Baby got a pair of new shoes

This was the first night with my new camera in the hotel room. I took a picture of my new shoes I forgot to post:) I actually brought back about 5 pairs of new shoes and sneeks. My souls were getting a bit light as my cousin use to tell me:) Neat shoes! I brought home blue, black and brown shoes along with a few sneakers. I can walk again:)

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Hasta Pronto!

Hello Margarita

After dinner one evening Maria and I went to see a friend of ours who she use to work with at Lous Shark Bar who now works at the Four Roses near the Europa Hotel. If you have a camera you can get Dominican Gals to do just about anything in front of it:) No kidding you won't believe what I have been able to photograph:) Here they are together holding hands which isn't unusual at all for Dominicanas. Heck they are more grabby of each other than I am! Man I told you so!:) This is one I took by extending my hand and pushing the button! Man I take a horrible picture!

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Hasta Pronto!

My pretty again sister

Thank Gawd she got rid of the big hair. I have been begging her to get rid of the fake hair that was woven in. She looked horrible. Now she is back to her real hair and beautiful again! It is hard for me to look at a beautiful woman who makes herself look bad ON PURPOSE. I had her sisters and brother making fun of how she looked. She was at my house yesterday and said "Manana en la Manana yo finito con me pelo". THANKS SO MUCH now I can look at you again!

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If you don't believe me scrool down to her picture wearing a pink top. Way more beautiful now, gracia dios.

Hasta pronto!

Off Road Motorcycle Ride North Coast of Dominican Republic

This was Sunday afternoons Bike ride into the mountains. We had a late start and only left with 3 of us. a couple of hours later this is what we looked like. We went though Sosua Abajo and took back roads to Montellano and then ended up on the Touristica to Santiago.

About half way to Santiago we hung a right and took a dirt trail to about the top of the Mountain. We ended up with a nice crew of people.

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Two retards came with gals. I couldn't believe these guys. Leave the women home on days like this although these gals were game for the worst riding I could imagine. One of these guys took a spill but no real damage that a couple of dollars of replacement parts couldnt fix.

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One other guy took a spill on loose rock going downhill. This is the hardest part of off roading because it is difficult to stop when going down hill on loose stone. Also when you fall it really hurts when you get older or maybe I just don't remember pain when I was younger:) This morning when I saw him he was complaining about pain, no surprise really!

I make sure to go real slow going down hill and stay the hell away from everyone else. A few years ago I had someone stop and when I tried to avoid them I locked up the front wheel and dropped the bike. I was only going 4-6 mph but man it hurt for several days! When we travel I am usually the last one coming down and happy about it. I aint gonna let someone else cause me problems. I am planning on causing all of my own all by myself:) This was a very picturesque shot that I had to take. Man you can see forever. This was earlier in the day when I got a call from the rest of the crew who didn't make the start. We met somewhere and had a beer or two and carried on.

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At the end myself and one other guy Will decided to do some more exploring and ended up in a real nice mountain town called Pedro Garcia. It was way high up and it kind of reminded me of Jarabacoa but smaller and cleaner. Roads were very steep and made of concrete. We decided that the mayor of this town should be the president of the country. Neat place.

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We are going back this Sunday. We were on top of a mountain which must have been 50o0 ft high and we stopped to pee. Storm clouds came rolling in and Will wanted to turn back because he didn't have great tires. Reluctantly I said ok but I really wanted to see where it would take us. I am pretty sure we would have gone over the mountain and down the other side and hit other towns way back in the campo! Just getting to where we were was a chore. We even had a bull who was thinking about giving us some trouble and we had to sneak the guy both ways.

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I want to go where no white man has ever gone before!! LOL

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Rain or shine this is where we are going to go. Hope the weather clears up by then. We are supposed to get rain for a few more days and man has it been raining. My finca surely needed it and now stuff is growing like crazy!

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Back to Pedro Garcia next week and we will see what we find. I am going to gas up in Montellano because I was really worried about getting out of the mountains without running out of gas. It was a long day and I had fumes when I filled up after.

