New Year, New Resolutions

New Year, New Resolutions

Two years ago I made a New Year’s resolution: learn how to surf. Unfortunately, I had to wait five months in order to start working on my resolution. On a grey, drizzly day I hopped on the A train to Rockaway and had my first lesson. It was love at first...
Live, Love, Surf

Live, Love, Surf

When you live in tropical paradise, sometimes it is hard to keep track of what day or month it is. Like, when did December happen? And Santa is coming in t-minus twenty days?! Although holiday decorations have started to appear around Tamarindo, I am so used growing...
Gobble Gobble It’s Thanksgiving!

Gobble Gobble It’s Thanksgiving!

What a treat! I am making up for going silent for 12 days and dropping another note and posting some cool photos… Well, since it is also Thanksgiving in the good ole USA, I thought I would do a post on what I am thankful for. So here goes…. My family, for...
Samba to the Sea??

Samba to the Sea??

So what is up with the whole “Samba to the Sea” name? As I was contemplating starting this “idea” of a blog, I was also trying to figure out a name that would reflect why I was blogging. As much as this blog that I wanted to create would be a...
Pura Vida

Pura Vida

Hola Amigos! So my ping-ponging has landed me in beautiful Tamarindo, Costa Rica! My first two days here was filled with downpouring rain, but it seems that rainy season has said “Adios” as the past four days have been filled with sunshine. (I hope I am...