Category: LIVING IN CASCO VIEJO
What’s It Like To Live In Casco Viejo?
I was recently asked “what’s it’s like to live in Casco Viejo?” and the bulk of my response revolved around the theme of unusual charm. I think I even quoted an Apple advertisement citing the crazy ones, the misfits, the … Read More
God Lives in a Second Floor Apartment
so the children below my apartment have this little back area which is visible from my 2nd-story kitchen windows. they have two little turtles out there, they play games out there, the mom dries their clothes out there…etc. once last … Read More
9 Rules About Chinos in Casco Viejo
Casco Viejo is a neighborhood on the fringe. It’s fabric, in simple terms, is nothing more than a series of miscellaneousness. Casco’s people are borderline weird. Casco’s streets are borderline antique. Casco’s identity is borderline bizarre. It’s even on the … Read More
4 Secrets to Casco Viejo’s Sanity
One of Casco Viejo’s greatest charms is that it’s really unlike anything most travelers have seen before. Of course, it draws comparisons from Cuba and Cartagena and Brooklyn and Europe. But what’s really at the core of Casco Viejo’s personality … Read More
I invited 4 gangsters to meet me downtown
On Wednesday I invited four gang members from Casco Viejo into the city to watch Real Madrid beat Barcelona in the finals of Spain’s Copa del Rey. My treat. This may sound weird. Madrid beating Barcelona. But it was not … Read More
Bocas: Unpredictable, Agreeable and Hopkins-educated Engineer
“It was me, a girl from Germany and a guy from Japan,” Bocas tells me as we sit overlooking the Pacific Ocean. “The US Embassy awarded us three full scholarships to Towson University in Baltimore, Maryland. We were the three … Read More
Finding Love in Casco Viejo
Roughly 20% of our guests are single travelers, which means this article will be entirely irrelevant to 80% of you. If you are already married or in a relationship, we applaud you and we respect you and we hope you … Read More
Flacco: Artist, Philanthropist, and Surprisingly Polite
Getting to know Flacco is difficult. Everyone will tell you it’s easy and they’re all wrong. There are people who insist Flacco is a drug addict who talks to himself and can always be found on Avenida A wandering in circles calling everyone a different … Read More
Henry: Thin, Dirty, and Smelling of Warm Trash
For almost fifty minutes, I talked to Yasir Yolsadp at one of Casablanca’s tables in Plaza Bolivar. I ate a banana and Yasir ate rice from a Styrofoam take-out container. I asked him a lot of questions and he answered … Read More
Casco Viejo, A Place To Feel Weird Together
An admirer of Casco Viejo, I often find myself defending Casco Viejo or perhaps more valiantly, explaining Casco Viejo to people that think they dislike Casco Viejo for various reasons. This is a natural game of jabs that I assume … Read More
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