Being of Irish extraction, despite my surname, I have a weakness for stories. I say weakness because stories have their place – just not first place. What is a story?…

Costa Rica needs a specific campaign to attract older tourists (silver tourists) in the wake of the COVID pandemic. Here’s why. As countries around the world start vaccinating their elderly,…

Hungry coyotes have been seen over the last weeks on the TEC campus, in Cartago. There used to be the occasional sighting at night but now the sightings are more…

Real estate projects may be on the rise once again. The commercial banks still have the ability to give loans to promising projects, like one apartment complex that already has…

This was a stealth reconnaissance excursion for HPI (Haunted and Paranormal Investigations International). I was informed by email from an unknown source to check out The Holbrooke Hotel and The…

Costa Rica declared five buildings as historical and architectural heritage, at the end of 2020. These buildings are in four cantons. The intention behind the declaration is to keep them…

Exactly 100 years ago, Costa Rica was also fighting a pandemic. Meetings were prohibited and the school year suspended. At that time, it was the Spanish flu causing all the…

n the past 3 years, I received 3 unusual phone calls in regard to a hobgoblin.  I will call this hobgoblin, a Birthday Hobgoblin and I will explain why.  When…