. 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 [...]
We live in an environment where the importance of something is often measured by the degree of urgency with which it has to be addressed. That’s why a visit to a Festival of the magnitude of the Ojo is like receiving one [...]
The piece that did not even approve the client is the big brother of the frauds, while the piece that advertises a client that does not even exist is the daddy of the frauds. Whether or not you agree with these unimportant [...]
If you were to ask me to describe the Eye of Ibero-America in one word, I would say just one: CHALLENGING. If you gave me the option of a second, I would confess: INTIMIDATING. And if you allowed me a third, I [...]
In the attached file you will find a happy surprise: a spread from the book Lovemarks, the future beyond brands, which I am including in the blog for your use and benefit. However, I insist on something that I have said a [...]
