Explore Paradise The Smart Way!!!
Last Monday was a sunny day. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky, which is rare for the month of August in Puerto Rico. Typically the summer months in Puerto Rico are characterized by overcast skies, usually not due to rain clouds but to the Sahara dust that covers the Island for weeks at a time. Consequently, when I’ve been asked Continue reading…
Now here’s a place that you’d never expect to find on a small island like Puerto Rico. The Museum of Transportation, in the municipality of Guaynabo, is nothing short of a jaw dropper. And it’s new! The museum opened its doors on December 1, 2013 and it has become an instant sensation among car aficionados of all ages and the Continue reading…
museo-felisa-rincon-de-gautier/a> Last Friday the 13th I once again visited a unique attraction in Puerto Rico. This time my wife and I visited the Felisa Rincón de Gautier Museum on the corner of Clara Lair and “Caleta de San Juan” in Old San Juan. The place is a well deserved shrine to a lady who’s sense of service, honesty and all Continue reading…
It’s funny. I launched this site less than a year ago. Since then I’ve covered close to 100 destinations in Puerto Rico and published over a dozen posts about beautiful places to see. I’ve shot videos for our YouTube Channel, posted on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter and sent out thousands of emails promoting our site. And the questions I receive Continue reading…
During the past week I “stopped the presses”. I put my podcast on hiatus for 2 weeks, my blog “Picadillo”, my two YouTube channels and my social media participation. Why? To share some time with a friend from Texas who was visiting the Island and with my son and his wife, who live in Oklahoma and showed up unexpectedly on Continue reading…
This week I went back to nature. I got on my SUV, drove to the town of Fajardo and visited “Las Cabezas de San Juan”, a nature reserve unlike any other in Puerto Rico. Fajardo is a small town on the northeastern tip of Puerto Rico, about a 30 to 40-minute drive from the San Juan Metroplex. And believe me, Continue reading…
If you’re looking for something fun and different to do during Saint Valentine’s Day weekend in Puerto Rico, then stop by the First International Circus and Street Performance Festival of Puerto Rico, which will take place on Febrruary 15th and 16th, on San Francisco Street, in Old San Juan. The street will be closed to vehicular traffic from Plaza Colón at Continue reading…
Yesterday was a great day in Old San Juan. Despite a little rain a few minutes before commencement, the 2014 edition of the San Sebastian Street Fiestas started right on time about 5:00pm. Writing a whole new post about the 2014 San Sebastian Street Fiestas (or SanSe 2014, like the younger crowd has come to call them) would be redundant. Continue reading…
The 2014 edition of the San Sebastian Street Fiestas is about to start. Next Thursday, January 16, 2013, mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz will be cutting the traditional ribbon and the 44th edition of the world’s largest event, taking place during the month of January, will commence. I could write for hours about the San Sebastian Street Fiestas. I could tell Continue reading…
The other day I received an email from one of our readers asking which was the best GPS unit to visit Puerto Rico. Although most mayor brand GPS units include Puerto Rico in the US maps, I guess the real question should have been: do you actually need a dedicated unit at all? With the emergence of smartphones during the last Continue reading…