It’s Refacción Time!
The Guatemalan labor code allows for two short breaks of about 15 minutes (in addition to the lunch break); one in the …
It’s Time for Refacción!
Here’s your Guatemalan Spanish word for the day: Refacción o snack time. The Guatemalan labor code allows for two short breaks of …
Atol de elote for the refacción
Who wants atol de elote right about now? I make home and office deliveries! Refacción or the shorten refa is the Spanish …
Enjoying the Refacción
Refacción can be roughly translated as simple snack time; but it’s much more than that. Refacción is the time where workers get …
La Refacción, a Guatemalan Institution
¿Cuándo fue la última vez que participaron en este ritual conocido como la refa? When was the last time that you participated …
Only in LAG: Refacciones Típicas
One of favorite sections of the Los Angeles Times used to be Only in LA and I believe that when I started …
New Textiles Stand Stand Near La Escalonia
Since the Municipal government has forbidden the ambulant vendors in all the parks of Antigua Guatemala, including the world-famous Parque Central, vendors …
How to do Snapchat or Instagram Stories in Antigua Guatemala
This is how we do Snapchat stories in Antigua Guatemala. People actually meet in person, they chat and catch up with the …
The Daily of Dose of Cola of the Construction Worker
What is it with alabañiles, construction workers, and cola soda drinks? If you pay attention to albañiles at constructions sites during refacción, …
A Day in the Life of a Tuc Tuc Taxi Driver in Antigua Guatemala
Here’s the first photojournalistic project of the Foundry Photo Workshop I am sharing with you. As soon as I get other projects …
Guatemalan Food: Dobladas or World Cup Finals Comfort Food
Guatemalan dobladas, turnoevers, are basically a fried folded in half tortilla with chicken, pork or potatoes, served with steam sliced cabbage, guacamol …
Real Guatemala: Football Days Around Antigua Guatemala
Today we begin a new mini series: The Real Guatemala. Claudia she was bringing back some long lost memories from her dear …
Hanging with the boys at the park
“I have everything I ever wanted, nothing I ever really needed,” I read in Twitter. In Guatemala is quite the opposite most …
Business In A Basket
The basket business could easily be another series about the ambulant food vendors who make a living selling all kinds food from …
Sweet Bread from Panaderia San Antonio
Since I noticed there were a lot of interest about the sweet bread and Panaderia San Antonio shown on the 4th Year …
It’s Refa Time!
There are two ‘official’ snack times in Guatemala known as refacción; one in the morning and one in the afternoon. I have …
It’s Atol Time!
Like I said before, if there were a Guatemalan National Drink, surely “atol blanco” would be it. Atol blanco is one of …
Tartines Sign
Just by walking around the streets of La Antigua Guatemala you can learn a whole new vocabulary by reading sings. If you …
Playing Football at the Local Basketball Court
It seems like Claudia and I are synching our thoughts lately. She makes a comment regarding her nostalgia and memories and I …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Tacos
Tacos is yet another word shared by the Guatemalan and Mexican gastronomy. If you’re accustomed to Mexican dishes, you have to be …
Buying the Afternoon Delivery Guatemalan Bread
Somethings are changing in the Guatemalan lifestyle. Others, luckily, remain the same, like hot-just-out-of-the-oven bread delivery in the rainy afternoons in La …
Chicken Nachos from La Fuente Restaurant
Nachos is what happens when you build upon the concept of the simple Guatemalan tostada de guacamol. Nachos are not a native …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Atol de Habas and Dobladas
Sorry MO, you were cheated out of the morning refacción! 🙁 For those worry about being served your atol in styrofoam cups …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Atol de platano
One of the benefits of having a Banana Republic (not the clothing store, but the real thing!) is the tremendous amount of …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Atol de arroz con chocolate
With the first rains comes the sompopo de mayo (May’s giant flying ant), and the sweet atoles become available at your nearest …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Pirujos antigüeños
This sandwich is called Pirujo and it takes its name from the bread’s name. Pirujos and shucos are the two native sandwiches …
Guatemalan Cuisine: Chuchitos y atol de platano
Continuing with our milpa crops, here we have the most widely eaten Guatemalan tamal(e), which goes by the name of chuchito (puppy …