2026
- Nov 5 THE KIDS ARE COUNTING ON US – TOYS FOR TOTS 2026
- Sep 23 First Annual Howler Open Charity Golf Tournament
- Sep 10 The Howler Turns 30: Three Decades of Telling the Costa Rica Story
- Sep 2 Welcome to La Caleta at Coco Bay Estates
- Jul 27 International Stray Dog Day
- Jul 3 Playas del Coco Luxury Home featured on Staycation TV
- Jun 2 Ocean Views, Flip Flops & Cash Flow: Why Papagayo Ocean View Homes Keep Winning
- Feb 2 Laura Fernández Delgado to be Costa Rica’s 50th President
- Jan 6 Waldorf Astoria Condominium Residences Punta Cacique
2025
- Dec 26 SANTA CAME bearing a mountain of Toys for Tots this year
- Nov 14 Toys for Tots 2025
- Jul 23 ELEMENTS – Art Exhibition & Artists Show at Pacifico Beach Club
- Jul 11 Breaking News from Playa Hermosa
- May 30 Helping Our Local Howler Monkeys: A Community Commitment in Playa Hermosa
- Apr 21 Earth Day Benefit Event Playa Hermosa
2024
- Dec 27 Robinhood in Costa Rica – Toys for Tots Success!
- Dec 9 Mike’s Big Bash 2024
- Nov 21 Toys for Tots 2024
- Sep 16 Life and Faith in Costa Rica – EXPATS in Paradise
- May 8 Welcome to the Waldorf Astoria Residences Costa Rica
- Apr 26 Get in While You Can
- Apr 3 EXPATS in Costa Rica – CAVA Bar and Restaurant
- Jan 12 Suhey Needs Our Help
- Jan 10 SAVE THE MONKEYS – SALVE MONOS!
2023
- Dec 26 Holiday Love – Toys for Tots SUCCESS
- Dec 19 Mike’s Big Bash 2023
- Nov 23 Toys for Tots 2023
- Nov 18 SHE IS ASTRONAUT!
- Oct 30 RIP Big Mike Tesluk
- Sep 22 Costa Rica Video FAQ Series #3 AND Current Listings!
- Aug 15 Costa Rica FAQ Series – Habla Español?, Property Managers and Do I need a Realtor
- Aug 9 Costa Rica FAQ Series – Financing, MLS and Working Remotely
- Jun 2 Happy 20th Anniversary to ME!
- May 31 EXPATS in Paradise – Mango Baby Beach Rentals
- May 26 Costa Rica Airport Arrivals Exceed pre pandemic levels
- Apr 26 RIP Dr. Richard “Dick” Simons
- Feb 1 Thank You Malibu
2022
- Dec 13 Happy Time of Year!
- Dec 8 HOW CAN I HELP IN COSTA RICA?
- Nov 15 Toys for Tots 2022
- Nov 9 BUY OR BUILD in Costa Rica? – Should I Buy an Existing House or Build My Dream Home?
- Jul 26 Why is it important to work with an experienced Real Estate Agent and long-standing Real Estate Company in Costa Rica?
- Jul 5 Digital Nomad Visa Enacted into Law
- Jun 3 Team Tres Amigos
- May 10 Costa Rica is Truly Free!
- Apr 20 Pet Castration Clinic Needs Our Help
- Apr 6 Costa Rica Elects a New President: Rodrigo Chaves Robles
- Jan 6 It’s a New Year 2022
2021
- Dec 30 Toys for Tots SUCCESS!
- Dec 17 Tank Tops Flips Flops T-shirts are BACK!
- Dec 10 Pain In My Back – Part 2
- Nov 22 Toys for Tots 2021
- Nov 8 NO MANDATES
- Sep 15 Costa Rica celebrates 200 years of Independence
- Aug 27 Why Do Costa Rican’s Live longer than people in The United States?
