After reading “Everything That Remains” I became inspired to reduce the number of items in my house. “Everything That Remains” chronicles the journey the authors, Joshua and Ryan, made to becoming minimalists. It’s not a “how to” book but more of a “why” to book. On their website there are some examples of the things they tried when making the
Saturday morning, January 4, 2014 I had the opportunity to take in the special exhibit of yogic art at the Freer Gallery, one of the Smithsonian buildings on the National Mall, in our nation’s great capital. Just as we finished, the docent started the guided tour and so we tagged along and saw it again, hearing more detail about some
Yesterday I played Pickleball at the Ann Arbor Y. I’d never heard of Pickleball but was promised it was “super fun”. And, indeed, it was. Pickleball is played on a badminton court with the net lowered to 34 inches. It is played with a perforated plastic baseball (similar to a whiffle ball) and wood paddles. about the size of a
I bought a couple of nights on sky auction.com at the Gran Hotel in central San Jose specifically for the end of my trip. It’s a vintage 1930’s building with a few updates, like wifi in the room, but not air conditioning. My room had a small window that opened only so far onto an indoor sort of courtyard so
On the last day of my Gate 1 tour I asked Ricardo to suggest a good place to buy coffee, since I didn’t want to buy it and carry it around for more than a week. He suggested a grocery store right across the pedestrian street from San Jose hotel, Gran Hotel, and even suggested a couple of brands. I
The morning started at Museo de Oro Precolumbino y Numismatica, a three in one museum cleverly hidden underground at Plaza de la Cultura. This museum houses an exhibit on the money of Costa Rica, it’s history and the influence of the coffee culture and Spanish, an art exhibit and the Pre-Columbian gold. There is a Heidelberg press included in the
As we age and experience more in life it is harder and harder to have new experiences. This trip was full of delightful firsts. Here is a list: First cup of coffee First hanging bridges walk First guided tour First hummingbird sitting on my finger First Tucan in the wild First time seeing monkeys in the wild First night hike
Interbus in Costa Rica is a great way to get around. The drivers are multi-lingual (although all encouraged me to practice my Spanish, as have most Costa Ricans), courteous, and good,safe drivers. The trip from Tamarindo to downtown San Jose took a little over five hours. Even the paved roads (except the new toll road) are bad and I am
The food at Rip Jack is delicious. I went back in the evening after watching the sunset, for dinner. I had the mahi mahi with some sort of mango and wine sauce that was terrific. I think I need to add “sauces” as my next cooking goal. I splurged and got a flour less chocolate cake for dessert that was
I went to yoga at a hotel, Rip Jack, just down the road from Las Tortugas. The class stared at 8 am and because there is a private yoga retreat there at the moment, Annie’s regular class was held by the pool. She did a nice job asking everyone what there issues were and tailored the class to some of those