Report from Quito

U.S. emigres figuring it out

  • Ambivalence

    The Virgin Mary watches over every branch of our bank. I have not gotten into a writing groove for this blog and may never do. Part of the issue, before…

  • A view from abroad

    “ . . . the United States may be turning itself into an island of barbarism amidst the larger world.” – Paul Krugman From day to day I don’t know…

  • Observations, oddments, and a second thought

    Yesterday we got into an Uber and there, in the back seat, was the driver’s son. Four years old, neither sitting in a car seat nor wearing a seat belt.…

  • A trip to the ER

    And then another. When we arrived in Quito in April and began to explore the neighborhood around our Airbnb, it didn’t take us long to discover that walking here is…

  • Groceries

    Eggs and so much more. Some years ago I became fascinated by shopping for groceries in other countries, and even in foreign parts of my own country. I can stroll…

  • Cooking while high

    9,350 feet high, to be precise. This was to be the first of possibly several disquisitions on trying to stay connected to the old Robbinsdale “foodways” in a new country…

  • A place to live

    Housing in Quito is less expensive than in the U.S. By now we might have paid off the old house, but for a number of reasons we had refinanced often.…

  • Why Ecuador?

    How we got here. I regret to say that the magazine International Living — also known as International Lying for its propensity to make astounding claims about all the places…

  • Hola from Ecuador

    We celebrated three months here on July 4, a quiet day with no fireworks to terrify the neighborhood dogs. They don’t need much to get them baying like the Baskerville…

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Reflections on leaving the U.S. for a life we can afford — and possibly improved mental health — in Ecuador.