We never did eat falafel... (and other news)

Several weekends ago, a group of us embarked to Santo Domingo in the hopes of seeing Juan Luis Guerra in concert. He is a famous Dominican musician, is a christian, one a latin grammy, and is Julie's favorite singer (other than her dad, of course). Unfortunately for us the concert had been sold out for weeks (we discovered *after* arriving in Santo Domingo.) Our group began to make other plans that included a craft fair hosted by the Peace Corp in Zona Colonial, supper at "El Rey de Falafel" (The Falafel King) and some quality hang out time in the Zona Colonial at night. The day started with a lovely meal at Dragon House, a restaurant with a full Chinese and Japanese menu. I had miso soup, followed by "Cerdo Agridulce" (Sweet/Sour Pork), accompanied with a couple sushi rolls. mmm.... We went to the crafts fair, where I ran into a friend of mine from Concordia, and his girlfriend. Imagine that, three Cobbers reuniting in the Zona Colonial, DR by chance. We left there and wandered around some ruins of a castle, taking pictures, chatting, enjoying dusk, etc. After that we went to Acropolis (a mall) to check out the movies, in hopes of seeing one before getting falafel. Fortunately (in hindsight) there were no good movies, so we opted for a dessert at Fridays, then headed to Zona Colonial for falafel. En route, we happened upon a scalper. Jason encouraged us to check it out. 1,000 RD per ticket for ones that cost 600 RD in the shops! Darn scalpers, but fortunately for us the concert was about to start, he was desperate, etc...so we got the tickets for 500RD each. Perfect timing, we walked into the concert moments before Juan Luis sang! It was a beautiful concert, his band played different solos, there were AWESOME fireworks, and it rained...I love rain at an outdoor concert.

So, needless to say, we didn't get falafel. Not that anyone minded, I think.


Other news -

things to ask me about/write later:
50 houses
holidays (Julie and I's first christmas, family fireworks, etc)
how blessed we are
Rovian's christmas party
new neighbors
vonage
easel
julie painting

if you are curious about any of these things, e-mail (peteyjulie@gmail.com) or call 701-526-3331.

time for a healthy breakfast!

Today for breakfast, I ate:

1 piece cold pizza (three cheese with pepperoni)
1 TollHouse cookie bar

considering making some coffee...