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Doka Coffee Plantation Part 2
Did you enjoy Wednesday’s post about our visit to the Doka Coffee Plantation? Today is a continuation about how the plantation works. My husband and I really enjoy the tour and we have been loving the coffee we brought home. We love it so much we are having his best friend bring us some back when he goes. Doka Coffee Estate is the oldest wet mill still working. The water is 12 feet deep and separates the good coffee beans for the lesser quality ones. The good coffee has more density and sinks to the bottom. The big red box above can hold 10 cajuelas and it takes 2 hours…
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Doka Coffee Plantation Costa Rica Part 1
The day we visited the La Paz Waterfall Gardens was the same day we visited the Doka Coffee Plantation. When looking at tours, these two locations are usually grouped together but after realizing that a tour would requite us to be on a bus for quite a while picking up people at different hotels we decided to visit these two places on our own. It was cheaper this way and gave us more freedom on getting up later and having our own timeline. The Plants This tour was really interesting and we learned a lot about coffee production. We were lucky to be the only 2 on the tour and…
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White for Fall with the Sunday Showcase
,A couple weeks ago, I met up with my friend Rachel (The Faux French Girl) in Chattanooga at Renaissance Park for a picnic and blog pictures. I typically use my phone for pictures so it was a treat to have someone take pictures with a real camera. A big thank you for these pictures! I have been so impressed with the beautiful parks in Chattanooga by the river that plan to bring the boys back up in December. It has felt so busy lately and I am looking forward to the school breaks coming up. I do not wear my white jeans in the summer as it is too hot. …
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La Paz Waterfall Gardens, Costa Rica
Well, I wish I was back at La Paz Waterfall Gardens! This week has been a long one with lots of time spent on the phone to resolve different things, and family members taking turns not feeling well. We visited La Paz Waterfall Gardens our last full day in Costa Rica. I thought the price was excessive at $50 but I will say the waterfalls were amazing and the grounds well taken care of and quite gorgeous. The Animals After seeing animals in the wild at our resort earlier, seeing the enclosed animals was not as awe inspiring! However these are all rescue animals. There were monkeys, butterflies and felines.…
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Grand Hotel Hilton, San Jose, Costa Rica
Staying in San Jose was quite a different experience than staying in the country side and nature. The first evening was an adjustment as we arrived at our hotel Sunday night. There were many people hanging out in the plazas near the hotel, people in line for different things and no nature in sight. The hotel though was quite beautiful and luxurious and we used our hotel points to book our room. We stayed at the Grand Hotel Hilton in San Jose. We missed the turn for the hotel entrance and valet so we had to go around the block but were thankful we did not have to worry about…
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Inspired by Nancy and Monochromatic Black
In the past, Nancy (NancysFashionStyle) inspired me to wear a monochromatic black outfit which I shared in this post. Today’s first outfit was inspired by a recent blog post she shared with a pair of satin trousers and a sheer top. It was all black and bookended by fun gold boots. I immediately thought of my velvet joggers and decided it would be fun to recreate that outfit (see more about her outfit here). My second outfit started with a column of black but I chose an accent color to wear with it. Inspired by Nancy I liked the idea of wearing textured pants and these soft velvet joggers I…
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The Pacific Coast of Costa Rica
When planning this trip to Costa Rica, I had to make the decision of which coast to visit: the Pacific side or the Carribean side. The pictures I saw actually did not help the decision. I ended up basing my decision on the location of the Manuel Antonio National Park which we ended up not visiting. However the landscape where we stayed is very similar to the park. We stopped in a couple of spots for pictures on the way to Quepos from San Jose but were a bit hurried as I was ready to reach our destination. The first thing I will say is that none of the pictures…
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Night Jungle Tour with Jade Tours
The second tour we took while in the area near Manuel Antonio National Park was a night jungle tour with Jade Tours. This was one of the tours listed at our resort that could be booked for us and since we were in the area for just a short amount of time, we decided to take advantage of the opportunity. The tour was $55+ tax per person. I felt that the price was appropriate since it offered an experience we couldn’t have on our own but my husband thought it could have been about 10 dollars less each since it was a shorter tour. The tour including bringing us to…
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Dress Up your Blazer with a Skirt
A few weeks ago, I shared a thrifted blazer my friend Jodie found for me with two types of denim in casual outfits in this post. Today, I am sharing another thrifted blazer that I found at Goodwill on the same day (as she had inspired me to look on my own!). This blazer is in a similar cut, fitted and cropped but in a nice purple color without a collar. I decided to dress up this blazer by creating two outfits with skirts and once again I wanted to incorporate some print mixing which I did in the second outfit. Blazer with Midi Skirt I typically shoot outfits at…
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ATV tour with Real Adventure
I wanted to book a couple of adventures while we were in Quepos and Tulemar Resort made that booking ridiculously easy! They have a list of possible tours with descriptions and prices and the concierge assigned to you on your stay books the tours for you. You pay for them before you check out. You can communicate with your concierge in the weeks prior to your stay to set this up and ask any questions. One of the tours we chose was the ATV tour with Real Adventure. We were picked up at the entrance of the resort in a little van which picked up a few other people on…