Sep 28, 2006 | Arts, Cultural Events, Movies, Teenagers
For my birthday celebration tonight, we watched Franco Zefferelli’s Romeo and Juliet. The boys are diving into a little Shakespeare in homeschool and this movie burned a place in my heart 38 years ago. I remember the first time I saw it like it was yesterday....
Sep 22, 2006 | Arts, Cultural Events, Theatre
"Today’s the day!" as Mel Fisher would intone. The Little Theatre Group’s production of "Come Back…" opens tonight at 7:30p at the Blanche Brown Theatre in Escazu. Tickets are 1500 colones ($5) for adults and 1000 colones ($2) for...
Aug 23, 2006 | Arts, Beauty Parlor, Cultural Events, Theatre
Rehearsals are in full swing for Come Back to the Five & Dime Jimmy Dean Jimmy Dean. I play Sissy, a brash buxom bleached blonde, the part Cher played in the movie. The plan was for me to wear a wig for this part, a hideous idea: hot, itchy and I’d have hat...
Jun 5, 2006 | Arts, Attractions, Cultural Events, Theatre
Sunday morning we saw the National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica. It was brilliant. Chosei Komatsu is our conductor, very accomplished as you will see from his website. And very cute which I personally find enhances my enjoyment of, well, almost anything. The...
May 18, 2006 | Arts, Culture Shock, Movies
Movies R us. Like most Americans, we are BIG on movies. We watched a movie practically every night on pay-per-view. We cried when cancelling our Netflix subscription. The boys have seen Memento, West Side Story, The Magnificent Seven, To Wong Foo (an all-time...
May 16, 2006 | Arts, Culture Shock
We’ve been looking at artwork every chance we get. We attend all the art festivals, visit galleries, shops, the like. Our Jack Baron’s cats, Judi Pingston’s Island Girl, my Elvis, Hal’s Haitian marble players are in storage along with all the...
