter sky. It’s foreigners who feel uneasy and over-concerned with it." ditto! “We limenians feel comfortable with our grey winter sky. It’s foreigners who feel uneasy and over-concerned with it.”

ditto!

]]> By: Margaret http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1888 Margaret Sun, 27 Sep 2009 16:27:43 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1888 Wow...I never realized that Lima was so gray in the winter... Here in Santiago (Chile) the winters are also gray and dreary, but with rain... and the Chileans love it... their comments are very similar to those left by all the nostalgic Peruvians who have commented here. It took me a long time to come to appreciate those gray days here, but I finally get it now... although I'd gladly trade them for a New York snowstorm any day! (guess it's all a matter of what we grow up with!) Wow…I never realized that Lima was so gray in the winter… Here in Santiago (Chile) the winters are also gray and dreary, but with rain… and the Chileans love it… their comments are very similar to those left by all the nostalgic Peruvians who have commented here. It took me a long time to come to appreciate those gray days here, but I finally get it now… although I’d gladly trade them for a New York snowstorm any day! (guess it’s all a matter of what we grow up with!)

]]> By: Juan Arellano http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1662 Juan Arellano Mon, 03 Aug 2009 05:27:36 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1662 You should read Luis Loayza's "El Sol de Lima", it's not fiction lit. but it will help you to understand limeños, ja. You can find something about this book here: http://www.elperuano.com.pe/identidades/56/ensayo.asp And.. did u like emoliente? I like it with "Sávila". Saludos. You should read Luis Loayza’s “El Sol de Lima”, it’s not fiction lit. but it will help you to understand limeños, ja. You can find something about this book here: http://www.elperuano.com.pe/identidades/56/ensayo.asp

And.. did u like emoliente? I like it with “Sávila”.

Saludos.

]]> By: malena http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1590 malena Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:20:33 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1590 I live in Miraflores, at the Malecón, and I collect liters of water with my dehumidifyers every day. Still, the leather items like bags and shoes grow green mold and become a big pain, specially if you are allergic. That mix of dust and garúa so romantically described above causes asthma patients to flee towards the mountains. The clothes you hang up to dry (very few limeños have dryers) never do. You go to bed under frozen sheets. When I open my window in the mornings, fog literally invades my bedroom. BUT I love living here. Lima has the best food in the world, the nicest warmhearted people and the best summers ever. There´s nothing like a good ceviche and a cold beer beside theocean! I live in Miraflores, at the Malecón, and I collect liters of water with my dehumidifyers every day. Still, the leather items like bags and shoes grow green mold and become a big pain, specially if you are allergic. That mix of dust and garúa so romantically described above causes asthma patients to flee towards the mountains. The clothes you hang up to dry (very few limeños have dryers) never do. You go to bed under frozen sheets. When I open my window in the mornings, fog literally invades my bedroom.
BUT I love living here. Lima has the best food in the world, the nicest warmhearted people and the best summers ever. There´s nothing like a good ceviche and a cold beer beside theocean!

]]> By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1363 Barb Wed, 06 May 2009 14:57:50 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1363 "Salt water rusted bolts. " :) Love your description. I'm always taken with the poems written in permanent marker on the wall along the Malecon. They are invariably love poems -- romantic and heartfelt. I was interviewed in March by a documentary filmmaker who wanted to see a typical part of Lima, so I took him to the Malecon, and he shot a little bit of the wall. Then we went about a half a mile away to the place where people jump and commit suicide. “Salt water rusted bolts. ” :)

Love your description.

I’m always taken with the poems written in permanent marker on the wall along the Malecon. They are invariably love poems — romantic and heartfelt. I was interviewed in March by a documentary filmmaker who wanted to see a typical part of Lima, so I took him to the Malecon, and he shot a little bit of the wall. Then we went about a half a mile away to the place where people jump and commit suicide.

]]> By: Pico http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-1358 Pico Mon, 04 May 2009 02:44:10 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-1358 I never thought about it, but my favorite winter moments in Lima were spent looking out to the ocean (or at least as far as I could see) over the Malecon around the Club Terrazas. I spent countless hours practicing how I would tell a girl how I felt about her, and a few more crying after being rejected. I would always bring my guitar along (which would explain the salt water rusted bolts) and hum the ballads or valses in vogue at the time. Lima la horrible is the only way to begin to describe her, but it is my Lima. Ugly, yeah, but I love her. Salud I never thought about it, but my favorite winter moments in Lima were spent looking out to the ocean (or at least as far as I could see) over the Malecon around the Club Terrazas.

I spent countless hours practicing how I would tell a girl how I felt about her, and a few more crying after being rejected. I would always bring my guitar along (which would explain the salt water rusted bolts) and hum the ballads or valses in vogue at the time.

Lima la horrible is the only way to begin to describe her, but it is my Lima. Ugly, yeah, but I love her.

