Week 13 was our last week of house and dogsitting in Atenas, followed by a trip to Panama. My daily diary habits never seemed to kick back in, so daily recaps have now turned into weekly summaries. But let’s face it, does it really matter which day we walked to town for that yummy cappuccino? […]
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Costa Rica Adventure: Week 9 – Birthday Week
Saturday Customers! We finally got more customers! After a solid week with no cars pulling in the drive, today, a lovely couple from Spain showed up for coffee and smoothies. Growing starved for new people to talk to, we promptly pulled up our chairs and began chatting. At first they seemed a bit surprised. Why […]
Costa Rica Adventure Week 8 – Rainy Season
Saturday Without visits from our neighbors, we might get pretty lonely around here. But every day someone or another pays us a visit. Today it was Wendy first, and then Patty. Wendy stopped in to use our internet and to get a latte. Patty came by just to visit. Pop-in visits – something I wouldn’t […]
Costa Rica Adventure: Week 7 – Our growing menagerie
Saturday Final day of vacation, visiting friends in Tamarindo. Before heading home, we enjoyed one last juice (Kathleen and Steve have an incredible juicer and each morning they make a delicious juice with all their servings of fruits and veggies for the day. We were fortunate to get in on the daily morning juice!) We […]
Costa Rica Adventure: Week 6 – Vacation Time
Saturday I love making breakfast. Which I suppose is a good thing, since I find myself making a lot of it when we have guests. And I’ve really gotten into a nice rhythm when cooking. Now, even when I have multiple people to prepare food for, I get it done without trouble. Unlike the first […]
Costa Rica: Week 4 – Coffee With Strangers
Saturday Our Austin friends, Mike and Lisa, were still here and after learning about the dengue outbreak on the southern portion of the peninsula, we opted to take a travel day and head north instead. Samara was our destination, with a few notable spots to check out in between. As many of you might already […]
Cup 91: Steve Cowper – Budget guy, energy expert and former Governor of Alaska
The Place: Starbucks The Cup: Latte for Steve, and a Green Tea Latte for me. The Background: Mutual friend and Cup 26, Peter Strople introduced Steve and I briefly at Starbucks one morning. Peter suggested we get together another time to properly visit, and indicated that Steve was a man with a big story and that he’d be […]
Where Are They Wednesday – Kristin Sheppard
Every Wednesday we check in on a former “stranger” to see what they’ve been up to since they had Coffee With a Stranger. Today, let’s catch up with: Cup 29: Kristin Sheppard – Pop culture connoisseur, shark fanatic and blogger rock star What was the biggest surprise or aha that came from being a part […]
Cup 88: Jim Harper – Kale eater, caregiver and kindness spreader.
Click Here For Audio Version of Cup 88, Jim Harper The Place: Russell’s Bakery The Cup: Iced tea for Jim, and Hibiscus iced tea for me. The Background: Here’s a first – Jim is the father of a former stranger. Interesting, right?!? Early on in the project, I had the great fortune to be introduced to Cup […]
Where Are They Wednesday – Stephanie Hackney
Every Wednesday we check in on a former “stranger” to see what they’ve been up to since they had Coffee With a Stranger. Today, let’s catch up with: Cup 36: Stephanie Hackney – Paper crafter extraordinaire, overlander expert and world traveler What was the biggest surprise or aha that came from being a part of […]