Panama Update #69
October 19, 2008
On Friday night we went to the Ancon Theatre Guild to see a play for the first time since we came here. It is within walking distance of where we live. It is the only English speaking theatre in Panama City. It is an amateur community theatre that has been around since 1950 at its current location and probably longer before that at another location. I don't remember the exact name of the play but it was a comedy, murder mystery set in the 1940s. It is a nice, intimate theatre that seats about 150 people. Only about 20 people showed up on the night we were there. They don't advertise much and it seems like the auditions are closed to a small group of friends. We were not too impressed with the talent level, but it was something different to try out.
Yesterday (Saturday) we went back to a large, fancy Chinese Restaurant called Lung Fung. We had gone there a couple of months ago to a Sunday brunch that specializes in dim sum. They didn't have any vegetarian items for the brunch, so we wanted to go back and try out their regular menu. They had several vegetarian items and we ordered a a spicy tofu dish and another dish with black mushrooms and greens. Both of us liked the food and were filled up when we left. There is a branch of a supermarket we like that is located across the street from the restaurant so we went there after to do some shopping. It took a long time to catch a taxi that would take us back to our room in Ancon, but finally we found one that would go that direction. We stayed in last night and got to sleep early. This morning (Sunday) we took an early walk to the top of Ancon Hill (the hill where we live). Normally you can get a full panoramic view of Panama City and the Pacific entrance to the canal, but this morning it was very misty and had a low visibility.
