Pura Vida

Beyond the Postcards: Learning Costa Rica

Here’s the thing about Costa Rica. Most people think they understand it after a beach chair, a zip line, and…

8 months ago

Monkey See, Monkey Shrug

The Costa Rican jungle wakes up long before humans do, and it does so without asking permission. The air hangs…

8 months ago

Winter Without a Pulse

January used to mean layers. Serious layers. The kind where you dress like an overstuffed sausage just to take the…

8 months ago

The Tree That Knows Costa Rica

Trees have a funny way of inserting themselves into our lives without ever asking permission. They stand there while childhood…

8 months ago

Your Portable Pura Vida Plan

It’s a bit amusing, really. I’m sitting here by my pool in Costa Rica, soaking in humidity like it’s a…

8 months ago

The Quiet Happiness We Keep Missing

If life were a baseball game, most of us would be hitting nothing but curveballs. Some days it feels like…

8 months ago

The Past, the Brew and the Battle

There are a few things you learn quickly after landing in Costa Rica. One, geckos run the place and you…

8 months ago

The Christmas Hangover

The rush before Christmas never arrives quietly. It bursts in like a drunk uncle who ignores the doorbell and immediately…

8 months ago

Our First Tropical Christmas

If someone had told me a few years ago that our first Christmas outside Canada would involve palm trees lit…

9 months ago

A Pura Vida Christmas Carol

Once upon a Christmas, there lived a wealthy expat on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. He owned a stunning…

9 months ago