a night out - by paul rivas

“I’m going ten meters across the street for dinner.”
It was exaggerated compliance with her request that he tell her where he was going when he walked out, rather than just walking out, and he’d meant it to be rude. Now Restaurant Other Fish was closed.
All he’d wanted was the shrimp dinner and Premium beer he’d [...]

wipeout

At The Surf Sanctuary, in Limon II close to Las Salinas, Nicaragua, Julie and I had a blast surfing some waves. Naturally, not being a surfer and being 2 years out of practice, I was WAY out of my league and proudly ended up on their blog as the “Whippp (wipeout) of the Day”. Three [...]

a little vacation

schlep bus writings published on independent.com

The article I wrote on the bus from Costa Rica to Nicaragua about the UCSB men’s soccer team’s summer trip to Argentina and what it means, if anything, for the team’s chances to repeat as NCAA champions appeared today on independent.com, The Santa Barbara Independent website.

love after love

Last night little Julie stepped off the plane like an angel of mercy. With her 12 hours in Nicaragua she has already made me laugh until I spat food all over the dinner table, watched Grey’s Anatomy with me, and generally made me feel not-quite-so-insane. I feel like the vacation part of the schlep may [...]

with south america behind me