By Bill Dwyer If you or any of the people you are serving happen to be lactose-intolerant, this recipe is free of dairy products Ingredients: 2 cups sugar 1 cup sunflower or canola oil 4 large eggs 2 cups flour 2 tsp baking soda 1 tsp ground cinnamon 1 tsp
Read MoreBy Glen Bain MAY is Water Safety Month in the United States so I wanted to share a few “Best Practices” with you here in Costa Rica. I hope you take these safety tips with you no matter where your pool(s) are located. Contact Costa Rica Pools in Quepos 2777-1700
Read MoreBy Sarah Munro So WHAT if it ended my last relationship, this one is working just fine…… I am so excited……… The OFFSHORE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE JUST ABOUT HERE. On the other hand, I’m soooo bummed out because the tourney happens after my deadline. Can’t win it all I guess.
Read MoreBy Os To be, or not to be; that is the question: Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles… ¿To be or not To be? That is NOT the question. ¿Ser or Estar?
Read MoreBy Nancy Buchan Every once in a while I’ll be rudely jolted out of a blissful sleep at like 5 in the freaking morning by the incredibly loud call/song/RACKET being produced by what I call the Maniacal bird. He mostly hangs out under dense foliage, and apparently likes to walk
Read MoreTAURUS – April 20-May 20 Everyone wants what’s best for you, in terms of reducing the amount of time you are allowed to show your face outside of your house. Your ideals are starting to shape the way you’re living, so congratulations.RULING GEMSTONE: EMERALD GEMINI – May 21-June 21 The
Read MoreBienvenidos/Welcome to all you travelers….we are happy to have you visit and hope you have a great time. May is a perfect time to be here with plenty of sunshine and a little rain thrown in..a welcome sight for those of us that have endured the heat and humidity of
Read MoreBy Shelagh Duncan The dream of having a vacation property in Costa Rica is something many of us are living, and many others would love. However owning a second home that remains vacant most of the year can be a financial burden if you are still working, or have long-term
Read MoreBy Nancy Buchan While happily slopping through the ankle deep mud at the Envision Festival I started talking with a young woman about why she was there. It was clear early in our conversation that she was smart and politically active about all kinds of things back in her home
Read MoreBy Os ¿How are you guys? ¿Cómo están? ¿Did you get some rest during the Semana Santa? I hope you did. Before we start I need you to be sure that you can both understand and say these lifesaving pregunta words.
Read MoreBy Paul Rees Marinade Ingredients (Makes about 1C enough for 2 lbs Pork) 1 to 2 lbs pork tenderloin 1 shallot OR 3 green onions, minced 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 Tbsp ginger, minced ½ tsp ground cumin 1/2 tsp turmeric 1 tsp ground coriander 1 tsp cayenne OR 2
Read MoreAbril es un mes muy importante para todos los amantes del Español, pues es el 23 de abril que se celebra el Día Mundial del Idioma Español (siendo aprobado el 13 de octubre de 1946) en honor al escritor Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, quien murió el 23 de abril del
Read MoreBy Jennifer Rice PhD In the year 2000, a group called Amigos Del Monos came to Kids Saving the Rainforest (KSTR) and told us that they could not get ICE, (the Electric Company), to help them put up monkey bridges. They felt that KSTR could get their attention.
Read MoreBy Mark Goldstein Don’t do yoga with me. Well, please do, I will love to have you join us! My point is to ask you to do some yoga on your own. Having your own yoga practice, away from class, is often the key to forming a lasting and progressive
Read MoreBy Jim Parisi Cops grow a tough shell. They have to, I am told, or they’ll never make it. The violence, injustice and dark underside of the human condition that they witness on a regular basis hardens them. Everyone is a suspect. They eat hoagie sandwiches while cracking jokes together
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