Motown and Chamorro. A tale of two mo’s.

Motown and Chamorro. A tale of two mo’s.

“Motown was about music for all people – black and white, blue and green, cops and robbers. I was reluctant to have our music alienate anyone.”  Berry Gordy Jr. Motown and I have been friends for almost sixty years now. I remember when we first met. There were a...
The inside info on a sweet little San Miguel cafe.

The inside info on a sweet little San Miguel cafe.

It’s not exactly my kind of place. It’s more of a tight fit black jeans than a baggy-ass blue jeans kind of place. It’s more a linger over a second cup of coffee than a third bottle of beer kind of place. It’s a breakfast or lunch not a dinner kind of place. It’s a...
A really good chicken dinner for four. For 170 pesos. Really.

A really good chicken dinner for four. For 170 pesos. Really.

OK, true confessions. I miss KFC. Desperately. When I left the family homestead (ran away from home in my mother’s words), just a block and a half away was something called The Rendezvous Drive In. The Rondy was the local franchisee of something called Kentucky Fried...
“Well I’m going to the country, baby do you want to go?”

“Well I’m going to the country, baby do you want to go?”

I had an all you can eat lunch last Sunday. There were seven women and little old me. Talk about a feast! The venue was a favorite. It’s been around long enough now that I almost consider it an old favorite. I certainly can’t think of any place I’d rather favor with...
A very good cup of coffee and a very excited guy.

A very good cup of coffee and a very excited guy.

I had breakfast with Yannis Dettingmeijer today. Yannis is one of my favorite San Miguel guys. I’ve known him for maybe three years now but this may have been our first “date”. I’m much more used to running into him wherever there’s good live music in town. There may...