By Suzanne A. Marshall from the January 2014 Edition In Manzanillo there exists a really wonderful group of people called ‘Manzamigos’. For a token annual fee, the group is pretty much open to anyone living in Manzanillo but it serves to bring many permanent and semi-permanent people from outside Mexico largely (but not exclusively) from the […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the January 2014 Edition Starring: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellan and many more Directed by: Peter Jackson Running Time: 161 minutes “After successfully crossing over (and under) the Misty Mountains, Thorin and Company must seek aid from a powerful stranger before taking on the dangers of Mirkwood Forest without their Wizard. If […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the January 2014 Edition Starring: Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg Directed by: Baltasar Kormaker Running Time: 109 minutes A DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating one another find they have been set up by the mob the very organization the two men believe they have […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the December 2013 Edition Last year, my husband and I were invited with friends to enjoy an annual celebration in the town of Santiago. The Manzanillo area is like many cities with small towns forming part of the surrounding populations such as Salahua and Santiago. So we pass through these towns […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the December 2013 Edition Starring: Michael Douglas, Matt Damon, Dan Aykroyd, Scott Bakula, Rob Lowe, Debbie Reynolds Director: Steven Soderbergh Studio: HBO Films It’s not hard to love this movie. As a young girl I remember seeing appearances of Liberace on the Ed Sullivan show and other TV venues. He was […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the November 2013 Edition Directed By: Alfonso Cuaron Starring: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney I saw this movie in the ultimate theatre, IMAX 3D, so it was really in my ‘face’ as I floated in space with the cast and saw the universe and earth from a most magnificent perspective. That alone is […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the November 2013 Edition Four years ago I finally decided that if I didn’t stop working soon I would be shortening my life. Phantom chest pains, insomnia, adrenal fatigue were all taking their toll. It didn’t help that I was a certified and diagnosed ‘over achiever’. At the time I thought that […]
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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 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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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the September 2013 Edition While wintering in Manzanillo I have had the pleasure of joining ‘the ladies’ for lunch a few times. Having a network of local friends that I can call or e-mail, my ‘Manzanillo life’ is evolving with interesting events and places to visit that I wasn’t always […]
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