Dec 28, 2008 | Attractions, Cultural Events, Geezer Band: Harmony Roads, Music
Extraños en la Noche [x-STRAH-nyohs in lah KNOW-chay] is Strangers in the Night in Spanish. Go ahead, try it… couple of extra syllables, but works pretty well. It’s one of the songs The Vargas Brothers, er, Los Hermanos Vargas performed Friday night at...
Dec 25, 2008 | Festivals & Holidays
Christmas is BIG in Costa Rica. The decorations and pre-game warm-up start right around my birthday at the end of September. They don't celebrate Halloween or Thanksgiving so nothing to stop them from going all out. Including fireworks. The fireworks' cannons...
Dec 22, 2008 | Humor, Political Blah-Blah
I never miss Uncle Jay. And this one is particularly clever. Methinks he's a closet Libertarian. Go, Uncle Jay!
Dec 21, 2008 | Donations, Festivals & Holidays, Weather
Of the falling you-know-what. Go ahead, you listen. I'm sick of it. This is our third rainy season here and I plan on it being my last. Almost anywhere else will do. Even Key West in the stifling end-of-hurricane-season heat (she says now.) October through...
Dec 18, 2008 | Unintended Consequences
This is my new photo. My husband took it and loves the dark lighting which explains his self-portrait. Anyway, in this light, you can’t see all the gray hair. And, baby, it is ALL gray. (That’s not the bad news.) Actually, I love the gray hair. Perhaps...
Dec 17, 2008 | Uncategorized
Help! I’ve been compromised. Amnet just called. The guy asked if I use Outlook for email. I do… how did he know? Then he said the Saratica account was sending out 10,000 spam emails via Outlook. This has been going on since yesterday.So… whaddya do...
