In the weeks following Hurricane Maria, it became painfully obvious that we were woefully unprepared for a prolonged power outage. Yes, our 1500W inverter (connected to our car battery) was instrumental in allowing us to save most of the food […]
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Remember when the price of food spiked during the COVID-19 lock-downs? What if that wasn’t just a one off event, but a preview of the […]
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Puerto Rico is an incredibly beautiful and vibrant place to live. In fact, there is no other place in the world that I would rather […]
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Video transcript: Several months ago I did a video on how to remove the husk from a brown coconut, an easy way to do that. […]
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Having canceled our family vacation trips last summer because of the coronavirus, I wasn’t about to allow this seemingly neverending pandemic rob us of our […]
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Video transcript: Apparently, this is coconut season here in Puerto Rico, at least where I live. Almost every day I go down to the beach […]
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“Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.” Niels Bohr It’s amazing how quickly circumstances can change. One day you are out riding the waves […]
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“The three most harmful addictions are heroin, carbohydrates, and a monthly salary.” Nassim Nicholas Taleb Building the life we wanted for our family in Puerto […]
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I’m seeing more and more sometimes heated discussion around whether Act 20 and 22 are “good” for Puerto Rico or not. There’s little use in […]
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Born into a military family, it seems we spent my childhood constantly on the move. We never lived in one place for more than 2 […]
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I think it’s pretty clear to longtime readers of this blog that I LOATHE waiting in lines. So you can imagine the sinking feeling I […]
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