Tag Archives: hip e habitat

Thoughts on Summer Vacation

Posted on July 31, 2012 by

An open jar of truffle-flavored honey scents the room in sweet musky earth tones amongst a baker’s dozen young hip lawyers, doctors, and a dancer. They’d come to this party in Cambridge, Massachusetts to admire and celebrate the first home … Continue reading →

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Living the Dream – Surfing, Dogs, and Ridgetop BBQs at Tierra Del Sueno

Posted on July 22, 2012 by

This is why we live in Nicaragua – warm water, fun waves, dogs off-leash on the beach, estuary swimming, hiking barefoot, and sausage BBQs on a sea-view ridge with cold home brewed Belgian Ales to wash it all down. Life … Continue reading →

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Building in Nicaragua – Palm Fronds for the Thatch Roof

Posted on August 26, 2011 by

Accessing the palm fronds for the thatch roof turned out to be one of the easiest things we’ve had to do so far. There’s a property nearby owned by a friend full of the right kinds of palms, so we … Continue reading →

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Building in Nicaragua – Eucalyptus Plantation Politics

Posted on August 11, 2011 by

The house progresses rapidly. It’s amazing how quickly the eucalyptus posts can be assembled into home shape. Our nine supporting pillars were bought, cut, delivered, and cemented into place within four days. For the rest of the roof structure we … Continue reading →

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Building in Nicaragua – Shopping for Eucalyptus Video

Posted on August 10, 2011 by

A video summary of shopping for the eucalyptus posts that will become the pillars for our cabana in Nicaragua.

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Building a Cabana in Nicaragua – Eucalyptus posts

Posted on August 8, 2011 by

Lately our home base has been a thatched roof cabana at El Coco Loco, the Eco-hotel where we run our women’s surf and yoga retreats. Since the guys at Coco Loco have been letting us crash there in between retreats, … Continue reading →

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Cheap Land in Klamath Falls

Posted on August 1, 2011 by

“There’s the price of your lot, and then there’s the price of your well….” Gary Gardiner, the mustached realtor whose name adorned the most for sale signs in the area broke the news to us that $5k for 2.5 beautifully … Continue reading →

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Treehouse Envy

Posted on July 11, 2011 by
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Bamboo: Hip-E habitat?

Posted on July 6, 2011 by

The search for a sustainably built home has led us all over the place in the past months.  We’ve been learning a lot about various green building methods and materials, from hay bales, to clay, earth ships and bamboo.   … Continue reading →

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Searching for Seeds of a Ceibo Tree in Ecuador

Posted on June 30, 2011 by

Whether you compare the color to Shrek, the Jolly Green Giant, or halloween-costume witch face paint, the color of the Ceibo tree is impressive. We wanted to try to harvest some seeds to bring back to Nicaragua and went on … Continue reading →

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Hiking the Jama-Coque Ecological Reserve in Ecuador

Posted on June 21, 2011 by

While visiting the Rio Muchacho farm we met a silvaculturalist (tree specialist) named Noah who suggested we check out the Jama-Coque Ecological Reserve. He gave us some vague directions and we followed a dirt road through some squishy mud, left … Continue reading →

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Road Tripping

Posted on June 14, 2011 by

We like to explore. Without endless amounts of time, sometimes the best way to see what’s out there is to drive the coast, hike a bit, look for creatures, and not worry about knowing exactly where we will end up. … Continue reading →

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