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Lined Up: There are beach break days where all variables come together. On such days, the experienced Surfer will wait, able to discern patterns in the Ocean’s language of shifting, lurching waves encountering shallow bottom. Occasionally an “outside” wave will just pass the first sandbar, thus retaining its full potential as it stands up with all force on the “inside” to unload it’s beautiful, violent energy. This rider’s track testifies to his wave knowledge and skill. In early, “fading” to ensure position, then “coming off the bottom” and projecting down the line to maximize speed, he is flawless in his approach.
photo by Surfing Nosara
May 23, 2014 | Categories: Costa Rica, Creative Culture, Harmony Hotel, Nosara, Surfing | Comments Off on Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
Rarely setting its little feet on the ground, the Kinkajou is well suited to its nocturnal life in the treetops. Also known as the honey bear because of its thick golden fur and insatiable sweet tooth, the Kinkajou uses its sharp claws and long tail to maneuver quickly and easily among the branches it calls home. Though in appearance it looks similar to a small primate, the Kinkajou is no monkey. Rather, it is closely related to the raccoon, and ventures out at night to feed on its preferred sweet treats of ripe fruits and flower nectar. Its nighttime movements in the tree canopy means it is not often seen in the wild, but it makes its presence known through its high-pitched screeches, hisses, and barks before tucking itself cozily into its tail and snoozing away the daylight hours high in a nook of its favorite tree. 
May 22, 2014 | Categories: Costa Rica, Nature | Comments Off on The Kinkajou
Fall in Love With Your City! Cultural Corridor is a program of the Ministry of Culture and Youth, implemented since 2011, in order to restore the public’s love for the parks of downtown San Jose. The focus of the program is to plan events and activities that provide a balance of rest, fun, education and physical activity for the public of all ages. Visiting San Jose and looking for something to do outside? Check out details below, taken from their website:
Held every Saturday at various parks through San Jose, the program includes workshops and constructive visual arts, folk dance, African dance and hip hop and breakdance, yoga, swing criollo, presentations, music and performing arts and circus, storytelling, urban sports, games, traditional and interactive, exhibition of handicrafts and environment friendly products, fair and book exchange, workshops and poetry readings.
The program offers visitors the opportunity to actively participate in a varied program to fully enjoy and in harmony with nature, architecture and culture in the parks.
The following photos were pulled from their facebook page.
May 21, 2014 | Categories: Costa Rica, Creative Culture, Nature | Comments Off on Fall in Love With Your City! Cultural Corridor
Mother doesn’t necessarily know best. Most of us clean our houses with the products that we remember from childhood—if it was good enough for mom, it’s good enough for us. But the chemicals in cleaning products introduced since the 1950s have been linked to illnesses like asthma and allergies, among other nasties too numerous to mention. Try simple, chemical-free formulas based on tried-and-true cleaners like baking soda and vinegar. You can even make your own for pennies, and add essential oils for a more pleasantly scented experience. These are the cleaners your grandmother probably used. Maybe Mom should have listened to her!
May 19, 2014 | Categories: Sustainability | Tags: chemicals, cleaners, cleaning products, toxic chemicals | Comments Off on Clean Out Your Cleaners
Skating the Half-Pipe. Frontside coping grind. No pads or helmet needed!
photo provided by Surfing Nosara
May 16, 2014 | Categories: Costa Rica, Creative Culture, Harmony Hotel, Nosara, Surfing | Comments Off on Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
The Museum of Contemporary Art and Design in San Jose has curated an upcoming exhibit that aims to answer questions about contemporary art from Central America. Divided into four rooms, each one presents a different take on the matter. In the first, the works feature the body as a means of exploring culture and art. The second focuses on conceptualism and the process of ephemeral performative art. The third room explores the cultural implications that outsiders place upon the the culture of Costa Rica and what it means for art to represent the country. The fourth uses maps to redefine the way we think of boundaries of where art comes from geographically, and what that means.
The museum describes the exhibition as such:
“What does it mean to be contemporary? What and who are contemporaries? THE DAY THAT WE CONTEMPORARY is an exhibition project that opens these questions and confronts us with the problematic concept of ‘contemporary Central American art’ and others that have been frequently used in the path of MADC.”
May 19th through September 5, Museum of Contemporary Art and Design
May 14, 2014 | Categories: Costa Rica, Creative Culture | Comments Off on The Day We Became Contemporary
Antibacterials like triclosan interfere with testosterone production and have been detected in breast milk; overuse prevents them from working when they’re really needed, such as to fight things like E. coli and Salmonella bacteria. Studies have shown that hot water and soap work just as well (or better) to fight germs and don’t mess with us, or the ecosystem.
May 12, 2014 | Categories: Sustainability | Tags: antibacterials, soap, triclosan | Comments Off on Ban the Antibacs
Perfect approach to an imperfect wave. The Ballet of Making-Do, and Smiling too.
photo provided by Surfing Nosara
May 09, 2014 | Categories: Costa Rica, Creative Culture, Harmony Hotel, Nosara, Surfing | Comments Off on Guiones Surf Photo of the Week
