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north side of Lake Arenal welcomed some cultural refinements recently
while south side residents are starting to learn something about slump
zones. On Aug. 12, Barcelona Barroc performed music by Correlli, Geminiani,
Handel, Soler and Bach at the Hotel Lago Arenal as part of the Credomatic
16th Music Festival, which sent seven different classical music groups
or individuals to perform in 17 locations throughout Costa Rica during
August. South-side music lover Christina Glass enjoyed the event and
also gave top marks to a new north-side gourmet restaurant called
Gingerbread. Gingerbread, open just a week on the lake road between
Nuevo Arenal and Lajas Restaurant, features the Israli chef (we'll
soon learn his name) who formerly worked at Mavericks in Arenal. On
the evening of Christina's visit, the mains included New York steak,
salmon, marlin, a vegetable fettucini, and pork in brandy sauce. With
very good appetizers, wines, and desserts, the bill came to about
20,000 colones a person.
The south side is also anticipating
the opening of the new restaurant at Puerto San Luis Lodge
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and Yacht Club. Reportedly
seating 160 persons in a gorgeous setting not far above the 50-meter
mark on the San Luis cove, the restaurant is due to open in October.
eanwhile, some residents are gulping at the possible significance
of a geologic map showing that not only are there earthquake fault
lines the whole length of the hills on both sides of the lake but
there are also fairly widespread "slump zones" in quite
a few hilly areas of the south side between Tronadora and Rio Chiquito,
though more prevalent toward Rio Chiquito. The term refers to areas
where underneath the topsoil there is a layer of volcanic ash sitting
atop a layer of clay. There is supposedly a tendency of water that
gets in on top of the clay to wash away the ash and cause the terrain
to slump.
Libano resident Judy Reisman,
of G-PAW - the Guanacaste Province Animal Welfare Foundation - reports
good progress back in the States in raising money to fund the series
of spaying/neutering clinics the non-profit is staging. Coming up
next are clinics in Parceles and Quebrada Grande. G-PAW recently
earned money at a Dog Days of Summer street party Aug. 5 and a silent
auction Aug. 11 in Frederick, MD.
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