- Jul 21 Four the Love of Paws Pet Rescue
- Jun 24 New Law passed to attract Investors and Retirees to Costa Rica
- Jun 3 The Passing of the Turtle
- Apr 15 A DREAM BECOMES A REALITY – TANK TOPS FLIP FLOPS TRADEMARK
- Apr 5 Pop The Question
- Mar 27 How to Move to Costa Rica
- Feb 18 Cardella Challenge #6 Winner
- Feb 16 COVID? WHAT COVID?
- Jan 8 Cardella Challenge #6
- Jan 2 Happy New Year 2021
2020
- Dec 28 Toys for Tots 2020
- Dec 1 Mike’s Big Bash 2020!
- Nov 30 Mom
- Nov 24 Cardella Challenge #5 Winner
- Nov 11 Cardella Challenge #5
- Nov 2 Why we relocated to Playas del Coco
- Oct 28 And just like that
- Oct 26 Cardella Challenge #4 Winner presented at Hotel El Velero
- Oct 8 Cardella Challenge #3 Winner and Cardella Challenge #4
- Oct 5 Nobody circles the wagons like the Buffalo Bills
- Oct 1 Food Drive Sponsor – Dentons Muñoz Law Firm with José Antonio Muñoz
- Sep 30 Costa Rica Brew Pass
- Sep 16 Food Drive Sponsor – Rich Coast Vacations with Dave Collier
- Sep 11 Food Drive Sponsor – Rental Condos Valle Azul 9 and 13
- Sep 7 Playa Hermosa Food Drive with Tico Tours and Recycle Hermosa
- Sep 4 Turning The Page – Tres Amigos Realty Group Introduction
- Sep 3 Coronavirus Food Drive Sponsor Milagro Management and Rentals and Matt Babich Pacifico Condo
- Aug 25 Cardella Challenge #3 – Win a Private Concert with Fatiniza
- Aug 20 Covid 19 Food Drive and Clean Up Sponsor – Colibri Renovation
- Aug 18 Covid-19 Food Drive and Clean Up sponsored by Roberto’s and La Gaviota Tropical
- Aug 11 Covid-19 Food Drive sponsored by Papagayo Ocean Adventures
- Aug 7 Drum Roll Please – Cardella Challenge Raffle Winner – Casa Ventanas, Monte Paraiso, Costa Rica
- Aug 4 Music for Coronavirus Aid
- Jul 16 Food Drive Sponsor – Casa OM Vacation Rental House Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
- Jul 13 Food Drive Sponsor – Monte Bello Lot 10 House
- Jul 5 Children Of One Planet – Coronavirus Aid July 2, 2020
- Jun 19 Mr. President Please Open the Airport!
- Jun 12 PACIFICO Costa Rica Coronavirus Aid
- Jun 4 Diamante Eco Adventure Park Coronavirus Food Drive
- May 20 Patas y Manos with Amy Lentz
- May 18 Wide Open Space in Costa Rica
- May 8 Costa Rica Coronavirus Food Drive May 6, 2020
- May 4 It doesn’t get any better than this – Why Costa Rica is such a happy and successful country
- Apr 27 The Big Goose Egg – Costa Rica, Guanacaste Covid-19 Update
- Apr 26 Coronavirus Food Drive
- Apr 15 Costa Rica or New York?
- Apr 13 Moving to Costa Rica
- Apr 1 Costa Rica Coronavirus Update
- Mar 17 Buyer’s Remorse in Costa Rica
- Jan 21 Playa Hermosa Backpack program 2020
2019
- Dec 17 Michael Simons Big Bash 2019
- Nov 20 Toys For Tots in Costa Rica
- Nov 15 Things to do in Guanacaste–Punchlines in Paradise
- Nov 11 Costa Rica NO ARMY SINCE 1948
- Nov 1 Halloween 2019 Playas del Coco Costa Rica
- Sep 5 SENSORIA COSTA RICA–THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH
- Aug 30 Getting Engaged in Costa Rica – She Said Yes!
