Archive for August, 2011

When we moved to Puerto Rico, I was super stoked to hear that there are “no sharks” here. After hearing that, I did a little bit of research and there are actually sharks in Puerto Rico, but there had never been a shark attack on record and you do not see them in the water [...]

In order to have a legitimate rant about the collecteria, everyone needs to know what the collecteria is in Puerto Rico. Collecteria: The collecteria is a government office that collects money from businesses and individuals. An example of an individuals’ payment is state income ta, property tax or to cash in lottery tickets. An example [...]

Tags: bad bugs, beetles, palm killer, palm trees, root borer

Within the last few months we have noticed that some of our thriving palms tree have suddenly died for no apparent reason. We initially blamed it on the ants, since we found a large ant pile around the base of one of the palms that died, but then we kept losing palm after palm and [...]

I feel the need to share this great song by a local band here in Rincon. Check it out and let me know what you think about the Durty Rats. Applesauce 002 remix cb 32bit to 16 by Durty Rats

I’ve said it before, but I’m not sure if I said it here. The summer time in Puerto Rico to me is all about work, fresh fruit/vegetables and planting. This weekend was a great weekend. I got tons of yard work done, Summer and I planted a bunch of new plants and we got dumped [...]

Yes, that’s right, Summer and I have jobs. It seems that many people think that because we moved to Rincon from California we got here with tons of coin and that we don’t need jobs because we are independently wealthy. Haha, this is not the case. We both work full time from our offices located [...]