• Advertisement:
• Advertisement:
• 
  

  Welcome to ChicagoNow.

  Meet
  our bloggers,
  
  post comments, or
  
  pitch your blog idea.

  Sign in
  Pitch your idea
  Play games

• Meet The Blogger

  Candace Drimmer

  TIMELINE
  June 1972 to June 1973—Candace moves to Lima (Peru)—–
  June 1973 to May 1974—Candace and The Husband live in Glendale AZ—–
  May 1974 to August 1974—Living in Toronto, Ontario (Canada)—–
  September 1974 to May 1975—Living in Aberdeen SD—–
  May 1975 to July 1979—Living in Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada)—–
  July 1979 to June 1980—Living in Asuncion (Paraguay)—–
  June 1980 to September 1980—Living in NYC—–
  September 1980 to November 1982—Living in Connecticut—–
  November 1982 to January 1983—Living in Ponce, Puerto Rico (USA)—–
  February 1983 to July 1986—Living in Willemstad, Curacao
  (Netherlands Antilles)—–
  July 1986 to July 1989—Living in Guayaquil (Ecuador)—–
  July 1989 to July 1995—Living in Connecticut (yes, again)—–
  July 1995 to August 2001—Living in Mexico City (Mexico)—–
  August 2001—Return to Gringolandia (a.k.a. United States of America)—–
  
  
  I was an accidental expatriate; love and marriage led me to it. One day I was a bandy-legged kid sitting atop my dogwood tree looking out of my small backyard world in 1950s New Jersey, wanting to move somewhere–anywhere, different. Next thing I knew I met a young hirsute anti-war, soon-to-be-Peace Corps volunteer, fell in love and moved to Peru in the 1970s.
  WHAT an adventure it’s been!!
  NOTE: I gave up Facebook, so apologies that I cannot answer any comments since it is only set up via FB.

• Subscribe by Email

Latest on ChicagoNow

• Let’s Stay Together Talk Show Speaks…

  from Let’s Play by Let’s Play
  posted Monday at 8:33 pm

• Trump’s Coup de Faux Moment

  from Bon Bini Ya’ll by Candace Drimmer
  posted Monday at 7:22 pm

• Do I swipe or wipe during this pandemic?

  from The Ultimate Circle Table Kid by The Ultimate Circle Table Kid
  posted Monday at 3:09 pm

• LUNA the Shadow Dust, or, Scary Tower vs. A Boy and his Pet!

  from Jessi’s Media Review – A Chicks Point of View! by Jessi Moen
  posted Monday at 2:18 pm

• I Have a Dream Too

  from Live Your Dream: Sail Lake Michigan by Glenn McCarthy
  posted Monday at 1:12 pm

Posts from related blogs

• The Barbershop: Dennis Byrne, Proprietor

  Most recent post: Liberal columnist throws gasoline on the fire

• When You Put It That Way

  Most recent post: One cop, one murder and all that it has led to: The George Floyd tragedy and the aftermath

• The Patriotic Dissenter

  Most recent post: Illinois vs Indiana: Comparing the two States COVID Response, Reopening Plans

More from News: Opinion

Read these ChicagoNow blogs

• Cubs Den

  Chicago Cubs news and comprehensive blog, featuring old school baseball writing combined with the latest statistical trends
  • What Is and What Should Never Be
• Pets in need of homes

  Pets available for adoption in the Chicago area
  • Mietze — Petraits Rescue
• The Barbershop: Dennis Byrne, Proprietor

  Chicago writer, editor and author blogs about today’s political and public policy issues.
  • Liberal columnist throws gasoline on the fire

Read these ChicagoNow Bloggers

• BOB ANGONE

  from JUST SAYIN:
  Chicago a City under Siege/ Totally Unprepared and Undermanned/ The National Guard Arrives?AGAIN/Murders and SHOOTINGS Continue on
• LeaGrover

  from Becoming SuperMommy:
  Ghosts
• Howard Moore

  from I’ve Got The Hippy Shakes:
  It was a bad week in Twitter for Donald Trump