Come on Anna not everything is sarcasm. You know how caring and sensitive we can be.
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Things the D.R. needs?
Come on Anna not everything is sarcasm. You know how caring and sensitive we can be.
I should explain. Tamborista posted a dislike.
Whitening salons not because I want Dominicans to be white (like I am).
Whitening salons because of the Dominican concern about color (how dark). There are 16 dofferently named shades of Dominican color (,by Dominicans) without including hatians. Look at TV commercials many dark actors? Go to the health and beauty section and count the number of whitening concoctions.
There is a market for whitening salons in the DR!
Can rum be used? DV8 what do you use?
i was born immune to caring and sensitivity.
it has to do with not knowing how to engineer simple plumbing. i never heard of dropping used toilet paper in a bucket until i got here.
I agree with all but what is it about cheese? In the US i have access to cheeses from the whole world plus many fine US cheeses eg. Cow Girl brand and many fine US goat cheeses. Most at about 20$/lb
Funny you mentioned cheese I was just planning t have my cheese making equipment shipped here (nothing elaborate just a press). Raw cow milk should be available too!
Please explain your statement about cheese.
Regarding wine, it is not just my opinion but that of most that California, oregon and washington equal French. Even the very special sautern Fr is equaled by US late harvest wines. What have you not been able to equal in the US?
Well I only visit the US so I couldnt really develop on that......
I am biased, having lived my whole life in France. Brie, crottin de ch?vre, cammenbert, roquefort are a few that are not available in good quality here in the dr..... even the bad quality found in supermarkets (better than nothing, I still buy them ) are at least 3 times the price than a normal/good equivalent back in france.
Wine........ nothing beats a chablis for white. A provence, chateau Minuty not to advertise, best ros? in the world.
I am sure there goodUS wines available just not in the dr. Whites far too acid, ros? so sweet its sickning ( true for all " new world" wines ).
And on the cheese,Sosua's taste like plastic ( and burnt plastic at that ), but Istill buy their cheddar from time to time. But their ricotta is OK in ,y books.
Only good local cheese sadly is quese de ojo,from Nava. Just fine not too salty ( as they tend to be ).
That's what she said, LOL!!!
The DR needs a way to vet expats. There are far too many who are just as bad if not worse than the worst of the native Dominicans.
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It would also be nice to be able to pick up monthly international magazines in a shop or have subscriptions delivered from the US in a timely fashion without the ridiculous costs involved.
And letting international shipping services deliver items with no taxes on things Dominican merchants have no interest in carrying, like quality high-end goods of whatever type.
It's just typical of the corrupt Latin American mentality to charge two-to-three times the amount for high-end items you can get so much cheaper in the US. And that's if they even sell the stuff without it being counterfeit.
And letting international shipping services deliver items with no taxes on things Dominican merchants have no interest in carrying, like quality high-end goods of whatever type.
It's just typical of the corrupt Latin American mentality to charge two-to-three times the amount for high-end items you can get so much cheaper in the US. And that's if they even sell the stuff without it being counterfeit.