Arroz Con Beans

I suddenly had the urge to hear Labios de Fresa. I couldn’t find my cd or any mp3s, so I had to take to the internets. Thank the gods for eBay. For the grand sum of a buck, $4 with shipping,I got a brand new copy of Kaliente y Con Swing. I LOVE that cd. [...]

I’ve managed to not mention Puerto Rico, in speech or text, to my friends for a while now. But it must be that time of year because I was looking for some new wallpaper for my phone and while snagging a coqui I decided to look at houses and real estate and BOOYAH. It got [...]

Ah. Saudade. I had a boyfriend once, a perfect lovely specimen of manhood. A delightful boy, young yet mature, serious but playful, strong but tender. He was, in many ways, a male version of me.We thought alike,acted alike, moved alike, had the same interests and even looked alike. The attraction was instant and intense. And we [...]

Haha, if only this weren’t true. EL GPS Boricua

January 2005 Let the Fiestas Continue Awaiting Los Tres Reyes Magos. El Dia De Los Reyes, Epiphany, Little Christmas, January 6th. Whatever you call it, it is a special day. In the Church, Latin America and parts of Europe and [...]

28 October 2004 There seems to be trouble brewing at  the University of Puerto Rico’s Aguadilla campus. Early Thursday morning, traffic was backed up and things were lively as a group of students  with  signs blocked  the main entrance  to the  [...]