Yearly Archives: 2015
Yes, There are Chinese in China Town
QCOSTARICA by Michael Miller - If you have any Costa Rican friends who live in San José, and you would like to see them laugh, bring up the subject of Barrio Chino. This is the city's newly created Chinatown.
San José did not have a Chinatown until 3 years ago....
New Bank For Woman Dubbed by Critics “Barbie Bank”
QCOTARICA - The social media is dubbing the new bank for women by the Banco de Costa Rica, the "Barbie bank" of its use of pink in the style of a Barbie world, and a "princess castle" at the City Mall branch, to promote the brand.
Critics of the new...
Fire Almost Melts Ice Rink At The National Stadium
QCOSTARICA - In what appears to be an electrical fire, the ice rink near the National Stadium in La Sabana was almost melted away Friday night.
Luis Chaves, battalion chief of the San Jose fire department (Bomberos), said a problem with a bank of temporary transformers to power the ice...