momma b’s travels: costa rica.

hey everyone! i am turning the time over to my mom tonight. she has a luxurious life and is always traveling to far and fun places. i like to live vicariously through her and have asked her to write up guest posts on all her fun trips.

here is the first installment~ hope you enjoy. here’s momma b!

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It feels like I have been on the go for months – with not a minute to spare and, well, I guess I have been pretty busy: Costa Rica, wedding, grand baby 1, San Antonio, grand baby 2, St George…….these have all been wonderful experiences and I still have to throw my job in there, too!  But I did have to eat all the while so here I am sharing a few of my meals with you.

Costa Rica in June is splendid – we have had the chance to go often and it certainly is one of my “destinations of choice” – you should all try it!  We love to stay at the Iguana Lodge on the Osa Peninsula.  It is a wonderful resort with pretty rustic casitas and fabulous breakfasts and dinners!

We fly on a tiny plane from San Jose to the beach, awesome.

These places are so cute. Screens on the windows, no locks on the doors and, of course, the required bug netting! 

Wonderful open air showers!

Now here’s a kitchen Janetha could get used to!!  They cook all of the meals here, they have a wonderful chef who will whip up just about anything you want!

I’m always a sucker for flowers and beach shots – most of my photos are scenery but, boy, is it ever beautiful – private beaches and warm, warm water, ahhhhh the life! 

The cute little fluff ball is a dog we named Scrappy  – there is another cute photo of him down below, he followed us everywhere.

Here’s Scrappy’s buddy Curly – lodge dogs!  

The first night there we had a wonderful Italian buffet – plenty of food.  Lasagna, eggplant, fresh veggies, mmmm good!

The Iguana Lodge is famous for their pecan pie, totally melts in your mouth – I have the recipe just in case you may want it

Holy mortar and pestle!!  I needed a good workout.

We ate at a small restaurant next to the lodge called the Pearl.  I had the BEST gazpacho I have EVER tasted.

Along with  two darling chicken tacos (janetha here.. did my mom just call the chicken tacos “darling”? i love her!), which were SO flavorful.

And, last but not least, a side order of Scrappy! 

Moving on to a darling pizza place high in the mountains by the volcano Arenal… we had this refreshing lime drink, makes my mouth water just to look at it! 

I’ll let the pizza speak for itself.

Of course a visit to a beautiful butterfly farm is always in order, isn’t this fellow just grand?

Oops –this one got away from me way too soon – it was an awesome chicken sandwich with spinach, tomatoes and pine nuts, sounds crazy… but as you can see, it was delicious!

Typical breakfast for me!

Well, I sure don’t want to spoil your appetite, but wanted to share my awesome injury with you!  I was repelling down a waterfall (I’m a very clumsy uncoordinated momma b) and lost my footing and this is what I came away with. Yep, it hurt about as bad as it looks!!

One final shot of the beautiful San Jose Marriott – I love this place and could be ready to go again in, oh, say about 20 minutes!!

This is such a great vacation spot and I hope someday to be able to get our whole family there to enjoy all of it!!

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thanks, mom! i sure wish you could get our whole family there to enjoy it, too (wink, wink, nudge, nudge!) i loved seeing the photos of all the fun, food and pups. can’t wait to hear about your next adventure!

before i go—the winner of the nature made tripleflex giveaway is #36! kristin of cook, bake & nibble. congrats, lady. send me your mailing address. thanks to everyone who entered!

see you guys tomorrow for flashback friday

Qs~

1. where was your most recent vacation destination? mine was arizona in august.. but next up is san francisco in two weeks for the foodbuzz festival. hooray!

2. if you had to name one vacation you’ve been on that had the best food.. which vacation would that be? my answer is definitely my trip in 2007 when i went to london, amsterdam and norway. we ate SO much great food—but the best was the home cooked meals that my norwegian friend’s dad made for us. delicious!

xo. janetha g.