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Hasta Pronto!

PS>anyone who wants to join us is welcome to! More the merrier. Rent a bike and get your butt along. Please know how to ride though before you consider it. Experienced riders have gotten hurt so be carefull.

Cutest little girl in the Dominican Republic

This is Disnalda who I have had the honor of sponsoring in both private English school and seperate English classes. She was about 7 years old when Dawn and I first decided to invest in her. She is now a young woman and just about the sweetest kid I have ever met. Her mom has been my house cleaner for about a year now so when Disnalda doesn't have school she comes along with her mom. For me this is such a treat to have her here. The other day she comes into the bedroom where I am laying in bed reading a book and first gives me a kiss hello and then tells me she would like to go swimming. Of course I said, change your clothes and we will go to the pool. We spent a few hours at the pool, her in it and me reading my book and then we went back in the house. She was having fun with her mom and when it was time to go she said she wants to stay:) What a sweetheart, she could have stayed forever as far as I was concerned.

Hasta Pronto!

Birthday Dinner Back in the DR con mi Sisters

I got back from Atlanta last Saturday after having to wait a few days for a seat. Nice thing about a buddy pass is that it is free but you have to wait for a seat if the plane is full.

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Got back in time to have my birthday dinner with a couple of the "Sisters" and then had drinks with a third Sister at Pedro McMurphys. Had a great time as always! I love these sisters and enjoy spending time with them always. Top is Maria uno, Bottom is Maria Dos and below is mi Negra. Three of the finest people this island has to offer! And yes take out a camera and they all turn into Modelos!:) Siempre. Tonight I am going to Pedro's for a Steak dinner. This is the second time they are doing this. First time was great and I expect the same this time also. They get a HUNK of USDA Prime and cut it up and see how many meals they get out of it and then take only that amount of reservations. It is all sold out again but I got reservations for two and looking forward to my steak!

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Hasta Pronto!

Hocky Game

Well this was a first for me. I went to a Hockey Game for the first time in my life. I never got into it and I still haven't. My cousin told me I had to go to a game to appreciate it and well I guess I didn't although I had a nice time with my buddy Bruce who is the pilot for Delta who got me a free ticket to get there and another buddy Dave who works now for AT&T Cellular and another friend of Daves. I am really a basketball fan and appreciate it much better. The day of the game I met a couple of the Atlanta Thrashers who were in the Shoe Store and I mentioned that I had a friend here in the DR who is a retired Puck Slinger. When I told them the name they said that they heard the name before but didn't know the guy. Poor Doug, you were forgotten:) Guess they weren't born when you played! LOL Sorry brother we are all getting old I guess. It was great to see you the other night. Hope you make a Sunday motorcycle trip with us! We are going tomorrow and meeting at Pedro McMurphys at 9am for Breakfast and then a backwoods mountain ride. Anyone is welcome to join us for a real nice time! I don't think I will be going back to a hockey game. Not a good spectator sport for me and since I can't skate worth a damn I guess this will just go down as a new experience never to be repeated:)

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Hasta Pronto!

SHOES BABY

These pictures are of my families Shoe business Downtown Atlanta. You can check them out on the web http://www.largefeet.com . They are fairly well known because they sell shoes from Size 8 to Size 24 and all the big people come in because they have a selection of 300 different shoes in size 19. If you look at the picture below you will see that all the walls are lined with framed Jerseys that are signed by the respective ball players. The jerseys go back to the days that they were made of "JERSEY". Truly a spectacular place to just visit. Check out the who's who on the website and see everyone from OJ to Don King and everyone inbetween. I got myself a bunch of new shoes. Haven't been out of the country in about 1.5 years and my shoes were getting thin:)

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Check them out and order a pair or ten of the latest fashion shoes. We need the business as the US economy is even hurting the shoe business

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Hasta Pronto!

