Author Archives: Laura

19 guys and 2 girls are in a bar…

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Laura

My Mom was in town for a bit and Trevor and I took the opportunity to have a date.  An actual date! I miss the Opus Lounge in Madison something fierce.  It was our favorite place to go for frou-frou … Continue reading →

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Belonging

Posted on November 14, 2014 by Laura

My life coach from many years ago taught me that to lead a balanced life we need to nurture different key aspects of ourselves in our environments: belonging, purpose, respect, security and acceptance. Trevor and I had a chance to … Continue reading →

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Winter gardens

Posted on November 10, 2014 by Laura

Everyone knows you plant seedlings for your veggie garden in early spring. You gotta keep in mind things like frost and freak snow falls in May. Oh to be a northerner! We had no idea if we could start a … Continue reading →

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Puerto Rican Spanish 101

Posted on November 7, 2014 by Laura

My spanish studies didn’t equip me with the colloquialisms of Puerto Rican Spanish . I learned Spanish in high school from a Cuban. My kid’s babysitters were Mexican and Columbian. I traveled to Spain four times and practiced my Spanish … Continue reading →

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Halloween – no mani

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Laura

The Halloween hype lived up to my expectations.  There was a wonderful mood in the neighborhood as everyone prepared for Halloween trick or treating. Decorations popped up the afternoon of the 31st (and were taken down on Nov 1!) Our … Continue reading →

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Ponce oh Ponce

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Laura

Destination: Ponce! (Say it with me now: Pon-say) Ponce is about an hour east of our house on the southern coast. Mainly, we headed there to get our order from Ikea. But I heard there were other things there to … Continue reading →

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Graffiti art

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Laura

I see a lot of graffiti around my city.  Thankfully, most of it is interesting and thoughtful. Some political, some advertizing city events. I tried to snap pics from the car because you know, we don’t walk here.  

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The truth behind a bold move

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Laura

Making an international move certainly puts you in ‘adventure’ mode.  Every day can bring a new surprise, a little chuckle for things you don’t understand yet thankfully can find amusing rather than frustrating, and the opportunity to challenge yourself and … Continue reading →

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Trains: Tren Urbano

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Laura

As you know, my son loves trains. And there aren’t any running in Puerto Rico. Except… Tren Urbano!  yippee! It’s a one line metro train in San Juan.  We drove 2.5 hours to San Juan to pick up Nana, so … Continue reading →

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Boom booms and the downpours

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Laura

Thunderstorms are a whole other beast in the Caribbean. Wisconsin has squall lines that come past. Puerto Rico has gigantic mega storms that slowly roll in then dump buckets of rain. Like, rain to kill your baby plants. Rain that … Continue reading →

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