Hi Everyone…

July 20, 2010

It’s been a minute since our last post. We landed back in Southern California just over 4 weeks ago. We stayed with family for the 1st 3 weeks while we found a nice house up here in the San Bernardino mountains in the national forest. It’s amazingly beautiful… We’re at over 7K feet and near [...]

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Stuff Is Going Fast

June 8, 2010

Because we’re moving back to the U.S. next Thursday, we’re having a moving sale. First off, thank you to everyone who has responded… Literally half of our stuff we are selling has already been sold. That leads us to the stuff that hasn’t been sold… We have some great deals on a quite a few [...]

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Uruguay Taxes… Don’t Be Alarmed

June 7, 2010

Today’s blog post is a guest post by Juan Fischer, the managing partner of Fischer & Schickendantz. Juan wrote the following post to help alleviate concerns about the proposed tax legislation in Uruguay. Unfortunately, much of what the press articles and blogs have been saying is much more alarming than the reality. It has been said [...]

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Moving Back to the U.S.A. in 2 Weeks

June 3, 2010

Hey everyone…. We are moving back to the U.S. on June 18th. It’s not because of the proposed tax (although that could prevent us from moving back in the future). Uruguay has been a great country to live in for the past year. We’ve met some great people from Uruguay and some wonderful friends from [...]

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New Proposed Income Tax Law In Uruguay

May 31, 2010

There has been a LOT of talk in Uruguay’s Expat Community about the new proposed income tax law in Uruguay. I wrote a blog post when it was 1st announced last Wednesday, you can read the article here. The Uruguay message boards and Uruguay forums have been buzzing with speculations of what is or isn’t [...]

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Watch “The Great Tax Exodus From Uruguay” Begin

May 26, 2010

Okay, the title may be a little dramatic… But, it could be the truth. I just read an article in MercoPress about the proposed changes to the tax laws in Uruguay… This article completely blew me away. Uruguay’s Economy Minister Fernando Lorenzo announced that a new bill has been drafted and is being sent for [...]

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Marijuana in Uruguay

May 21, 2010

This past Saturday May 15th was “Marcha Mundial Marihuana Montevideo – Movimiento por Liberacion del Cannabis” “Global Marijuana March Montevideo – Cannabis Liberation Movement” There was a line up of reggae bands that were going to play… But weather just didn’t go along with those plans. My buddy and I got out to Punta Gorda [...]

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Penarol VS Nacional Wednesday May 12th

May 12, 2010

It’s set to be a great futbol (soccer) match tonight. I think Penarol will win. My buddy Fede is a huge Penarol fan (his Penarol tattoo to the right). I’ve went to a couple of Penarol matches and they are very exciting to watch… Don’t get me wrong, the team is cool to watch… but [...]

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Customer Service in Uruguay

May 10, 2010

There are a lot of different views on the customer service a person receives in Uruguay. We’ve received bad customer service here in Uruguay just like the in the United States, but for the most part it’s pretty decent. From a business point of view, I feel there is a lot of over-employment… too many [...]

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Mr. Musculo Is Awesome

May 5, 2010

A few months ago, I spilled chicken grease all down the left leg of one of my favorite pairs of jeans. I thought the jeans were a lost cause. I washed them 5-6 times (and line dried them), to no avail. We found Mr. Musculo at the store (we’ve seen it in both Disco and [...]

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