ARCR’s English Language Magazine September / October 2018 $3.95 Free for members Published by ARCR Administración S.A. Apdo. 1191-1007 Centro Colón San José, Costa Rica (www.arcr.net) El Residente Historic Costa Rica: Two Historic Churches and Many Earthquakes Also in this issue: The Hand Painted Tiles of Barrio Amón An American Refugee Hey Buddy, Gotta Match? Parrots of the Deep Blue... 3 September / October 2018 Contents Across the Board Editor's Note ARCR Board of Directors 4 The View from Downtown Michael Miller 6 nce again the computer “got” us and the last issue, which was thought to have been distributed to Monteverde Moments 10 everyone on time, did not go out as planned. ARCR Marshall Cobb Oextends its sincere apologies to the members who received the Dollars and Sense issue late. If you have difficulties in receiving communications Tom Zachystal 12 from ARCR, please contact the office at
[email protected] or call 506-2220-0055, to make sure our records are up to date. A Day In The Life Allen Dickinson 14 It has come to our attention that El Residente may be perceived as ignoring items of interest to members who originate from Guanacaste... From a Hammock countries other than the USA. Although the majority of ARCR Geoff Hull 16 members (90%) do come from the USA, we are keenly aware Finding My Way in Costa Rica that there are those from other nations among our membership. Katya DeLuisa 18 Despite requests to embassies, we get very little information that can be of use to those others to publish.