By Costa Rica Pools & Construction There is a lot of talk about saving money on your pool with the new high-efficiency variable speed pool pumps. One manufacture, Jandy says their new VS Flo Pro pump can “reduce energy use up to 90%”. Single speed pumps generally end up using
Read MoreBy Os Hola amigos: Happy New Year! – Feliz Año Nuevo! I hope you had a Feliz Navidad and everything is all right. Did you have any trouble during your X-mas shopping understanding some numbers-números? Problems with the totals-totales? Still struggling to understand how much the bill-la cuenta is? You
Read MoreBy Jack Ewing I haven’t had a drop to drink, of any alcoholic beverage, since May 17, 1977. I quit drinking because I figured that I had already drunk enough to last me a lifetime, and it wasn’t necessary to drink any more. Prior to that date, I was quite
Read MoreBy Jim Parisi When he passed away unexpectedly on August 29, Fidel Gamboa shocked music fans all over the world and left a void that can never really be mended. The founder, songwriter, guitarist and lead singer of the highly popular Costa Rican band Malpais was honored on November 18
Read MoreBy Vernita Gundy Self Sufficient Living… HMMMMMM…What is that? I am a US citizen who lives in the City of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania and although I’ve heard of self-sufficient living, I have never learned what it actually meant until now. Self-sufficient living means self reliance in learning to grow your own,
Read MoreBy Os Just for this month I am gonna show you something sweet about Spanish: The pronunciation of the stuff. ¿How on Earth: ¿won and one?, ¿bear and bare?, ¿weight and wait?, have the same pronunciation??? In Spanish, when you see a letter such as “A”, it sounds like /ah/ in
Read MoreBy Mark Goldstein Decide right now that you will try something new today. O.K., did you do it? Did you commit to yourself that you will try something new? It could be anything, anything at all. If not, try again. Did it? Good. Maybe you’re reading this on the publishing
Read MoreA lot is happening in Quepos with the month of November finished up. Visitors that came for the week of Thanksgiving kept the fleet of charter boats busy fishing catching record numbers of Marlin, Sailfish, Dorado and Tuna. For the month of December, hope everyone had a Merry Christmas! Our
Read MoreBy Volunteer Christine Ellenburg Some animals are happy to be pets, like cats, dogs and fish. Other animals want to live in the wild, like monkeys. My name is Nina and I’m a spider monkey. I started off happily in the wild. Life was great I would wake up in
Read MoreA. Escriba el uso del Pretérito Imperfecto según corresponda: Yo estaba viendo una película de historia de Latinoamérica ayer. Mi tío Plutarco acababa de cerrar la puerta cuando recordó que había dejado sus llaves dentro del carro. Nepomuceno y yo queríamos comprar una tabla de Surf a medias. Mi hermana
Read MoreThese Horoscopes are meant to be fun and enjoyed. They should not be taken too seriously. CAPRICORN – December 22-January 19 The truth is much harder to find than fiction. Don’t be afraid to spread damn dirty lies. This month, your seasonal destiny feels like the lowest berry on the
Read MoreBienvenidos/Welcome to our beautiful Paradise of Quepos/Manuel Antonio…we hope you enjoy your visit & find our magazine helpful & entertaining. We wish you a HAPPY NEW YEAR – FELIZ AÑO NUEVO. You should find plenty to keep you busy, from great tours of all sorts & wonderful restaurants to try. We hope
Read MoreBy Costa Rica Pools & Construction Cloudy water can be caused by a number of factors. It can be a symptom of inadequate filtration, pH imbalance, or inadequate chlorine levels. The cure depends on the cause. Inadequate filtration from failure to run the filter long enough, insufficient or inconsistent backwashing,
Read MoreBy Jim Parisi Writing a soundtrack is tricky business. The music needs to compliment the action and images of the movie of the film without being pervasive. It needs to follow the storyline so in this way it is almost like an assignment. And all good musicians want to put
Read MoreBy Donna Porter With all of the boldly exotic-looking tropical beauties that we have to choose from to use in our gardens and landscapes, like Helcionias, Gingers, Aroids, Marantas and Crotons, we sometimes forget that we also have a fabulous selection of flowering tropical shrubs that add even more color,
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