August Odysseys – “Shark” Endless Summer
- FEB 01, 2017Way back in the dim mists of history, we were shooting “Endless Summer” and had just driven from Cape Town to Durban where, to our surprise, there were surfers; well, mayb
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The Beach Chocolate Factory
- FEB 01, 2017One morning, five chocoholics headed to the Beach Chocolate Factory at the Village Community Center in Brasilito with dreams of digging their hands into freshly made chocolate
MORTGAGES – Costa Rica
- FEB 01, 2017Unlike some other countries, anyone can buy real property in Costa Rica. You are not required to have CR citizenship, residency, nor even be permanently present here to own la
Biodiversity Bites
- JAN 31, 2017“Nature red in tooth and claw.” Tennyson If you’re a nature lover, you know that in Costa Rica the numbers are impressive. It is cool living in a country that has 4% of
I Was a Teenage Street Musician in New York
- JAN 31, 2017Those three or four of you who’ve been reading this column over the years may possibly remember the occasional story about the Sackweed Band which was a hippy-dippy country
EDWISDOMS
- DEC 29, 2016Hello, I am Edwin, I am a Native of Costa Rica, in fact a Native of Tamarindo. I have lived in the United States and traveled to many places. I am currently in the tourism bus
Relevant information to apply for CR residency thru a real estate purchase
- DEC 28, 2016With the current CR Immigration law, the property (condo, house or lot) you purchased allows you – as well as your family – to apply for CR residency as an “inversio
Ring in the New
- DEC 28, 2016You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. Bob Dylan Taking a gander at recent history seems like a lot of folks are wishing they had a direct line to Nos
Fake News
- DEC 28, 2016As of this writing the big news on the cable news programs is that much of the news being delivered is fake, made up, not true, bogus and possibly even ersatz. Not to be outdo
August Odysseys – Raw Waves
- DEC 28, 2016It was way back in 1962 and I was travelling through South Africa with the crew of “Endless Summer” looking for waves and surfers for the movie. We had seen some awesome b