We've had two sudden expenses here that dramatically showed a different side of living in Costa Rica. First we had the air conditioner ...

Almost lost The Goose tonight. HRH Gustavo -- The Goose We (the people) and the dogs all went for a ride so that I could drop off a fl...

Quite a few years ago, a factory I worked in generated a lot of waste so we had many 55 gallon plastic trash bins stationed around the work ...

As most of you know, we set up our little Casita as a vacation rental and have been hosting on Airbnb for almost a year now. So far, all of ...

Many of you won't understand why anyone would need to write about quitting a prescription medication. "Hell ... just quit taking i...

The little village we live in, Atenas, Costa Rica, is in the Aguacate Mountains and is cut through and surrounded by numerous streams and ri...

Sometime in late 2012, we bought a delicious pineapple at the local farmers' market. After we enjoyed the fruit, I decided to see if I c...

What a great time we had this past weekend! We competed in the 7th Annual Atenas Charity Chili Cook-Off with our good friends Mikey and J...