Salud

]]> By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-664 Barb Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:19:13 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-664 Jorge -- I'm very interested in your comments about La Molina's climate changing since you were in school. Twenty years really isn't so much time. I wonder, too, if the changes are due to global warming or pollution/over-development. I remember visiting La Molina in 1995. It was like going to the country (a dusty country, granted). El Fotografo's aunt and uncle live there, and I remember thinking as we drove through the quiet neighborhoods, 'Wow, they sure live out in the middle of nowhere.' When we visited again in 2007, I barely recognized La Molina. It looks like another crowded neighborhood -- so many businesses, so many cars. The traffic is horrendous and very dangerous. Friends of ours lost their teenage daughter in an accident caused by a drunk driver last New Year's. Now EF's aunt and uncle are selling their house and moving from La Molina. It's no longer a refuge for them. I'll look for the emoliente at Wong. Jorge — I’m very interested in your comments about La Molina’s climate changing since you were in school. Twenty years really isn’t so much time. I wonder, too, if the changes are due to global warming or pollution/over-development.

I remember visiting La Molina in 1995. It was like going to the country (a dusty country, granted). El Fotografo’s aunt and uncle live there, and I remember thinking as we drove through the quiet neighborhoods, ‘Wow, they sure live out in the middle of nowhere.’

When we visited again in 2007, I barely recognized La Molina. It looks like another crowded neighborhood — so many businesses, so many cars. The traffic is horrendous and very dangerous. Friends of ours lost their teenage daughter in an accident caused by a drunk driver last New Year’s.

Now EF’s aunt and uncle are selling their house and moving from La Molina. It’s no longer a refuge for them.

I’ll look for the emoliente at Wong.

]]> By: Jorge http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-663 Jorge Tue, 04 Nov 2008 05:26:33 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-663 I lived in Surco and went to school in La Molina; that was more than 20 years ago. I remember it was foggy in the morning and then sunny in the afternoon almost everyday. Now it's cloudy the whole day even in La Molina. The center has been always that cloudy in winter, though. In Surco the sky at night was so clear I could see shooting stars almost every night. Now Lima's sky is like any other big city's. Too many cars and too much pollution. You can't see the stars any more. But I think global warming must have something to do with it as well. The food and the drinks there are so good though, they make me forget completely about the weather... And about the emoliente El Tonto de la Colina mentioned, if you try it and like it, go to Wong, Plaza Vea or any super market, you'll find packs with all the ingredients inside, ready to boil. Just add honey and lemon. I lived in Surco and went to school in La Molina; that was more than 20 years ago. I remember it was foggy in the morning and then sunny in the afternoon almost everyday. Now it’s cloudy the whole day even in La Molina. The center has been always that cloudy in winter, though.
In Surco the sky at night was so clear I could see shooting stars almost every night.
Now Lima’s sky is like any other big city’s. Too many cars and too much pollution. You can’t see the stars any more. But I think global warming must have something to do with it as well.
The food and the drinks there are so good though, they make me forget completely about the weather…
And about the emoliente El Tonto de la Colina mentioned, if you try it and like it, go to Wong, Plaza Vea or any super market, you’ll find packs with all the ingredients inside, ready to boil. Just add honey and lemon.

]]> By: Cecilia Jakubowycz http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-575 Cecilia Jakubowycz Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:21:45 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-575 Oh no, I'm not moving back. I did not mean that, it was more like thinking outloud. I wish I can move but my husband(Gringo) said "no way" and my kids(12 and 5) said the same. They love to go on vacation there but not to stay. If you got a chance during summer try to go to a beach called Las Lagunas de San Pedro it is paradise like 40 minutes from Lima, looks like Greece Oh no, I’m not moving back. I did not mean that, it was more like thinking outloud. I wish I can move but my husband(Gringo) said “no way” and my kids(12 and 5) said the same. They love to go on vacation there but not to stay. If you got a chance during summer try to go to a beach called Las Lagunas de San Pedro it is paradise like 40 minutes from Lima, looks like Greece

]]> By: Barb http://americaninlima.com/2008/09/01/donkey-grey-sky-of-lima-panza-burro/comment-page-1/#comment-564 Barb Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:57:12 +0000 http://americaninlima.com/?p=438#comment-564 Cecilia, you must be true Limeno if you miss the winters. I think that is the litmus test of a Peruvian's patriotism. :) (Note Jessica's comment above about planning her Peru wedding to coincide w/winter so she could be married under a grey sky!) I hope you'll be happy back here in Lima. Congratulations on moving back. What prompted the move? Cecilia, you must be true Limeno if you miss the winters. I think that is the litmus test of a Peruvian’s patriotism. :) (Note Jessica’s comment above about planning her Peru wedding to coincide w/winter so she could be married under a grey sky!)

I hope you’ll be happy back here in Lima. Congratulations on moving back. What prompted the move?

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