All the texts I’ve recently published in The Slow Burn have been born from a desire to share and inspire. I emphasize this because I recognize that it wasn’t always like this. In the past, when I called myself a publicist and entrepreneur, my writing was often driven by a need to build my personal […]
I’m writing this as I listen to Don’t Call by Desire – it’s on a Spotify playlist made by my dear friend Charlie Ranalli called Retro 80s. There’s a bottle of Glenlivet and a Cuban cigar by my side, and I’m looking [...]
A short line in between words is known as a ‘hyphen’ in English, while in Spanish it’s referred to as a ‘guion’. It comes in varying lengths, including -, –, — and a few more, as I understand it. In the language [...]
Alejandro Egea, CEO on Demand, successful entrepreneur, great friend and energetic young man, invited me to a conversation at Halo Legacy. The talk takes more than an hour. For now I do not extend in presenting it, for longanimity, for creativity, for [...]
I’m 63 years old and alive and kicking. I’m in awe and thrilled to bits, currently trying to carry on with my life in the midst of the new normal. Due to the covid-19 pandemic, I’ve been staying at home most of [...]
At that time, San José was home to a living, breathing example of a dream come true. Two inspired youngsters, Jorge Jiménez and Giselle Zamora, ventured off to Italy 43 years ago where they blazed a trail, had a son named Esteban, [...]
A few years ago, when I first wrote this piece in the Costa Rican newspaper La Nación, Apple had just broken ground in an innovative way that had nothing to do with technology, a new device or a new machine. Rather, they’d [...]
The Debussy is the main hall for the seminars, the workshops have other assigned places, the Grand Auditorium is for the most attended events, such as the awards and the New Directors Show of Saatchi Saatchi, the Palais des Festivals as a [...]
HomeTwo Costa Rica It is not easy to acknowledge that in Costa Rica we can have the best in the world. However, from my biased and completely subjective opinion, the best kindergarten in the world is found in Escazu. It is a [...]
