Let’s talk about noise

Right now, as I’m currently writing this, there is a backhoe about 75 feet away digging up someone’s driveway. Forward, backward. BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. Forward, backward. BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. Times that by 100. This new apartment–which is absolutely gorgeous, btw–is the loudest place I have ever lived in my entire 60 years […]

Compras de apartamentos

For you Gringos, that means I’ve been shopping for an apartment, and I can tell you: It’s exhausting! The rental market is very different here. An agent helps you to find the right apartment and then they get a commission on the terms and length of the lease. Most rental ads are posted on Facebook, […]

The neighborhood

Sorry for the delay in posting, but I’m finding that when you have two jobs, there is not a lot of time left over at the end of the day for writing. I do love my little modern apartment, but now that I’ve been here a couple of months, I’ve noticed some things. My apartment […]