Explore Paradise The Smart Way!!!
Twenty twenty-three has been a busy year at Puerto Rico By GPS. We started with an ambitious goal: “to visit all 78 municipalities in Puerto Rico to produce a video and however many blog posts were warranted for each township”. The idea was —and still is— to end up with the most comprehensive collection of photographs, video and articles about Continue reading…
Are you sick and tired of the freezing cold, shovelling snow and being trapped inside? Or maybe it’s the opposite situation: it’s 125° outside, your air conditioner just can’t keep up and —once again— you’re sick and tired of being trapped inside. Did you know that there’s a place, just off the eastern coast of the United States, where the Continue reading…
Today we’re going to talk about Caguas, Puerto Rico, “centro y corazón de Puerto Rico” (center and heart of Puerto Rico). Well, let’s just set the record straight, I’m all for motivation and “pepper uppers” but, for those of you visiting from the mainland, the geographical center of Puerto Rico is actually in the “Pellejas” ward of the town of Continue reading…
Gurabo is one of those little towns in Puerto Rico that many people just ignore. It’s east of Caguas, a larger city, and south of San Juan, the Island’s capital. So it’s on the way to something, next to somewhere, but not something in itself. Right? Wrong!!! Gurabo is great. I actually spent an entire day there with my wife Continue reading…
In Puerto Rico we have a saying: “Los pueblos que no conocen su historia están condenados a repetirla” (People who don’t know their history are doomed to repeat it). However, it’s not a local phrase. It was first coined by the Spanish poet George Santayana at the dawn of the 20th Century. However, that’s one of the first questions that Continue reading…
Last Monday my wife and I got up early. I was going to shoot a couple of buildings in Cabo Rojo for a New-York-based customer. The idea was to catch the sunrise, so we got up at 3:00am and had left by 4:00am. By seven we had shot both buildings, had breakfast and were on our way to the coastal Continue reading…
Driving in Puerto Rico has always been hectic. Road conditions on the Island are in a deplorable state due to the depression (yes, the correct word is depression, because there’s no such thing as a 10-year recession) that has affected the U.S. territory for close to a decade. Throw in the way many Puerto Ricans drive like maniacs and it’s Continue reading…
Twenty-seven years ago, in the balmy month of June, a group of virtuoso musicians from Puerto Rico and abroad got together to honor cuban saxofonist Paquito D’Rivera and raise money for the Inter-American University’s Jazz Program. The event took place at Plaza Dársenas in Old San Juan. Throughout the years the event has taken place at other venues including the Sixto Continue reading…
It all ended last night. The 26th edition of the Puerto Rico Heineken Jazzfest came to a close yesterday evening with three exciting acts and the “doctorification” of one of Puerto Rico’s most prolific artists doctor Ray Santos. Ray Santos is better known for his arrangements for music greats like Mario Bauzá, Machito, Tito Rodríguez and Tito Puente, but he is also Continue reading…
The 26th edition of the Puerto Rico Heineken JazzFest will take place from Thursday, March 17 to Sunday, March 20, at the Tito Puente Amphitheater in San Juan. This year, the festival will have a varied musical offering, including the introduction of HEINEKEN THE LAB, an experimental proposal that will combine jazz with other musical genres on the first night (Thursday). Continue reading…