Meltdown, an update

My Spanish class meltdown was back on June 18 – so I thought I would give an update now that a couple of weeks have passed. First, I am really glad it happened. I talked to so many people, thought...

Say Cheese

I’m probably not the only blogger who keeps a pad on my desk where I jot down blog ideas. Sometimes the idea is complete in my mind and I just need to take a few pictures and sometimes I need...

Normal life

  • June 27, 2008
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  • Dogs

  I haven’t written much lately because it has just become normal to live here now so it seems like there isn’t much to say! We work on our Spanish, shop, cook,visit with friends, walk the dogs, read, eat out...

Judge not…..

I’m not a kid anymore. And sometimes it is never more obvious than when I see little gaffes that I can just imagine my mother sighing over. And then I need to slap myself and remember that pretty much anything...

Oldies but goodies

  The historic center of Mazatlán has many beautiful homes. Some have been restored to modern standards with new plumbing and updated electrical and some have been maintained by their original families. There is a historic commission that oversees the...

Meltdown

I was a mess in Spanish class yesterday. It has really gotten hard. Something happened as if a blender went on in my brain and all the separate tenses, their conjugations and irregulars all were mixed up into a Spanish...

I love gomitas

  • June 17, 2008
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  • Food

In the US my favorite candies were Hot Tamales, Red Vines, and Spice Drops. I seem to like things kind of chewy and sometimes with sugar sprinkles. When we moved here it took me a while to find a new...

Around town

Our next door neighbor feeds the hummingbirds, and we benefit as they come and hang around our yard and have their territory wars for our enjoyment. Above is a picture of one resting on the palm. We see right into...

A Slice of Life

  It rained the other night and we just couldn’t stop watching it.   During the first ten days or so of the month we start receiving our utility bills. They don’t come through the mail – they are just...

Introducing Waltemo

Meet Waltemo, above. He is a small businessman who works on our block in Centro. His business is washing cars. Waltemo is always friendly and happy. He has a good business keeping the cars of everyone in the neighborhood nice...

Why we blog

There’s been a lot of flap lately among the Latin American blogger community about comments. I don’t want to rehash what’s been said – but the more I thought about it the more I knew I needed to get something...

First rain of the year

We woke up this morning because the bedroom was stuffy and it turned out the power was off so the ceiling fan wasn’t running. Unusual but not that noteworthy. But when Paul got up to open the window we saw...

How to beat the heat

It’s starting to heat up here in Mazatlán…it’s supposed to be 33 C (91 F)today and 59% humidity. We are still sleeping with the windows open and fans on – we aren’t in a hurry to get into air conditioning...