Pretentious is defined by Webster’s Dictionary a couple of ways. My favorite is the one that is “expressive of affected, unwarranted, or exaggerated importance, worth, or stature.” I realize that I am often critical of society in the U.S. There may be someone who reads this that is put off by that. After all, I […]
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Would I ever admit to being such a pig as to have been drawn to this country on account of its women? Well if I did, I certainly wouldn’t be alone. But no, for me it wasn’t that….really! It was “strictly business.” But what does become apparent after a while, if you are a man […]
Since coming to Costa Rica I have shed many inhibitions. Inhibitions about dancing and singing (I now actually sing Karaoke in Spanish….something I never would have remotely considered a couple years ago). One thing I have not shed is the extra weight around my mid-section. Probably the single largest reason for that is that I […]
Since coming to Costa Rica I have become a lover of latin music and latin dance (see my squidoo lens…My Favorite Latin Music). After many lessons and a lot of practice, I have become what I would consider an “adequate”dancer of salsa and merengue. However, I am most interested in learning how to dance cumbia…tico […]
Folks from the States have recently looked to Costa Rica as an affordable place to relocate, for retirement and for other reasons. Often they come here thinking that they have found paradise, only to return to the States after a short time frustrated with the culture. Therefore, the question often arises, what does it take […]
Life in Costa Rica is light. The “lightness” of life here is reflected in the people, in how they play and in how they work. It is not that they don’t take life seriously. It is just that here we don’t take it too seriously. There is no better indication of this life attitude than […]
Growing up I always looked forward to the transition between seasons. It always seemed to bring about a fresh outlook on life. That things were changing and for the better. I guess that is because I have always been an eternal optimist. For some reason I have always had the notion in my head that […]
Beginning in the nineteenth century the newly formed Costan Rican government encouraged coffee production. “The Costa Rican government…in order to get coffee going in Costa Rica was to give any person that wanted up to 25 coffee plants to harvest, and from there a plot of land on which to harvest it.” A coffee plantation […]
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