. Some nights enter our lives quietly and then stay with us forever—unexpected, unforgettable, and impossible not to smile about when we remember them. In my previous post, I wrote about the launch of The Art of Detachment in Madrid a couple of weeks ago—a magical evening surrounded by extraordinary people, where I had the […]
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 [...]
It was March 2008 when I programmed the rental car’s GPS to find the closest gas station. I was in Paris and had to fill the tank in order to avoid the steep cost of gas at the rental agency. Since I [...]
When I typed this question into Google, a whopping 241 million results came up. “Holy shit!” I thought to myself. Then, I tweaked my query slightly, swapping the word “world” for “life” and two million more search results were generated. Safe to [...]
My blogging debut was back in 2005 when I first wrote a few lines here, on the Slow Burn blog, named A Fuego Lento in Spanish. Since then, it has certainly lived up to its name; I’ve gone through periods of writing [...]
There is something about the airplane, its disconnection, the altitude, the clouds and the sky that provokes thoughts and feelings that lead to ideas different from those born with feet on the ground. Undoubtedly, as my wife reminded me last night, as [...]
We are exactly one week away from the Saatchi Saatchi New Directors’ Show in Cannes, as is customary every year, on Thursday mornings at the Debussy in the Grand Palais. No doubt Bob Isherwood will do it again. We look forward to [...]
For those who do not read La Nación since early morning, the article included below published today by journalist Camila Schumacher, refers to the Sol de Plata obtained by our friends from Publimark, Carlos Fonseca, Javier Zeledón with their creative team completed [...]
With only 6 days to go until the Cannes Lions International Festival, the advertising community around the world is ready to celebrate the best of the planet. Some try to cover the sun with a finger, and of course, they will [...]
Climbing Everest is one of the most extreme adventures possible on the planet, and as far away as it seems, many people have made it their own in all sorts of flavors and colors. This video captures the experience of the first [...]
