Magical December evening…

It was a magical night last night.  Friends came over…they brought quiche, we made salad and bought crusty bread and wine.  Laughing, good food, interesting conversation…made for an excellent evening. Then, after dinner and coffee we ambled over to the...

The Holidays in Mazatlán

Jumping on the bandwagon after Steve and IslaGringo, here are a few pictures of some Christmas scenes in Centro. The picture above is the nativity scene in the Plaza Republica.  As is usual in these kinds of scenes, there are...

Fun Weekend in DF

Adam and Martha are expecting their baby in the next couple of weeks.  They are planning on having at least a week or two of “nesting” time with their little one before they invite company so we decided to have...

Buyer beware

I am usually a pretty positive person.  I won’t and don’t use this blog as a way to grumble publicly about things in Mexico that aggravate me.  But I’ve had a recurring thought that just wouldn’t go away so I...

A Day for Helping

Sunday Paul and I went to Un Dia para Ayudar at the Plazuela Zaragoza.  Paul ate paella, we ran into friends, and we watched the kids perform.  These girls were just adorable! You can tell they love their costumes! These...

Mazatlán Monument Monday #1

Pedro Infante was born in Mazatlán in 1917, and the monument at the South end of the malecon at Olas Altas  pays homage to him and commemorates his movie role in A Toda Maquina. He died in a plane crash...

Meet Poncho and Lefty

Tiko If you’ve been reading our blog for a while, you know that we had to leave our Yellow-shouldered Amazon, Tiko, back in the US with my best friend while we sorted out how to bring him into Mexico.  Unfortunately,...

It’s for the kids.

Back in October , Blogger Wayne in Isla Mujeres came up with the idea to help the kids in Ursula Galvan in Veracruz State.  This is the community that Blogger John and his wife Anita live.  The plan was to...

Road trip, installment 2

I realized that I hadn’t really said much about Colima in my last post.  It is really a wonderful city.  Son Adam moved there in 1990 to attand college at Tec de Monterrey.  He lived there for about eight years,...

Road trip, installment 1

Paul and I and son Phil and his family piled into our rented minivan for the drive to Colima last Thursday.  We headed out of town to catch the cuota to Tepic, and before we had a chance to feel...

Road trip

We’re piliing in the car in an hour to head out on the road.  We’re driving our rented minivan to Colima, where son Phil and his family are attending a wedding.  We’ll stay the night there, and hopefully will get...

Family Fun

I am so excited – son Phil and his family are here!  We have been having a wonderful time, Sunday hung around the house, went out for drinks, and made a wonderful dinner at home.  Monday we walked the dogs...

The body remembers

Lucy heading home from a walk – Nov 5, 2006 It’s November today.  I was loafing on the couch listening to music on my MP3 player and knitting.  And all of a sudden I realized that all the music I...

Fifteen days…..

Our 120 year old home has some wonderful old features, and four sets of these lovely cedar doors are some of my favorites.  When we bought the house they had been cleaned and restored, but had no hardware!  And since...

Insects on Parade

Last night there was a parade in Mazatlán of giant insects from Spain courtesy of the Instituto Sinaloense de Cultura.  Among them were an ant, a carnivorous plant, and the best of all (see above) a praying mantis. They were...