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David Paul Appell's Blog – August 2013 Archive (2)
The Quintessential Latin Street Game: Dominoes
I’m based in Miami, Florida these days, and both here and on my travels down to Latin America – and especially in and around the Caribbean — I regularly come across a board game that I had just a glancing acquaintance with growing up. Dominoes have been around for literally millennia, of…
Added by David Paul Appell on August 27, 2013 at 7:33am — 2 Comments
Mamajuana, the Dominican Republic’s Boozy Cure-all
As I travel around the Caribbean (and to some extent this is true in Latin America, too), I find nearly every island has some kind of homegrown hooch (often rum-based) that purports to be “medicinal” (and sometimes certainly tastes the part), often including revitalizing, curative, and even aphrodisiac qualities. And if you visit the…
Added by David Paul Appell on August 11, 2013 at 3:31pm — 2 Comments
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