Sep 13, 2006 | Code Enforcement, Culture Shock, God, what a world!, Political Blah-Blah, Travel Tips
This from today’s A.M. Costa Rica:Our readers’ opinionsAirport security glitch makes this visitor angry"Dear A.M. Costa Rica: My wife and I currently live in Florida, and we are considering moving to Costa Rica. As such I have been to Costa Rica...
Sep 11, 2006 | God, what a world!, Political Blah-Blah
I remember watching the Challenger blow up. I was standing next to Mimi McDonald, I think we were at her house in Key West… I’d just walked in to drop off something and she said something like, "Look, Christa McAuliffe, the schoolteacher, just took...
Sep 3, 2006 | Beauty Parlor, Criticia Voluptua Right-Right, Culture Shock, Disclaimer, Political Blah-Blah
I realize my fanaticism on a few topics, like sanitation, for example, is MY problem. I’m telling on me as much as on the shop. Things are different here and I’m a snob. In the states, it would be fine for me to be prissy and demand things be done...
Aug 31, 2006 | Drug War, Political Blah-Blah
This from today’s A.M. Costa Rica: "President Óscar Arias Sánchez swears in an estimated 110 ‘presidential delegates’ from all over the country. They were in training Wednesday in San José and will be the eyes and ears of the government in their...
Aug 30, 2006 | Political Blah-Blah, Utilities
This is Alejandro who made dealing with the biggest and reputedly most frustrating bureaucracy in Costa Rica anything but. Right after I took this photo and put away my camera, he broke into this big grin which showed his devilishly handsome side… but I knew if...
May 3, 2006 | Bird Flu, CR: Wildlife, MOM, Political Blah-Blah
So sad. My mom, Miss P.E.T.A. 2000, is there now, helping pick up the pieces. I’m blaming this on FEMA and their damn trailers. This would never happen in Costa Rica because we don’t have trailer parks here, or even any trailers. A mobile home would...
Apr 20, 2006 | God, what a world!, Political Blah-Blah
If you travel the blog, you’ll see Hao Wu’s image everywhere. Rebecca MacKinnon’s oped in today’s Washington Post tells the story:"Another victim of Chinese state kidnapping — with whom I am personally connected — is Wu Hao, an...
Apr 17, 2006 | Drug War, Political Blah-Blah
This from today’s A.M. Costa Rica: "The United States says efforts to help Colombia eradicate the coca crop are working, despite a 26 percent increase in coca cultivation areas from 2004 to 2005."Priceless.
