Squatters

Apr 29, 2008 | Crime, Culture Shock, Legal Arrangements, Living-In, Squatters

A woman wrote to me recently about buying a house in Key West. Once she found out I live in Costa Rica, she wrote this:I have a question since you are living in Costa Rica. This is where my husband originally wanted to get a home. We had even started to look when we...

Into The Wild

Apr 28, 2008 | Movies

Almost every weekend, we rent six or seven movies for the week (1200 colones, about $2.50, per movie for 7 days) and watch all of ’em. Occasionally there is a dog, but we are mostly deliciously entertained, especially by the indies. Like Once. Once you get your...

Our Daily Grind

Apr 26, 2008 | Living-In

Which is soooooo hard. A word about the most critical daily grind: coffee. Day 1 in Florida, we bought the brand of coffee we drank for probably 10 years. After living la pura vida drinking Costa Rican coffee, that coffee was SOOOOOO bad. We dumped it and raced out...

Follow The Bouncing Ball

Apr 20, 2008 | Culture Shock, Living-In, Moving-To

We are home again, back at my desk next to my bed wearing my sheets (the bed, not me). So happy to be in my house with my stuff. Overlooking my valley. Through my razor wire. Which seems to have lost its lustre. Sigh. I have to tell you: I came back a tad confused....