Mahalo Chicos, I stand corrected, there are people in Montevideo, Uruguay that can execute a mane. Cristina Diaz located in between Ellauri, 21 de Septembre and Cornel Morra. They provide all types of services from hair, waxes, facials, massages, manicures and pedicures, tanning spray, and so much more. The salon is positioned inside a vintage home, the [...] Read More

Mahalo Chicos, Ah, its 6:30 a.m. and the sun is just peaking out of our window. I hear the birds chirping for their mother’s to bring them food, and our beautiful gold Lab. is ready as ever for her morning trot with me. Wait, hold up what the hell is that banging, beeping, and drilling? My [...] Read More

Mahalo Chicos, Well I gone and did it, I joined the meat farm (gym). Personally, I love the feel of training hard with free weights, despite the yawn of indoor cardio and utterly despise some of the attitudes of fellow gym goers. But hey, as my other half would say “cutting up for competition?” That is exactly [...] Read More

Mahalo Chicos, As you may know we have a golden Labrador name Midori. She is now 4 months old and it feels like she has been with us longer. Our days seems to stretch, afternoon tea, ciestas and the like are just not p0ssible with her crazy energy. Before I was the mother hen and I’d wake up [...] Read More

Mahalo Chicos, As many of you or even all of you are seeing the increase in grocery store prices in your own country. Well, Montevideo, Uruguay is not any different. From the small corner mom and pop’s to the larger chain grocery stores, the prices are just obscene. My other half and I are vegetarians so meat [...] Read More

Mahalo Chicos, Fairly recently I stopped in for my once a month feet check up appointment, I love my high heels!” Anyway, in the States a price for a basic check-up with very little “work done” can be anywhere in the price range of $45.00 and up per hour. Here (Montevideo, Uruguay)  I pay a basic fee [...] Read More

Mahalo Chicos, Just the other day I thought I’d purchase some home-made spinach pasta for our lunch. The pasta place is literally right around the corner from our apartment so it was super convenient. As I strolled down the shelves filled with already made pasta I noticed some cream sauce that I happen to love to make. [...] Read More

Hola Chicos, Officially my new year does not start yet, since I honor the Chinese New Year I thought I’d talk a bit about resolutions. It seems that its a fad or a thing to set new year resolutions every year. Loose weight, quit smoking, so and and so forth. Ever since I was young, I was [...] Read More

Hola Chicos, Around 7:00 a.m. today, Midori and I took a stroll around our neighborhood, Punta Caretas. The sun was already beating hot and not a cool morning breeze in sight. Fortunately for me, Midori is so much better about doing the do at her usual doggy park that I can walk around with her on [...] Read More

Hola Chicos, Just the other day I went shopping for groceries and noticed that some of the prices of my staple food products slightly went up. Well, fortunately for me, my other half is a supper financial guru. His predictions were on the dot and more, so I feel really lucky to have someone that knows about [...] Read More