Life List Item #85 is in motion. See also: This is one of my biggest, biggest...
Life List Item #85 – Attend La Escuela del Sol La Escuela del Sol (The School of the Sun!) is a school in Costa Rica offering Spanish, yoga, scuba, surfing, and fire-dancing classes. Yes, fire dancing....
View ArticleCosta Rica Trip | Day One | Rollin’ With It
Never has “you gotta roll with the punches” been more true than it has been today. We are only 16 or so hours into our 15 day trip and have already experienced our share of unexpected events....
View ArticlePura Vida – Costa Rica Vacation + “Business Retreat”
And we’re off! Kind of. We’re a little delayed getting out of the country, but things always work out and we’ll be out of here in a couple of hours. Chris and I are spending the next two weeks hopping...
View ArticleCúpones de Vuelo, Practicando Español, y Comidas Típicas
[Photo credit: @christopherdan] Title in English: Travel Vouchers, Practicing Spanish, and Typical Meals Our second travel day was as laid back as the first, though with some definite highlights, like...
View ArticleShades of Beige
And then there was the moment when I realized that I was contemplating sand. Like, actually considering it. Studying it. Wondering about it. I pinched a small amount of the beach beside my navy blue...
View ArticlePlaya Santa Teresa, Costa Rica | Sunset
I’ve been back home in Portland since late Sunday night after an amazing two week trek through Costa Rica. Chris and I spent time on both coasts as well as inland in San José and at Arenal (volcano!)....
View ArticleDutch Hippies, American Ex-Pats, and Midnight Stargazing
“I am Dutch!” She answered in such a lyrical, bird-like way that I couldn’t not smile. It was a tiny bit smug but the friendliest kind of smug, almost as if she preceded “I am Dutch!” with “Get ready...
View ArticleTravel: 12 Months, 3 Countries, and 50,000 Miles
TripIt recently informed me that I’ve traveled nearly 45,000 miles (that they’ve tracked) in 2012. On top of that, I’ll be traveling over 3,000 over Christmas as we drive from Portland to Minnesota and...
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