Oct 11, 2006 | Bush, Cultural Events, God, what a world!, Political Blah-Blah, PollyAnna
No, I’m not writing about The Monkee’s song. As great as it is. I’m writing about the Cosmic Trigger Event happening next Tuesday, October 17, 2006. Fascinating. How do people figure this stuff out? What makes them look? I’m not clear on that...
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 9, 2006 | Amistad Institute, Cultural Events, Festivals & Holidays, Spanish
Since the day we arrived, we’ve heard about the Copa Mundial (imagine the red-headed announcer from Dave Letterman saying in his booming-est voice "The KO! PA! Muuuuuuuun-Deee-ALLLLLLL! That’s how it sounds on the radio.)The Copa Mundial is the World...
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 31, 2006 | Cultural Events, Festivals & Holidays
On our way home from The Road to Volcan Barva, we passed a festival in Barva San Pedro’s town square. Last night, when I wrote this, I identified this village as Barva. This morning, Mr. I-Know-Where-I-Am-And-You-Don’t informed me it is the village of San...
May 21, 2006 | Attractions, Cultural Events, Culture Shock, God, what a world!
This is a photo of the INS building (the "private" insurance company) in downtown San Jose. See the bright white disc in the upper right of this photo? In that cloud? Guess what that is? Er, who? Visitors, of course!!! UFOs. And everybody sees them!!! You...
