Tag Archives: Madison

Hometown pride 

I have a Bucky Badger UW – Madison shirt. I did not attend this university but I lived in Madison for about 12 years. I never once saw a full college sporting event though. But I own a cute Wisconsin … Continue reading

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Summer music video

I finally finished it!  I make music videos of my family and here’s the latest one.  It starts from around Easter last spring to August 2015.  We are in Puerto Rico (Mayaguez, Caja de Muertos isla, El Morro, El Yunque, … Continue reading

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Globetrotting families – Ida

Globetrotting Families – guest post ***the first post in a sporadic series of interviews of other families that have lived around this world of ours*** I met Ida in the Mom’s Club in Madison. A beautiful lady inside and out, … Continue reading

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Parallelogram: Deck the Concrete

\One experience explored from two points-of-view\ \\ Laura\Mayaguez I didn’t know what to expect in terms of Christmas decorations in Mayaguez, or even my neighborhood. It’s so warm it doesn’t feel like Christmas time to me. Turns out IMMEDIATELY after … Continue reading

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Parallelogram: Thanks Giving Away

\One experience explored from two points-of-view\ \\ Lisa\Montreal This is your first Thanksgiving away from Madison.  If you were still there, how would you celebrate? Unless we were invited to someone else’s Thanksgiving, we would not celebrate on our own. … Continue reading

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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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A new Paris in Puerto Rico

There’s a new Paris in Puerto Rico. Whenever I watched sitcoms and the neighbor kid would wander into the house all the time, I always thought it was so fake. Nobody ever did that. Until there was Paris. Our last … Continue reading

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Parallelogram: Picking a Preschool

\One ex-pat experience explored from two points-of-view\ \\ Lisa\Montreal What was your children’s experience of school before moving to Montreal? Arlo, who turns five in December, started Madison Wisconsin’s Preschool of the Arts when he was almost three years old. … Continue reading

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