Sandi wrote:
>We have Sears - with all the brands they carry in the US
>including linens. Pricesmart=Costco - same brands as Costco plus bulk
>local goods. Restaurants - Tony Romas, Applebee's, TGI Fridays, the
>usual assortment of fast food franchises, Argentinian restaurants with
>imported beef, a wide variety of Asian and Middle Eastern restaurants,
>Cafe du Monde - yes a branch of the new Orleans establishment complete
>with beignets and chicory coffee. Kitchen cabinetry - I can have it
>custom built or I can by pre-fab from Sears, any number of home centers
>(yes..they are calling them home centers and not ferreterias now)or
>even Home Depot. Word on the street is Gutemala City is in line for the
>next Latin American Wal-mart to be built.Yeah..we have do do without a
>lot of stuff here.


LOL - you sound like my aunt, who has lived in El Salvador since the
mid-60s (she married a native). My cousins, who all came to the US for
college, were quite disappointed when they got here...all the stuff
they had at home...and less!

That being said, when they come up to visit...they do bring us coffee
beans they've grown on their own finca...damn, I really need to get
down there...

Lisa Ann