a raconteur, a veteran, a beer legend

Veterans Day was on the 11th of November in the United States. I thought I’d share a wonderful video of a storytelling-veteran, talking about his beer run during the Battle of the Bulge that gave birth to a brand of beer. Please give Vince Speranza 11 minutes of your time today. Thank …

Teopán, Coatepeque Caldera

Found a wonderful picture, I believe taken by one of my friends. On the right in Lake Coatepeque, you can see an island named Teopán, “home of the Gods” in the Nahuatl language. Breaking the horizon line, above Teopán you can see the San Salvador Volcano, also known as Quetzaltepec. On the otherside of the …

Escuela Americana, 1998

My Salvadoran friends may like this. The homepage of the Escuela Americana, 1998. Check out the partial screenshot below… Animated, rotating gifs, no structure… Like many websites in the late 90s. The website even includes a counter at the bottom. You don’t see counters anymore on websites. The webmaster, (a …

My High School’s Homepage, 1998

Courtesy of the Wayback Machine, a screenshot of the Washington International School’s homepage from 16 years ago, the year I graduated. You can browse many of the links, view some wonderfully dated photos of what the campus looked like when rented out for special occasions. Check it out for yourself: WIS Homepage, 1998

El Cherito de El Salvador

In January, I posted a video about El Cherito, the aboriginal Salvadoran automobile from the mid 1970s. Kike Ramírez, on YouYube has posted a video recently  of what I believe is the only Cherito still on the streets of San Salvador. Disfruten!