Goat Farm in Sosua Dominican Republic

This is a picture of my new goat that I bought this week. A handsome lad he is. I first saw him while on my motorcycle in the Campo. This guy and the rest of his herd were HUGE. I went back three times to buy one and finally they sold this bad boy to me. Today when I was up at the Finca my guy Danny told me he already performed his job! Oh what a guy.

I don't know what type of goat he is but he is NOT native to this country. I sent two pictures to a woman in the US that Judges goats all over and I am awaiting her reply. He is bigger and has a set of horns that are much different. He has a large beard and longer ears also. His coat is finer than most of the goats I have seen.

Haha, I just noticed my finger in the photo. I used my camera phone to take these pictures.

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I probably won't be blogging for a week or so. I am off to see family and shop for a week. It has been a year and a half since I left the country and my shoes are thin and my clothes threadbare:

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Hasta Pronto!

Pictures of Mt Isabella Dirt Bike Trip two weeks ago

These are shots I took with my Motorola RIZR which has a 2 megapix camera. Man they are pretty good shots and I am surprised as can be. Never would have thunk they would have come out this good!

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I finally uploaded them to my computer so I can post it here. We had a great trip and after you keep on reading you will see a even better trip we took yesterday.

This first picture is out to the ocean where the city of Puerto Plata looks like a little blip in the dirt. At the waters edge is the Malecon where we ended up that day. . The second picture you are looking at the Puerto Plata Airport which is actually in Sosua. They you see Sosua Bay and all the way to Cabarete. Nice trip for sure and something the guys that have been here for the first time will remember forever! . Hasta Pronto!

Another Escott North Coast Dominican Republic Road Trip

This is Fred showing off his War Wounds while we stopped at the river in Jamao for beers. Take a look at his pants which probably has a quart of blood:) This guy is my hero. He takes a lickin and keeps on tickin! No one bounces back faster and better than Fred!

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Perhaps it would be good advice not to go into Pedro's till he stops bleeding though:)

Well yesterday was Sunday and we did another off the wall road trip on dirt bikes. Pictured Below in foreground is Fred who you read about last week. In the background to the right is Dave and the left is Ted. Ted and another fellow Garth joined us this time so we were a bigger party this time. Difference is more people comes more injuries. I was at the rear of the pack after stopping to chat with a cab driver back in the campo who recognized me from when I owned the restaurant in the Hotel Europa. He was back in the campo with his cows when we were asking for directions and had to turn around and head back after speaking with him.

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By the time I caught up with everybody or at least the first body he was on the ground after laying down the bike. I stopped of course to make sure all was well and to help straighten out a few things.

Dave was a little shaken up but got up and walked it off and was fine. I am sure he will have a stiff knee today but otherwise ok. Today we go shopping for a tail light lens. .

After we caught up with the rest of the guys Fred above hit a ditch and went flying over the handlebars. When I first saw him he was in a river washing himself off. I asked him if he was ok because he looked torn up a bit and he had this big old smile on his face and said of course! It wasn't until later that I saw all the damage from the fall and I said, "Fred you must have sucked that up because you had to have been in pain" and he finally admitted it.

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I called him last night to see how he was but he didn't answer the phone. I will see him this morning.

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This trip was a bigger trip than last weeks trip and it was a lot of fun again.

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We crossed about 6 rivers and when we got to the last one I tried to cross it and got stuck in the middle with water up to my ass. Had to push the SOB out and then it took some help to get started on the other side but it started and ran fine the rest of the way home.

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Tony the Tiger was also with us but for some reason his bike lost the transmission and he went back in the back of a pick up truck. Reminded me of the old days with the Harley either in milk crates or in the back of the Pick up Truck:)

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What did all this teach us after the trip I bet you are wondering?

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Do not go into the motorcycle rental business because it just doesn't pay!:)

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The only thing I am sorry about is that I won't be on next weeks trip because I will be out of town and I miss the new places and hanging with the boys already!

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Hasta pronto!

