Happy New Year- 2012

Hello--Hello:

There is now a Black Sheep Pub website with pics. www.blacksheeppubeuropea.blogspot.com I will add pics as I get them. Check out the next post for our latest clip in Voice of Nosara which is also on the website

We had our 5th NY eve party. Our band ‘Mumbleriot’ from San Jose played original rock and roll—one of our neighbors called them the next Nirvana. We had four beers on tap, barbeque food by Fritz and about 200 people who appreciated the pub. This year, for the first time, we had a midnight countdown and sang “Auld Lang Syne.” (The band backed us up!!). And there were fireworks organized by our friend and lawyer, Andres. There were several other NY eve parties and we got the right people for us. This time I knew a lot of the people!

Earlier in December, Eric and Lenore had a Holiday Neighborhood Cheer gathering of Dona Cielo residents. We are now ten families. John has reached his goal of establishing a gated community. The overall management of the place is slowly being turned over to his daughter, Angelina, who grew up in England and runs Laluna, a trendy restaurant on the beach. As you come up our hill, the first house which was built by Angelina’s husband, Marion, belongs to Peter and Emily. They are friends of Johns for years and they have five dogs. Peter works for a surfing company and Emily bakes for LaLuna. Then next to them and diagonally across from us are Martin and Susan, from Czechoslovakia. They are doing their own finish work on their dome shaped house. Further up from us is the Olympic House: Tim and Wella and their son, Olympic swimmer, Aaron. Up near them is Elke, her husband and her son. Elke has an organic farm in Canada, her husband is a physician. Their house looks like a stone fortress from the middle ages. Also up their way are Phil and Chantel from Manhatttan, who have have a large impressive house. The most striking house in the community is probably Mike and Lena’s. The house is round, on another hill, with three floors and 180 degree views. And at the current end of the line are Eric and Lenore who were with us from the beginning. Angelina and Marion are rumored to be moving up here with their two small children. There is also a new family coming from Florida who were talking about doing horse vacations. The community functions, pays water bills, and makes decisions.

We look forward to our upcoming visitors. Mark and Cheryl from New Orleans. This is the third time they are visiting us; Mark is bringing his trombone and will likely play for our 6th Black Sheep anniversary party. Joe’s nephew Chris will be here in March with some work buddies. The weather is fab—sunny with blue skies and warm breezes.

I start my job search soon. Have an interview next week. More about that later. Pura vida. Love Joe and Helena