Christmas is BIG in Costa Rica. The decorations and pre-game warm-up start right around my birthday at the end of September. They don't celebrate Halloween or Thanksgiving so nothing to stop them from going all out. Including fireworks. The fireworks' cannons have been going off pretty much non-stop since noon yesterday… we had to do SOMETHING. A reprise of our Feliz Navidad from a couple of years ago seemed appropriate, now that we have back-up: the Badgetts from New Jersey. They've spent every Christmas with us since our first here. We . . . → Read More About Feliz (boom) Navidad (boom boom)!
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28 December 2008
 6 comments - (Comments are closed)  CR: Attractions, Cultural Events, Geezer Band: Harmony Roads, MusicI never miss Uncle Jay. And this one is particularly clever. Methinks he's a closet Libertarian. Go, Uncle Jay! The boys are going surfing in Jacó and I'd like to buy surfboards rather than rent them. Although they rarely surf, they go often enough they'd get plenty of use out of a board. Besides, we don't have very good renting karma. Can I buy a good-enough surfboard for 6' tall teens for under $100? If not, what can I reasonably expect to pay? There must be surfers out there… please give me hints on surfboard shopping. There are a few on the post I referenced above and I'll check those out. I'm looking on craig's list. . . . → Read More About Surfboards? Of the falling you-know-what. Go ahead, you listen. I'm sick of it. This is our third rainy season here and I plan on it being my last. Almost anywhere else will do. Even Key West in the stifling end-of-hurricane-season heat (she says now.) October through mid-December here is for the birds. I never knew it could rain so much or that I could get so sick of it. It's just life-giving rain, right? Day after day after day after day after day after day of endless wet, cold, life-giving rain? When we were looking for a house, . . . → Read More About Listen to the Rhythm… . . . → Read More About Bad News, Good News . . . → Read More About Internet Hijacker… var addthis_pub = “Saratica”; Fellow blogger buddy Julie posted this a few months ago and I fell in love with the song. She did a translation and I stole borrowed it so I could have the lyrics and the Youtube clip all in one place. It’s fun to listen to while you read the blog… at least, that’s what I do! Titulo: Soy Tico Letra y Música: Carlos Guzman . . . → Read More About Soy Tico var addthis_pub = . . . → Read More About Spaghetti with Santa a hit! |
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