Rod Peter Jr, host of The Showdown was nice enough to play along with this wresting announcer concept – a good fit, as the show’s theme this month is WrestleMania inspired.
Then we played with his impressive (alarming?) collection of wrestling action figures.
This is still a work in progress but I thought it would be an appropriate piece to share today. After all, love is a battlefield.
Also, does anybody want a pound of gently used cinnamon hearts? I can’t stand the bloody things.
On a recent trip to Costa Rica I had the pleasure of trying carambolas, AKA starfruit. In our garden was a tree, just laden with ripe offerings. Eating tropical fruit fresh off the tree was a daily highlight of the trip.
The tree was brought to our attention by Olman, the gardener/caretaker of the property who quickly became a friend. He spoke very little English. We spoke very little Spanish. We got by with a handy phrasebook and a lot of charades. One day he tried explaining this “muy rica” (Spanish for yummy) drink his wife makes using starfruit, rice, water, and some sugar and spice. Eager to partake in an authentic Tico experience, we gave it a go. I’m not sure if it was the language barrier or our gringo ineptitude but, to put it nicely, it was a complete disaster. Too polite to be honest, Olman claimed it just “needed more sugar” but trust me, all the sugar in a box of Ding Dongs couldn’t have saved that mess.
From that point on we just enjoyed the starfruit simply, letting it shine on its own.
