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Extraños en la Noche [x-STRAH-nyohs in lah KNOW-chay] is Strangers in the Night in Spanish. Go ahead, try it… couple of extra syllables, but works pretty well. It’s one of the songs The Vargas Brothers, er, Los Hermanos Vargas performed Friday night at J.R. Ribs. That was a fun night!!! Extraño, muy extraño… but fun. Last week, just before Christmas, I saw an ad in a Costa Rica online forum. Seems a band . . . → Read More About Extraños en la Noche 28 December 2008
 6 comments - (Comments are closed)  CR: Attractions, Cultural Events, Geezer Band: Harmony Roads, MusicIsland Chica took a couple of fun photos while she was in Costa Rica last month. Love this face! If he could just keep it quiet… Jane wrote to me this morning: Hey, Saratica: My Son has visited your site many times and loves all the info you give. He and I are coming to CR this weekend. We are enrolled in a language school in San Jose. We will have the afternoons and weekends free. Can you give us advice on places to see and things to do? Thanks for taking the time to read and reply,Jane I don’t always have time to write back, although I certainly mean to… But sometimes days and weeks go by (right, Arp?) while the . . . → Read More About What To Do On Weekends 20 September 2007
Comments are closed CR: Accommodations, CR: Attractions, CR: Wildlife, Travel Tips, VolcanosThis was the description of the first item on the menu at the Arenal Observatory Lodge. $6. "Specially made." Turns out, they were not kidding. I lived in Manhattan in the early 80′s. Had Ceasar salad prepared table side at some fabulous restaurants: rub the big wooden bowl with lemon, toss in Romaine lettuce, raw egg, big fat homemade croutons, little olive oil, fresh Parmesan, whole anchovies… tossed and served by snobby old waiters in tuxedos. You can get ALL these ingredients in Costa Rica except the tuxedos. Let’s just say this Cesar was nothing like that. Gayle . . . → Read More About Ceasar Salad (specially made) 10 June 2007
2 comments - (Comments are closed) CR: Attractions, Criticia Voluptua Right-Right, Food, Restaurants, Travel Tips, VolcanosThat’s what our trip to Volcán Arenal was almost like. Certainly it was as expensive. PHOTO: I took this March 06 while we were driving around Lake Arenal. This is our first look at Arenal. We’d been in the area for two days but had not seen the volcano at all because of the dense cloud cover. When we came around the curve and saw this, we almost crashed the car. A massive gray rock jutting up out of the greenest landscape you ever saw.. Before relaying our trip, please see . . . → Read More About Costa Rica’s Magic Kingdom® Sarchi* is about an hour’s drive from here. The town is famous for two things: wooden furniture and oxcarts. The town is also known for arts and crafts, but it seems to me they make stuff to sell to tourists… not like they were going to make the stuff anyway. You know? Like oxcarts. The oxcarts they make anyway. Tico farmers still use oxcarts to transport goods from the farm to market, complete with oxen. I see them walking down my street, loaded for bear. On my early morning walk, I pass . . . → Read More About Sarchi with Mom and Gayle "I once had a girlfriend known as Elsie. With whom I shared four sordid rooms in Chelsea. She wasn’t what you’d call a blushing flower. As a matter of fact, she rented by the hour." Sung by Liza as Sallie Bowles in Cabaret When I met Xavier, he was the junk mail king of Key West. Of course, I fell in love with him! Since then, our policy is to happily take and read every piece of paper handed out by anyone anywhere. Keeping printers busy worldwide (sorry to my treehugger . . . → Read More About Life Is A Cabaret, Old Chum 25 January 2007
2 comments - (Comments are closed) CR: Attractions, Culture Shock, Entrepreneurs, ProstitutionThe Galaxy Song from Monty Python‘s The Meaning of Life. Eric Idle can keep things in perspective, eh? In a country where prostitution is legal and you can get 4 hours alone with a working girl for only $200, you might need a little assistance. You can get it here at any farmacia: this, Viagra, whatever. Anywhere. Prescription-free, and cheap, I’m sure. Please remember, if you have an erection lasting for longer than four hours, seek immediate medical assistance. If your wife hasn’t already killed you. Roca Negra Inn 011-506-479-9237Pet friendly, Volcán Arenal. My friend and fellow blogger Jennifer wrote about her recent trip to Volcán Arenal and recommended Roca Negra. I googled it and found a year-old LA Times article written by an Arthur Frommer (THE Arthur Frommer?) which is the only info I found – ACK, no website??? I’m always completely surprised when this happens. Which it does quite frequently here in Costa Rica. Jen was comfortable there and it was $30 for the four of them and Bear. That’s good enough for me! 28 August 2006
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