Because we have the place for you… Café Cola’o.

We have taste tested much of the coffee around Old San Juan, but this one wins the prize by far.
In 2006 Café Cola’o was opened by local entrepreneur Erica Reyes, using coffee grown in the mountains of Puerto Rico. This local grown coffee has a smooth, full-bodied flavor, which attracts tons of locals, as well as tourists to the little Café which is located at Pier by the ferry to Cataño.

Souvenir Sauces
In one afternoon I saw: a wall covered in shot glasses, a barrel full of tambourines, frogs in every article imaginable  and coffee cups shaped like butts and breasts. Going souvenir shopping in Old San Juan is the very definition of quirk.
Ranging from artful crafts like handmade cigars or wooden mask, all the way to the cliche key chains and t-shirts, no matter what your friends back home like, you will find something in OSJ for them. Hand made soap? Check. Fancy jewelery? More than you could afford to …

Earlier this week, I did a spotlight on one of the mysterious residents of the Santa Maria Magdalena de Pazzis cemetery in Old San Juan: Reba Stewart. This once amazing artist has become an urban legend to those who stumble upon her beautifully engraved tomb, inspiring the “witch” stories that first drove me to her.
So now in honor of Reba Stewart’s life and mythos, I present you with some of her art work.

Mobile / made from driftwood she collected from behind the cemetery/ 1961-1962
Mobile/ made from driftwood/ 1961-1962
“Tree Forms in …

Tuesdays: an ordinary day of the week with a blocked schedule. Fortunately, Old San Juan feels different. Every first Tuesday of each month, Gallery Night happens. Most art galleries stay open late to show new and permanent collections, while bars and pubs open late to serve the wild crowd.

During the summer, the Company for the Bussiness and Cultural Development for the Isle of San Juan, known as CODEVISA, does not sponsor this event since it works partnered with the Art School of Old San Juan. Still, some art galleries do open late on summers and keep the tradition alive.