So we just got back from our annual trip back to Colorado to visit friends and family and after 4 weeks off the island we were ready to get back to the sun and sand!  It was the perfect amount of time for a vacation – not to little, not to long, and it always …

Hi! Shannon here fellow bloggger from shanjamespr.blogspot.com about all things Rincon, Puerto Rico. While Annie and Justin have been out, we’ve experienced quite a rainy summer here, which is just what we were expecting. Mornings filled with sun (hurry! Get to the beach!) Then lazy afternoons reading books in the rain. Not a bad sceneario, …

Rincon Local Tips If you’ve never had a dog in the tropics, then you might not think about it, but coconuts make awesome dog toys. The newest addition to our family (‘Mini’ as we call her – poor thing never got a more creative name) can be a bit of a chewer, which, obviously, can …

Rincon Bakeries & Restaurants Without a doubt, when our friends come to visit Rincon Puerto Rico, they always ask where they can get a good Cubano sandwich. Although many of the local bakeries offer a Cubano, none of them blew us away until we hit up the Panaderia Boricua in our neighborhood of Rio Grande. …

So, one of our new goals with the blog redesign is to welcome some more local voices to the RinconLife blog.  One of the best things about Rincon Puerto Rico is that it’s made up of such a wide variety of great people and they all have something to say.  I’ll still be posting here …

So, you might have noticed that our blog is looking a little different these days!  We needed to get fired up about our blog again and sometimes the best way to do that is to add a little ‘spit shine’ and kick it up a notch.  We’re excited about the new features we can add …

The lazy days of summer are here in Rincon, but we’ve also been getting what seems like an above average amount of rain the past few weeks. We all prepare for the summer afternoon showers, but usually that means it pours 2 – 4 and the rest of the day is sunny in the am …

Wow guys, so it’s so easy to see how you can let something fall off a little bit and it can make a big impression. For the past 3 months, six months, a year… even longer, we’ve been still been living and making a living in Rincon Puerto Rico. Even if we’ve been a little …

It’s Christmas! And in honor of the holiday we were awoken last night with a parade full of announcement trucks blasting carols, santa throwing candy, ATVs, firecrackers and squeeling car tires….. at 1:00 am. Tis the Season! The farm across the street from us is a local neighborhood place to celebrate Christmas, Three Kings and …

One of the best things about Rincon Puerto Rico is that it offers a high concentration of surf breaks in a small town, making conditions rideable during almost any type of swell or wind. Rincon offers surf breaks ideal for both beginner and advanced surfers. Rincon Puerto Rico Surf Breaks: Marias: One of the favorite …