What's Up El Salvador

We have exciting news to share! We finalized a major investment partnership with a very strong group of Salvadoran partners to dramatically grow and improve the Brew Revolution for El Tunco and El Salvador. With the new team we can finally expand to meet the crazily increasing demand for our beer both in El Salvador [...]

Either there is a trend, my medication finally kicked in, or my new glasses are working out well. I see many more colorful and interesting restaurants in San Salvador. Not exclusive (El Salvador values exclusivity more than the US), but fun, casual, stylish and entertaining. It seems to be a general trend. Perhaps the people [...]

Lucha Libre in El Salvador! I am a huge fan of craziness so as you might expect I could not stay away from Salvadoran Lucha Libre forever. The sheer madness of it, the theatricality, the outlandish characters, make it something that everyone should attend at least once. Not in Las Vegas.  But in a downtown [...]

This is a shout out to my brothers and sisters from the Careterra a La Libertad, where my car broke down last night. I did not get your names, though I remember your faces. I remember the faces of your kids too, because as you were using your cell phone screens to light up by [...]

If you are interested in moving to El Salvador with children you may have some concerns about the education system here, unless you are wealthy enough to afford one of the larger international schools. Among those are the American School, The Brittish School, The French School, The German School, and more. These academies are regarded [...]

Expat Tax Law…The Basics As an American expat living abroad, you are responsible for filing your tax return every single year, reporting your worldwide income. Here are some basics that should help you understand the process. — A guest post by Diane Siriani of www.expatriatetaxreturns.com Foreign Earned Income Exclusion Are you a full time resident [...]

This month Emme graduated into the 1st grade. In El Salvador this is a big deal, with a cap and gown ceremony, and other grades singing to the new members of the elementary class. I am proud to say that through all the trauma of adjusting to a new language and new culture, to adjusting [...]

Amid all the drama of moving Emme to El Tunco, and away from her established neighborhood friends, we have been searching for things she will look forward to and enjoy. Andy made a very good move, when he added up the number of times she was watched and re-watched episodes of “River Monsters“, and bought [...]

There are many reasons for the Newbom family to move to the beach. The short list includes 1) We want to be close to the brewery so that we can both be involved in getting it open 2) The house in the city is way too big and too expensive. Believe it or not, the [...]

As of today the bug status at my girl’s hilltop school has shifted from shockingly loud cicadas to unreasonably large flying ants.     The ground at the school is crawling with these, the rest of whom have wings. I did not see even one in the air. The mystery of these ridiculously large ants [...]