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Month: December 2010

  • cougar

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    sparklet had developed a bit of a reputation down here, specifically when it comes to younger men.

    She’s taken a special shine to one of the bride’s cousins — a man half her age — and hasn’t been shy about showering him with rather physical displays of affection.

    UPDATE: I thought they had something, he left town it the morning without so much as a word — only a secondhand goodbye through a despondent mother of the bride. typical.

    See Slideshow of the Photos on Flickr:
    sunday morning

  • when pizote attack

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    this might be our last blog post ever.

    our positions, on the patio of our villa, were overrun at 10:41 am local time. we kept the pizote out of the interior — sparklet was napping inside — but we weren’t able to hold the perimeter against the pizote’s vastly superior numbers.

    UPDATE: nevermind. turns out they were just anti-revolution demonstrators, only interested in protesting our efforts to free cuba. once they knocked over our drinks, they moved on — it’s all good.

    UPDATE 2: the pizote came back through for a mopping up operation early on our departure day, but we had no revolutionary drinks to topple so they just ran right on by.

    See Slideshow of the Photos on Flickr:
    pizote, playa conchal, costa rica

  • el pato is dead, long live el pato

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    sparklet’s favorite pool toy is missing.

    we’ve put out an all points bulletin for “un pato de juguete de color naranja y blanco, con rayas como una cebra” but given the complexity of the request, we’re fearing the worst.

    good-night, sweet pato — may flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.

  • found: jorge

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  • stephanie and jorge’s rehearsal dinner

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    stephanie and jorge’s rehearsal dinner

  • out: lunch with the bride stephanie

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    out: lunch with the bride stephanie, playa conchal, costa rica

  • found: sand castles

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  • blog hands

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    sparklet’s picked up this new party trick while we’ve been in costa rica — she now takes mommy and daddy’s hands and moving them around.

    at dinner tonight, she spent 10 minutes stacking and restacking our hands. sometimes her hand would be in the middle, sometimes on top or on bottom.

    at night, when we’re putting her to bed, if our hands come off the small of her back too quick, she’ll reach behind and slap them back into place.

    well, she’s a girl who knows what she wants …

    See Slideshow of the Photos on Flickr:
    blog hands

  • cuba libre

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    we thought we were just drinking rum and cokes — a habit we picked up in belize — but according to the costa ricans we are actually drinking what’s called a “cuba libre”.

    of course, i don’t know who exactly we are freeing cuba from — Fulgencio Batista or Fidel Castro — but i am happy to say that we’ve been doing everything we can to bring libre to cuba.

    just another dozen or two more and cuba should finally be safe for democracy.

  • out: la playa con tia rebecca

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    out: la playa con tia rebecca, playa conchal, costa rica