By Freda Rumford from the August 2010 Edition When first researching information on this sometimes touchy subject, I was astonished to learn that this way of providing inexpensive holiday accommodations originated in Switzerland in the 1960’s. A Ski resort developer in the French Alps, experiencing lagging business, devised the idea of “Don’t buy a Holiday, […]
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In this issue: Letters to the Editor General Interest Calendar of Events August Why the Ex-Pat Life – Diana Stevens Book Review – Diana Stevens Time Share – Freda Rumford This N’ That – Vivian Molick Humor We have all Met’em – Tommy Clarkson You are What you Eat – Tommy Clarkson Living in Manzanillo […]
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By Vivian Molick from the August 2010 Edition Coffee is a widely consumed beverage prepared from the roasted seeds commonly called “beans” of the coffee plant. The popularity of coffee products has a universal appeal to people of different income levels, ethnicities, and religions. While many of us enjoy it each morning, we know very […]
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By Diana Stevens from the August 2010 Edition Author: Sandra Benitez Santiago near a fictional Manzanillo in the 1980’s these stories could be true here today. We read of a tight-knit village community over several years, meeting a panorama of living characters Sandra Benitez who is of Puerto Rican and Midwestern descent, grew up in […]
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By Diana Stevens from the August 2010 Edition Look offer compared Health Care with.There,prices Mexico north of has the a miracle border. on beaches friends? or Perhaps the social you whirl seek a among quite rural like-minded existence and quality time with your partner. Have you and the partner parted ways and you are on […]
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By Teresa Quizoz from the August 2010 Edition Ingredients 3/4 cup sugar 4 large eggs 1 (14-ounce) can sweetened condensed milk 1 (12-ounce) can fat free evaporated milk 2 tablespoons coffee -flavored liqueur (recommended: Kahlua) Mexican chocolate shavings and cocoa powder, garnish Directions Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a small saucepan, cook […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the August 2010 Edition The creator Snoopy of that Loop popular-in as much cartoon as Charles strip once Schultz,owned the all of the property around it – and the highway whose bayside shoulder drops almost immediately onto the Santiago Bay’s beach, is a mangrove . . and much, much more! Howard, […]
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By Howard Platt from the August 2010 Edition My birding guides advise me that size is very difficult to judge, especially at a distance, and is not a good measure by which to identify birds. They are right, of course, and they know a lot more than I do about birding. That said, if you […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the August 2010 Edition ……..discusses some basics in starting a tropical garden The lush and colorful vegetation which abounds in west coastal Mexico is mind bogglingly beautiful. Around here we have a vast, highly diverse and simply sumptuous array of plants, flora and trees from which to choose. Perhaps the biggest […]
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By David Fitzpatrick from the August 2010 Edition Part ll: The Empire Emporer Napoleon lll of France From a European point of view, Napoleon had made an inspired choice in selecting Maximilian to be Emperor of Mexico: the Habsburg dynasty was singularly well equipped to provide a candidate for this sort of power grab. Beginning […]
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