- Aug 28 Costa Rica Wildlife Veterinarian
- Aug 26 The Mayor of Playas del Coco
- Aug 14 Awards for Best Restaurants in Papagayo Costa Rica
- Aug 5 Costa Rica Tainted Alcohol–Setting the Record Straight
- Jul 26 Circle of Legends
- Jul 10 Costa Rica Renewable Energy Solutions with Glen Nickerson
- Jun 21 Ocean Fest 2019
- Jun 12 Message from Salve Monos (Save the Monkeys)
- May 24 Icon Teja Costa Rica – Expats in Paradise
- May 2 Can You Handle the Heat? First Annual Papagayo Chiliguaro Fest
- Apr 19 Playa Hermosa Community Clean Up 2019
- Mar 29 Hope Fellowship Church
- Mar 25 Wild Horses – Playas del Coco Tope 2019
- Jan 28 Grand Theft Auto in Playas del Coco
2018
- Dec 31 Happy New Year 2019
- Dec 26 Niños del Sol ECO School Playas del Coco, Guanacaste, Costa Rica
- Dec 4 Michael Simons Big Bash 2018
- Oct 24 Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- Oct 3 Diamante Eco Adventure Park
- Aug 23 Taste of Papagayo 2018 – Hotel La Puerta del Sol and Garden Bar
- Jul 10 Heart Break Station
- Apr 25 Tank Tops Flips Flops: The Story and The Big Picture
- Mar 30 Buying Costa Rica Investment Property with your Self Directed IRA
- Feb 9 Harley Davidson Tours Costa Rica
- Feb 6 3 AM Wake up Call
- Jan 16 Costa Rica The Land of AHHH
- Jan 2 Costa Rica Real Estate Market Update
2017
- Dec 6 Costa Rica Party Celebrates Michael Simons 10th Anniversary
- Nov 8 Costa Rica Expats and the History of Gitingas Bags
- Oct 9 Tropical Storm Nate
- Aug 23 It’s a dog’s Life
- Aug 21 Best Veterinarian in Costa Rica
- Aug 8 Playa Hermosa School Back Pack Program 2018
- Jul 5 Club A Boat Trip
- Jun 12 Top Agent Magazine Costa Rica
- May 29 What is Playa Hermosa Guanacaste Costa Rica
- Feb 7 Life is a Highway – How I came to Costa Rica Part 4
- Feb 6 Oh man, that’s a big wave (How I came to Costa Rica part 3)
- Jan 4 99 Reasons Why I Love Living in Costa Rica
2016
- Dec 19 Papagayo Area Restaurants–An Insider’s Guide
- Dec 5 Kansas City BBQ in Costa Rica – Michael Simons’ Party 2016
- Nov 25 Rock You Like a Costa Rica Hurricane
- Oct 19 Crocodile Rock Costa Rica Style
- Aug 2 Playa Hermosa School Back Pack Program 2017
- Aug 1 Vamos Nostradamus
- Jul 4 Uber in Jurassic Park ?
- Jun 20 There’s Gold in them thar Hills
- May 5 The History of Playas del Coco
- Apr 28 Quality Time Left
- Mar 31 QTL – Quality Time Left
- Feb 17 Private Driving Service – Costa Rica Villa Concierge
- Feb 4 RIP Papa Rooster
- Jan 29 Playa Hermosa School Back Pack Program 2016
- Jan 12 Life in Costa Rica is Qualmless
2015
- Dec 10 ‘Tis the Season
- Dec 3 Costa Rica Army Abolished in 1948
- Nov 27 Sandbar
- Oct 29 Investing in The Papagayo Region
- Oct 13 3 Hot Swedish Girls
- Sep 28 Playa Hermosa Costa Rica real estate in the New York Times
- Jul 16 Playa Hermosa School Back Pack Program
- Jul 6 Costa Rica Independence Day (Are You Really Free?)