This Orange is for Ben and Majorie

Ben and Majorie own a nice piece of property in the same community I have my little finca in. When I went to walk their property with them one time it was real overgrown and I just wasn't into slogging through the crap to see it. We decided I would get it cleared for them with the day workers I have been using myself and the property is all cleared and pretty now. This is a picture of one of their orange trees with an orange. It was such a beautiful looking orange I decided to eat it! Thanks Ben and Marjorie for this nice piece of fruit. It was so good I went back the next day to get me a couple of others which also were great!

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Come home soon before I eat all your fruit:) Actually they are coming home in a couple of weeks and I look forward to seeing them again!

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Hasta Pronto!

Those CraZy cAndiaNs

I now know where they got that expression "Those Crazy Canadians". Man I got this and a few other pictures from some friends from Canada who are trying to get a trip arranged back home to Sosua to get out of this crap!

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Usually when people tell me about the weather in the states I just look at them and ask, "Do I look like I give a crap?" I mean I really don't. For me to ever see snow again someone has to die first because that is the only thing that will get me on a plane back to the cold!

I would love to offer this guy a Cold Beer when he returns but the only thing I can think of to offer is a nice San Cocho:) Ya know think something warm! . I offered these guys a ride from the airport but their plane doesn't get in until 1:20am and I will be 3 sheets to the wind by that time. . Hasta pronto!

Dirt Bike Excursion in Puerto Plata, Dom. Rep.

Sunday I did a full day excursion with the boys from Pedro McMurphy's. We started out having breakfast in Sosua and headed to Puerto Plata.

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We first turned off the highway at the Sugar Cane fields in Montellano and cruised around on the Cane roads for about 15 minutes. Once we got out of the cane we were back at the highway past Fun City on the road to Munoz which is a bario near Puerto Plata and is probably part of Puerto Plata.

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Will (BoneBreaker) who is one of the partners use to be an owner of Outback Safari and had pretty good knowledge of that area. We caught some nice ocean vistas. Ended up stopping for some food and beer in a small tipico right next to the cane fields in the middle of nowhere. After the meal/beers there was a field in front where some of the guys were popping wheelies and tearing it up. Tony (the Tiger) pops a wheelie that was a little too strong for him and his bike and it ended up on its taillight with him chasing it. To his credit he didn't get hurt and do much damage other than losing the taillight housing to the field. We picked it up and stuck it in a back pack and had it reattached the next morning so no loss. Tony from this day forward is always going to be Tony the Tiger to me for that Mastercard moment:)

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Below is my bike and Jackie quontees bike sitting together before we did a road trip to Jarabacoa around New Years. The only thing better looking than a picture of my TW200 is two of them! Great bikes with FAT tires, Low gearing and of course the Jap reliability that really handle the crap roads here without a problem. As we started heading back I suggested going up the back end of Mt Isabella. This is where the cable car trip leads to "Teleferrico". Some of the guys started bitching because it looked far away from where we were but alas everyone agreed and we started on our Journey.

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We were 5 people. Will (BoneBreaker) owns a Yamaha 600 Dirt/Street bike, I own a Yamaha TW200 Dirt/Street bike and Tony the Tiger rented a 125 Yamaha Dirt Bike, Fred (Layemdown) and Dave (The Hippie Confidant) rented 125 Chinese Dirt/Street bikes.

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We made the turn off on the Sosua side of Star Hills and headed up the rear end of Mt Isabella. It is at best considered a service road in very poor shape. It was actually in better shape than I remembered the last time I did this same trip several years ago. Very steep with lose rock at different points. I told the guys low gear and keep the gas going. Stop and it is difficult to get going again in an upward direction. Hell it is difficult not to have your bike slide down the hill even with the brakes locked. Hence Layemdown Fred.

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Somehow when I got 3/4 of the way up the hill he was layed down. I pull over as far as I can to let two behind me get by so we don't all have a problem. Well Dave (The Hippie confidant) gets by but Tony (The Tiger) ends up stopping and getting twisted a bit. Took a little bit for him to get going again but he did. Will (The Ranger) comes back down and since Fred (Layemdown) couldn't get his bike going Will is going to help.

