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26/08/2026

Ropa, joyería, bolsos de cuero.

Un poco de todo, hecho a mano!

Diseño local.

eclectic_cr en Barrio Escalante.

25/08/2026

I didn’t have a television in my home until I was 11 years old. When I was a kid, I hated it! But in retrospect I see how the lack of television fed my love of books. I’ve always been a reader.

I love the smell of books, I love the feeling of turning a page. I love all the different typesets and fonts. I love a good book cover. They say don’t judge a book by its cover, but let’s face it, we all do. I keep the books I love and have a nice size home library that grows every month. I will never own a Kindle or an electronic tablet to read on. I love libraries. When I worked in downtown LA, my office was directly across the street from the main library. I spent a good majority of my lunch breaks in that beautiful space.

Which is why when I was recently in Mexico City I knew I had to see Biblioteca Vasconcelos, which combines two of my very favorite subjects, architecture and books. (The only thing that could’ve made it my absolute dream space is if there would’ve been house music in the background 😂.) Nearly 44,000 square feet and 6 floors filled with over 600,000 books on every subject you could possibly imagine. They had a great magazine section, God do I miss magazines!!

After spending about an hour and a half in the library, mostly on the upper floors, I found it interesting that the lighting and the architecture/levels had an odd effect on my body. My knees were trembling a little bit and I felt a bit of vertigo. I’m not somebody who has a problem with heights, so it was interesting to observe how the play with layers, textures and colors messed with my head a little bit.

Oh Mexico City, how all these nuggets of delights on the eyes and senses have won over my soul.

24/08/2026

Being a teenager in Los Angeles in the 80s and a young adult in the 90s was an indescribable time for a music lover.

The 80s was the intro of hop hop, break dancing, and beats galore. Living in LA and experiencing the birth of west coast beats, well let’s just say a time was had on the dance floor.

The 90s brought in house music, warehouse parties and created community across the dense city of the kids from different neighborhoods and backgrounds. The kids who fought on the street, shared long nights and many sunrises on the dance floor.

Music has always had the ability to unite.

While traveling in Mexico City, I was so excited to find out that a key figure from my early music lover journey, Egyptian Lover Egyptian Lover, would be playing a set at a club there. It’s difficult to overstate the influence that his music had on my future club culture life. Egyptian Lover (from LA) was huge in the early West Coast music scene. He was the first artist that I can remember introducing electronic sounds mixed with bass heavy beats into music, creating his own unique style.

What a night of dancing! My watch clocked 24.000 steps and nearly 15 km. 🪩🪩

21/08/2026

My best friend has a tail. 🐕🐾

12/08/2026

The Costa Rican weather gods shown down brightly on us yesterday. I took Dad to the beautiful Poás area. I don’t think I’ve ever been to this area when it wasn’t rainy, foggy and freezing cold. But yesterday the sky was clear and brilliant blue (I always feel that Costa Rica has the blues skies ever!), and we had an amazing view of everything.

He’s seen all of the museums, he’s been to all the beaches, but this was his first glimpse into this side of my beautiful country. He was really impressed and had an amazing day. He couldn’t believe how green the grass was. It’s electric green, like somebody plugged it in. Bzzzzzz-zzzzzzzt⚡️⚡️⚡️

I have to say I am so impressed with his stamina. His curiosity and lust for life keeps him plugging along. He wants to experience everything. We go slow, we go at his pace, but we go and we get there.

Stay curious about the world around you. It’s a real recipe to aging well. ❤️

09/08/2026

Daddy’s here!!!

This man is proof that age is just a number. At 90 years old, he is more engaged and with a passion for life than most people I know in their 40s. I never hear him complain about aches and pains, I never see him looking in the mirror complaining about wrinkles or gray hair. His philosophy is he doesn’t have time to get old because he still has too many things he wants to do.

Taking notes.💕

01/08/2026

Color.
Texture.
History.
Vibes galore!

31/07/2026

Located in the historic center of Mexico City and built in 1596 is Casa de Los Azulejos. This is possibly one of the most beautiful buildings I’ve seen.

If you know me, you know my love languages are dogs, music and old buildings. Well 2 out 3 isn’t half bad!

My camera roll is filled with photos of sooooooo many absolutely stunning buildings from this time period. Getting out of the “newer” areas (which are still very old) and into the heart of CDMX with its gorgeous buildings and bustling streets has been the highlight of my visit thus far.

27/07/2026

Among my favorite pastimes - voyerism.

We are all here on this rock in the midst of a wondrous galaxy living our little lives day-to-day.

Each one of us a story. Each one of us with moments of joy, sadness, pain, wins, losses, sickness, health, etc.

I get a lot of pleasure from people watching and making up stories in my head about each of them. Where they’re from, where they’re going, where they’ve been.

24/07/2026

Long overdue vacation to a city that has called my name for many years.

It’s reminded me of how I ended up in Costa Rica. I came in 2006 for a surf trip with an ex-boyfriend. I’d heard good things about CR but until he invited me, I hadn’t planned any trips. When we got off the plane something washed over me immediately. I told him “Whoa! This place feels good on my skin. I can’t explain it.” I never could’ve imagined that 2 years later, I’d have sold all my belongings, quit my job, and moved here with only my dog, a big backpack and a small amount of savings. 18 years later, I’m still here, with 2 businesses, experiences living at the beach, and now in the heart of the capital city.

But life is changing. The world is changing. And boy am I changing. I can feel that maybe there are other big changes coming in the next years of my life.

And if I’ve learned anything in my life, it’s:
- we never know what’s coming down the tracks at us.
- our desires and wishes hold SOOOO much power.
- life is so full of beautiful surprises.

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