Sep 4, 2006 | Cost of Living, Criticia Voluptua Right-Right, Food, Real Estate, Restaurants, Spanish, Taxes, Teenagers, Tipping
Or, in Costa Rica, "Hamburgesa con queso! Hamburgesa con queso!" [ahm-bur-GAY-sah cone KAY-sew] It’s a mouthful. And, if you have a teenager, you say it a lot. A good cheeseburger in Costa Rica is hard to come by. Beef here is not that great; it tends...
Aug 26, 2006 | Farmer's Market, Food
Jal went to the Farmer’s Market today. He got all this for 7500 colones ($15). Melons are out of season and so were expensive today at 1000 colones ($2) a pop. Including 300 colones to rent the cart, 100 colones for each kid that helped haul the goods, 500...
Aug 20, 2006 | Food, Panama, Travel Tips
When you blog, you "meet" people all over the world who also blog. Bloggers, as I’m sure you have realized by now, are fascinating people. Ok, maybe that’s a stretch. Maybe we are just verbose. Verbose and usually cheerful. I have a blogger...
Aug 6, 2006 | Farmer's Market, Food
A few years ago, after dining at one of our favorite Key West restaurants, Ambrosia, we were presented with an odd looking little fruit. We were told it was a lychee, "a delicacy, delicious – please try"! We did and sure enough it was. They are also...
Jun 21, 2006 | Criticia Voluptua Right-Right, Culture Shock, Food, Restaurants, Teenagers, Travel Tips
You’ve heard all about Berny’s, our MOST favorite restaurant in Costa Rica. Tonight, you get to hear about the only other place where we look forward to eating which is, tragically, the food court at the mall. Perhaps with teenagers, that would be true...
May 5, 2006 | Cost of Living, Food, Restaurants
Berni’s (BEAR-nees) is our favorite local lunch spot. It’s right in Santa Barbara, the fish is fresh and they spice it up real nice, fry it, add a little salad, maybe some papas fritas (french fries, although we have a new resolve to give up papas fritas),...