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  • NP #90: Michael Streda from Beach Dog Cafe questions the future of Nosara’s restaurants and asks for help

    NP #90: Michael Streda from Beach Dog Cafe questions the future of Nosara’s restaurants and asks for help

    Times are tough these days for Nosara’s restaurants. Coronavirus drastically reduced tourism and making it to high season is proving difficult, if not impossible, for multiple locations.

    Michael Streda from Beach Dog Cafe feels the restaurants helped shape the Nosara experience and are an important part of the community. However, his restaurant is struggling to remain open and he is starting a GoFundMe as an attempt to save his employees’ jobs.

    In this episode, Mike shares his thoughts how Nosara is ‘on the cusp of turning into franchises like Subway and hotel based restaurants and losing part of what makes us special’ along with explaining his personal situation.

    Here’s a link to his GoFundMe: https://gf.me/u/yrmkbi

    Donate $50-$100 for a free lunch… Over $100 gets free T-shirt

    ***Personally, I agree with some of Mike’s statements in the video. So restaurant owners please feel free to reach out to me if you need some help. I am putting together an article for the Nosara Times soon and happy to include info for those working hard to make it. We can do quick podcast episodes too if you want to share your personal story.

  • NP #85: Henry from El Local in 60 minutes

    NP #85: Henry from El Local in 60 minutes

    I had a great time speaking with Henry from El Local and I’m happy to share his episode. This was our first time speaking at length outside of El Local, the restaurant he manages, and it was fun getting to know him. Initially, I didn’t know how much he likes to laugh and joke around.

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    However, we share lots of laughs throughout this 60 minute episode as Henry shares his background and journey to Nosara, how he brought El Local to the upper tier of Nosara restaurants, what challenges him the most and what drives him to succeed, his daughter, some Nosara ups and downs, his take on aliens, what his favorite restaurants are and a bunch more. I hope you enjoy Henry’s Nosara Podcast!

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  • NP #84: Nicole Quesada Gurdian in 30 minutes

    NP #84: Nicole Quesada Gurdian in 30 minutes

    In this Nosara Podcast episode, Nicole Quesada Gurdian shares her journey to Nosara, why she opened her legal practice here, Nosara likes and dislikes, her 3 favorite restaurants, her family’s extensive background, her friend’s alien experience, why she created her residency guide, plus much more.

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    She’s excited to be living, and building her business, in Nosara and I hope you enjoy getting to know her in this episode.

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  • NP #83: The Sacred Playground: What is this ‘Playground’ and why is it ‘Sacred?’ Mike and Lori show us their new adventure and explain what it is all about in 17 minutes

    NP #83: The Sacred Playground: What is this ‘Playground’ and why is it ‘Sacred?’ Mike and Lori show us their new adventure and explain what it is all about in 17 minutes

    Michael Streda from Beach Dog Cafe and Lori Anne from Spirit Lounge are unique human beings. They seem to strengthen and challenge one another both personally and in their businesses. Their newest adventure, The Sacred Playground, is definitely not a ‘normal’ business concept… So I wanted to find out why these already successful Guiones business owners decided to go ‘all in’ manifesting this strange idea. This episode is Mike and Lori both explaining and sharing the experience of their newest project and I hope you enjoy it!

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  • NP #82: Mr. Steve Reyer from Coconut Harry’s in 28 minutes

    NP #82: Mr. Steve Reyer from Coconut Harry’s in 28 minutes

    Coconut Harry’s Surf Shop is an iconic business in Nosara most everyone knows about and drives by as you roll into Guiones on Ruta 160. Steve Reyer purchased the shop from founder ‘Coconut’ Harry Heinke in 2007 and has been running it ever since. It was nice to get him into the Nosara Podcast studio for this episode and I hope you enjoy hearing from Steve.

    In this episode we discuss:

    • Shop updates
    • Coronavirus challenges
    • New surfboards & clothes
    • Borders & beaches reopening
    • Getting angry about our beaches opening later than the rest of the country
    • Pipas & boardroom improvements
    • Steve’s personal journey to Nosara
    • His Nosara dislikes
    • Is Coconut Harry’s for sale?
    • His hatred of dust and our road problem
    • Support for local groups like NCA
    • Steve’s conspiracy theory
    • Is Trump getting re-elected?
    • Steve’s new surfboard
    • Rich using quarantine to get in paddle shape
    • Who ‘drops in’ the most in Guiones?
    • 3 favorite restaurants
    • Who in Nosara does Steve want to meet?
    • Nosara’s growth pattern and thoughts about being different from Tamarindo and Jaco
    • Some shout outs
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  • NP #78: Robert ‘Yogadude’ Busch in 21 minutes; This punk rock musician and author is not your normal yoga instructor. He talks about eating meat, getting angry while surfing, and much more in this episode.

    NP #78: Robert ‘Yogadude’ Busch in 21 minutes; This punk rock musician and author is not your normal yoga instructor. He talks about eating meat, getting angry while surfing, and much more in this episode.

    This episode with Robert Busch is a fun interview and I enjoyed getting to know him further. To many, he is known as Yogadude, the author of The Dude Experience, to others he is a punk rock musician, to me he is someone I surfed with a bunch over the years and I didn’t know anything too much about him until our first podcast recording. It turns out he has a great deal to say and is a very interesting person.

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    The first thing I learned is he seems not to be a typical yoga instructor. He’s very blunt about his behavior now and in the past. He admits to eating meat (but now is changing over towards vegetarian), getting angry in the water when he misses waves, messing up a Beach Dog Cafe open mic night playing punk music, his past with conspiracy theories and all kinds of other things a typical yoga instructor might not do.

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    For me it was refreshing to hear his honesty, enthusiasm, and authenticity. I hope you enjoy getting to know Robert/Yogadude in this episode and look forward to having back on the Nosara Podcast in the future.

  • NP #76: Jeff Grosshandler assesses Nosara’s economic situation from COVID-19; Explains our current ‘Nosara time machine,’ Making the most of these of these times, a Chamber of Commerce, plus much more.

    NP #76: Jeff Grosshandler assesses Nosara’s economic situation from COVID-19; Explains our current ‘Nosara time machine,’ Making the most of these of these times, a Chamber of Commerce, plus much more.

    Today, April 20th is Jeff Grosshandler’s birthday. This means Jeff turns 40 on 4-20, the 4th month of the year April 2020. Seems pretty funny to me. So I figured we may as well release this episode at 4:20pm EST.

    In this 40 minute Nosara Podcast, Jeff Grosshandler discusses COVID-19 Nosara today and the future, why Nosara at the moment is like being in a time machine, he shares insights (ex: Don’t make long term decisions based on short term circumstances), advises everyone to take advantage of these moments, and explains how he is happy about an incoming chamber of commerce for Nosara plus much more in this podcast.

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    Jeff is often a guest on the Nosara Podcast and one of the few people who are willing to speak on camera about controversial topics. Even when we disagree I always appreciate hearing his take on things.

    I enjoyed this episode because it was positive and empowering and his vibe was about a community fully working together, friend and foe alike.

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  • NP #73: 23 minutes with Spacialle Novak about life in Nosara during COVID-19 and beyond

    NP #73: 23 minutes with Spacialle Novak about life in Nosara during COVID-19 and beyond

    Normally, Spacialle Novak’s life is extremely busy overseeing The Gardens Hotel and helping with the increasingly popular restaurant El Local in addition to her family’s business making delicious chocolates and coffee. However, COVID-19 is changing things and in this Nosara Podcast episode she shares how she is undergoing this massive transition both professionally and personally.

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