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At this point I figure there are too many cooks so I head back up the hill to join the rest at the top. A few minutes later Will and Fred get up to the top.

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We lost Tony and Dave who went off on their own to do some Exploring so we headed to the monument which has an Awesome view of the world. We could actually see the whole of Puerto Plata, the airport, the bay of Sosua and all the way to Cabarete. Best view in town. I have some pictures in my cellphone and will upload them soon and post them.

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After hanging out on top of the world for about 45 minutes we head down the hill. Last time I got too close to someone going down and they stopped their bike in the middle of the decent on lose stone. I dropped my bike because I couldnt stop without locking up both brakes and sliding down so I was very careful on the way down this time giving hundreds of feet to the person in front.

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Everyone ends up passing me but I couldn't care less. I didn't want to drop this bike again.

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After we get to the bottom we continue on the road to the principle highway past El Cupey and headed for the Malecon. Fred and I ended up solo at the Malecon so I gave him the tour of the Fort, Columbus's Light house and the Malecon. Carneval had just ended but we went to a Sports Bar in the middle for more beers and watching beautiful women. COOL!

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I had a great day with Great guys that I hope to repeat soon and often but to do different trips. I do these trips on my own several times a week on my bike so I have lots to show most of these guys. Will has probably seen as much as me so I don't know how much I will have to show him but we will see.

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Stop in and see these guys at Pedro McMurphys when you are in Sosua. Take a good laugh at their expense. They have a great sense of humor and will enjoy the ribbing.

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Hasta Pronto!

Small Sosua Farm & Condo Update

This is a picture of my condo complex. It is a little distorted because they somehow get it all in one picture by melding them together. Shows the whole complex but isn't 100% real but cool anyway.

Boyd this pics for you:) Boyd is coming down again sometime in April and is possibly interested in staying at my condo that I rent out. This is a picture I took from the roof of an old neighbor of mines home in Los Ceros. Pretty freakin awesome view isn't it? . Work goes on at the farm. I just ordered 10 custom made thingys made out of rebar for my tomato plants. They have three pieces welded to 2 20" round rebar so the plant grows inside of them. That way I will never lose tomatoes to rotting from laying on the ground. I have staked the hell out of them and I still get loss. I made these in the states and it made me famous for growing Tons of tomatoes and I only had 4 then. . Right now I am taking out about 4 lbs a day of one variety and 2 lbs of another. With these helpers I will have MUCHO MAS. I will get 50 to 100 lbs a day with these bad boys in two months. . I use to give out bags of tomatoes to my customers that came to my office and use to freeze tons of tomato sauce. . I have peanuts coming up now also. Great fun and great to eat. Did this several years ago and it was great! Corn is ready to harvest real soon also. Probably have 200 ears going to be ready in the next 2 weeks. Planted another 200 hundred plus recently also. I have baby melons by the bushell now so in another month I will be in the melon business also:) . Nice thing about farming is the almost immediate gradification. I have been planting so much every day it is unbelieveable. Amazed me when I had a small garden in the states and now I have a gigantic garden! . I will have one thing after another. I have Chinola vines growing like crazy and that should be a huge crop sometime in the future. Maybe this is a good use of my lot on the principle highway that I have. When I return from my upcoming trip to the states I will bring a crew of Haitians to clean that lot up for me so I can take a good look at it. There is a ton of Yautia which is a root vegetable growing there along with bananas and Plantano already so maybe I will farm right there also at some point. . Who knows but it is nice to dream about things! . Hasta Pronto!

My Condo in Sosua on the North Coast of the Dominican Republic

This is a picture of the Living Room, and dining area of the condo I rent out. It is 600 US a week plus metered electric. It has everything I would want in my own home including artwork.

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It also has 2 bedrooms and 2 full Bathrooms and everything you would expect in an upscale vacation condo in the Caribbean. This picture below is the front of the building that I just got in email from Ken who is the President of our condo association. It shows both our new gates in the front for security and my 2 motorcycles which of course is more important:) El Neptuno in my opinion is one of the nicer complexes on the North Coast and run better than any other I am familiar with. We have completely upgraded the entire complex in the last 4 years and you can see the differences and if you are living here enjoy the hell out of them!

