In this issue: General Interest Camping in Mexico Only in Mexico – Tommy Clarkson Seeking Income? – Yann Kostic So you bought a tablet? What next? – Señior Tech Movie Review – The Butler – Suzanne A. Marshall Nature Planting Roots – Mexican Palmetto – Tommy Clarkson I Planted Roots – Picotee Sky Flower – […]
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By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the October 2013 Edition Approaching the border we took the truck route #189 as we always do. We had two vehicles and parked them in the secured area outside the immigration offices and approached the Copy Booth. It is located approximately 26 kilometers shy of the actual border. We had copies […]
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By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the October 2013 Edition (This information was received from Gerry Szakacs, President, Manzamigos A.C. and is paraphrased below) I (Gerry) received an email that as of September 14th, all 3rd party or virtual registrations (as described below) were stopped. Lo and behold, as of Wednesday. September 25th, they’ve opened it back […]
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By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the October 2013 Edition To either give information or to be on the Mujeres Amigas mailing list email: mujeresamigaszlo@yahoo.com Happy October Ladies, Summer is officially over. October brings cooler weather for those in the United States and Canada and the leaves are changing color. In Manzanillo, October brings hope that the […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the October 2013 Edition When my husband and I took our first few vacations to resorts in Mexico, it was fun trying to wrap our tongues around some of the resort Spanish and ‘crack’ a few people up (including staff) with our miss-pronunciations. Nonetheless we pursued. And because we were so willing […]
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By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the October 2013 Edition Just what can be said about Manzanillo, Colima that cannot be found in the Guide Books and on-line under many different headings? Yes, it is in a beautiful, serene city of Mexico on the part of the Pacific coast known as Le Costa Alegre (The Happy Coast). […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the October 2013 Edition Duranta erecta ‘Sapphire Showers’ Family: Verbenaceae Also known as: Pigeonberry, Golden Dew-drop, and Skyflower This originally West Indian, evergreen, drooping branch, vine is definitely, an attention getter! Its flora are large, beautiful racemes (clusters) of butterfly attracting, trumpet shaped, white tipped, and intensely, bluish-violet-lavender purple. (One wonders if I […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the October 2013 Edition Sabal mexicana Family: Arecaceae Also known as: Texas Palmetto, Texas Sabal Palm, Rio Grande Palmetto, Victoria Palmetto, and Palma de Mícharos (The genus Sabal consists or fifteen (or so) different species. As a result of hybridization and similarity in appearance, as noted in the following, there is often confusion […]
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By Terry Sovil from the October 2013 Edition My good friend Carlos and I were in Centro Manzanillo visiting “city hall”. It is late morning and lunch sounds good. We pop into a busy local restaurant. Part of the meal is potato salad. Potato? Is that Mexican? Back in Minnesota, United States, we had a restaurant called […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the October 2013 Edition Lee Daniels’ “As Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this man’s life, family and American society.” I really loved this picture. I loved the way it looked as if […]
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