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Today would have been my sister's 73rd birthday, a day we planned to celebrate together. Though she is no longer with us, our bond as...

Today's video - A Blaxit Radio Replay of course - features our friends Amira and Chanko, who we met at a beautiful fire ceremony when...

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I'm a few days early as the official date is December 1st. That is the national holiday in celebration of Army Abolition Day. This is...

Blaxit: 5 Black American Expats Share Their Experiences Living Overseas BTW - After the article was published we discovered that we...

Today is September 15th It's Costa Rica Independence Day Some of you may remember this video, which we posted back in 2018 on our old...

It all started with the concept of hygee. But, what is hygee? Pronounced hooga - hue-guh): a concept of living, derived from the Danish...

Let's talk Real Estate!!! (*You might also want to bookmark this page for future reference) We're all set with our choice for a new...

We're back with an update on which property we chose! It was a difficult decision but we finally made up our minds. In the video below we...

We'll be posting our next video very soon - In it, we are announcing WHICH rental we decided to take and why. In that same video we'll...

We've made a decision on a rental and have signed the lease! Yahoo! Of course I could just announce the winner today but...nah, that...

Note - WARNING -This is an opinion post. If you are currently satisfied/happy with the situation in the states you might want to pass up...

Since we have put our move to Mexico on indefinite hold, it's time to find a new home in Costa Rica! I've found at least one positive...

HAPPY 70th BIRTHDAY!! We celebrated both of our birthdays on my birthday. Since things have loosened up a bit, we went out to dinner with...

Hope you are all doing well. We are in week 5 of self isolation here in Costa Rica. We're working on a video to update you on what life...

I like to shop, but this is not exactly what I meant by being fashionable! However, while we were in town on Wednesday we stopped into...

The best-laid plans... Who would have imagined that our meticulously researched, Puerto Vallarta relocation plans AND birthday party,...

What a week this has been. Who can remember what life was like before we had to stay 6 ft away from each other, wash our hands a...

Yesterday we received a message from the State Dept Come home. Now. That was the message from the State Department, which announced that...

Happy New Year Everyone! Just a quick check-in to wish each of you the very best for the the new year! Hope you all have something...