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Our Dia de los Muertos altar

November 1, 2011
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Holidays, Mazatlán

Every year we celebrate El Dia de Los Muertos (the day of the dead) along with the rest of México by creating an altar in our home. Our only loss in my family since last year was our sweet Lab...

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This is my first ever cleansing fast, and today is day 12. I have learned so much about myself doing this – I heartily recommend a fast for getting control over your eating and cleaning the toxins out of your...

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Salitre and the tropical household

October 26, 2011
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Household

Salitre is a fact of life in the tropics. When we moved here we had very little idea what it takes to deal with salitre in a climate like ours. What is it? It is the powdery stain that leaches...

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What’s going on in Mazatlán?

October 24, 2011
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Mazatlán, Mazatlán's Centro

It is late October and that means that snowbirds and folks who like to get out of the heat for part of the summer are returning. (I was going to say returning in droves but to use it with snowbirds...

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Tour Mazatlan’s Centro Historico – The Pino Suárez Mercado

October 16, 2011
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Food, Mazatlán's Centro

This post, about Mazatlán’s Pino Suárez Mercado (market) is the third in the tour of Mazatlán’s Centro Historico. Of course the market would be included on my tour of Centro Historico… but there are several special reasons why I decided...

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Kitchen Tips: Slicing Jalapeños and Limes the Sinaloa way

October 12, 2011
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Food

I’ve got bad hands. Well, actually, I have sensitive skin. But I like my peppers – serrano and jalapeño being my favorites. I don’t like to wear gloves, so my strategy is to cut peppers quickly and without having to...

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ToniCol… Sinaloa’s local cream soda cola

October 10, 2011
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Food

I like cream soda. I like root beer. I like cola. I don’t know how they did it, but ToniCol is like all three rolled into one. What is ToniCol? It is a local vanilla flavored soda invented by Antonio...

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Tour Mazatlan’s Centro Historico – SoFlo area

October 4, 2011
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Mazatlán's Centro

In planning this blog post I had a bit of a puzzle – what to call the area in Centro that is West of the Plazuela Machado but South of Angel Flores? Paul had a great idea, taking off from...

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Tour Mazatlan’s Centro Historico – the Plazuela Machado

September 26, 2011
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Mazatlán's Centro

This is the first in a series of posts showing you around Mazatlán’s Centro Historico. Today I am going to show you the Plazuela Machado – which is truly the heart of Centro Historico. At the top of this post...

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Fall is Tomato Roasting Time

September 24, 2011
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Food

The state of Sinaloa is the leading tomato growing region in México. I’m not even sure what the tomato growing season is here because we have wonderful tomatoes all year long! In the US and Canada, though, fall is tomato...

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Getting Ready to Celebrate Independence Day Around Mexico

September 15, 2011
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Holidays, México

At 11 pm on September 15 El Grito de la Independencia (The Cry of Independence) will be heard around the country. The grito, or shout, is called out as a reenactment of Father Hidalgo’s historic cry in the town of...

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In México, workers make good use of old buckets

September 8, 2011
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Household, México

Nothing goes to waste in México. Plastic pop bottles turn into small paint containers, musical instruments or a soapy water squirt bottle for a windshield washing business. Discarded cardboard is used for a door mat when it’s rainy. I believe that...

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Mazatlán sultry summer Sunday

September 4, 2011
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Lifestyle, Mazatlán

After our big rain last week (NINE inches in just a few hours!) it has cooled off a lot here – today the temperature in my kitchen hasn’t risen over 78 degrees! We don’t expect to see temperatures this cool...

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Countdown to Mexico update…

August 30, 2011
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Mazatlán's Centro

I got back Saturday from a week visiting family in Washington State. I had a wonderful time, of course! I started off with an inexpensive direct flight from Mazatlán to Vancouver, BC on Westjet Airlines. This was my first time...

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Mazatlan’s Estero del Yugo revisited

August 24, 2011
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Mazatlán, Nature

You may remember that Paul and I visited Mazatlán’s Estero Del Yugo (Estuary) last December. It was very dry and nothing was blooming. Many of the trees did have pods hanging from them, though, which of course are an essential...