Recent content by CRHeel94

That's a load of crap.

I'm interested to see how this Harvard-Trump tussle unfolds. I don't see Harvard backing down.

My concern is that the system response will be a populist movement on the left. That would be a disaster on top of a disaster.

You're not going to get busted for having anti-Trump vitriol on your social media. The immigration check for US passports at airports is very light. They're more concerned if you're bring back stuff from a farm.

You guys are American citizens. Y'all are fine.

I use to love reading magazines on my iPad but they kept fucking with the subscriptions and viewing options. The best deal now is through Apple News. They have a fair amount of magazines that you can download and read. I use to have separate subscriptions for Esquire and Fortune, but now that...

State Department upgrades travel advisory for El Salvador https://www.msnbc.com/top-stories/latest/el-salvador-travel-advisory-united-states-rcna200483 Lost in all this, I actually like El Salvador. People are very warm and inviting. Love myself some pupusas (the local dish, tortilla dough...

Light rail is kind. Yep there is an old train that they have refurbished as an urban train that connects SJ and Heredia.

Its probably higher than that if I'm honest with myself. I read 20-24 books a year and maybe one or two are in Spanish. I read so much faster in English than in Spanish, so it feels like Im getting bogged down. There are some authors that translate well, but most of them have such a powerful...

I enjoyed Tiempos Recios... I find the Arbenz coup a fascinating time in Central American history. I asked my parents what was their favorite and they went back to Conversation en La Catedral (one of his first novels). Added that to my reading queue.

Not sure if I had posted this story before. About ten years ago, some thieves broke into my car (ironically, it was parked right by the US Ambassador's residence). They took my backpack which unfortunately had my passport with US visa. Reported the lost items to the police and went about the...

Think Duke is in the mix for that kid.

Has the Trump admin even mentioned this?

Atenas is the place I would look at. Town up in the mountains but a manageable drive to SJ. Have noticed some European-owned restaurants popping up in that area. Heredia is nice, but the traffic going up can be a pain. That area had the prettiest girls back in the day (I'm sure that's a real...

Saw that @donbosco posted on FB. Mario Vargas Llosa, one of the best Latin American writers of our lifetime passed away this weekend. Though 90% of my reading is in English, the one author in Spanish I have read regularly has been Vargas Llosa (my favorite is La Fiesta Del Chico which uses the...