Volunteer Event: Help for Budding Artists!

Our friends Mike and Earl are volunteer art teachers at the Magellanes School. They are asking for our help for the next two weeks in collecting materials for their students:

1. Empty, clean tin cans...please take the labels off
2. Crepe Paper, any color or type
3. Fabric or material, any size remnants
4. White glue
5. Leftover buttons
6. Colored paper, any type
7. And for the fashionistas among us: Women's or Men's Hats!

Also, if you have a project you would like to do with the students or to make drop off arrangements, just give them a call at 2445-1807/8354-1925. ALTERNATIVE DROP OFF, BRING ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO DONATE TO CAFE DELICOUS FOR THE NEXT TWO THURSDAYS (AUGUST 19 AND 26 BETWEEN 10 AND NOON AND I WILL ARRANGE TO TAKE IT TO MIKE AND EARL FOR YOU. Just look for all the Gringas! Join us for coffee too if you have time!

What a nice way to clean out your casa and recycle items where they will make a difference to a lot of sweet kids!

Meet Up Event: I Can Hear Music....

Yes, there is a national symphony in Costa Rica, and we are going! Come join us to see famed conductor Choei Komatsu and enjoy selections from Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro," Elgar's Cello Concert, and Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2.

Oh, and lunch at Asian fusion restaurant, Tin Jo...


Date: Sunday, August 29, 2010, performance 10:30 a.m. - noon

Meet Up: Directo Bus Station, San Ramon, at 8:30 a.m. This is a Meet Up Event, no RSVP necessary. Look for Parker and Kathy. For more info, call Parker at 2447-7658.

Expect: One hour bus to SJ (2200 c r/t), shared taxi to National Theatre (about 1,500), admission to the most beautiful building in San Jose, the National Theatre (less than 5,000 c), walk about six blocks to Tin Jo, with a wide variety of Asian cuisine (5,000 c and up). Go to this review for more info: http://www.frommers.com/destinations/sanjosecostarica/D39132.html. Then take a shared taxi to Directo Bus (about 1,500 c) and back to San Ramon between 3 and 4 pm. Casual clothes, walking shoes and umbrella!

Don't let Friday the 13th scare you away, it's time for a road trip! We are going to Atenas for some real American comfort food... biscuits and sausage gravy, blueberry pancakes, hamburgers and fried chicken... and of course, superb sweets!

And as an added bonus, Kay and Tom, North Dakota natives, maintain a large paperback exchange library....so bring a few books you don't need back and exchange for ones that are new to you at no cost!

Date: Friday, August 13, 2010
Meet Up: 9 am SHARP at Cafe Delicious for caravan/carpooling. No RSVP necessary
Expect: One hour traveling to Atenas, brunch at Kay's Gringo Postres from 10-12 noon, less than 5,000 c, exchange your books and return to San Ramon about 1 -1:30 pm. Give driver 1,000 c towards gas.
Bring: Up to five books you don't need returned and your hearty appetite!