Shades of “Miami Vice” Tamarindo Style
- FEB 26, 2020Back in the early ‘90s my buddy and I were relaxing at a villa between Tamarindo and Langosta, having a couple of cold ones. From over the hill separating Langosta and Tamar
Surviving Costa Rica
Starting a Business? Differences Between Product and Service Companies
- FEB 28, 2019Starting a Business? Differences Between Product and Service Companies. Many entrepreneurs in Costa Rica may not consider all the differences between launching a product-bas
Limón Revitalized – Beginnings of the best yet to come
- FEB 28, 2019Limón Revitalized – Beginnings of the best yet to come. In launching its new CR Biz mini-magazine with the Sept/Oct 2018 cover story, “Limón Rising”, Howler look
Super Pura Vida – All In On Costa Rica Part 3
- FEB 28, 2019Parts 1 and 2 of this Howler series recounted my transition to living permanently in Costa Rica. First, came losing the seasonal job in my Rhode Island hometown that had susta
Locos Dos -SURVIVING Costa Rica: Rainy Season and Football
- JAN 21, 2019Surviving Costa Rica – Rainy Season and Football: It’s no secret there are two seasons here in Guanacaste: the dry one and the wet one. Your faithful scribe currently
Tico Time Zone – All In On Costa Rica • The Gambler Part 2
- JAN 05, 2019Part 1 of “All in on Costa Rica” recounted how I managed to get fired from the hometown summer job that was so hard to leave. It was off to Costa Rica for good. Or so I th
Tico Time Zone – All In On Costa Rica • The Great Escape
- DEC 01, 2018Costa Rica Great Escape: August 2018 marked the 20th anniversary of my first business opening in Costa Rica — Super Pura Vida (located where Indra Inn is now). No, not th
Tico Time Zone – Monkey throwing poop: Bombs Away
- AUG 04, 2018Monkey throwing poop – bombs away: Howler monkeys are what visitors to the Gold Coast typically like to see up close and personal. However, howlers are arboreal — that is,
Surviving Costa Rica – Boys Go to Mexico City
- JUL 04, 2018Surviving Costa Rica – Boys Go to Mexico City: My friend Michael (crusty old surfer) Mazzoni and I had been planning a trip to visit the Mexican pyramids for quite a whi
Locos Dos – A Trip to Germany, Gays vs. Trains
- MAR 02, 2018My wife, Susan — sometimes but very rarely referred to as Mrs. Jesse Bishop Gay III — and I recently visited Germany. It was a whirlwind 16-day tour of Munich, Baden-Baden