Making the Most-a Costa Rica August 30, 2008
Posted by millyonair in Life, Things Environmental, Travel.Tags: Central America, Coffee, Costa Rica, rainforest, Travel, vacation
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In the rain forest, there are leaves big enough to wear as hats, or use as umbrellas.
For those of you who have been waiting with bated breath for me to recount my Costa Rican experience, I do apologize for the delay. I’ve been home for over a week, but was preoccupied with the commencement of the fall semester. What a reality check! One minute I’m knee-deep in rain forest mud, the next minute I’m hunched against the air conditioner’s polar exhalations, while the sterile fluorescent lighting dilutes my tan. A class room is a great place to learn, but it’s easy to forget that a place needn’t have four walls and a top-of-the-line projector system to qualify as a learning environment.
So, with no further ado, I give you….Costa Rica! There are many, many more pictures on my Flickr, just click the doodad on the right to vacation vicariously through Yours Truly. (more…)
Shortening the List, One Item at a Time August 9, 2008
Posted by millyonair in Life.Tags: Costa Rica, Leisure, Life, Pygmy Marmosets, Rain Forest, Travel
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On Monday, I will embark upon a journey that will allow me to cross one more thing off my “Stuff I Want To Do Before I Die” list. I will be traveling to Costa Rica to see/hike in the rain forest, among other things. Such as:
Honestly, what's cuter than a pygmy marmoset? That's right- nothing.
1. Watching (hopefully) some sea turtles come ashore to lay their eggs.
2. Taking a soak in volcanic mineral springs (I know, it’s August. I don’t care.)
3. Seeing some monkeys.
Other things I hope to see: Jewel scarab beetles, giant iguanas, boa constrictors, pygmy marmosets (although I think these only live in South America).
Things I hope not to see: The U.S. embassy (because this would probably mean something bad had happened), the deadly fer-de-lance snake, any mosquitoes carrying Dengue fever.
I’ve been brushing up on my atrophied Spanish, and (attempting) to teach my husband a few handy phrases, too. Does it matter to me that all he can remember how to say is “My wife, you are a very beautiful lady”? Nope. Not at all. For him, that might be the handiest phrase he could know, anyway.
Wish us luck! Pictures will be forthcoming, because I got a badass new camera.
Also, if you’re reading this post because of the marmoset, click here for more marmoset-y goodness.
Proof that God Has a (Slightly Salacious) Sense of Humor August 8, 2008
Posted by millyonair in Life.Tags: cooking, Food, penis-shaped-potato, religion
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Imagine my surprise when I found this in the sack of potatoes I was preparing for last night’s supper. I couldn’t resist adding the “balls”. 
