Recent content by MrMike

Might be starting a small cafeteria and I need contact info for Frito Lay and Leon Jimenez sales reps in Santiago. Gotta get my Presidente and Doritos hooked up.

Anyone know where I can get a used photocopy machine in Santiago? I need a "big" one, not the little personal ones.

So they're fixing the streets near my house because some fat politico wants to look like he's doing something around election time. (the streets are fine, they're just not paved which keeps the neighborhood quiet since you cant race through there) The street repair crew has been extremely...

Well the Dominicans have been pretty successful with their rum, and many tourists waking up on the bathroom floor can testify that the stuff delivers. But Vodka is in fashion now, and some enterprising folks decided it was time for the DR to have their own. Since I am a big huge fan of...

I don't know but from where I'm standing, it seems the worst of the recession seems to be over, the damage done and there are some tiny sparks of economic life reappearing here and there. I don't have any statistics or examples, just a general feeling, and of course my international clients...

In case anyone knew Al, I was informed he passed away this morning of a heart attack. He lived in Puerto Plata with is family and recently acquired a Free Zone business in Santiago. My condolences to his friends and family, he will be missed.

I found this online today and was looking at the relative homicide rates in DR as compared to Haiti, USA, etc. and it just doesn't seem right to me. According to this for example, Haiti is safer than the US. Is this even possible? Current Worldwide Homicide/Murder Rates

Looks like a Tony Roma's is about to open in Santiago. I've never eaten at one and I am not necessarily a fan, I will certainly go there at least once, mainly it's nice to see Santiago attracting international investment like this.

Hey guys. This is actually a continuation of this thread http://www.dr1.com/forums/living/100142-my-grill-dying-2.html <table style="width:auto;"><tr><td><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/sZ8SpNeMBIpdffiTuQi06A?feat=embedwebsite"><img...

After 7 years, 7 million calories, and hundreds of delicious fuzzy animals (some feathered ones as well) my gas grill is finally dying. It seems the weather is getting the best of it and the burners have rusted out to a point where all the gas comes up in one spot in a huge fountain of flame...

Did anyone else think it was strange that there was little or no variation in the exchange rate (US-DR) during December? Generally the dollar depreciates against the peso during December because of the larger amount of dollars in circulation in the DR. Does this mean that people are really...

A week or so ago there was a thread about a roast pig with some missing ribs that descended into bickering fit for a gradeschool cafeteria and was closed. I ran across this the other day and I think I may know where the ribs went. This roast pig was for sale at Pricesmart Santiago, and I...

Apparently there is a national blackout, with no power anywhere in the country right now. At least that is what we were told when we called the power company just now to ask how long the power would be out. They said "the blackout is on a national level and we have no ETA for when the lights...

Just wanted to let everyone know that yesterday I got a parcel from Business Mail that I wasnt expecting. I wasnt expecting it because it was a stack of letters that arrived at Business Mail via US Postal service and Fedex between August and October 2008. Inside were commission checks...

Is there any chance that Star Cable will play the SUper Bowl, and if so on what channel?