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My comments in the last entry were just to set the record straight. It doesn't bother me in the least and I just wanted to tell some people that I don't have to be politically correct in their views, just in my own and my view is all that counts to me.

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I have no one to please these days other than myself. I don't have a business here where I need to have anyones business and stupid comments couldn't hurt me in the slightest. It actually gave me great pleasure to tell them to "Go fuck yourselves":)

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I was at Pedro McMurphys tonight for dinner. They did a Dominican Specialty Chivo Picante which is hot and spicy Goat. It was very well done and very reasonable in price (250 Pesos) and the only objection I had was the carrots which by the way were delicious but they weren't Dominican in Nature.

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While I was having dinner a fellow walked over and introduced himself to me. He was actually a big bidder on the last Charity Auction I did to raise money for Kids Causes. He said "I hope you won't find this strange but my wife and I read your blog and I recognized you from your photos and I just wanted to say hi". Of course I didnt find it strange and it was real nice to meet him. He and his wife spent a lot of money on bids for our auction and It was a pleasure to put a face to the name!

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Just so you know I couldn't have been any happier than when you came over!! Sorry I didn't get a chance to speak with you more but when I finished my dinner you had already left. Please get in touch with me next time you plan a trip and it would be my pleasure to take you up to the finca!

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Okey dokey, I have some new pictures on my new phone which I need to get onto the computer and post here. Bear with me and they will appear shortly!

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Hasta Pronto!

Servants Quarters

I had a one person object to my use of the phrase "Servants Quarters" both here and on a message board I post on. I just want to take this opportunity to tell them to "Fuck themselves". You can say what you please and I will say what I please and how I please and when I please and I don't give a crap if you think it is not politically correct. I also had an asshole object to me saying I had 4 Haitians working for me and if you don't like that you can "Fuck yourself" also. I don't have to please a single person other than myself these days and I don't plan to. Who the hell do you think you are even to bring that dumb shit up?

I have had many people work for me over the years and with very few exceptions I don't think that there is anyone who wouldn't jump at the chance to work for me again who I didn't fire for cause.

I just wanted to get that off my chest. I somehow lost my neat Cannon Camera and that is why I haven't posted lately but I can assure you that my Finca is coming along great. I just today planted a TON of Juan Duli, Peanuts, corn and believe it or not Lentils. I tried to purchase 4 Sheep today from two different people but they thought that because my skin was white I wanted to pay much more than the animals were worth. Stupid people didn't have a sale because they try to take advantage.

Yesterday I went to a fruit and vegetable market and the same crap happened to my girlfriend because I was with her. We bought a lot but a few places thought they were going to get more than the SuperMarket in Sosua for their crap because my skin was white. Of course my girlfriend didn't buy the crap from these people and the idiots didn't make "ANY" money from me. Bunch of crooks for sure. Now for the idiots that made or tried to make comments that is what I call discrimination and Haitian Workers and Servants Quarters is NOT.

Rant over, thanks, have a great day! LOL

Hasta Pronto

Back on the Farm in Sosua Dominican Republic

Nope, work has not stopped at the finca. We keep marching on. What you are looking at is a cistern which is used to store water. Although we have community water at the finca the pumps are not running all the time and not even every day. Rules state that you need a minimum of 10000 Gallon storage of water and that is what we are digging at this time. If you don't know how much water 10000 gallons is I have a friend with a 6000 gallon pool. The first 12 or so inches is Black earth which is great for growing plants, fruits and veggies. The white stuff is soft stone when compacted is almost as hard as concrete and makes a great base for roads and driveways. Since I am taking this all out of the ground and will replace it with water I am using the materiel for road bed along with all the rock I took out when planting my veggies and fruits. the stuff on the right is easy to dig up. The stuff on the left is way more difficult. It comes out with a Pic Axe and Shovel. It is less expensive to use Haitian Labor than to pay for the diesel in a Excavator believe it or not but just not as fast. Things take a long time to get done here because of this. This is going to be the entrance to the farm. I have frontage on the principle road but kept that all flowers and stone walls. Didn't want to ruin the beauty with a road going down the middle.

