Costa Rica Recap
By: Smith Schwartz |
Good morning! During our last leg of international-ness, we spent two week’s with Erik’s work buddies at Table XI in Costa Rica! ¡Que linda! While plenty of work happened (here’s a shot of Erik giving a fascinating tech talk!), there was also lots of sightseeing and hanging out in paradise with a great group of people. It was a delight...
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A Small Plane is a Big Deal
By: Smith Schwartz |
Getting from Panama City to Playa Grande, Costa Rica proved to be somewhat of a difficult task. We figured since those countries are so close together that transporting between the two neighbors should be as easy as flying from Chicago to Toronto, right? Airlines only connect the two countries from capital city to capital city, so there’s no such thing...
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Dinner on the Panama Canal
By: Smith Schwartz |
The Panama Canal is an amazing thing. Even more amazing, you can sit next to it while you eat your dinner. It’s nice to have a meal as a distraction, because just like Lenscrafters, it takes about an hour for one boat to go through one set of locks. We ate dinner at a restaurant atop the Miraflores Locks). Originally...
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Microwaves and Monkeys in Panama City
By: Smith Schwartz |
In case you were wondering, here is the view from my ‘office’ here in Panama. We’re crashing with a friend of ours who lives here, and just down the street from his house is a cute little cafe and store called, well, The Country Store. It’s got great food and like most places in Panama, inexpensive prices. I hang out...
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Panama Surprise
By: Smith Schwartz |
So, I was expecting Panama City to look like this: But what I didn’t expect was that it would also look like this: I guess that’s what happens when you build this:
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En Route to Panama
By: Smith Schwartz |
You guys! We made it to Panama safe and sound. But I have to say… getting here was the most fabulous part. An eight hour flight is not so bad when you have this much leg room. (Yes, I’m reading Jet-Set Magazine. So what, who cares?) So, recently I’ve become quite the travel agent, and I’m really proud of the...
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Well Designed Travel: Apartment Therapy
By: Smith Schwartz |
So you guys, my column debuted today over on Apartment Therapy! I’m so excited to finally get started and I’m overwhelmed by the positive responses. Please head over to AT and check out the full story HERE.
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