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What’s In A Name?

"…that which we call a roseBy any other name would smell as sweet;So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call’d,Retain that dear perfection which he owesWithout that title. Romeo, doff thy name,And for that name which is no part of theeTake all myself."- as spoken by Juliet, Act II Scene II, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Two of the roses in our house have undergone name changes… one of them, a couple of times already.

Cambio de Nombre Uno [Name . . . → Read More About What’s In A Name?

7 January 2007
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La Fe

Costa Rica lives and breathes la fe [pronounced "yesterday’s post (and trying not to appear shallow), this might be a good time to . . . → Read More About La Fe

5 November 2006
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My Life Explained

Tomorrow I’m getting the mug…

18 October 2006
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DISCLAIMER

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 according to the U.S. Department of Health standards. To what I’m used to. To "my standards" (ugh).

But I didn’t come here to live in a little U.S. with one department or another breathing down everyone’s neck telling them the "right" way to run their business, their jobs, their . . . → Read More About DISCLAIMER

3 September 2006
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Less Cottage Cheese

Erma Bombeckis one of my heroes. Along with Carol Burnett, Shirley MacLaineand my mom. (Yes, I am the GOOD daughter.) The O’Boyles are definitely eating less cottage cheese (Costa Rica does not have a clue when it comes to cheese) and would eat more ice cream if Costa Rica had a clue about ice cream. So we are eating more tortillas! Yummy. Here’s a little something that makes me laugh, makes me cry, reminds me to re-order my to do . . . → Read More About Less Cottage Cheese

11 April 2006
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