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BTW my servants quarters/storage building is complete. Doors and windows are in and the only thing left are the tile ridges on the roof but all the roof tiles are in. .

I have a TON of veggies almost ready now. Many different tomatoes, Yuca, Batata, melons, Passion fruit Chinola, cucumbers, squash, aloe, carrots, Noni and much much more!!! Looking good, looking good!

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I think the new finca is actually more impressive than the old one. I like it a whole lot more and so do the animals. I am pretty sure I have two pregnant goats and a pregnant sheep also. Have I mentioned that I love kids:) The ones I have are growing every day and looking great!

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I had to tie up the black female when I take her out of the pasture because she attempted to eat all my Yuca on her own. The other two babies are now restricted to the pasture for the same reasons. They love my Yuca and so do I:)

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The comments have been picking up but I would love to hear more from you all. Tell me what you think and if you have any recommendations I would love to hear them.

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Hasta Pronto!

Superbowl Sunday on the North Coast in Sosua, Dominican Republic

Say Hi to a friend of mine Jeff. Jeff is from Boston where he and his family own a few furniture stores. We have a lot in comon because I use to own a bunch of furniture stores.

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Jeff walks into Pedro McMurphy's where I am sitting to watch the Superbowl. I had a reserved table which was the best seat in the house. Jeff sits down next to this beautiful woman and thinks he stepped in the Preverbial "Shit". Little did he know that she was one of the owners girlfriends who was sitting with us. Poor Jeff, you had to see his face when I told him:) Deflation happened immediately when he realized that he was just going to have a great game to watch and no after game activities with this beauty! LOL First wrong thing Jeff did was to wear a Patriot T-shirt at this Superbowl Party. He got razed as soon as he walked in the door. POOR SOB thought he had this game and it was already over. If I could bundle his looks thoughout the game and his disappointment at the greatest upset of Superbowl history it would have been my pleasure. Even if the Giants had lost the game it would have gone down as one of the best games I have ever seen! See the guy taking the picture, his name is Tony and he is one of the owners of Pedro McMurphy's and the boyfriend and Heartbreaker of Jeff! LOL I always like taking pictures of the picture takers. He was trying to record the full house that they had. Standing room only but what do you expect when you have cold beer, 4 tv's, good food and of course beautiful women working there! This is one of the sisters who came to watch the game with me. She left me to go and watch the Caribbean Baseball Series instead of the Superbowl with me. Her team won that night and she was almost as happy as I was when the Giants fooled the world. This is Soleni one of the beauties that work in Pedro McMurphy's. She is NOT a sister of course but is beautiful and sweet as all the employees are! Just another reason to visit Pedros and say hi to the gals! Of course the sister hams it up for the camera. Actually all Dominican women love getting their photos taken. Try that in the US and you will probably end up with your camera broken and arrested:) I love this place and the attitudes of the women. Open and friendly with great smiles always and man you got to see them dance. You will be standing with your eyes bulging and your tongue down to the floor! . We all had a great time at Pedros, the place was ROCKING all night and the GIANTS won. Poor Jeff. Lost the game and the woman and his dog will never return~! Jejejejeje . Friday I have Eduardo coming to town along with two high school buddies of mine who I have remained friends with. Both are attorneys and one is with one of the most prestiges ones in NYC. . The other is a practitioner in New Haven and does mostly deals and closing for one of the major banks. . The one that works in NY is a bit up tight and I cant even tell lawyer jokes around him. Man that limits my flow:) The other you can't phase if you hit him with a taser. . I am anxiously waiting their take on the Dominican Republic. Frankly I have no idea what it will be but I am very much looking forward to them coming on Friday. . Thursday my buddy Earl is coming down from NY also. This will be a tough Juggling act with everyone in town at the same time. If I still had the restaurant I would just put them all at the same table and enjoy the hell out of every one of them but I don't miss the restaurant. . Hasta Pronto!

