Our Mae of the Week is Brad Reardon. Originally from Ann Arbor Michigan, Brad has spent the last five years of his post 6-year community college life teaching English at the Let Go Inglish Academy in Alajuela. Recently, he has been considering a career change to full-time Ropa Americana model since the move to online classes has…
This issue’s mae is Chunche. Chunche is an O.G. from Higuerones, Alajuela, but is living it up now in the Heredian Hills. You can usually find him running with his crew, sniffing butts and murking squirrels, but Chunche says his favorite activity is trolling for perras. When asked if he’d ever go back to the street life Chunche said “Nah, hell no!…
This week’s mae is Luís Vílchez Díaz. Luís hails from Heredia, where he makes a living hawking Movistar SIM cards and bilking gringos out of money in confidence scams. Díaz’s real passion is music. He spends most of his free time with his band, Carne Molida, recording reggaetón songs in his sister’s garage. His favorite newspaper is La…
Our MOTW is Chepe taxista, José Dorián Alpizar, or Hodor to his friends. He likes leisurely, meandering drives through the city, and haranguing foreigners about Donald Trump. In addition to his skills as a toretto, José considers himself an amateur electrician when it comes to fixing la María. In his free time, he enjoys public urination and attending Uber protests. José…
Our MOTW is Alejandr@ Mora. Alejandr@ is 24-years old and lives in Tibas. She’s self-employed, and says that she likes to ‘cuidar a sus clientes’. Her hobbies include shopping, evening strolls around Barrio Amón, and gender-corrective surgeries. Her favorite food is huevos.
This week’s mae is Roberth Flores Ortiz. Roberth hails from Turrúcares where he and 9 of his children make a living stacking cashews in skinny plastic tubes and selling them to motorists stuck in traffic along Route 27. Roberth’s hobbies include singing rancheros, folding his shirt up and rubbing his belly, and producing illegitimate offspring.…
This issue’s Mae is Daniel Soley, or ‘Big Papi D’ to his friends. Papi D is currently between bretes. He says he recently ‘bounced’ from his last job because they ‘was trippin’. However, Papi D is the type of man that will always provide for his ‘hoes in different area codes’, whether they need a…
Our M.O.T.W. is Andrés Carvajal Durán. Hailing from nearby Naranjo, he has been attending the Festival de Palmares since his father abandoned him there in 1988. Carvajal describes himself as “el Rey de la Fiesta”. His pastimes include inappropriate hugging, public urination, chugging and puking chileguaro, contending that Imperial is the greatest beer in the world, and flirting with gringas…
This week’s M.O.T.W. is Puerto Viejo native “Monsta P.” Born in the town of Sixaola, “P” — whose given name is Michael Connors — moved to the big city when he was 15 seeking better opportunities. Now 34, P has utterly dominated PV’s coconut scene, currently ranking as the town’s 4th most successful vendor who doesn’t own footwear. Though P…
This week’s M.O.T.W. is Esteban Montero. Born in 1968, the Bagaces native practically grew up on a horse. Montero, who describes himself as the “John Wayne of Guanacaste,” claims to have participated in every tope on the Nicoya Peninsula since 1971. When not drunkenly clinging to the reins, Esteban earns a living as a rodeo clown.…
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