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Puerto Viejo and Beyond
2007-11-19 01:39:00 After our adventures in Cahuita, we headed down to Le Costa de Pepito on Playa Cocles, near Puerto Viejo. No Tags
Driving Lessons from Costa Rica
2007-11-10 11:00:00 Or, how to survive in a car, or on the sidewalk, in a country where you can pass another car anywhere, at any time, regardless of signs, road markings, speed, or the deep ravine an inch from the edge of your tires. No Tags More About: Blogroll , Driving , Costa Rica , Costa , Lessons
Pictures from Cahuita, Costa Rica
2007-11-09 17:19:00 No Tags More About: Pictures , Costa Rica , Costa
Internet speed test: San Antonio de Belen, Costa Rica
2007-11-09 16:09:00 I should’ve done a speedtest while in Cahuita (where my guesstimate is 256 kb/s down, 64 kb/s up), but better late than never. San Antonio de Belen, a suburb north of San Jose. The download speed here (949 kb/s) is great - I get almost 1500 kb/s at best in the States. The upload is solid, definitely doable. Frankly ... More About: Internet , Costa Rica , Speed , Test
Alby Lodge, Cahuita, Costa Rica - A Review
2007-11-08 18:00:00 I know I already talked about “The Crab House”. That was Alby Lodge in Cahuita. I actually love, love, love the place! I think it is absolutely perfect for families, and it seemed to be one of the nicest places to stay in Cahuita. Here are the details: No Tags More About: Review , Costa Rica , Costa
The Crab House
2007-11-08 00:07:00 So we are here in Costa Rica, and we have had some interesting experiences already. Our 24 hours in Alajuela was a great beginning, and we are looking forward to coming back to the Central Valley in a few weeks. But on to the crab house…. observations More About: House , Crab
Costa Rica cost of living: A quick grocery trip to Mega-Super
2007-11-07 15:59:00 Figuring out the actual cost of living has been hard since we’ve spent 8 days in essentially tourist areas. Cahuita was slow, laidback and quite small. Aside from the beach and national park, there’s nothing there. That fact, along with the distance from the Central Valley, made us realize that the Caribbean coast was not ... More About: Living , Super , Cost , Costa Rica , Quick
A good excuse for not blogging
2007-11-05 15:58:00 We’re in Costa Rica! We’ve been here for over a week now and while we’ve had internet access, we’ve been a little busy having fun and working. We spent most of the past few days on the Caribbean coast, in Cahuita and Puerto Viejo. I think we’re finally settling down enough to start writing again ... More About: Blogging , Good , Excuse
Recipe: Trish?s Zucchini Shrimp Quesadillas (Thai-style)
2007-10-15 21:27:00 I created this quesadilla last night by changing around a plain old zucchini quesadilla recipe that I’ve used before. I think the addition of shrimp, and the few other additions, make it the best quesadilla I’ve ever made. I called them Thai -style because of the addition of basil, combined with cilantro. Reminds ... More About: Recipe , Style , Shrimp , Zucchini
Traveling with kids off the beaten path
2007-10-13 18:00:00 As I believe I’ve mentioned previously, I’ve been very stressed about how we are going to deal with our upcoming trip to Costa Rica. In the beginning, I was stressed about receiving the passports. Well, we got all of them, thank goodness, so that worry is gone. Now I’m mostly stressed about ... More About: Kids , Traveling , Path
Unschooling Support Group
2007-10-13 01:27:00 Today our family went to our semi-local monthly unschooling support group. What a recharging experience! If it weren’t for this group, and maybe a few of the online communities and blogs that I read, I might think that we were the strangest family in the world. My contribution, today, was the worry about whether ... More About: Support , Unschooling , Group
Server issues
2007-10-12 21:58:00 Apparently, the server that our site is hosted on died 2 days ago. Our host, AN Hosting, has been quick and diligent about moving everything to a brand-spanking new server. The problem was hardware-related and should not resurface. geekery More About: Issues , Server , Issue , Serve
Drive by school
2007-10-01 11:00:00 As my family drove by a school yesterday, on the way to pick apples, we saw an elementary school, all the little 5-year-olds lined up outside. I had my customary fear reaction, accompanied by a sharp intake of breath. Boy, am I happy that my son isn’t going to school! Arp looks, ... More About: Drive , School
Chewie
2007-09-28 12:00:00 For some reason, I seem to be physically incapable of doing a decent Chewbacca impression. I try and try to make the noise, by what comes out seems more like a combination of the wailing of childbirth and the sound of a foghorn. And it’s amazing how often this seems to come up in our ...
No tufts allowed
2007-09-27 22:36:00 The other night, the whole family was in the big bed at bedtime. We were reading a book about the rainforest in Central America. J was already nursing, and M was asking to nurse. I prefer to nurse them separately, so I started joking with M to put him off a bit… Me: You know, sometimes ... More About: Allo
Not a mullet?please!
