Cooking Fun in Mazatlán!

One of our favorite restaurants in Mazatlán is the Water’s Edge Bistro. I had heard that Chef Alastair was giving cooking classes on Mondays but I hadn’t looked into taking one since I assumed my being a vegetarian would be...

If Carnaval is over, this must be the Triatlón

Mazatlán has been preparing for the last few days for the Gran Triatlón 2015. It’s been an obstacle course on the malecón as everything needed to put on such an event is constructed on the spot. The malecón has had...

a bit of a roller coaster

– Paul was in a play reading of Last of the Red Hot Lovers at El Recreo. There were three sold out shows that were very well received! – The Carnaval monigotes are up along the malecon, and they are...

The Cool Season in Mazatlan

The weather is perfect here in Mazatlan. Perfect for growing vegetables. Perfect for exercising outdoors. Perfect for dogs to have fun roughhousing. Perfect for pretty much everything. At the top of this post is a collage from the Organic Market....

Gardening in the Tropics

Mazatlán isn’t really the tropics, but it’s pretty tropical, I’d say. And down here now is the time for planting your vegetables. The hot and humid weather has finally broken and we know that for the next (almost) eight months...

October in Mexico City

It’s high time to check in with family in Mexico City… as you can see our granddaughter is growing fast – she is already driving! I plan on posting while we’re gone (no snarky comments please at my lack of...