By Suzanne A. Marshall from the June 2018 Edition SAYULA, JALISCO – We were encouraged by friends to take a jaunt for a few days to Sayula, Jalisco. About an hour from Guadalajara, Sayula is a smaller city of about 50,000 people. There are a number of interesting attractions there and we headed off down the highway […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the May 2018 Edition Given the fact that ‘high season’ living in Manzanillo is incredibly busy; I use the term ‘quieter’ living a bit lightly. The winter months can be socially hectic and a hell of a lot of fun! When the snowbirds have arrived you don’t have to work too […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the May 2018 Edition Documentary, Nova, PBS “Disastrous hurricanes. Widespread droughts and wildfires. Withering heat. Extreme rainfall. It is hard not to conclude that something’s up with the weather, and many scientists agree. It’ s the result of the weather machine itself our climate changing, becoming hotter and more erratic. In this […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the April 2018 Edition Starring: Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson,Sam Rockwell Director: Martin McDonagh “A mother personally challenges the local authorities to solve her daughter’s murder when they fail to catch the culprit.” It’s a marvelous and gritty small town movie only as Frances McDormand and Woody Harrelson can do it. The […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the April 2018 Edition Starring: Jessica Chastain, Idris Alba, Kevin Costner Director: Aaron Sorkin (also screenwriter) “The true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic class skier who ran the world’s most exclusive high-stakes poker game and be-came an FBI target.” From my perspective, when Aaron Sorkin is involved with a movie, […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the April 2018 Edition Well into our retirement life now, we are heading into our second year of living full time in Manzanillo. It’s a process that began over ten years ago when we dove in head first, and bought our little piece of paradise smack on the beaches of Manzanillo bay. […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the March 2018 Edition Starring: Hugh Jackman, Zack Efron, Michelle Williams, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya Director: Michael Gracey The Greatest Showman is a musical drama inspired by the reputedly true story of P.T. Barnum, said to have given birth to the art of live show business. The movie’s theme song ‘This is […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the February 2018 Edition On January 18, 2018, the local community, foreigners, expats and Mexican amigos came together and sold out the ballroom at the beautiful Tesoro resort hotel. The Joyful Hearts Founders Gala was a partnership of many volunteers who were given one month to plan and organize the event. […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the February 2018 Edition Starring:Sally Hawkins, Doug Jones, Richard Jenkins, Michael Shannon, Octavia Spencer Director:Guillermo del Toro “Elisa is a mute, isolated woman who works as a cleaning lady in a hidden, high-security government laboratory in 1962 Balti more. Her life changes forever when she discovers the lab’s classified secret a […]
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By Kirby Vickery from the January 2018 Edition Reminiscent of Batman, the traditional painted wooden bat mask in this (main) picture from Atliaca, Guerrero, Mexico has a telltale clue the carved skull on its body to the darker side of the bat in Mexican folklore. Given that Mexico is actually the home of vampire bats, […]
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