Wishing you a New Year ES COSTAMBAR Aleck et Lae 5 Venn/s Market bursting with jogs ‘Catamaran Beach Bar Reels Rey > Loase Resort/Sam’s Bar ElCarey Costambar Library Pedro's Bar & Restaurant Sharky's Food & Drinks Shooters La Otra PUERTO PLATA Big Lee's Beach Bar Tropical Bar = Where! 7 Yogurt Land - La Sirena What To Do This Month | powe 3” pr praiit real good! Ricky's Beach Bar Definitely Not The News | Page 7- The devil went down to Georgia! | COFRES! The Rainy Day Page Page 16 - Paying the piper! Ocean World Marina Useful Telephone Numbers Classified Ads eaten And Lots More Fun Stuff los Re:Costambar Monthly page 2 da Wee om le) a Los Tres Cocos in Las Rocas invites you to try something different. Call 809-993-4503 for details. Fine dining at it’s best! [At The Catamaran on Costambar Beach you'll find great food at great prices enjoyed with a million dollar view! Every day they have Power Hour with 3X1 cuba libres from {6-7pm. Now available - Ice Cream Desserts!!! WIF! ZONE!!! ‘Sam's Cafe at Loase will hold a SuperBowl Party on Sunday February 1st at 4pm - all playoff games will be shown! Gabi Kozdjoi will be running special Zumba classes from January 13th-17th - call for more details. Enjoy their ‘quiet garden setting under a roof - rain or shine you're covered! Watch your favourite sports. Play billiards, racquetball, wallyball, pickleball & more. Enjoy their spa! ‘The Meeting Place is holding a Housewarming Party on January Sth from 3-7pm -everyone invited. Check out their new Handicraft Galleria full of unique and locally made items. January 3rd the Film Club presents Two Nights, One Day. January 10th offers a chance to meet with spokespersons from the local Anti-corruption movement. January 17th is a presentation on how President Medina has changed education in the country. January 24th is a visit from the Vice-Minister of Tourism Julio Almonte, And January 31st the Film Club presents El Cuerpo. All events start at 2:30pm. Big Lee’s Beach Bar on the Malecon has fantastic food at affordable prices! Amazing Fish & Chips, big juicy burgers and yummy sandwiches. Friday Live Music starts again on January 9th from 5-8pm. Ken & Andrea perform January ‘9th & 23rd, And Wayne Burke performs January 16th & 30th, Karaoke with DJ Marilyne & Karaoke Tropical is on January 17th & 31st - starts 8pm. Kevin & Patricia invite you to El Carey Restaurant - where you can enjoy the beach your way!! Every day 2 cuba/santo libres for RDS100 from 5-7pm. The best burger in town, Kevin’s homemade Mamajuana and fresh made Pina Coladas! Kevin is happy to cook your special requests. Now serving empanadas with ground beef. They now have WiFit Pedro’s Bar & Restaurant with a full menu including Pedro's Famous Cordon Bleu plus a daily special and plate of the day. Fridays 4-6pm they have 2 pina coladas for RDS180. Mondays is Masters Dart Tournament starting at 8:30pm! Watch all your favourite sports events here! WIFI Zone! Tropical Bar on the Malecon has over 20 types of Belgian beer and 8 sports channels! They serve a variety of food and tapas and every Friday have karaoke - including Dutch songs! Wednesdays get 3 crepes for RDS100 with real Belgian sugar & syrup. Daiquiris on special every Thursday buy 2 get the 3rd one free! On Sunday cuba/santo libres are only RDS50! Sharky's Food & Drink serves California style food and national and international drinks. Every Wednesday get any style chicken wing for RDS15 - minimum order of 5 and every Thursday 6-8pm they have Brugal cuba/santo libres for RD$50. Every Friday from 9pm is Live Music!!! Satellite TV for sports and free WiFi! Nobby’s Gyros & Deli Delivery Service is open for business! You can order from the beach, the bar or home just call & they