OK… It’s Sort of IE Ready
After a LOT of screwing around, this blog now displays (almost) perfectly in IE. Those of you who have had the “pleasure” of designing for the IE browser know how much fun this was. IE does not use the...
View ArticleFresh Blood!
As you can probably imagine, I get a ton of email from people who are thinking about making the BIG MOVE. Some are just sticking a toe in the international waters while others are in various stages of...
View ArticleNow Get The REAL Costa Rica Blog by Email
I have received several emails from people asking if they could get new posts and updates to The REAL Costa Rica Blog by email. They prefer to receive new Posts by email so as to not have to deal with...
View ArticleWhere is Nora?
That is the question being asked by some of our regular readers. Nora Schild is moving to Costa Rica… VERY soon… and has been contributing posts detailing her adventure. The problem is… she has...
View ArticleNew Author for This Blog
Susan Carmichael will be our newest contributor. Susan lives here in Costa Rica and busies herself raising her two kids. She will provide readers with an expatriate mom’s view of Costa Rica that may...
View ArticleJust a Little Bit About Myself
If I may take a moment of your time, I’d like to properly introduce myself. My name is Susan Carmichael. Tim said he erased the last introduction I did, but oh well, there’s always time for a second...
View ArticleWe have a new Contributor!
Please welcome Nora Straight who moved here from California with her husband and two sons aged 18 and 14. Half Chilean and half Mexican, it is no surprise she is Spanish fluent. She and her family live...
View ArticleTime to Make Changes…
… to the look and feel of this Blog. One of the zillion neat things about using WordPress as your Blog software is the ability to change the theme (look and feel) of the Blog pretty much any time you...
View ArticleStats ‘N Stuff – Who Reads The REAL Costa Rica?
Stats interest me. I don’t push advertising on the main web site or Blog, but I do put up a few ads to sort of cover some of the costs. It is always fun, though, to see just who visits The REAL Costa...
View ArticleDuty Free Shopping in Golfito, Costa Rica
Occasionally I get submissions from other bloggers here in Costa Rica and sometimes, I hear about an article written by one of them that would be a great additions to The REAL Costa Rica Blog. In this...
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