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San Juan County Sheriff's Department reported responding to these calls:

April 23: Allegations of assault prompted the arrest of a 27-year-old Ballad man following an altercation with a Bothell woman at her family's Lopez Island cabin. The man allegedly slapped the 24-year-old woman in the face and busted up some of the fixtures and furnishings in the cabin in a fit of rage.

April 27: An Orcas Island man was arrested for DUI following an early evening single-car crash in the 200 block of Olga Road. The 23-year-old, who reportedly caused minor damage to his vehicle after driving it into a ditch, was taken into custody at about 9:30 p.m.

April 29: An Orcas Island man was issued a warning letter after his dog reportedly attacked a neighbor's dog and bit its ear. The 30-year-old reportedly acknowledged that his dog, a pit bull-lab mix, was unrestrained and running loose in the Hemlock Street neighborhood at the time of the attack.

- A San Juan Island man was arrested for DUI following late-morning collision with another driver in the 500 block of Tucker Avenue. The 60-year-old, who was taken into custody at about 11:30 a.m., reportedly blamed his erratic driving on a dose of prescription medication. He struck the vehicle of a 62-year-old man, who suffered minor injuries, after veering into the oncoming land of traffic.

- Two front doors intended for the entryway of a Friday Harbor restaurant under remodel vanished in an apparent case of theft. The doors, valued together at $3,000, were last seen at the restaurant's Front Street location two days before they disappeared.

May 1: Allegations of assault remain under investigation following a late-night altercation between two Orcas Island men employed at an Eastsound tavern. A 41-year-old man claims that a 29-year-old coworker hit him in the head and then tackled him for refusing to tell him who he had been talking with on the telephone. He had reportedly been chatting with the younger man's girlfriend, who also works at the tavern, at the time.

Pseudo Boricua!: Old San Juan and Adventures with KA

But seriously, though it *was* for a real actual "academic thing", it was mostly an excuse to spend a weekend in Old San Juan and pretend like we could still drink like it was our first year of graduate school or something (I was pleasantly surprised to learn that, really, we still can). I was all good stuff, but let me just skip to the REALLY good stuff, which was Saturday night.  A little background before I begin this journey with you: KA and I both openly communicated to one another that we need to be on a budget this trip, as both of us have limited funds. Like actual limited funds and no backup funds, besides an uncashed check in my purse and an uncashed check of KA's in Aguadilla. In other words, our backup funds were 2 pieces of papers, one which was about 280 miles away. GREAT PLANNING, TEAM! Saturday we finish the conference and go back to our hotel in Old San J. We find an excellent parking space, maybe 5 blocks from the hotel. We go up to the hotel room to pull ourselves together and sit in the room debating on taking a nap. We decide it's best, as always, to power through. We go downstairs and across the street to a chinchorro where we have our first chicharito and Medalla of the night, which was graciously paid for by a drunk gentleman standing next to us.  With a little happy juice in the system and still on budget, we wandered down to Old San Juan Harbor---- the brewery. Yes indeed, there is another beer made in PR aside from Medalla.Old Harbor makes a stout, pale ale, and a pilsner. Also FUN FACT, the San J Harbor restaurant has TOWERS OF BEER FOR $20!!!!!!!! That's like 12-15 glasses of beer for $20! KA and I chose the stout, because it's stout and hey, we're on a budget over here! We had some ceviche and tostones and after our 3rd beers started planning this ridiculous writing project having to do with indulgence (Don't ask, but clearly it's a topic we know a *little bit* about...).

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With the Old Breed, At Peleliu and Okinawa

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The Old Man and the Sea

Old Man's War