Bens and Marjorie's Property in Sosua

Ben and Marjorie are a couple of very nice people that I don't spend enough time with. Every time I see them I enjoy myself and of course learn something I didn't know before. They have property nearby my new finca and I have been working on cleaning it up. I have had 4 Haitians working there for nearly two weeks now and it is starting to take shape.

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Most people just slash the overgrowth down but in 3 weeks it is back to haunt you. I dig the crap out by the roots which is time consuming and way more expensive but this lasts a heck of a lot longer and I am talking in terms of years not weeks.

After we dig up what we don't want and keep what we do want we burn the digging off. The burn pile is also becoming a fertilizer pile and everytime I have planted in a burn pile I get supersized stuff out of it.

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This is what you call Multi tasking:)

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Hasta Pronto!

My Farm in Sosua Dominican Republic

Did you say tomato? I have 4 different varieties. All that rain we had did wonders for the Tomatoes. Seems as if they just sucked up the water and blew up. I will have more tomatoes than I can eat also. Perhaps I will have a small farm stand on the property I own on the Highway. Sell fruits, vegatables and plants. I have quite a stock building up now!!

I have Tomatoes for Salads and tomatoes to make sauce out of. Whooo Hooo! Man I love this stuff! I have many vines of Passion Fruit growing now also. Chinola is the name of the fruit. I also have a large fruit tree in fruit called Carmito. Don't know what it tastes like yet. Had one tree at the other property but never got fruit. Give me a few weeks and I will soon know. Growing stuff is so easy on the new property. Prices of food went up around Christmas time and never retreated. They said it was the storm that did it but it is just high prices I think. Good for me now that I have so much growing!! Now for the first time I can see making a living as a farmer. Before I couldn't but this property is so bountiful that I believe it would pay. What more can you ask for in life? Doing something you both enjoy and can be profitable. I even believe I can make money raising Goats and Sheep. My girlfriend is reading over my shoulder and answered the first question "SEXO". Funny but true.

My Farm in Sosua Dominican Repbulic

OK folks the Farm is progressing. Not only beautiful flowers but great fruits and Veggies! Just look below at the rows of Yuca and inbetween look at my Plantano and Bananas. This dirt is fabulous! Way better than my other finca.s I have so much growing now it is unbelievable. My first harvest of Yuca is going to be HUGE and I will probably sell a lot because it would be impossible to eat it all. Yuca you eat the root and the tops get planted back in the ground for more Yuca. The leaves are eaten by the goats and sheep and rich in vitamins and minerals. That is why the one goat I ate was so delicious.

Another Shot of the gals from Pedro McClusky's in Sosua

I just got this in email today from a friend from NY. He was walking by the new Irish Pub Pedro McClusky's and saw the gal on the Left who just happens to be one of my 4 sisters and said "do you know Scott" and she replies "of course".Just looking at these beautiful gals is a good reason to go to Pedro McCluskys in Sosua. Cold drinks, good food and beautiful women!

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I was out with my friend Ben the other day and while taking him home I saw another friend Sam sitting out in front of his condo. I dropped Ben off who lives in the next condo complex and went to chat with Sam. Sam tells me that he was in Pedro McCluskys in Sosua and was staring at Maria the gal on the left because he couldn't figure out who she was but he knew her. Well Sam finally figured out that he knew her from her many pictures here on my blog and he was laughing about it and saying "Maria was probably wondering who the dirty old man was who kept staring at her:)"

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While talking with Sam another friend Doug pulls over to chat and catch up. Funny thing is Doug was on his way over to pick up Ben:)

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Ok folks, stop into Pedros for a cold one and something to eat and don't forget to say hi to the very lovely Maria for me!

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Hasta Pronto!

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I had lunch with Ben and his lovely wife today at Baileys and Ben says Doug comes into his house and says "Your other Cab Driver is here" which was of course very funny!