I'm sitting in a cafe called Don Ruiz in beautiful Old San Juan that makes me feel like I'm in a Spanish military barracks. As usual the temperature is a sunny 80 degrees, and every day beyond Monday gets me confused with Friday. With Easter this weekend there's an even more relaxed vibe than normal …
Post Puerto Crypto
What a whirlwind past week. My friend Jeff and his wife visited for a cryptocurrency (technically blockchain but I'm not a fan of that term) conference. I'd wake up each day fantasizing about snoozing, rush to dress up, attend talks/meet new people during the day, and go to luxurious all-night booze-fests centered around networking as …
Moving into Puerto Rico
Tonight will mark my second week here in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is also the first day at my new apartment as I was finally able to move into it once the power was fixed (asterisk on this one because the building has power, but there is some minor glitch at the moment being …
Landed in Puerto Rico
Today was my first morning in San Juan, Puerto Rico. I was pretty exhausted from moving which took far more hours than I would have guessed. Who knew it would be so time consuming just to throw things away? I did try and sell/donate a fair amount of my things, but at 8pm-1am …
Andrew Manser 