Comments on: The Unlikely Legend of Tito Bloque

By: ruth

ruth — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 11:24:27 +0000

Fantastic story. Thoroughly enjoyed reading it!

By: Deb Lang

Deb Lang — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:47:52 +0000

Oh, heck yes, forgot to mention Fermor as author –and friends!! w/ DL….I replyed to Kate and suggested she ck youz out.. (one week in NY and I’m youz’n all over! ha –helps that my morito is a-la-Bronx–36 yrs ago—same accent which of course he denies…I’d KILL for an accent)

Also just finished Kurlansky’s Basque book and started Food of a Younger Age (?)…gotta admit I skip some techie, but very very good

Aloha!

By: Jonny & Amy

Jonny & Amy — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 03:08:36 +0000

@Deb: so glad you enjoyed “Bitter Lemons”. It really is a lovely piece of work and it’s nice to learn through it that he and Patrick Leigh Fermor were friends. I didn’t realize Kate Christenson was published but I’ve checked out her blog and agree shes a fine writer, someone to aspire to emulate. Someone else, that is.

By: Deb Lang

Deb Lang — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 21:01:39 +0000

P.s. per your recommendation, In flight to PR (remember—18 hour-trip! read L.Durrell’s Bitter Lemons; A time to Keep Silence; Just started his Justine (and will of course HAVE to get the other 4) and on the return flt (ONLY 12 hrs–non stop) started to read Kate Christenson,s Epicure’s Lament which I highly rec and her eponymous (ohh, that word) blog—-thank you— I love Durrell!~

By: Deb Lang

Deb Lang — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 20:50:31 +0000

Ohla! we just got back from a Company sponsored 5 day trip to PR–from Hawaii–18 hrs, L.A. then Miami, then San Juan– but worth every minute–we rarely got to leave the resort, only one day in Old SJ, but the purpose was more business than pleasure—even so, the resort did a remarkable job with the 3 meals a day for 500 people from all over the USA –no complaints–expect unable to visit your hammock-guy’s–next time! Returning to HI we stopped to see friends in Staten Island and MORE than made up for home-cooked and deli Italian–we brought 30 lbs of cold cuts back to HI—this is too long, sorry—ciao!

By: Lori Lynn

Lori Lynn — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 00:28:32 +0000

Thanks for sharing your adventure. Nice to be back in Puerto Rico again.
LL

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 01:27:08 +0000

Great story! I felt like I was there, too! It seems like a very unusual place, yet I wanna visit it.

By: Joan Nova

Joan Nova — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 23:38:34 +0000

Great tale…I hope you’ve got more from your trip.

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:11:44 +0000

Great story — and story telling ability! I felt like I was there. -k