Dowbrigade

The grand incognito here in Manta, the invisible bear lurking down
the coastline,
is the completely refurbished and terminally off limits Ecuadorian Air Force
Base currently being operated on a renewable 99-year lease by the US
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This story, in today’s Boston Globe, is the first indication we have received that Blogging the Convention is a real possibility – at least for some Bloggers.  Despite our near-desperate desire, position near the top of the Berkman hits list, and our entreaties to the Democratic National Committee, the Kerry Campaign and the Berkman Center [...]

For Mothers’s Day here in the dusty market town of Chone, Ecuador, Norma Yvonne’s mom Annie requested that the Dowbrigade whip up one of our trademark dishes, Eggplant Lasagna, which she tried and liked on one of her visits to the US.
Always eager to please the in-laws, we were happy to comply, and set out [...]