By Tommy Clarkson from the December 2016 Edition African Iris, Dietes bicolor (Sometimes confused with, or incorrectly called, Dietes vegeta, Dietes Moraea and Dietes iridioides Family: Iridaceae Also known as: Spanish Iris, Peacock Iris, Butterfly Iris, Fortnight Iris, Bicolor Iris, Yellow Wild Iris, Evergreen Iris and Peacock Flower (I seem to have a numbskull knack […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the December 2014 Edition Agave, Nephrolepis exaltata – I Family: Agavoideae (Also known as Century Plant, Maguay or American Aloe The Greek word agauos means “of kings and heroes, illustrious, hence noble” and, good full-time residents of Mexico as we are, we’ll drink to that! (Have you ever had one of Patty’s […]
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By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the December 2014 Edition My wife and I spend our winters in Manzanillo. This poses some problems when we try to speak with the locals because we are mostly English speaking. We are attempting to learn the language so we can better communicate without using hand gestures or adding “o” to […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the December 2014 Edition Starring: Liam Neeson, Director: Scott Frank “Private Investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.” Because this movie arrived among the many Halloween ‘ghoulish’ movie selections, we at first didn’t go to see it due to the unfortunately confusing title. […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the December 2014 Edition Starring: Michael Keaton, Emma Stone, Edward Norton, Zach Galifianakis, Naomi Watts Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu “Former cinema superhero, Riggan Thomson is mounting an ambitious Broadway production that he hopes will breathe new life into his stagnant career. It’s risky, but he hopes that his creative gamble will prove that he’s […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the December 2014 Edition This is a kind of retrospective about some of my personal experiences living in Manzanillo. It’s been seven years since we stumbled upon our little beach front condo having no concept of whether we’d made a wise choice or not. We knew we loved the area and the people, we’d […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the December 2014 Edition Asparagus Fern, Protasparagus densiflorus ‘Sprengeri’ Family: Strelitziaceae (Known by no other names) What we commonly call Asparagus Fern is, in fact, neither not an asparagus as we think of them (though in the same family) and not a fern! If the truth be known, they are actually members of […]
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By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the December 2014 Edition On the suggestion of good friends, we visited a unique casual restaurant named Restaurante Las Abejas, for our breakfast last weekend. Actually it was more like brunch later in the morning but I am told they serve breakfast all day. Based on this meal we plan to return […]
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By Yann Kostic from the December 2014 Edition For many of us, a portfolio of investments is like a junk closet: It starts out organized, but gradually collects random stuff until it needs some serious cleaning. But unlike cleaning a closet, cleaning your portfolio can save (or even earn) you money. The first step is to look at the […]
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By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the December 2014 Edition In 1949 people couldn’t get frozen Thanksgiving turkey’s at the market. Normally, when our family got together for a Thanksgiving feast, the sisters and daughters would sit down in two or three circles to pick the feathers and pin feathers out of each of the birds. Being the […]
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