By Suzanne A. Marshall from the February 2014 Edition Director:Jon Turteltaub Starring:Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro,Morgan Freeman, Kevin Kline “Three sixty something friends take a break from their day-to-day lives to throw a bachelor party in Las Vegas for their last remaining single pal.” This movie is totally predictable in a really ‘good’ way. I knew it would […]
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By Manzanillo Sub Writer from the February 2014 Edition We are in Manzanillo and Freda had me take her to some friend’s where I got into it with Eduardo and then Manolo not so much about the Mythology of the Aztecs but its origins and the Aztec themselves. I would have gladly continued this month with the […]
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By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the February 2014 Edition Friends and acquaintances of Freda were in for a huge surprise in early January when we received an email from her WRITTEN FROM MANZANILLO!! Yes, she is here for a short stay and the “welcome back” she received was as if for a dignitary of which she has […]
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By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the February 2014 Edition We first came to Manzanillo in 1996. After a long and very eventful journey by car, full of surprises and much laughter along the way, we arrived in town at about 3.30 p.m. Eventually we ended up in Las Brisas, a small community at the southern part of […]
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By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the February 2014 Edition Terminalia catappa Family: Combretum Also known as: Sea Almond, Indian Almond, Malabar Almond, Barbados Almond, Bastard Almond, Bengal Almond, Country Almond, Demarara Almond, Fijian Almond and False Kamani. Originally from Madagascar, Malaysia and the East Indies, the Tropical Almond Tree is now ubiquitous throughout the world’s tropics. Some […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the February 2014 Edition When friends invited us on a daytrip to explore the local countryside in Colima, we couldn’t resist. We’ve loved road trips all our lives and have been known to hop in our car and drive to San Francisco from central Alberta, staying in small towns and bed & […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the February 2014 Edition Chlorophytum amaniense or Chlorophytum orchidantheroides, C. orchidastrum, C. filipendulum amaniense Chlorophytum orchidastrum, Chlorophytum filipendulum, Family: Anthericaceae, Liliaceae or Agavaceae (Also known as a Mandarin Plant, Fire Glory, Orange Spider Plant, Green Orange Tangerine and Sierra Leone Lily.) Introduced to the Americas not much more than a decade ago, this perennial […]
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By Yann Kostic from the January 2014 Edition For many investors, a solid mutual fund performs in line with its benchmark; for others, it’s a fund that zooms ahead of the market. But these aren’t necessarily the best ways to judge a fund. Mutual funds, like the stocks and bonds they hold, are subject to market cycles. […]
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By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the January 2014 Edition I am 67 and, as most people my age, have seen death take friends, family, and strangers both peacefully or with violence. We each get involved to some extent or other depending on the many aspects of each death. We’re told by highly educated people that dwelling […]
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By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the January 2014 Edition We had celebrated New Year in Mexico in 1983 when we had our introduction to Mexico. Then Nigel and I with our friend Hilary journeyed to Acapulco to take over somebody’s time share. There we had our first intimation that all was not going to be […]
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