The Broad Pod Test Pod

May 18, 2008 | Podcast

Can you hear me now? Listen carefully for the live rain. Yeah, we are off to a really exciting start here in the studio. More soon!!!

My Heroes

May 16, 2008 | Uncategorized

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Himno Nacional de Costa Rica

May 8, 2008 | Citizenship, Legal Arrangements

We have one and a half years to learn the National Hymn of Costa Rica. If I listen to this everyday, I’m sure I can master it. I will also know how to spell National Hymn of Costa Rica in several languages:Lyrics so you can sing along:Noble patria, tu hermosa...

Filas, Firmas y Fechas

May 7, 2008 | Bureaucracy, Citizenship, Legal Arrangements, Living-In

Translation: Lines, Signatures and Dates. Or Things a Costa Rican Bureaucracy Can’t Do Without. I left out estampilla [s-tom-PEE-jah, stamp] because it doesn’t start with an f. But this is actually the critical item. If at least one (and usually all) of...

Depressingly Deplorable Dogs

May 2, 2008 | Movies

Not my dogs. My dogs are delightful and, although somewhat malodorous, devoted to me. Follow me everywhere, gazing up at me, longingly, hoping I have chicken in my pocket… but even when I don’t, they are on me like white on rice. Here they are napping by...