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**mypharmalife** · 06-08-2012, 07:49 PM

AlterEgo,

Yeah...I'm dominican,born in the DR,but raised in the states.When I used to visit my family here in
the DR it was always in Dec,Jan or Feb,the not so humid months.

I know DR in the summer, I worked for years in the NY textile industry, everyone shut down first 2 weeks in July; and at the time Mr. AE worked in the NY jewelry industry with my father, that shut down the same two weeks each year. So, that's when we went to DR.

Since 1980 we've lived in casino-land, where you can't take a summer vacation. We're happy to take a winter one, coming to DR after Christmas and before Spring for decades now. We love when Semana Santa comes in March, and it's still cool. Those late Easters get a little hot and humid.....

It's the "picante" remark that surprised me - most Dominicans don't like spicy food. My parents [Italian] only added heat to seafood dishes, and I never liked it much, so most Dominican food rules in my book! My suegra never even used black pepper. "Pica! Pica!"

06-08-2012, 07:49 PM	#16
mypharmalife Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 340 Senior Member	AlterEgo, Yeah...I'm dominican,born in the DR,but raised in the states.When I used to visit my family here in the DR it was always in Dec,Jan or Feb,the not so humid months. I know DR in the summer, I worked for years in the NY textile industry, everyone shut down first 2 weeks in July; and at the time Mr. AE worked in the NY jewelry industry with my father, that shut down the same two weeks each year. So, that's when we went to DR. Since 1980 we've lived in casino-land, where you can't take a summer vacation. We're happy to take a winter one, coming to DR after Christmas and before Spring for decades now. We love when Semana Santa comes in March, and it's still cool. Those late Easters get a little hot and humid..... It's the "picante" remark that surprised me - most Dominicans don't like spicy food. My parents [Italian] only added heat to seafood dishes, and I never liked it much, so most Dominican food rules in my book! My suegra never even used black pepper. "Pica! Pica!"
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