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I could password protect it? Now that could be fun, especially as I get to take a look

You guys are so sensitive

Its all in fun. What are we going to talk about. Basket weaving in the DR. Maybe we should discuss which restaurant serves the best habichuela con dulce. Oh, yes we can discuss sailing in Cabarete.

Boooring, its very Dominican to sling mud and insult one another. Jealousy, envy and putting one another are down are important DR traits. If they don't do it to your face they'll do it behind you. Which one would you rather have?

Don,t worry "Onions & ketchup"

Don,t worry "O&K",you,as a "Bugeron",will "Qualify" for a "Ladies" password!MoomC,on the other hand does not "Qualify! "Whut-Up"Mami,your memory going at your age? Just the other day you posted that you never claimed that you were a "Lady"."I AM A "WOMAN",not a "Lady" you said!!!..."A mind is a terrible thing to waste! CCCCCCCCCCCCCCccccccccccccccCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCccccccccccccccccIf you don,t like the posts don,t read them!2c,2c,2c,2c,s!

I have to say I agree with MommC, this forum sucks lately. I only read the latest mudslinging posts because I was really bored one day. And even then it was not entertaining.

And there are a lot more interesting topics than basket weaving in the DR, there is a happy medium in there somewhere. Some here may be surprised but where chauvinism and immaturity end, actual REAL LIFE begins, things such as art, culture, literature, films, books, politics and real discussions about how all these topics play out in the DR, which is what this board about anyway, no?

On that note, has anyone seen the Goya dibujos exhibit in Santo Domingo? I am interested in feedback anyone has.

This forum is only what you make it. Why don't you do something to change it, rather than put it down, get proactive make a difference!

If you support the forum in a positive way, I will make sure the threads remain intelligent and keep out the idiots.

It's in your hands people...

Will everyone just relax

and do some yoga or something. Oh brother its alright the way it is. You need some spice in life. Get with it man.

Hey Criss its Carrots not Ketchup. What does Onions have to do with Ketchup?

Bugsey

Bug:

It might interest you to know that even while "mudslinging" I inject cultural values and information in any "attack" or "counter-attack".

I have not seen Goya's drawings. I have seen so many giant Goya paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, that I would be dissapointed at the drawings. I am not much into drawings. That's one of the failings of our museums. They are not capable of attracting major exhibits. I grew up going on a weekly basis to the MOMA on 53rd. street, N.Y. and once you experience that and the Guggenheim, it is hard to inspire yourself to attend local exhibitions, which are mostly outmoded.

But, I will invite you thru DR1 to an exhibit on Minimalism coming next May which I am producing in cooperation with the Manuel del Cabral Foundation. I guarantee you you will at least see something different from the Haitian naive paintings that have taken over our art shops, museums and streets. Art in DR has been chopisized or chopasized. For fresh avant-garde art I recommend strongly Carmen Rita Arte Actual, at Avenida Sarasota, almost corner Abraham Lincoln at the Torre Empresarial(first floor gallery).

But take for instance our Museum of Modern Art. They are showing a retrospective of artist Candido Bido called "El Alma del Artista". My feeling is that Candido Bido does not belong in a modern art museum. His paintings could easily be confused by tourists with art being sold in Boca Chica by buhoneros selling Haitian naive painting. What does he do? He believes drawing and coloring a pigeon is modern art. Quite a waste of brush skills for such talented brushwork technician. 95% of his paintings look alike, with the same themes and little innovation in coloring techniques.

Turning into habichuela con dulce, I recommend strongly the ample use of raisins and galleticas in the mix. For instance, for every 15oz. of bean soup mix for habichuela con dulce, I add a small box of raisins(Ligo or Del Monte) the one that costs about $4 pesos and a bag of galleticas. So in every spoon you take you will get at least one or two pieces of the delicious ingredients. Place enough cloves and cinnamon sticks for spicing. My batata pieces are cut small. Dominican women like to use huge chunks, which produce too much acid in your stomach. And I strain the mix to be sure there are no whole beans left. In my opinion, there is nothing more disagreeable than finding a whole bean in habichuela con dulce. Always use Carnation evaporated milk.

Sorry, I have no suggestions for crochet, basket weaving and trenzitas today. MommC, give me a hand in here.

TW

"golo",stop causing trouble here on the "Open"

Criss, I edited out your post. Sometimes I cannot move threads.

Let's try and keep this thread intune with Golo's post.

Thanks.

Was that the mighty hand of Robert editing that post out? I couldn?t tell. Thanks whoever it was, though!

Golo - I asked about the Goya drawings because I am studying here in Madrid for the spring semester at the Universidad de Carlos Tercero through the Middlebury program, so I have needless to say been a little over-goya-exposed myself. But I was interested because I have been going to some drawing exhibits here just to check them out - there is a great one on Amor y Muerte here at the Biblioteca Nacional de Espa?a. You should go by the Goyas and look, they are more interesting than they may seem.

As for modern art, I must say I am normally not a big fan anyway, and am not familiar with Candido Bido. Most (not all) of modern art in my opinion is something thrown together and then labeled 'art', I don?t know if anyone is familiar with the recent modern art exhibit in London which was pieces of trash... literally, pieces of trash thrown around 'artfully'. Well needless to say, when the janitor came by to clean the night of the opening he threw away the 'exhibit' and the galery owners spent the night digging the 'trash art' out of the real 'trash'. I have been too busy with the Prado (and the Uffizi last semester!) to pay attention to much modern art. I will still be here in May, so unfortunately I won?t be able to attend the minimalist exhibit. I can tell my boyfriend to go, and get his take on it though!

As an open question, what are the exhibitions like in the DR anyway, is there lots of new stuff coming in, or as Golo says, they don?t have the pull to get the big works? What about Dominican films, or music performances, does anyone here go to these things regularly? Are they expensive?

MommC - have you been to Pompeii? I highly recommend it if you haven?t. Touristy, albeit, but so interesting!

MommC....

In Habichuelas con dulce, galleticas are those little usually small circle shape cookies (kind of like minature baby cookies). You add them in after it's made. It's so good!!!!!!! You can buy them anywhere! I usually got them form the corner colmado