Travelers Notebook

Pura Vida….Travel Journey to Costa Rica and Green Plantain Ceviche

Nestled between Nicaragua to its north, and Panama to the southeast, and sharing two coastlines with the Pacific and the Caribbean lies the Republic of Costa Rica. With a 3-hour car ride from the Liberia airport to our first adventure in the Arenal region there was plenty of time to soak up the scenic landscape.

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Food + Drink

Hurricane Irma’s Baked Spaghetti

A wild weather week for Florida! With time to prepare, evacuate, get out of the way, shelter in place or some combination there remains the stress of waiting and anticipating.  Mother Nature can be incredibly generous and she can be equally devastating.  This month alone Harvey doused Texas and Louisiana, and Irma exploded on the

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Food + Drink

Table for Two: Lasagna Baked Penne

“Quiet the mind, and the soul will speak“~ Ma Ja Sati Bhagavati As the idea of becoming an empty nester started to really take hold, so did the notion of making a real change in my perspective and priorities.  My mind and body are in constant motion providing a free uninhibited physical and mental space for

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Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins and Reflections on Turning Fifty

They tell me that 50 is the new fabulous…..Do I believe them?  Maybe.   I know that I am closer to death than I am to birth.  A reminder that life has a finite span.  This thought both sobers me and liberates me.  Makes me stop and think often of what’s important, what’s not. I

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Travelers Notebook

A Journey to Spain

It has taken me a couple of weeks to get my act together since returning from our journey to Spain.  There are few things greater in life than an amazing vacation spent with people that you feel that you have known all your life.  We spent a majority of our time in the city of

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Wordless Wednesday

Photo submitted by Chef Christo Gonzalez www.alittlebitofchristo.blogspot.com

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