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Costa Rica

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2012

    Man v. Fruit: Barry Holchin Tries to Eat 72-oz. Pineapple & Loves It, But Gets Stomach Ache

    Upon first sight of a 72-ounce Costco pineapple, maybe your first instinct is to emote slightly, and plan how you will make your grandma's pineapple upside-down cake. Yet perhaps your first notion is to jump with glee, and plot how you yourself will consume the entire fruit in one Bacchus-inspired a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    How Mike McCready and I Brought Rock 'n' Roll to Costa Rica, Met a Boa Constrictor, and Survived a Zip-line

    I grew up in the same Seattle neighborhood as a budding young guitar player named Mike McCready. We were friendly back then. He had his band, Shadow, and I was in every OTHER band in town. Mike came down to Hollywood with Shadow about the time GNR was really starting to rip it up in the club scene, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2012

    Sounders Get Their Chance to Make History in Mexico

    It's only mid-March, and their MLS season opener is still days away, but Sounders FC can make a significant statement tonight (5 p.m., Fox Soccer Channel) in Torreón, Mexico. The competition is the CONCACAF Champions League; the opposition is Santos Laguna, tied for the Primera División lead; the ... More >>

  • News

    February 29, 2012

    They Were Kings

    How the feds killed online poker, a $2.5 billion industry.

  • News

    September 28, 2011

    Jason Puracal's Nightmare

    Why is this Seattleite in a Nicaraguan prison?

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2011

    Why Is UW Grad Jason Puracal Condemned to 22 Years in a Horrible Nicaraguan Prison?

    Image SourceJason Puracal, with wife Scarleth and son Jabu.​Last November, when Janis Puracal heard that her older brother had been arrested in Nicaragua, the 32-year-old civil litgator working in downtown Seattle got on the next flight to the Central American country. "I thought we'd get hi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2011

    Getting Down and Dirty With Chef Dustin

    Photo by Leslie KellyChefs Seth Caswell and Dustin Ronspies (right) at Saturday's Ready, Set, Go... Cook competition.​If he wasn't a chef, Dustin Ronspies would love to be a farmer. In his cozy kitchen at Art of the Table, the Florida native does right by the hard-working men and women who rai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 9, 2011

    Dimitri "Mobengo" Mugianis, Ibogaine Therapy Provider, Arrested in Seattle by DEA

    Image source​DEA agents arrested Dimitri "Mobengo" Mugianis, a New York-based ibogaine therapy provider and two others yesterday in Seattle, Seattle Weekly has learned. Mugianis was recently the subject of a critically acclaimed documentary I'm Dangerous With Love, that details his work in the ... More >>

  • Arts

    July 14, 2010

    The Weekly Wire: The Week's Recommended Events

    Image source​DEA agents arrested Dimitri "Mobengo" Mugianis, a New York-based ibogaine therapy provider and two others yesterday in Seattle, Seattle Weekly has learned. Mugianis was recently the subject of a critically acclaimed documentary I'm Dangerous With Love, that details his work in the ... More >>

  • News

    June 30, 2010

    An Immigrant's Heart

    To survive the ordeal of escaping Guatemala, Julia needed a big Heart. But not this big.

  • Calendar

    June 30, 2010

    International Conservation Photography Awards

    To survive the ordeal of escaping Guatemala, Julia needed a big Heart. But not this big.

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2010

    This Afternoon: Out to Lunch with Hey Marseilles at Harbor Steps

    Carmen Irish​ Carmen Irish​ The songs of rising local folk act Hey Marseilles are very much an ode to place. Nearly every accordion-laden, tambourine-shakin' track on their album (not to mention the name) makes a vague reference to a journey or a destination--Tallahassee, Costa Rica, Ca ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 7, 2010

    Local Coffee Drinker Confused by Hospitality.

    Single Origin: Costa Rica​Here is something you may or may not have thought about before: the word "hospital" and the word "hospitality" are variations of the same root (not to start too far off subject: some hospitals could stand to take note of this). In the 14th century, the Latin word hosp ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2009

    Son Sues Dad for Killing Mom 50 Years Ago

    KOMOJoan Hansen has been missing for 47 years.​There are few things worse than losing your mom. But suspecting your dad of her murder has to be one of them. Joan Hansen was a mother of three living on a Kent Valley farm when she disappeared in 1962. The last person to talk to her was Patricia ... More >>

  • Diversions

    September 9, 2009

    We Do Assimilate Sometimes, You Know?

