🎭-Reminder that FAT Tuesday 13 FEB 2024 is Tomorrow at El Patio- 🤹🏻♂️(Location Cumbaya, Quito)- "Howdy Neighbors just a Reminder, as usual, the Expat Meet & Greet Team will be taking Lunch Break Each Tuesday at @13:30,@‘El Patio’ in Cumbaya -Sector Primavera1, en la Rodondel de Florencia y Miguel Angel, join us if you are freed up to do so? - ...each and every Tuesday -
https://www.facebook.com/elpatiolaprimavera/
Location: https://goo.gl/maps/rCgaJ3PxViS2P3YMA
GPS Coords: -0.21182693824964277, -78.42625567675495
We look fwd. to see yah there, -
"Mardi Gras is the final day of Carnival or Shrovetide before Ash Wednesday. Mardi Gras is French for "Fat Tuesday", reflecting the practice of the last night of consuming rich, fatty foods in preparation for the fasting season of Lent."
"Fat Tuesday, also known as Mardi Gras, is a lively celebration with roots in Christian traditions. While it’s most famously associated with colorful beads and parades in New Orleans, the holiday has a fascinating history and unique customs. Let’s dive in!" 🏊🏼♂️
Fat Tuesday Guide: Table of Contents, Introduction, Mardi Gras History, Fat Tuesday Around the World, How to Celebrate Fat Tuesday- Fat Tuesday FAQs- Fat Tuesday is better known by its French translation, Mardi Gras. It takes place on the final day before Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of the liturgical season of Lent.
Also known as Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Day, Fat Tuesday has a rich history in both the U.S. and across the world and represents a day when Catholics and other Christians come together in celebration before the more subdued observance of Lent." - https://hallow.com/blog/fat-tuesday/
Some attendees bring fresh fruits to exchange and share from their gardens with other attendees ie: babacos, avocados, lemons etc, we also have set up a book exchange with some action / adventure / romance / comedy / self help books to hand out for anyone that is still into old school paper / ink w, the feel and smell of real actual physical books-
We had 38 Attend last Tuesday, and often go well into 16:00 - 16:30 with Coffee and desert, and as well as adult beverages, such as Sabai Craft beers with 10% al-ka-hol content ...and From 16:30 to 18:30 several of us go 4 blocks up the hill to Kambucha Bar and for an immune boost of High Dose Vit C iv drips and Comfy Lodging at 'Casa del Sol' -
https://www.facebook.com/casadelsol.ec
and several remain behind as well as latecomers at the ole 'el party on the patio' to continue on for cocktail hour, for more better directions here is my Cell & WhatsApp, +593-98-828-8953,
Address for the el patio fb pg 'About' tab has a google map and more detailed address info- 'Gastronómica, arte y cultura'.
Encuéntranos en La Primavera 1 , La Primavera 170904 Quito, Ecuador- Multicultural plaza gastronómica en La Primavera, Cumbayá, About- more info- https://www.facebook.com/elpatiolaprimavera/about/
Uber, indriver, DiDi run aprox $6.00 to $7.00 from the Downtown Quito Parque Carolina area in off peak rush hour traffic times - a big land mark coming from Quito is the Cumbaya Scala Shopping Mall, Go to the next traffic light past the Mall and take a right go 2 blocks up the hill and we are on the left in the roundabout just east and across the street from the PV1 UPC Police Station- https://www.facebook.com/ScalaShopping
Someone once said that Ecuador is a country that is:
•EASY to love-
•HARD to understand-
•Impossible to forget-
Thank You,
Jack Ecua Abercrombie,
#JourneymanJackinEcuador - #StrategicRelocationEcuador -
https://linktr.ee/journeymanjackecuador
[email protected] -
fb pg.: "I'd rather prep 15 years too early than 15 minutes too late."-
www.facebook.com/StrategicRelocationEcuadorExpatsSurvivalSchool -
Cumbaya, Quito- ECUADOR S.A.
((free of charge if you would like all 30+ of my #JourneymanJack in Ecuador = 'JJinEcu' Important Tips Notes and FAQs Newsletter #1- thru #30+ list [and growing] of our Frequently Asked Questions and Answers on Relocation to Ecuador tips, plz feel free to send me PM or an e-mail to [email protected]))
🤠iffin you gonna move down or remain in Ecuador on into 2025, get prepared for whats a coming down the pike🥷🏼its not and has not been just a Coastal & #GYE thang, its also a Sierra & Metro #Quito Thanggy as well👮🏻♂️💰
My 2025 NewYears Resolution is more time out on the La G range, zz style, 🎸🥁🎸 cuzz (imho) we gonna dang sure be a needin it🥷🏼if anybody wants to no longer be an outlaw? Call me to join our Qtowne Quito gun club and get legal to tote with a 55hr CCW Course,
now a days The CCW is pretty much streamlined down to this:
plan on about $300 for to join the gun club,about $200 or up to $300 for the CCW course,about $300 for psyche, psycho and toxico exams,
a 9mm Taurus for say $1200.
a 9mm CZ for say $1500.
aprox $80 to $100 for a box of 50rds 9mm FMJ
i see peeps now a days getting legally armed in about a 3-4 months time frame, kinda like a tuff assed visa process!
'Always be prepared' - BSA & SA,
"When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns" - Louis L'Amour (1908-1988) Western novelist of ...
12OCT25 NEW Smart Casa🏠En Venta #EcuadorReport 3BR 2Bath 125m2 on a 100m2 Lote in Tababela #Quito✈️5 minutes Near to the #UIO🎒Quito International Airport for $79,950. (Nego)📉by JJinEcu🤠
MON 06OCT25 #ParoDay15#Ecuador #ParoNacional2025 #PUYO The community of Puyo, today marched against the government of Daniel Noboa. Strong repression and arrogance of the authorities is causing more and more sectors to join the National Unemployment protests. Today marks 15 days of protests." -
SUN 05OCT25 (11:03) #ParoDay14 #Quito #Ecuador Pres Noboa: "No one can come and take by force the capital of all Ecuadorians.
To those who choose violence, the law awaits them. To those who act like criminals, they will be treated as criminals.
We continue doing what is our duty: we will be in Pastaza tomorrow, together with those who truly build the country, helping those who need it most to produce more and get ahead." - (1/2)
"While some want to stop Ecuador, we propel it forward.
We will reduce the VAT to 8% during the holidays of October 9, and November 2 and 3, because this country is not going to grind to a halt because of a few who lost the business of smuggling and illegal mining.
To boost the local economy, on November 14 we will pay the thirteenth salary to public employees,
so families will have more money during Black Friday and Cyber Monday. We invite the private sector to join this initiative." - (2/2)
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