By Suzanne A. Marshall from the October 2011 Edition Over nine years ago back in Canada, sick of the traffic, city noises and growing population density, we decided to sell our downtown townhouse in the big city and find a quieter life in a small resort community within commutable distance to our work. We found […]
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By Robert Hill from the October 2011 Edition I just returned from the U.S. Consulate in Guadalajara where I renewed my Passport for another 10 years, following is a summary of my experience. I first went online to www.travel.state.gov for general information, then to the Guadalajara Consulate office at http://guadalajara.usconsulate.gov/ There I found the site […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the October 2011 Edition Humans are a funny lot – an observation made in a not altogether complimentary way. Sometimes, it seems, we’re actually a rather pathetic lot bent on mimicking the actions and speech of others rather than engage on own metal capacities to communicate. Too often, we appear inclined […]
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By Robert Hill from the September 2011 Edition (23Aug11) Finally, some positive press from the US. This is from Sunday’s edition of the San Francisco Chronicle. The article leads off with this: “Quick !!- Which national capital has the higher murder rate: Mexico City or Washington, D.C.? If you answered Mexico City, you’d be in […]
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By Manzanillo Sun Reporter from the September 2011 Edition Recently, for 107 days, with my once Manzanillo sun-burned nose placed against the proverbial grindstone and formerly retina-detached eye struggling for focus on the ball, I was back in the yoke of work. And though this time constituted grueling seven day work weeks of 12+ hour […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the September 2011 Edition On my first lengthy winter sojourn to Manzanillo, I packed every summer tank top and shelf-bra I owned and of course the bathing suits and beach wear that have travelled with me on many resort vacations. But this was not a vacation per se rather a […]
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By Robert Hill from the August 2011 Edition Getting a Mexican driver’s license was one of the most delightful experiences I have had in Manzanillo, but this was 10 years ago when things were a good deal more Mexican than they are now, and a lot more fun. In those days the Transportation Department was […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the August 2011 Edition I’ve always thought that my long ‘love affair’ with being by the ocean in a tropical climate was attributable to the fact that I am Canadian and was born in the middle of the vast rolling prairies. Yes, the winters are very harsh but there is […]
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By Robert Hill from the July 2011 Edition Humberto and Lupita are two of the wonderful friends I have met here in Manzanillo over the past 10 years. They were having a birthday party for Lupita at their beautiful home recently, and I was invited. I found myself seated next to Lupita´s father, a kindly […]
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 By Suzanne A. Marshall from the July 2011 Edition Expect the Unexpected Our immediate reaction every time we arrive in Manzanillo for the winter is absolute sensory overload. This is observed with excitement and a happy acceptance of the differences we experience here compared to our many years of living in Canada. Perhaps our sojourn […]
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