Jul 6, 2010 | CR: Working, Key West, Oil Disaster, WINSTON
So much has happened since last post, I can’t think where to start. This episode really begins with the Key West trip, so let’s start there. Pero primero (but first), the really big news: Winston has 99.9% recovered from heatstroke. When I left for Key...
Jan 8, 2010 | CR: Working
A reader writes: Good Morning! I came across your blog while looking up some info on the Costa Rica expat. Following a recent trip to the country, (coupled with a not-so-recent desire to check out and start over someplace new,) I find myself obsessed with researching...
Jul 13, 2009 | Chelation & Heavy Metals, Cost of Living, CR: Working, Culture Shock, Current Affairs, Honduras, Living-In
Over on Costa Rica Living, we've been havin' ourselves a good ole time ranting and raving about Honduras and is it a coup or not. (It's not.) You can read the posts here (this is a 44 page pdf document… you have to be really interested!) The CRL camp...
Jul 5, 2009 | CR: Working, Real Estate
I did it. I’m taking a massage course from the Costa Rica School of Integrative Massage. Three days a week, 9a-2p, for 12 weeks, $10/credit hour. If I do all 500 hours required for licensing, that’s $5,000. Since I don’t intend to be licensed in the...
Mar 2, 2009 | CR: Working
Decisions, decisions. Luscious, high-paying decisions. DO NOT LOOK AT ME! Sorry to yell, but I'm practicing for my new job as a dominatrix. DON'T LAUGH. It pays big bucks, is perfectly legal because there is no actual sex involved and, word has it, older gals...
Jan 27, 2009 | Bureaucracy, CR: Working, Earthquakes, EFT = Emotional Freedom Technique, Hope, Volcanos, Weather
The tremors under my office chair, all the way over here on the other side of the valley from the epicenter, have finally subsided. We had one – a long one – at 3am Monday morning, but it’d been several days since the one before that. Thank goodness!...
Jan 4, 2009 | CR: Working
On Friday, Hal and I drove to the southern Pacific area to visit a small hotel that needs an operator. We'd met the owner a couple of weeks ago, liked each other, had similar goals… just needed to case the joint. So, we spent the day in DUO (Dominical,...
Jan 1, 2009 | CR: Working
Please see 3 June 2009 update at bottom.Experienced, dependable rentista family seeks long-term lease on a Bed & Breakfast, guesthouse or small hotel. Hablamos español.Experience includes owning and operating: Guesthouses in Rehoboth Beach and Key West A...
