KYLE
Kyle Kamimoto, originally from Irvine, California. Teaches economics.
Best orange juice in Panama City? That would have to be La Casa de Las Frutas y Los Helados. The frostee de piña y naranja is also good. Claro. It’s just awesome.
Best place to spend the weekends? Superbook. Cheap beer and lots of tv screens. The food’s ehhh, but it’s not about the food.
[Eds. note: Superbook is about watching football and betting and maybe watching other sports too.]
Favorite thing you’re wearing? This sweater. It’s from RVCA. I bought it at a surf shop in Irvine.
Happy Super Bowl Sunday!
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LUISA
Luisa Oconnell, Panamá, Panamá. Owner of Vinta Accesorios. Look at her online store here.
How old is Vinta? 2 years old.
What inspired you to start the company? All my life I have really liked jewelry. I find inspiration in nature and in the colors of the stones.
What places in Panama City do you recommend? Espacio Vintage. You should go to Espacio Vintage en el Casco. [Gisela, here, is one of the co-owners.] You should go to Lagartija. It’s a theater and on the first floor they have a cafe. You can just go and have a drink and then upstairs they have good plays.
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JOSE Y BARBARA
Un panameño y una española. José is a musician in a band called Santos y Demonios and an interpreter. Bárbara is cultural manager and an artist. See some of her work here.
What do you like to do on the weekends? José: surf. Bárbara: walk and swim.
¿Que recomendarían en Casco Viejo? Bárbara: El Arco Chato.
[Bloggers’ note: The arch really is beautiful. If you’re not from Panama City check out photos of it here.]
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RUBY
Ruby, originally from Brooklyn, is here visiting her son in Panama City. Works as a jewelry designer for her own company called Bejeweled.
What’s your favorite thing that you’re wearing today? This bracelet [on the right]. It’s Hopi. My shoes are from Mexico, from the village Diego Rivera is from. Rivera is a very important artist for me.
What’re you looking forward to doing in Panama? I’m going to Santa Fe in the Veraguas province. I grow flowers and they have many species there, especially orchids.
KEYRA
Keyra, Panamá, Panamá. Estudiante.
¿Tu cosa preferida que estás llevando hoy? Los zapatos. Son de Conway.
¿Que recomendarías de Panamá? La playa, especialmente Isla Grande.
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SIU
Siu Fung. Panamá, Panamá. Works in mass media.
Tell us a little about what you’re wearing. It’s called Lolita. It’s a modern fusion of European styles. I buy [the clothes] directly from Japan.
Where do you shop in Panama? Sometimes I go to Saks or the Estampa outlet.
What’s happening on that stage behind you? I’m not sure. I just came here to see my friends dance.
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BRADLEY
Bradley Luna Wilson, freelance drafting, art, and furniture-making. Originally from Austin, Texas. See some of his work here.
What’s your favorite thing you have with you today? My motorcycle. It’s a 200cc Honda XL.
What’s the best place in Panama to listen to music? I hear there’s a good jazz bar but I have yet to find it.
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YEAR OF THE DRAGON
Happy Chinese New Year! Some pictures from the Chinese New Year festival at the El Dorado mall.
Free samples of squeeze cheese.
Lovable and inflatable friends of the squeeze cheese.
Oh, ya know. Just a little girl scaling Panama's largest Coke machine.
The performers everybody is watching in the photo above. Note the awesome white jeans.
Sun setting.
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VALESKA
Valeska, originally from Miami, Florida. Occupation: bad bitch.
What’s your favorite thing you’re wearing today? This sheer shawl from American Apparel.
What’s the best place in Panama to drink wine and watch old movies? DiVino Enoteca.
[Edit: Valeska’s necklace is for Festival Abierto, a big event that’s going down in Parque Omar in April.]
MIRAMODA 