Today I was urged to “hurry and take a shower!”  This happens when the water pressure starts to fall.  This isn’t all that common of an occurrence in Puerto Rico, but it happens enough that I know I need to do the three S’s or I won’t be able to later on.  It is always a mystery on why the water… Continue reading

This past weekend I learned how to play dominoes with my girlfriend and the landlords. The landlords don’t know English all that well so it was pretty fun trying to decipher what they said and plan my next newbie move. Dominoes is a very common game that you will see people playing on the weekends having beer until 4 in the… Continue reading

There are a few ways to get someone attention in Puerto Rico. The most commonly heard way to get someone’s is the word “mira”… When the word is used it is often used once then in pairs “mira… … mira, mira”. Mira means look. Don’t forget to roll your R. For a gringo, it is pronounced more like… Continue reading

If you are a smoker in Puerto Rico there are not many brands of cigarettes that you can buy (I stopped smoking in September). Pretty much your only choices are Marlboro for regular cigs or Kool if you smoke menthols. I did find a few places that you could buy Camel Turkish Gold (which was my brand of choice in the… Continue reading

I am probably a little late in posting this for all of the Spring Breakers, but I recently receive in an email asking me what the legal drinking age is.

The legal drinking age in Puerto Rico is 18.  I don’t think the age is enforced though.  I am not saying it never happens, but I have never even seen anyone be carded here. … Continue reading

Did you know that you do not need prescriptions for the majority of medicines in Puerto Rico? I believe the only drugs that you have to have a prescription for is ‘scheduled drugs‘. It took me almost a year of living in PR to discover this.

Late one Friday, I had thrown my neck out and couldn’t move it to one… Continue reading