Stores we've used
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Albrook Mall is a wonderful mall where you can buy anything you
need and pay very little or very
much. It depends on if you buy local
or buy the imported stuff…but it’s
all there and a great food court at
well. Our friends love it when we go
there and always come back laden
with packages.
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Price Smart used to be called Costco but changed names…it is still
a Costco to me…great place to shop!
Between this store and Office Depot,
you can get everything.
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For grocery shopping, there is Super 99, Rey and Riba Smith. Riba
Smith is great for those hard to
find items – a lot of tourists shop
there so the prices are higher. I
get my vegetables and fruit at the
local convenience store as they are
always fresh as the big stores do
not seem to carry the variety either
for Chinese cooking, Indian cooking
etc. You can also just pick up bags
of fruit off the street vendors at
1.00 a bag. The prices are so good
here and the variety of things grown
in this country is outstanding…there
not that many bakery shops though.
Thankfully a New York bagel shop has
opened up in the city.
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La Fortuna is where Tom got his suit, jackets and pants made.
Beautiful fabrics to choose from and
the service and pricing is
excellent. You can also get your
shirts made here as well.
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Ancon Store – this is where we bought our appliances. Good prices
and delivery is fast.
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SoHo Living is another place to shop for home accessories and
furniture. A bit pricey but I have
found the perfect reading lamps
here.
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Metropolitan Furniture has some gorgeous furniture. Lots of
imported items and I think about 4
stories high so you are likely to
find what you need. I hate going to
this place as I want it all!
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Nostalgia is a great place to get drapes, blinds and wall paper.
They have everything here. There
service, especially Mitch, is
excellent. Now
saying that, be prepared to wait for
special order items.
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Modermueble is where we got our dining room table, chairs and
seating for the living room. We did
order a coffee table here as well
but after waiting for 3 months on
that, finally gave up and got it
from Banyan Leaf. We got pretty good
service and knew we would have to
wait and then decided to order
matching cushions for the bedrooms.
There in lies the problem. Those
were ordered in December and were
received in April. Suffice to say
that the customer service is
absolutely the worst we have even
been faced with. We are happy we
have received what we ordered but
will never walk through those doors
again.
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I ordered my cutlery from a store called Porto Fino and my dishes
and glassware were from Bel-vivir. I
ordered a set of 16 for the dishes,
just in case…with tile floors you
have to be careful! Both I would
recommend.
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Tignario S.A. is where we ordered our louvered doors and paneling
for the dining room. Delivery was on
time and then Enrique Farrabone was
the one who then took them to
prepare them for installation and
installed them as well. He did a
good job, but you must watch as once
the doors were in, there were
patches where the stain was not as
deep as the rest…he fixed them all
and I am happy.
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Banyan Leaf is a great place to shop as well, run by a Brit who
brings in all kinds of things almost
every month. We bought quite a bit
at this store and delivery of it was
fast. - Update - too bad they are no
longer in business - they had some
really cool stuff
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Novey and Do it Center are two stores that carry everything you
need for the home. Those are like a
Home Depot or Revy. In fact, Do it
Center is where I got all our Hunter
Douglas fans from…and I thought the
prices were great! One word of
warning on fans…when we got there I
wanted rattan fans…but we got one
installed and turned it on and
nothing…not a bit of air moved
because of all the holes in the
rattan. Great for looks but useless
here. You must have fans that move
the air if you plan on not using the
air cons that much. We decided that
because we are on the 7th floor and
got a beautiful breeze every day
that we would not close up our
windows and not know where we were
living…we wanted to feel the country
we live in now…we do use the fans
when the breeze is down and do use
the air cons when we have company
that cannot take the heat and we did
install an extra air con in the
laundry room that faces the kitchen
so when we have the oven on or are
making dinner for a group of people
we have some cool in the kitchen.
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Kassa - a fine kitchen
appliance outlet in San Francisco -
Carlos and his staff are very
attentive and have looked after the
appliances we've purchased. We've
heard so many horror stories about
appliance stores we were happy to
find him.
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Bon Vivant- one of the most
unique stores for wine and fine
foods located in San Francisco -
Oriol and July have an incredible
selection to browse and enjoy. Have
a great cup of coffee and soak in
the ambiance.
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