Despite 3 months of shacking up with Puerto Viejo Rastas, not assumed Latina PUERTO VIEJO — After three months living the dream of a Puerto Viejo beach bum, 21-year-old Brit Francesca Wagstaff was utterly insulted when she was identified as a native English speaker on a local bus last week. The Durham University graduate, whose blog…
Ticos dislocate shoulders in nationwide circle jerk THE INTERNET – The Central American servers that handle traffic for Facebook, or el Fahhhhhce, crashed this morning as the entire country of Costa Rica was just reaching climax through self-admiration. Representatives from Facebook said the crash was a result of millions of posts and re-posts of videos, photos, and memes touting Costa…
Tico plans romantic date at overpriced roadside diner ALAJUELA — Lenin Vega Lopez has big plans this Valentine’s Day to treat his girlfriend to a romantic brunch at Denny’s all-American diner. Lopez, a plastic chair salesman from San Joaquin de Heredia, promises that this will top last year’s disastrous date at Soda Tapia, which his girlfriend…
Spends majority of lunch staring at doused plate of rice Pavas — Jose Valdez slipped into an existential crisis today after he spent the majority of his lunch hour at a neighborhood soda staring at his untouched bowl of rice and deeply debating whether he could physically add more Salsa Lizano to his already drenched platter.…
Local Cockroach Opens Soda in Heredia The Central Valley’s hottest new chef said to be inspired by Pixar’s Ratatouille HEREDIA — If you frequent downtown Heredia, you’ve probably already heard of Soda le Cafard, the city’s hottest new restaurant. Located in the central market, the small, booming new soda offers some of the best comida…
Ticos surf in fur coats, parkas to brace for Weenter eStorm Yunho PLAYA HERMOSA — Costa Rican surfers hit the waves in parkas, gloves, ski caps and galoshes today as the Central American nation braces for what is expected to be the worst snowstorm in the history of a town 2,200 miles away. “I’m not taking any…
Vatican to investigate claims ALAJUELA – Carmen de los Ángeles Castillo Fuentes, 73, has been making empanadas for over five decades, but she’s never made one like this. Yesterday afternoon, as Castillo was placing her freshly baked Holy Week treats on the counter to cool, something on one of the empanadas caught her eye. On the outer crust…
Suegra remains skeptical that he didn’t receive assistance LIBERIA – Costa Rica man Ramón Sosa Quesada stunned his friends and family last Saturday when he single-handedly cooked his own dinner after finding himself home alone with no prepared meal. Sosa, whose wife goes to choir practice on Saturday evenings, said he felt completely lost when he could only find…
Striving to break personal V-Day best CHEPE — After going on four successful dates so far today, exhausted Zapote resident Angel Hernandez has stopped in at home to recharge his mental and cellphone batteries before venturing out to meet a fifth different guila. Hernandez, a 25-year-old unemployed entrepreneur, had been choreographing today’s agenda since last year’s…
“He didn’t even pick up the check,” Tica says TERRAMALL – Raquel Mayorga has sworn off ever dating an extrañjero again after her gringo Valentine’s Day date died in his sleep at Terramall’s Tintos y Blancos restaurant Thursday night and failed to pick up the ₡40,000 tab. According to Mayorga, she met Garrett Utley, a 28-year old from Ft. Lauderdale, at…
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