Tropical flowers

  Yes, I am playing around again taking pictures of the plants in our yard and goofing around with Photoshop.  In the center picture you’ll notice the Mexican Flag Vine doesn’t look like it normally does – it is making...

Life in Mazatlán

Life here is good.  For the ice cream seller every Sunday on the beach to teenagers enjoying the water on their boogie boards.  It’s all good. The video below is from last Friday.  It was around 6 pm and the...

I Love Spring in Mazatlán

  • April 18, 2012
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  • Dogs

I love the change of seasons, especially from Winter to Spring. As you’ll see above, we get a lot of fog in the mornings.  This morning the fog made everything so wet it seemed like it had rained. Why else...

Semana Santa in Mazatlán

I love living in a place where people are always so happy. I think Semana Santa is the happiest time of all for Mazatlán visitors. People come from near and far to enjoy a relaxing springtime vacation here. The weather...

Tips from My Mexican Kitchen

  • March 30, 2012
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  • Food

I have learned a lot over the years in my Mazatlán kitchen. I shared a few tips with you once before – how to slice jalapeños and limes the Sinaloa way – but I recently realized I had a few...

My Mexican Textiles

I love Mexican textiles.  I love that they are hand made. As a knitter, I know how much attention and caring gets incorporated into each item I make, and I’m sure it is the same for the creators of these...