- Jun 30 My Last Will and Testament
- May 25 Costa Rica Budget Home Builder
- May 19 Free GuanaCard Discount Membership
- May 18 Stay in a $4,000,000 Villa in Costa Rica for $100
- Mar 30 What a pain in my Back – Surgery in Costa Rica
- Mar 14 Leave No Pets Behind Costa Rica
- Jan 30 The Ballots are in – Top 10 Costa Rica Likes and Dislikes
2014
- Dec 30 And Then It Is Winter
- Dec 29 Life is short
- Dec 8 Michael Simons’ Party 2014
- Oct 24 Thar She Blows! (The Marlin del Rey)
- Oct 13 Costa Rica Home Decorator Sandrine AcQuart – Relax You Are In Paradise Part 4
- Oct 6 The Land of the Lost (The Caribbean Part 2)
- Oct 1 Big Words from the Back Seat (The Caribbean Part 1)
- Sep 3 Run for the Border
- Aug 26 Costa Rica Custom Home Builder Tom Terry – Relax you are in Paradise Part 3
- Aug 12 Costa Rica House Builder Mike Brussock -RELAX YOU ARE IN PARADISE – Part 2
- Jul 29 The Costa Rica Crime of the Century
- Jul 22 EX PAT Life in Costa Rica for Expats Part 2 with Bette and Dawson
- Jul 14 EX PAT Life in Costa Rica Part 1 with Chad and Teresa
- Jul 4 RELAX! YOU ARE IN PARADISE Part 1
- Jun 28 A Tale of Costa Rica Frogs–The Last Frog Standing
- Jun 26 New Hotel in Papagayo Region – El Mangroove
- May 12 New Costa Rica President Elected
- May 2 Observations on Costa Rica Life
- Apr 28 One Man’s loss is another Man’s Treasure – La Finisterra Hotel
- Apr 7 Dr. Doolittle and Costa Rica Animals
- Apr 2 Costa Rica Video
- Mar 21 The Johnson Journeys
- Mar 12 Buy Water and a Tree is Planted in Costa Rica
- Jan 31 Championship Golf in Guanacaste
- Jan 24 Gone Fishin’–Deep Sea Fishing Costa Rica
- Jan 14 Save the Costa Rica Monkeys – Salve Monos
- Jan 10 Move to Costa Rica Because Life’s not Fair
2013
- Dec 23 Why Consider Costa Rica Medical Tourism
- Dec 23 Why Costa Rica? A Dream That Started In The 5th Grade
- Dec 18 Live Music in Playa Hermosa – The Dream Team Returns
- Dec 12 Santa Claus Comes To Town!
- Dec 9 IT’S MARTINI TIME – The Story of Ginger Restaurant and Sailing around the World (almost)
- Dec 9 Michael Simons’ Party 2013
- Dec 5 Costa Rica Thanksgiving
- Oct 29 Making the Leap to Living and Working in Paradise – Guest Blog
- Oct 9 I Love Costa Rica – Tank Tops Flip Flops Newsletter no. 28
- Sep 11 Guanacaste Costa Rica Weather and Canadians
- Sep 10 Costa Rica Education and Children’s Day
- Aug 30 Having a Baby in Costa Rica
- Aug 8 Costa Rica Lifestyle
- Jul 19 Costa Rica Sport Fishing in Playas del Coco
- Jun 21 Scuba Diving Costa Rica in Playas del Coco
- Jun 18 Costa Rica Health Care Saved My Life
- Jun 6 Costa Rica Waterfalls
- May 22 Whoooa Nellie at Hacienda Guachipelin
- Feb 19 A Day in The Life – Costa Rica
- Jan 31 Costa Rica living–I got my “Mucho”
- Jan 9 Guanacaste Real Estate
2012
- Dec 13 The Story of Papagayo Golf and Casa Pila
- Nov 27 First Trip to Costa Rica (Welcome to the Jungle, or How I came to Costa Rica Part 2)
- Oct 31 Americans Move to Costa Rica and the Band Plays On (How I came to Costa Rica Part 1)
- Oct 11 Hotel Costa Rica
- Oct 4 The Great Return of Macho
- Sep 14 Michael’s version of the history of Costa Rica
- Sep 6 You can make a difference
- Aug 7 WHAT’S IN THE BAG SIR?
- Jul 25 We’re not in Kansas anymore Toto
- Jul 3 “Roughing It” in Costa Rica
- Jun 28 Why are you still There and not here?
- May 24 Who are the 3 Amigos – Tank Tops Flip Flops Newsletter edition no. 2
- May 16 Don’t lose your head in Mexico, Come lose your heart in Costa Rica!