    KOMOJoan Hansen has been missing for 47 years.​There are few things worse than losing your mom. But suspecting your dad of her murder has to be one of them. Joan Hansen was a mother of three living on a Kent Valley farm when she disappeared in 1962. The last person to talk to her was Patricia ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 13, 2009

    Where Do Old Boeing Jets Go?

    I wonder what I'll be in my next life​Why they become luxury homes and hotels, of course. Or so the P-I's Aerospace blog has discovered. Last week, they reported on the Boeing 727 "fuselage suite" in Hotel Costa Verde in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica. Today's find is a 727 private residence wit ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 22, 2008

    Corn on Macabre

    I wonder what I'll be in my next life​Why they become luxury homes and hotels, of course. Or so the P-I's Aerospace blog has discovered. Last week, they reported on the Boeing 727 "fuselage suite" in Hotel Costa Verde in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica. Today's find is a 727 private residence wit ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 28, 2008

    Iron Maiden

    I wonder what I'll be in my next life​Why they become luxury homes and hotels, of course. Or so the P-I's Aerospace blog has discovered. Last week, they reported on the Boeing 727 "fuselage suite" in Hotel Costa Verde in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica. Today's find is a 727 private residence wit ... More >>

  • News

    January 2, 2008

    Seattle's E-Waste Conundrum

    New TV for Christmas? Add it to the stack!

  • Blogs

    June 26, 2007

    If I told you I wasn't Gary Busey, you wouldn't have wanted to go out with me

    New TV for Christmas? Add it to the stack!

  • Film

    January 11, 2006

    Jan. 11-18, 2006

    This week's specialty screenings and venues.

  • Film

    December 28, 2005

    Oddballs & Events

    This week's specialty screenings and venues.

  • Film

    December 21, 2005

    Dec. 21, 2005

    This week's specialty screenings and venues.

  • Arts

    April 13, 2005

    This Week's Reads

    Franz Wisner, Ayun Halliday, Wesley Stace, Carole Cadwalladr, Lydia Millet, and The Best in Rock Fiction.

  • Arts

    March 16, 2005

    Cool and Collected

    Concealing his ambitions, Dave Eggers treads water better than most can swim.

  • Food

    February 9, 2005

    Hands-on Love

    A Seattle chocolate maker gets set to grind its own.

  • News

    November 17, 2004

    Chimps and Munchkins

    Nov. 17-23, 2004

  • News

    November 10, 2004

    Nov. 10-16, 2004

    Nov. 17-23, 2004

  • News

    November 3, 2004

    Brain City

    Nov. 3 - 9, 2004

  • Arts

    September 15, 2004

    Sept. 15-21, 2004

    Nov. 3 - 9, 2004

  • Arts

    September 8, 2004

    Sept. 8-14, 2004

    Nov. 3 - 9, 2004

  • Arts

    September 1, 2004

    Sept. 1-7, 2004

    Nov. 3 - 9, 2004

  • News

    September 10, 2003

    The Big, Bad Border

    Iraq might be ground zero for Bushs terror war, but at home, one front line is our 5,000-mile border with Canada. Since 9/11, the U.S. has poured resources and manpower into Mexicanizing one of the worlds most peacefuland porousborders. But critics suggest that strategy wont work, and it could even ... More >>

  • Diversions

    September 4, 2002

    Hippies & Chippies

    Iraq might be ground zero for Bushs terror war, but at home, one front line is our 5,000-mile border with Canada. Since 9/11, the U.S. has poured resources and manpower into Mexicanizing one of the worlds most peacefuland porousborders. But critics suggest that strategy wont work, and it could even ... More >>

  • Diversions

    June 26, 2002

    Sports Guy

    Passion Plays

  • News

    March 27, 2002

    The $8 latte

    Why you should pay more for your coffee— and be happy about it.

  • Arts

    February 6, 2002

    Scent of the vest

    Breaking with standard practice, SAM's Africa exhibit vividly renders art in context.

  • News

    June 20, 2001

    Queer unions

    Pride At Work, a gay labor organization, holds its national convention in Everett.

  • News

    January 17, 2001

    Saving spaces

    If gentrification pushes out all the artists, where will they go?

  • Arts

    March 29, 2000

    The last shoe drops

    Does the demise of Pioneer Square's last remaining independent artists' building signal the end of Seattle's arts community as we know it?

  • News

    May 19, 1999

    Hostel intentions

    The art of slacking in Seattle, as practiced by twentysomething foreign visitors

  • News

    March 31, 1999

    A Hill of Beans?

    Starbucks' effort to improve labor practices on Latin American coffee farms seems to have fizzled.

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