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Lechon: Roasted Pig Magic in Guavate, Cayey, Puerto Rico. Food Porn Friday.

We stole away from Vieques as swiftly as possible that morning. In a short time, we’d grown to love it so much: the quiet, the mountains, the wild horses, the bioluminescent bay.

Vieques ferry pier view, Puerto Rico
Vieques ferry pier view, Puerto Rico

An hour’s ferry ride brought us back to our rented Charlie Car on the main island. My girlfriend’s iPad guided us south around El Yunque National Rainforest to Guavate in Cayey (same US mainland cellular carriers!). Mountains of roasted pig magic await! Lechon, ho! Where else would three Pinays visiting Puerto Rico for the first time go? Continue reading “Lechon: Roasted Pig Magic in Guavate, Cayey, Puerto Rico. Food Porn Friday.”

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Getting there is Half the Fun, Especially when Riding in a Mercedes Ess-You-Vee.

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I reached over the passenger seat to roll down the window in our two-door Chevy with the dubious crack in the windshield. Trying to cool off in the Oakland airport rental car parking lot, we waited for our mini-van. I pulled up my heavy hair in a tangled bundle on the headrest to cool off my neck. What is keeping Kevin and Sam so long?

A jet black Mercedes SUV pulled in to the parking spot next to us.  Continue reading “Getting there is Half the Fun, Especially when Riding in a Mercedes Ess-You-Vee.”