12 Days in Costa Rica: Day 6 (pt. 1)

Cariari (part 1) The Doubletree Cariari, the hotel/resort I lived in while I was in Costa Rica, is located in a San Jose neighbohood called—wait for it—”Cariari.” Imaginative naming scheme, huh. Cariari was the fancy, popular neighborhood about 20 years ago, and you can tell: the houses look like something you might find in the Southern …

12 Days in Costa Rica: Day 5

Analog to the rescue! After all the digital woes (that I didn’t know about till I returned), I’m so glad I took the LC-A and a couple of rolls of film along. Without them, I’d have only a few shots from the phone to share.* Alhamdulillah. I didn’t shoot much before the first weekend, even …

12 Days in Costa Rica: Day 3

As you may recall from my 365 project (and later posts), I sometimes struggle a bit with social anxiety bordering on agoraphobia. It has lessened a good deal in recent years: I think it has something to do with being married and thus being around people more or less most of the time. But I …