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Pelicans, Hard cookies and TP
I love weekends. We get to explore and each “Sabadomingo” as the kids call it feel like a mini-vacation to me. La Guancha is a boardwalk and beach area in Ponce. Down by some awe-some looking docking cranes, there is … Continue reading
Vote for Mayor Goldie Wilson – name that movie
Get that reference? Yeah, Back to the Future. The car has a speaker blaring that as it drives through Marty’s town. Here’s the Puerto Rican version: Yeah. I’m not kidding. They spew out advertizements (I think), rarely music. There is … Continue reading
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Altitude adjustment
Outta curiosity (because sometimes my ears still pop) I wanted to know what the altitude difference was between D’s school and our house. So I uploaded an app, which I’m not sure if I trust. But here’s the results: … Continue reading
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I’m making spicy chikungunya for dinner with a side of shingles
So I had Chikungunya in December and Trevor had Shingles in 2010. We’re one-to-one in the “having survived crazy-painful illness” department. Let’s keep it that way. Chikungunya can linger in the body for months. FUN! Over Christmas the pain hung … Continue reading
Spanish back home
We spent about 2 weeks in Wisconsin over Christmas and New Years. Just enough time to hit some of our old jaunts, visit with family and friends and catch the flu. yeah. We stayed in a hotel in Madison instead … Continue reading
Are my kids dropping the f bomb or what?
P’s favorite saying demand is “Pick me Up!” With her saying that so much, I wanted to teach her how to say it in Espanol. So over the holidays I texted our tutor. Cogeme. Perfect! The kiddos took to the … Continue reading
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My New Years Resolutions: Sleep
I was so looking forward to our Wisconsin winter vacay. A satisfactory sampling of snow and cold, reuniting with relatives far and wide, and the general magic of the holidays. We’re 14 days into our 19 day stay and my … Continue reading
I forgot I missed
We are making our way back to Wisconsin via Atlanta for the holidays. Already I’m observing things that I didn’t know I missed: 1) Squirrels. I was practically giddy to observe the squirrels in my sister’s backyard. There are no … Continue reading
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We united the neighborhood
Trevor and I used to have an annual Christmas party before kids. The mood was always jolly, sometimes naughty (especially when we all wrote holiday poems one year. That degenerated quickly!) I love being social. Yeah, it’s draining, but I … Continue reading
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Parallelogram: Kissing Perfect Strangers
\One experience explored from two points-of-view\ \\ Laura\Mayaguez How do the locals greet each other? Men shake hands with other men. Women give a little kiss on the right cheek. I assume men and women kiss likewise but I don’t … Continue reading