In this issue: Living in Mexico Grocery Gamut – Suzanne A. Marshall Snippets Green Flash Reflections – Freda Rumford A Christmas Story – Kirby Vickery Healthy Habits – Karen Trom Children Christmas Parties – Terry Sovil Gauchos Restaurant – Terry Sovil Humor We all have Met’am – Tommy Clarkson Twisted way we Gringos Speak – […]
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By Yann Kostic from the January 2013 Edition Living in retirement isn’t always life at the beach, even in Manzanillo or Puerto Vallarta; it requires an understanding of key financial issues and careful planning, as well as a close, positive relationship with your financial advisor. For a stress-free retirement, here are three of the most […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the January 2013 Edition Dizygotheca elegantissima, Aralia elegantissima or Schefflera elegantissima Family: Arabia, Araliace or Schefflera (Also known as False Aralia, Finger Aralia, Spider Aralia, or Thread-Leaf Aralia) No, this is not pot, hemp, ganga, Mary Jane, swag or any of its other scores of names! (You know of what we […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the January 2013 Edition (I claim no authorship of most of the following but when it was recently forwarded to me I realized that it fits, most perfectly, in this series!) There’s no egg in eggplant, no ham in hamburger, neither apple nor pine in pineapple, English muffins weren’t invented in […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the January 2013 Edition . . . it may be a brother-in-law, next door neighbor or that particularly irritating high school bully who has gone badly to seed. You know the kind – those guys (and occasional woman) who, no matter what you say, are the “I can top that” sort! […]
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By Terry Sovil from the January 2013 Edition There is a new Argentino restaurant in Las Brisas called Gaucho’s Restaurant Bar. Reviews that came to me about the quality were all very favorable. I ventured out with friends to try this new location and we were all very pleased with the food and service. Gaucho’s […]
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By Terry Sovil from the January 2013 Edition Mira Mar Children’s Christmas Party The first Children’s Christmas Party of the season was held at Mira Mar in a kindergarten school. The location was easy to reach and proved to be an excellent venue for the party. The location is fenced, has many trees for shade […]
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By Karen Trom from the January 2013 Edition Healthy Living Habits that Anyone Can Follow! A friend gave me a plate of delicious Christmas cookies and a jar of Rum Balls and was so surprised when I was eager to eat them. Most people assume that because I exercise and eat healthy that I would […]
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By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the January 2013 Edition It was the morning before Christmas and Santa Claus was blissfully dreaming of being able to rearrange the younger children’s factory with the purchase of some new labor saving fabrication equipment. This was something he had intended on doing for several years but for one reason […]
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By Freda Rumford from the January 2013 Edition It is not usual for reporters to become the lead in the story they are writing. Unfortunately for you, dear reader, my eyes have turned so far inward these days that at the moment there is no way out but through my pen. My parents were children […]
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