Speaking Boricua

Just warning all readers that I will be out of the country for about a month and thus won't be updating (most likely). Happy new year to...

Just a reminder that you guys all have Three Kings day+ ahead of you... so don't put away your güiro !

Last year about this time I wrote a whole lot about the Christmas season in Puerto Rico , which I recommend you read. Anyways, today's Y...

...Puerto Rico's favorite saint. It's a little late but I hope everyone is enjoying their pavo ... and whatever else may accompany i...

So, my favorite Swede living in Puerto Rico (not that there are that many anyways!) asked me how Puerto Ricans celebrate Easter and semana ...

San Juan's San Sebastián parties start tomorrow night, and Ricky Martin is making an appearance for the first night. If you're goin...

What, you didn't think your holiday would go without a present from me? I thought, in time to finish up the parranda season, I'd do ...

Today is finally 3 Kings Day ! Basically, how the holiday works is that, the night before, the kids put shoeboxes filled with grass under th...

My good friend from the island is there now and she went to San Juan to see the beach yesterday. She also got a few shots of the city. Yeah,...

New Year's... okay, it isn't so exciting, the celebration is about the same in PR as it is in the U.S. So I don't want to spen...

I'm on vacation a few hours away from home, so I'm not going to say much tonight. But I did want to share two items. One is a blog p...

If you thought now it was time to throw out the tree, take down the lights, and move on from Christmas, think again! Puerto Rico celebrates ...

For those of you not familiar with José Feliciano, he is indeed Puerto Rican! ¡Feliz navidad a todos!

I swear this is the last time I will write about lechón . Anyways, if you have iTunes , they're offering the contemporary salsero Vict...

So, in the same thread as yesterday's post , here's El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico singing "La Fiesta de Pilito", one of the...

So, what is lechón asao ? Well, it's pork. Specifically, the whole pig . Basically, the pig is filled up with spices , put on a spit , a...

Seeing as tonight is the last night of Hannukah, I thought I'd take a moment to talk about judaism in Puerto Rico . Supposedly Puerto Ri...

A friend of mine posted this in her livejournal ... Quiero dar una parranda sparkofcreation 's daily Christmas Carol posts got me to thi...

So, more in the spirit of the holidays, here's a recipe for Coquito. Coquito is ridiculously sweet if you don't include the rum ; ...

So staying with our Christmas team and in order to make up for missing last week, let's talk about parrandas . If you speak Spanish well...