Manzanillo Sun

Casa Talk-The Homes of Manzanillo

January 1, 2010January 28, 2018Patty Clarkson

By Patty Clarkson from the January 2010 Edition Download the full edition or view it online

Pelicanos

January 1, 2010January 28, 2018Howard Platt

By Howard Platt from the January 2010 Edition Download the full edition or view it online

Manzanillo Sun’s Personality of the Month

January 1, 2010January 28, 2018Tommy Clarkson

By Tommy Clarkson from the January 2010 Edition JUANITO – JOHN COREY John Corey is a big man . . . with an even bigger heart! Many are the stories of him anonymously doing kind deeds for others be they ex-pats or locals, individuals he has known for years or first time visitors. Clearly, he […]

Adventure in Puerto Escondido

January 1, 2010November 18, 2017Jim Evans

By Jim Evans from the January 2010 Edition It was late spring 2008 and we, my friend chicken Leo and I were off on an adventure, two old coots, one nearing seventy, the other pushing seventy-five on a road trip that would cover over 1000 miles south from Manzanillo to Puerto Angel in Oaxaca. We […]

When is a Motel not a Motel?

January 1, 2010November 18, 2017Freda Rumford Vickery

By Freda Rumford from the January 2010 Edition No, this is not a conundrum, this is for real. When a traveller goes to a motel in Mexico for the first time it is an eye-opener. It is NOT a Super 8 or Quality Inn. We had travelled quite a long way after an exhausting trip […]

Poblano Chicken with Salsa Verde

January 1, 2010November 18, 2017Terry Sovil

Ingredients 4 poblano chiles 4 chicken breasts, cut into bite-sized pieces 1 medium onion, coarsely chopped 1 cup chicken stock 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 cup cheese, shredded (something that melts well) For sauce 3 medium green tomatoes 2 fresh jalapeno chilies 1 large tomato 1 medium onion, finely chopped 1/4 cup lime juice 1/4 […]

Leche, Liqour and the Ladies

January 1, 2010February 9, 2018Tommy Clarkson

By Tommy Clarkson from the January 2010 Edition Perhaps ten minutes north of our home, in the Mexican State of Colima, seven kilometers north of Santiago, lies a valley of magnificent beauty. Apropos to the ensuing, it is triangulated by Cerro del Toro, Cerro dela Vaca and Cerro los Monos the mountain peaks of Bull, […]

A Christmas Present That Lasts The School Year

December 1, 2009January 28, 2018Diana Stevens

By Diana Stevens from the December 2009 Edition The best Christmas presents last all year and maybe longer. Mapy Seidel, the new President of M.E.S.E., knows the value and importance of keeping children off the streets and in school. In 1992 she and Sandra Martin del Campo, who has now retired to Guanajuato, founded M.E.S.E. […]

Prospero

December 1, 2009January 28, 2018Jim Evans

By Jim Evans from the November 2009 Edition Last Sunday walking Olas Altas Beach in Manzanillo I noticed several surfers taking advantage of the summer waves that give our beach its name. The fact that surfers were in the water is not unusual, it happens most days now, but I was surprised that six of […]

Chicken Enchilades Recipe

December 1, 2009January 28, 2018Manzanillo Sun Writer

By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the November 2009 Edition This is a traditional chicken enchilada recipe but this recipe unlike many is not smothered in the familiar tomato based sauce like most enchilada recipes instead; it uses butter, broth, and sour cream to form the sauce for this dish. Ingredients 12 corn tortillas 3 cooked […]