By Suzanne A. Marshall from the December 2012 Edition Two weeks prior to departure for Manzanillo from Canada, we are housed in a rental condo and exhausted from selling our home, furnishings, vehicles and most of our lifelong accumulations. Our ‘Fitbits’ have rewarded us more often than usual as we continue our daily labors with […]
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By Kirby Vickery from the December 2012 Edition If you or I were in Northern Mexico or Southwest America we would expect a seedy waiter in a seedy bar in some dirty little western community to amble over and call us Hombres. If we didn’t like that then we could either tell him to “Smile […]
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By Kirby Vickery from the December 2012 Edition Dear Dan, In the past I have written to you about the people and a little about some of the road conditions here in Manzanillo, Mexico. This letter will broach a subject of a different topic but needs an introduction so you’ll understand the tie in with […]
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By Freda Rumford from the December 2012 Edition I am known by quite a few people in Manzanillo as a small person although perhaps a little rotund. I might be a little fiery at times, much like a fighting hen, but am well meaning and with sincere intent. That fieriness has developed over the years […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the December 2012 Edition To say I am thrilled about the new seasonal service offered by WestJet via Calgary, Alberta direct to Manzanillo, Colima is definitely an understatement. And I know I am not the only one who sees it this way. There are many Canadians living in and visiting […]
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By Vivian Molick from the December 2012 Edition I must admit, that the first couple of years that I was living in Manzanillo at Christmas time, I was not a ‘happy camper’. I was so lonesome for my family that I cried and was very depressed. I didn’t want to do anything, like getting a […]
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By Glenna Palidwor from the December 2012 Edition December 9 – Sunday 2012 PATA DOG JOG Where: Santiago Peninsula Time: 9:00 am For further information –stan@patamanzanillo.com December 15 – Saturday BILL Y BOB’S REHABILITATION CENTRE BAZAAR Where: In front of Iglesia de Esperanza (Church of Hope), on the Blvd. deMiguel de la Madrid by Juanito’s […]
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By Yann Kostic from the December 2012 Edition Don’t get trapped by the ‘Wash-Sale’ Rule! In today’s volatile markets, you may be tempted to buy and sell some securities, especially in light of the U.S. “fiscal cliff” everyone is talking about. If you do, you’ll want to keep in mind the so-called “wash-sale” rule. According […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the December 2012 Edition Stapelia gigantean Family: Asclepiadaceae (Also known as a Carrion Flower, Carrion Plant, Carrion Lily, Toad Cactus, Zulu Giant or Hairy Giant Starfish Flower) In the Asclepiadaceae Milkweed or Madagascer Jasmine family, there are around 100 species of the succulent perennial Stapelia. They originated in the semi-arid tropical […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the December 2012 Edition Perhaps, we may have dozed off during high school English class when the literary terms onomatopoeia, assonance, consonance and alliteration were addressed. But now that we’re a slight bit older (for some of us, substantive literary license is used there), might it not be fun to see […]
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