I <3 Mother Nature

Nature. Makes. Me. Happy. A couple of months ago I found a t-shirt here in Tamarindo with this saying on it. Nail hit on the head. Back when I lived in NYC and worked on the 24th floor at a large bank, I dreaded being stuck inside all day. I relished being able to...
28 Going On…

28 Going On…

“How old are you?” “How old do you think I am?” Well, if you spent any time with me this past week or happen to follow my pictures on Instagram (@sambatothesea), you probably might answer the above question to the age of perhaps an eight old. A...

Liquid Dreams

When you are as frothy as I am, the best birthday present a wahine could ask for are waves. I am talking about head-high+, offshore, barreling waves. I would much rather be surfed-out then hung over. Just my luck, I woke up to flat and even flatter waves. So what is a...
Dear Costa Rica

Dear Costa Rica

Dear Costa Rica, I am without words but so full of emotion. I woke up this morning full of sorrow. When it usually is sunny and not a cloud in the sky, it was cloudy, windy and gloomy. How do you read my emotions so well? I am sitting in the airport and am tearing up....