Bless you, AM Costa Rica. Once again I have been inspired by my morning reading. Over the past couple of issues there has been a ‘dialog’ (if you want to be polite) between detractors and defenders of my adopted country of residence. Since I’m both a detractor AND a defender, I shall wade in where
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I arrived at Parque Central just a little after 10 am, the scheduled start of the Marcha de las Putas (Slut Walk) demonstration. What the heck, these are Ticos and Ticas, being a little late was like being early, Tico time. Still, there were already a fair number of people there, and the protest would
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I sometimes like to make fun of AM Costa Rica, I can’t help myself. Today’s headline is a case in point: President immortalized on new postal emission Postal emission??? But still I read the site regularly. In the June 10th, 2011 edition they had a little article that nicely summarized the good things about Costa
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Ah, Costa Rica, the land of volcanoes, rainforest, beaches, eternal Spring and whatnot. Too bad about the people that own/run it. I’m fast approaching the 7th anniversary of the day I first moved here. I like it here. For all its faults I still like living here. Having said that, I have come to the
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I’m talking about Costa Rica, as you may have guessed. Obviously it has its good points or I would find another place to live, but if you live here or follow the news you can’t escape the feeling that it’s okay to be incompetent here. A week or so ago a friend sent me some
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One of my favorite bartenders celebrated her birthday recently at Harry’s Bar Poás in San Jose. I like the place for a number of reasons. First, you won’t find a more genial gringo in San Jose than Harry. Second, I can afford to drink there. Third, it’s only a few blocks from my apartment. And
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