2007-09-24 11:00:00 I’ve always been respectful of M’s hair choices. Well, he’s only 4, so I really haven’t had to be that respectful yet. But I plan to be. I’m actually kind of lazy about hair. When M’s hair gets so long that it gets in his eyes and he starts to get ... More About: Mullet
Learning Spanish as a family
2007-09-23 23:17:00 To prepare for the eventual move to Costa Rica, we need to learn Span ish , which rocks since it’s a perfect example of self-directed learning. Why should the kids have all the fun? Our library system has been a great help since we can try different books and resources to see what gels with ... More About: Family , Learning , Earning
Preparing for CR - getting the passports
2007-09-20 06:32:00 I’ve been nervously thinking about our upcoming trip to Costa Rica for months, and the first step is getting the passports. Not only do the kids need passports for the first time, but Arp and I both have to have ours renewed. Maybe this stuff seems routine for some people, but after my ... More About: Passport , Ports , Prep
Being a Parent and the Movies I Watch
2007-09-20 05:58:00 For the last year or two, I’ve been watching movies that are entirely different from the movies I used to watch before I had kids. There was once a time, seemingly long ago, when I watched movies of all genres. Serious movies, violent movies, war, action, crime, you-name-it. One of my favorite ... More About: Movies , Watch , Parent , The Movies , Pare
A 4-year-old in the kitchen
2007-09-13 18:06:00 Ever since M was around 3 years old, he has been a very picky eater. Funny thing is, before that point, I used to brag about how many foods he would eat with relish. Starting with avocado, M would plow through servings of broccoli, kale, and spinach with the kind of energy most kids only ... More About: Kitchen , Year , Chen
The Black Egg
2007-09-13 16:36:00 Before the day the black egg came to us, we’d been getting only 3 eggs per day, all white, from our 4 ducks. This was all as expected. Both our khaki campbells and our runner ducks were supposed to give us white eggs. Other breeds of duck can produce other colors - ... More About: Black , Lack
Why haven?t I been writing?
2007-09-13 03:16:00 I keep asking myself that. I’ve had a terrible urge to do it a million times, but it never seems to happen. I think it’s because we’ve been living. Which is great. I mean, I’ve been having all this needless anxiety lately about the fact that M could very well be ... More About: Writing , Been , Haven
Who says beauty is only skin deep?
2007-08-26 19:17:00 A penny for Slater’s thoughts? funny, observations More About: Beauty , Skin , Skin Deep , Deep
Another child lost to the public schools?
2007-08-24 16:59:00 My neighbor’s child, Z, age 11, takes a trip to the library with M and I the other day. We spend about 45 minutes at the library, and Z wanders around and doesn’t pick out a single book. M get’s a stack together that is about 24 inches tall. Z is shocked ... More About: Lost , Schools , Public , Child
A Day in NYC - Bodies, South Street Seaport, Chinatown
2007-08-19 18:23:00 With the recommendation of several adults that I know, Arp and I took M into NYC last week to view Bodies : The Exhibition. Yes, we took a 4.5 year-old to view preserved, dissected, real human bodies. I actually thought M would really enjoy it. He has been very interested lately in both the ... More About: Chinatown , Street , South , Dies
Duck Eggs - The First Taste Test
2007-08-13 18:30:00 For the last few days we’ve been feeling pretty lucky about getting one egg per day. Of course, we have 4 presumably female ducks. I’m still looking forward to the days ahead when I get 3 or 4 eggs per day. But at least this is a start. And yesterday I ... More About: Eggs , Taste , Test , Duck
Finally?Eggs! (our first duck eggs)
2007-08-11 01:00:00 Ever since the ducks turned 18 weeks old, I’ve been excitedly looking for eggs every darn day when I go out to let them out of their duck house in the morning. Each day was a disappointment. Fina lly , on the one day that I was busy making breakfast, Arp headed out to let ... More About: Eggs , Duck , Ally
Breastfeeding and Breast Cancer
2007-08-06 21:48:00 I was at a La Leche League meeting the other night and the question going around the room was: “Which benefit of breastfeeding first attracted you to the idea of nursing your child?” Most of the women in the room had responses that had to do with the baby’s health - things like reduced ... More About: Cancer , Breastfeeding , Breast Cancer , Breast , Brea
In honor of my nurslings?
More articles from this author:2007-08-03 13:00:00 Happy World Breastfeeding Week! My first nursling, M: That picture was taken when we still lived in Manhattan, when M was 4.5 months old. Through his birth and our early breastfeeding experiences, M taught me that I had more strength and tenacity than I ever imagined I would be capable of. He taught me the ... More About: Honor , Sling 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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