will deliver delicious gyros wherever you are. Open Thursday to Saturday from 4pm-9pm. And now they are doing fresh cut & vacuurn packed meats and fresh made salads. You can also order a BBQ platter to be assembled for you. Advance orders may be necessary. Deli is available daily from 9am-6pm. Bocce Balls every Monday at 1pm down on the beach in front of the Catamaran. Shooters is having a Happy Hour & a half from 6:30pm- ‘8pm with rum drinks for RDS60 and Grandes for RDS110. Enjoy your drinks with Charo’s amazing food - succulent ribs, scrumptious wings and lots more yummy choices! Ricky’s Beach Bar has Indian curries & snacks, comfortable seating and guests are welcome to bring their ‘own music. Free WiFi. La Otra has Karaoke every Friday night. Open for breakfast at 8am. Try their famous Chivo Picante (spicy goat) or other menu items. Air-conditioned bar & lounge for your comfort. They would love to host your next event + from baptism to bachelor parties to weddings.Costambar Monthly page 3 One dark night outside a small town, a fire started inside the local chemical plant and before you could snap your fingers it exploded into flames and the alarm went out to the volunteer fire departments from miles around. When the volunteer firefighters appeared on the scene, the chemical company president rushed to the fire chief and said, "All of our secret formulas are in the vault in the center of the plant. They must be saved. I will give $50,000 to the engine company that brings them out intact.” CALLE PRINCIPAL #29, PLAZA AMBAR VICTORIANA ‘The fire chief ordered his men to strengthen their ‘COSTAMBAR attack on the blaze, After two hours of fighting the OPEN MON-SAT SPM UNTIL YOU DECIDE! fire another fire department was called in and the SUN FROM NOON president of the chemical company offered $100,000 to the firefighters who could bring out the company's secret files. From the distance, a long siren was heard as. RDSil 5 another fire truck came into sight. It was the local volunteer fire company composed entirely of men CHICKENAWINGS!! over the age of 65. To everyone's amazement, the little fire engine raced passed everyone and drove _ ANY STY! <— straight into the middle of the inferno. Outside the other firemen watched as the old timers jumped off their rig and began to fight the fire with a ign performance and effort never seen before Wienin a | MINI IMIUIVIESAUVING: TORE RDER short time, the old timers had extinguished the fire and saved the secret. formulas, The grateful chemical company president joyfully announced that for such a superhuman feat he ‘was upping the reward to $200,000, and walked. over to personally thank each of the brave, though elderly, fire fighters, The local TV news reporters rushed in after capturing the event on film asking, "What are you going to do with all that money?" "Well" said the 70-year-old fire chief, "the firet thing we are going to do ie fix the brakes on the truck” Serving National & International Drinks California Style Food!Our Specialty is Wings! Try our Voleanoes! Poutine Domincian Style! Satellite TV showing sports! Free WIFI! Delivery in Costambar & Cofresi 809-970-3438El Catamaran On the Beach in Costambar IF I SHARE MY FOOD WITH YOU, IT’S EITHER BECAUSE I LOVE YOU A LOT, OR BECAUSE IT FELL ON THE FLOOR AND I DON’T WANT IT! Los Tees Cocos RESTAURANT INTERNATIONAL GOURMET, CUISINE & AUSTRIAN SPECIALTIES. 