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Winter gardens
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
Puerto Rican Spanish 101
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
Halloween – no mani
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
Parallelogram: My New Neighborhood
\One ex-pat experience explored from two points-of-view\ \\ Laura\Mayaguez Tell me about your old Madison, Wisconsin neighborhood. We rented a house on the west side of Madison. Quiet, friendly, beautiful, playgrounds abounding, with ‘secret’ walking trails that wound behind the … Continue reading
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Tagged crime, ex-pat, gated community, graffiti, Madison, Mayaguez, Montreal, neighbors, parenthood, Plateau, security
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Ponce oh Ponce
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
Graffiti art
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.
Parallelogram: I’m Hungry. Now What?
\One ex-pat experience explored from two points-of-view\ \\ Lisa\Montreal As someone who – at least in her own house and when left to her own devices – eats the same thing for every meal, I was slightly nervous to hunt … Continue reading
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The truth behind a bold move
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
Boom booms and the downpours
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