My Pandemic Odyssey to Costa Rica: Traveling with Smartphones
by D.L. Cohen Traveling with a smartphone is a godsend. Anyone will tell you that. It has pictures, it has maps, it has directions, it can tell you what to see, where to stay, what to eat. Time for...
View ArticleMy Pandemic Odyssey to Costa Rica: La Fortuna
by D.L. Cohen Finca Nueva Luna (New Moon Farm) is in the area of the Arenal volcano. I came up on the advice of my brother-in-law, a local farming and permaculture enthusiast. Finca Nueva Luna is a...
View ArticleMy Pandemic: Who Needs Netflix?
by D.L. Cohen I’m at the movies all the time now. The playhouse is a funky little flat in Morningside Heights. I’m in New York, staying at the apartment of my brother-in-law Peter’s brother, who passed...
View ArticleMy Pandemic: Is Reading on a Kindle For Me?
by D.L. Cohen I bought a Kindle the other day. It arrived this morning. It’s sitting on my desk like a dead fish. I’m treating it a bit like a dead fish, too, circling it warily, afraid to touch it. I...
View ArticleMy Pandemic: Navigating Costa Rica–And Another Language
by DL Cohen Costa Ricans speak Spanish. I don’t speak Spanish. Not even a little. Not a bit of español either. (Note: In Spanish, the names of languages are not not capitalized.) I’d like to learn...
View ArticleMy Pandemic: Why You’ll Love Dominical
by DL Cohen There’s a foot and a half of snow on the ground. The mushy, slippery old kind, not the new, fun, sledding and snowball kind. Tired of waiting to go out and do stuff. Tired of waiting for a...
View ArticleMy Pandemic: Rachmaninoff Soundtracks Costa Rica Adventures
by DL Cohen I’ve been meaning to write a column about Rachmaninoff. About driving around Costa Rica and listening to Rachmaninoff, which I’ve been doing a lot lately, more than most of you. The Second...
View ArticleMy Pandemic Odyssey to Costa Rica: Traveling with Smartphones
by D.L. Cohen Traveling with a smartphone is a godsend. Anyone will tell you that. It has pictures, it has maps, it has directions, it can tell you what to see, where to stay, what to eat. Time for...
View ArticleMy Pandemic: To Colombia!
by DL Cohen I thought Costa Rica, with its abundant natural beauty and incredible beaches, was my home away from home. That was before Colombia. Colombia is a different animal. Costa Rica feels a...
View ArticleMy Pandemic: Why You’ll Love Dominical
by DL Cohen Dominical is one of the many small beach towns that dot Costa Rica’s Pacific coast. It’s in Puntarenas, south of the Nicoya Peninsula where most of the surf activity is centered. And yet...
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