All posts by Laura Ortiz-Garrett
Young People Eh: What it’s like Being the Baby at Work
Most of us have been the youngest employee at work at some point in our lives, and we know what comes along with it… some benefits… and some even more …
I’m An Adult… And My Mom Still Rules the Roost
I am an adult… or so it would appear to others. I have a car. I have a job – several of them, all freelance, all requiring me to get …
Health Food Junkies: Is Your Healthy Eating Unhealthy?
Can healthy eating ever be…unhealthy? Turns out, it can be. As if the usual eating disorders affecting young women (and men) weren’t insidious or dangerous enough, now there’s a new …
Graduation Memories: Nostalgia and the Naiveté of Youth
Aw, June… Those sweet, graduation memories. Everywhere I turn, I see young ladies and gentlemen in their formal finest, holding trophies and diplomas and flowers. Proud parents, grandparents, friends and …
Life as a Trailing Spouse: Relocating for Love
I bet every one of us on this island knows a trailing spouse – someone who came to Trinidad when their partner found work here, or someone who upped sticks …
New Year’s Resolutions: Six Months Later, Can We Keep Them?
What is that sound following the clinking of champagne glasses at the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Day? Oh, of course – it’s the sound of New Year’s resolutions …
Trini Culture through Puerto Rican Eyes
It’s easy to think that I know how daily life rolls in Trinidad after three years of living here. I’ve got the routine, day-to-day stuff down cold… like roti lunch …
