. 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 [...]
Ideas to Succeed Corporate Communication, Independent. Apr 20, 2010. -Sergio Valente, president and director of DM9DDB Brsil, is at the helm of the agency with the most Golden Lions in the region. Valente has 79 awards from the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. [...]
OPENS ON 14 MAY: TWO WINNERS TO TAKE PART IN YOUNG LIONS FILM COMPETITION Make an ad. Spread the word. Go to Cannes. London, 23 April 2010 – After the successful launch last year of the 48 Hour YouTube Cannes Young Lions [...]
I am fascinated by this photograph, it moves me and engages me, it impresses me and amuses me, it is strong and powerful and means so much that seeing it made me want to jump with emotion, because it is a reflection [...]
Costa Rica is the scene of a fierce competition among talented lions and creatives under 28 years old, as they all want to go to Cannes Lions next June to compete among the best. More than 100 pairs are participating today for [...]
Take advantage of the Spanish subtitles option. Elizabeth Gilbert reflects on the impossible things we expect from artists and geniuses — and shares the radical idea that, rather than one person “being” a genius, we all “have” a genius. A funny, personal [...]
DIPO Pharmaceuticals expands its products By: Redacción EN, on Wednesday, April 21, 2010 Now the companies 3M and Nestlé join the different suppliers for the pharmaceutical company that distributes a variety of health products in more than 11 thousand points of sale [...]
