I made a pot of Squash and Zuchini with onions, garlic, and the PR people loved it, was none left. This is for their benefit, I am putting pictures on here of both. [View Full Entry]

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Guayanilla (gwah-yah-NEE-yah) is a municipality of Puerto Rico located in southern coast of the island, bordering the Caribbean Sea, south of Adjuntas, east of Yauco; and west of Peñuelas and about 20 km (12 mi) west of Ponce. Guayanilla was founded by Catalans,Italians,Corsicans, Venezuelans, and Puerto Rican criollos. The original name was Guadianilla in memory of a river of the same name in Spain. However, it was changed to Guayanilla to resemble a native word in the Taíno dialect. The name Guayanilla is derived from a combination of Guaynia and Santa Maria de Guadianilla. The first Europe [View Full Entry]

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Caguas (Spanish pronunciation: ) (founded in 1775) is a city and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Central Mountain Range of Puerto Rico, south of San Juan and Trujillo Alto, west of Gurabo and San Lorenzo, east of Aguas Buenas, Cidra, and Cayey. Caguas is located twenty minutes to an hour by car from San Juan and an hour and a half from Ponce. It is known as El Valle del Turabo (Turabo Valley) or La Ciudad Criolla (The Creole City) and its name originates from the Taíno cacique Caguax. Originally called San Sebastián del Piñal de Caguax, Caguas derives [View Full Entry]

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Winds were not bad, lot's of work taking all the sails and canvas off. Now dressing Paper Moon again. Installing solar panels. The undertow came in with 4 foot high waves. All the marinas were empty. Afraid St Marteen was not spared. We will be flying home next week. Not sure for how long. [View Full Entry]

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Pete and I have had numerous experiences with hurricanes. We have taken everything of the deck, jib is down, wind generator is down. Canvas came down this morning. We have secured the boat best we could. It is now in God's hands. We are staying with friends in NE Ponce. Two other sailors have decided to remain with their boats. One is not even taking the canvas down. This morning's update says it is 110 miles South of Ponce. With sustained winds 65 miles but gusting higher. We are told when it comes to the SE of PR around 2 am [View Full Entry]

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Acerola : Acerola (Malpighia glabra) or Acerolla, also known as Barbados cherry or wild crapemyrtle, is a tropical fruit-bearing shrub or small tree in the family Malpighiaceae. It ranges from southern Texas south through Mexico and the Caribbean to Peru and Bahia in Brazil. It is also cultivated in India. It grows to 3 m tall, with a dense, thorny crown. The leaves are evergreen, simple ovate-lanceolate, 5-10 cm long, with an entire margin. The flowers are produced in umbels of 2-5 together, each flower 1-1.5 cm diameter, with five pink or red petals. The fruit is bright red, 1.5-2 cm [View Full Entry]

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bregar: verbo intransitivo 1 (trabajar duro) to toil, slaveaway: ha estado bregando todo el día en el taller, she has been slaving away all day in the workshop 2 (discutir) to argue: han estado bregando toda la mañana sin conseguir nada, they have been arguing all morning and have got nowhere Uñuelo: Uña enterrada. ingrown nail malbete, marbete is the correct spelling, PR people pronounce R"s as L's. No English translation found, but it is referred to as label. Here it is used as the tag or boat registrations. pai or mai, your Dad or mom, papa or mama. "Que pasa [View Full Entry]

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Camuy (kahm-WEE) is a municipality in Puerto Rico located on the Valley of Quebradillas, bordering the Atlantic Ocean, north of Lares; east of Quebradillas; and west of Hatillo. Camuy is spread over 12 wards and Camuy Pueblo (The downtown area and the administrative center of the city). The town celebrated its 200th anniversary in 2007. Landmarks and Places of Interest * Hacienda Morell * Lake Guajataca * Peñon Brussi Beach * Peñon Amador Beach * Rio Camuy Cave Park ( Check to make sure is open) ( At this writing still closed) * La Cueva de Camuy * Iglesia [View Full Entry]

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Adjuntas was founded August 11, 1815, by Diego Maldonado, gaining administrative independence from Utuado. It was one of the main cities where the Anusim, Maranos, and other Sephardi Jews settled. Many of these families were of the Torres, Perez or Peretz, and Bennazzar families among others. Bereberes and Mozarabes settled there too. After the mid 1800s, Adjuntas welcomed many immigrants from the Mediterranean islands Corsica and Majorca. Some of them established coffee plantations. During the last decades of XIX century, the fine coffee produced in Adjuntas was exported to Europe, United [View Full Entry]

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Upon arriving in La Guancha May 3 of 2008, we were told of Tatin and Gretel, they own #20 kioske on the boardwalk. They are originally from Cuba. They had a restaurant for many years in Ponce, and then sold it. At that time they opened this Kioske. I am putting pictures of them on here. By the way, she makes several good dishes, including ropa vieja, caldo de pescado (fish soup), and caldo Gallego. This place is a meeting place for Cubans, we all seem to find them. They make a mean Mojito! Guaranteed 2 of them and your knees [View Full Entry]

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