Tag: ‘Los Islotes’

The French refer to this time of year as la rentrée. July and August all France goes en vacance. Then, ...

Lief and I have returned to Los Islotes for an extended stay at what those in the tourist biz in ...

Lief searched for 24 months to find the finca known as Los Islotes. That was 18 years ago. I’d describe ...

My favorite spot in Paris is the center of the Tuileries. Standing in that garden lane, you have the Louvre ...

From the start, Los Islotes captured my imagination. The place seemed almost sacred. The sense of joy I felt the ...

 Los Islotes was Lief’s idea. His thinking was straightforward. He wanted to make money. Lief’s investment focus has always been ...

I thought back to how this had begun ten minutes earlier. Lief and I had just finished a conference call ...

It was my third machete. My first was in Santiago where I watched a man use one to shave his ...

Lief and I are packing for our return to Panama. When the kids were young, these repositioning events involved a ...

The morning I met Dalys, she presented herself like a solider reporting for duty. Arms at her side, head high, ...

Lief and I have tromped a lot of beaches. From Nicaragua to Belize, from Uruguay to Ecuador, from the shores ...

Finding Los Islotes wasn’t easy. Nor was getting here. There wasn’t a direct road to the property. To gain access ...

In 2008, my husband Lief Simon and I made the most important investment of our lives. After having scouted the ...

Lief and I have tromped a lot of beaches. From Nicaragua to Belize, from Uruguay to Ecuador, from the shores ...

This is the time of year to remember, recalibrate, regroup, and reset your sights. Where have you been... and, more ...

I’m back in Panama after having been away for a year. Kathleen and I arrived in the country about a ...

After more than 14 months away, Lief and I have returned to Los Islotes. We arrived at Tocumen International late ...

I knew Panama had been hit hard by the pandemic, but hearing about the challenges and living them are two ...