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My Sana box was half full of produce I couldn’t identify this week. Facebook hive mind helped me out tremendously. My Facebook friends told me it was a Pachira aquatica ….. in other words,  a chestnut! Wikipedia confirmed. They weren’t … Continue reading →

Zika sounds like an Italian dish but it’s a virus that has garnered a lot of attention in the news recently. Brazil kept the taboo subject out of the Olympic media, but it seems to be the Mecca of Ziki, … Continue reading →

Alleluia! One of the first things I searched out when we moved here was organic food. While Natucentro supplies plenty of dry goods and organic leche, they don’t have produce. Enter Sana! I don’t remember how I first heard about … Continue reading →

People always ask me if it’s cheaper to live in Puerto Rico. Yes and no. The kid’s Montessori School is over $10,000 cheaper annually in Mayaguez than the one we checked out in Middleton, WI (for two kids; and that … Continue reading →

Of all the tropical diseases my daughter could get on Puerto Rico, she gets a tick stuck in her head during our visit to Wisconsin.  We camped ‘up north’ last weekend, but maybe yesterday’s hike at Picnic Point is where … Continue reading →

My poor girl was hit hard with illness not long ago.  I was less worried than my hubby, and he urged me to get her tested for zika virus. Ugh.  Ok.  We went to my ER neighbor doc who treated … Continue reading →

It’s  election year here too in Puerto Rico. Posters are up all around town.  Each one makes me think of a senior photo headshot.      My neighbor told me Sra Evelyn is positioned to win. And apparently she’s my neighbor! … Continue reading →

I feel like I’ve been to a lot of doctors offices lately. Lemme tell you something about the doctors offices here.  It seems the doctors usually work independently in an office building shared with other doctors. Each has their own … Continue reading →