My family moved from the east coast to Truckee in 1998. I was eight years old then, so I haven’t necessarily been researching material for this article since then. But I have healthily sampled my share of the bars in Truckee in the last 8+ years. And while we’re sitting here this winter, watching snow…
I grew up in Truckee, California. Perhaps surprisingly, coffee shops weren’t a big part of my life as a youngster in this town. My experience was mainly limited to the one coffee shop within walking distance of my high school (we had off-campus lunch, which was sweet!). But then I started freelance writing and working…
Hey Guys! So it has been over two months since either one of us has written anything here. We’ve had a lot go down since we’ve been back in the states. So, before we really fall behind, it’s time for a life update. We’ve been on the road, back in Truckee, California for a few…
Originally, I had hoped to write this blog before we left Uvita. My intention was to take four or five days off from client work and from writing for my affiliate blogs in order to relax, read, and write this blog. But, I must’ve thought I had an extra day (or more) than I really…
Back in October, Katie and I arrived here in Uvita ready to take a solid couple of weeks off from work to relax before we really started to dive into projects and improvements on the property. As you’ll learn from the stories in this post, we had the opportunity to get our hands dirty much…
As you might know if you’ve read any of our recent posts, one of our missions here on this beautiful piece of property in Uvita, Costa Rica has been to repurpose and recycle wood and roofing material from the old “rancho” that fell on the property two days after we arrived (that’s another story). But…
We had a trash problem on our property! As a result, I, for the first time in my life, had to figure out how to build a basurero, which was something I never dreamed I’d be doing. Now, I wish I had taken a picture of our old trash receptacle out on the street but,…
As I mentioned in our previous post about constructing an upcycled compost shed, we had a serious surplus of yard waste on this property when we first arrived back in October. In addition to needing a solution to decrease our waste, we also started looking around and recognized the need for more spaces to plant…
We are currently spending the winter as property managers on a lovely parcel in Uvita, Costa Rica. In exchange for housing, we have completed several projects on the property to improve the overall aesthetics and function of the space. The first major project we undertook was the construction of a compost shed that allowed us…
If you can find the Salton Sea in your handy road atlas (or in Google Maps on a smartphone, like a “normal” person), your eyes may fall on the small town of Niland, CA, which lies just east of this vast body of salt water. Niland is the last “on-the-grid” town before the lawless, and…