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Where'd you go @VenSíPuedes?

"Expat Life" is just regular life with different grocery stores and trying to catch the summer blockbuster in one language or another

Aug 4 •

We left the USA for Panama🇺🇸🇵🇦

June 2025

May 2025

Panama Reality Check: "Not a Backup for the Broke"

The best quote I read recently was "Panama is not a backup for the broke," and honestly, it perfectly captures something I've been trying to articulate…

May 29 •

Real Talk Panama | Expat Life

The Case of the Missing Applesauce

Mom Life Edition: More Than a Year Into This and Still Missing A Few Key Things

May 28 •

We left the USA for Panama🇺🇸🇵🇦

How This Expat Mum in Panama City Spends Her Sundays

Just in case the NYTimes ever asked me to write my own essay... Can you tell I would like them to?

May 26 •

We left the USA for Panama🇺🇸🇵🇦

Treasures of the Transit Zone

What You Can Access Here In Panama But Not in the USA: European sunscreens, OTC Ozempic, and Cuban imports.

May 19 •

We left the USA for Panama🇺🇸🇵🇦

50 Posts & Almost 50 Subscribers

What We've Learned

May 15 •

We left the USA for Panama🇺🇸🇵🇦

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Real Talk Panama | Expat Life

Is "Economic Migration" Just Colonialism By Another Name?

Pretending to be a NYTimes Ethicist who is also an Emigrant to Panama

May 14 •

We left the USA for Panama🇺🇸🇵🇦

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