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 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…
1. La Sele: By far the biggest story in Tiquicia in 2014, and what will likely be the story of the century, was “La Sele,” reaching the quarterfinals in the World Cup and beating the crap out of everyone, including the human biting Uruguayans. The Ticos surged to a world ranking of 16th, their highest…
“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…
Repeatedly said “Estoy embarazada” after spilling Lizano sauce in restaurant MANUEL ANTONIO – An unfortunate miscommunication disrupted Peggy Morris’s holiday vacation when she was rushed to Hospital Monseñor Sanabria in Puntarenas after confusing the Spanish words pregnant and embarrassed at the Barba Roja Restaurant in Manuel Antonio. While enjoying a sunset dinner at the popular tourist restaurant,…
This week’s M.O.T.W. is Daniel Smith. Smith, a self-proclaimed ‘Gringo-Tico’ after his 1.5 years in Costa Rica, loves to complain about everything that is different from the U.S. while maintaining no desire to ever return. Having lived in Costa Rica for 18 months illegally, Smith has never made a ‘visa run’ due to his legally…
El Pejibaye 