8 SPORTS CHANNELS! VARIETY OF FOOD & TAPAS! " TeL(808) 970-7627 Cel (80 953-4503 OY) KARAOKE) jas 28S With JEPOLS EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT! Check us out on © tropicatsareor tripadvisor ON THE MALECON, CASETA #3, PUERTO PLATA. OPEN FROM 12PM. CLOSED TUESDAYS.Costambar Monthly page 5 www. MeetingplacePuertoPlata.com a The Meeting Place PUERCOLPLATA'S INTERNATIONAL CENTER HOUSEWARMING OF THE NEWLY-RENOVATED. BUILDING. Friday, January 9, between 3:00 and 7:00 PM: craft, music and video presentations and a display of newly-arrived books. You're invited. Visit the new handicrafts and art store, with unique products on display, all made in the Dominican Republic. You will be able to meet the artists and craftsmen, including a demonstration by John Winter of his glass artistry. PUERTO PLATA’S HANDICRAFT GALLERIA Wont a unique, handcrafted art piece or jewelry? Visit the new Galleria located at The Meeting Place. Under the direction of Birgit van Rooyen the Galleria has assembled a truly original collection produced by local artists and artisans quilted iterns and fabries -paintings and masks —local artists’ works using natives woods intricate glass beads and jewelry (www.winterglassdr.com) and more! ‘The phone was ringing and the little girl anewered. “Hello?” “Hi, honey, This is Daddy. Is Mommy near the phone?" "No, Daddy, She's upstairs in the bedroom with Uncle Paul.” After a brief pause, Daddy sayg, "but honey, you don't have an Uncle Paul." “Oh yes I do, and he's upstaire in the bedroom with mommy right now." Brief pause. "Ub, okay then, this is what I want you to do. want you to put the phone down, run upstairs and knock on the door and shout to Mommy that Daddy's car just pulled up.” "Okay, Daddy just a minute.” A few minutes later, the little girl comes back to the phone. I did it, Daddy.” "And what happened honey?" “Well, mommy got scared, jumped out of bed naked and ran around screaming. Then she tripped on the rug, hit her head on the dresser and now she isn’t moving at all" "Oh my God!! What about your Uncle Paul?" “He jumped out of the back window into the pool. But I guess he didn’t know you took out the water last week to clean it, He hit the bottom of the pool and I think he's dead! **Real long pause** ‘Then daddy cays, "Swimming pool? Is this 486-5732?" ‘SPANISH LANGUAGE CLASSES begin January 10. Sat. January 3rd 10-12 a.m. is the time to register and take a placement test. Information: MeetingPlacePuertoPlata.com 829 455 6110 ‘A PREVIEW OF JANUARY EVENTS SATURDAY, January 3rd at 2:30 pm. The Film Club presents: Two Nights, One Day, a terrific Belgian-French Film, and a favorite for this years’ foreign language film Oscar. In French and English. SATURDAY, January 10th at 2:30 pm. Meet spokespersons for the Observatorio Puertoplateno local chapter of the Anti-corruption Movement in the Dominican Republic. SATURDAY, January 17th at 2:30 pm. How has President Medina Changed Education?: A Presentation by Sabina Rodriguez, Regional Director of Education. SATURDAY, January 24th at 2:30 pm. A visit from Julfo Almonte, the new Vice-Minister of Tourism, accompanied| by Lorenzo Sancassani, Regional Director of Tourism. SATURDAY, January 31st at 2:30 pm. The Film Club presents the Spanish film : El Cuerpo. The best who-done- it in years. (in Spanish and English) | Calle Juan Bosch 60, Puerto Plata, Info@MeetingPlacePuertoPlata. I'M NOT MAKING RESOLUTIONS THIS YEAR NO ONE LIKES A SKINNY SOBER BITCH ANYWAYCostambar Monthly page 6 BIG LEE’S Beach Bar lOpen Every Day at Sam - 3rd cxseta trom La Strena| Friday Afternoon Live Music Returns! Starts January 9th 5-8pm ‘Then every Friday all month RE Ee ee COE ry tenn Rr ee Come early and enjoy our Fish & Chips or Burgers & Fries!! Vanuary 7th & 3ist Featuring DJ Mi & Karaoke Tropical Fantastic Food at Affordable Prices!) FSH & CPS * HAMBURGERS 2 FRIES BAR & RESTAURANT In front of Yenny's Open Mon-Sat 10am ‘Closed Sundays Full Menu! Including Pedro’s Famous Cordon Bleu! Daily Special! Dominican Plate of the Day! For Free Delivery Call