That One Time I Live-Tweeted about a Guy Who Couldn’t Handle “Travel Blogger” as a Career
People tend to have interesting responses when I tell them I am a travel blogger. I don’t even usually list it as my “main” job. Honestly, when strangers ask me what I do for a living I generally just blurt something out, sometimes I just make it up. They’re strangers, what do I care?
Not too long ago while… Continue reading
Episode 2: The State of Puerto Rico According to Rease
Episode 2 is here! For those of you who missed the first episode, you can watch it here.
The videos within this series focus on a different topic for each episode, but they all cover thoughts on Puerto Rico through the perspective of a non-native. This vlog series is a funny/ranty look at certain aspects of Puerto Rico through… Continue reading
Getting My Driver License in Puerto Rico
DMVs and their equivalent everywhere are terrible, but I feel they are all awful in their own unique way. After 9 months of living in Puerto Rico, my expiring Missouri driver license forced me to take on the Departamento de Transportación y Obras Públicas (DTOP), or the Puerto Rican equivalent of the DMV.
A few days before my Missouri license… Continue reading
All Dogs Go to Heaven, Padfoot goes to Puerto Rico
I’ve written a lot about my weird, totally high maintenance, but ultimately totally lovable dog, Padfoot. Padfoot traveled with me to Argentina, and then back again. I never really got the feeling that Padfoot liked Argentina much. He seemed a bit more high-strung while we were there. When I considered the consequences of moving a dog to Puerto… Continue reading
Volunteering: Saving the Sea Turtles in Puerto Rico
I recently started volunteering in Luquillo, Puerto Rico, which is close to where I live. I joined a group that helps protect the endangered sea turtles in the area, which are mostly Leatherbacks, or Tinglares in Spanish.
I basically got into this volunteering thing because
1. I like volunteering.
2. Who doesn’t want to hang around baby turtles?
3. I… Continue reading
New Vlog Series! The State of Puerto Rico According to Rease
I have lived in Puerto Rico for 8 months now. Within a few months of living here, I decided I wanted to do a Puerto Rico Vlog, or rather a vlog series that involves me discussing (and ranting) about certain things that I see and experience here in Puerto Rico. It’s been a slow start because I’m not a video… Continue reading