Lair Davis (Our Man in Costa Rica)
Remember Lair Davis? He was the founding editor of several queer newspapers including the San Diego Gayzette (1982), Gay Times (1988) and Gay/Lesbian Nation (1990). Lair moved on to other community challenges in San Diego before moving to Santa Cruz. In June 2004, the award-winning “Lair About Town” columnist retired to the tropics of Costa Rica. HillQuest is tickled and proud to return Lair to San Diego every week to share his views and ideas. Feel free to email him.
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Interested in your own trip to Costa Rica?
Get off the “tourist trail” while $aving time/money with your own travel consultant. Lair would love to help you plan your Costa Rican holiday of a lifetime. He’ll even be your guide in his tropical paradise! Email him to discuss your wish list.
More from Lair in the archives
US Banker & the Tico
February 10, 2006
This is the column I didn’t write but wish I had:
The United States investment banker finally got away for a short vacation
in Costa Rica and was at the seashore of a small Costa Rican village on
the southern Nicoya Peninsula when a small boat with just one fisherman
docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellow fin tuna. The United
Statesian complimented the tico pescedero on the quality of his fish and
asked how long it took to catch them.
The tico replied, “Only a little while.”
The banker then asked, “Why didn’t you stay out longer and catch more
fish?”
The tico said, “With this I have more than enough to support my family’s
needs.”
The banker then asked, “But what do you do with the rest of your time?”
The fisherman said, “I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children,
take a siesta with my wife, Maria, and stroll into the village each evening
where I sip wine and play guitar with my amigos. I have a full and busy
life.”
The United States banker scoffed, “I am a Harvard MBA and could help
you. You should spend more time fishing; and with the proceeds, buy a bigger
boat. With the proceeds from the bigger boat you could buy several boats.
Eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling
your catch to a middleman, you would sell directly to the processor, eventually
opening your own cannery. You would control the product, processing and
distribution. You would need to leave this small fishing village and move
to Puntarenas, then San Jose and eventually to New York City, from where
you will run your ever-expanding enterprise.”
The tico fisherman asked, “But, how long will this all take?” To
which the banker replied, “15 to 20 years.”
“But what then?” asked the tico.
The banker laughed and said “That's the best part. When the time is
right you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public
and become very rich. You would make millions!”
“Millions? Then what?”
The United States banker said, “Then you would retire, move to a small
coastal fishing village in Costa Rica where you would sleep late, fish
a little, play with your kids, take a siesta with your wife, and stroll
to the village in the evenings where you could sip wine and play your guitar
with your amigos.”