Author name: Ali Meehan

What a night of fun, laughter, Christmas songs and fund raising!  On Tuesday we held the Costa Women Christmas Party at Poco Loco Beach in Costabella (El Rosario)  Here’s some photos to share from Danisa Poppleton and also from FOTOGRAFITI here Thanks to the generosity of sponsors* and the Ladies who joined us on the night we raised 330€ […]

Sue and Peter Doran, with their daughter Justine, moved to Spain 9 years ago for a quieter life.  They wanted to share more time together as a family.  However, 6 weeks before the move from Lincolnshire, Pete had a heart attack and had to have stents put in.  That sealed the families plans as “We figured the

My name is Ali Meehan and I’m an expat-aholic. Over the last 15 years I have lived in Australia, Spain, Dubai, Thailand and back to Spain, which is now where I call “home”. My expat story really started with photos, memories and friends sharing my parents’ life in Libya during the 1950s. Exotic lands and

As mentioned previously, Costa Women have committed to help Sue Doran and her family who lost their house, built by her husband, together with their entire belongings and their car in the Malaga fires.  Tragically, the fire destroyed Pete Doran’s trade tools, meaning he was unable to return to his self-employed business as a builder. 

In September 2010, Costa Women was just an idea with lots of questions as to whether it would “work” and if I build a platform will they come?   I never imagined we would be heading towards (woo hoo I have since welcomed) 1000 members nearly 2 years later with Women joining us from all over

Life’s a Box of Chocolates; you never know what you’re gonna get, so said Forest Gump.  Life is all about choices and as expats we have chosen to get on that flight, or in that car and move to a different country, culture, climate and community.    So once here, have we found the elusive

One of the questions you have been asking lately is how to add an RSS feed for content which is posted to Costa Women.  RSS means “Really Simple Syndication” and provides a summarised text of new content added to the website (you can also use it to keep a track of your favourite blogs, websites etc.

OK not the kind we can eat, however the European Union have now issued a directive which encourages websites to share in-depth details about the “cookies” they deposit on a user’s machine when that user visits a website.  Cookies we use When someone visits this site, certain standard Internet information and details of visitor behaviour are

Any member can set up a Group on Costa Women.  We currently have over 40 interest Groups. The Groups take on a personality and life of their own based on the Creator and the members in the Group, as well as around the topic being covered:- Who can join? All Groups are open to all

When was the last time you told someone “I am successful”?  We don’t do we because it’s not quite nice.  OK we shout and applaud the success of our friends and family; sharing what they achieved and have done.  Then it comes to us and err well ….  “pride comes before a fall”, “oh that