By Suzanne A. Marshall from the April 2014 Edition Director: Steve McQueen Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael K. Williams, Michael Fassbender, “In the antebellum United states, Solomon Northrup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.” This movie was nominated for 9 Oscars and took home 3, including Best Picture and Best Supporting […]
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By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the April 2014 Edition The month of April finds us looking forward to the springing of spring in most geographic areas. For example in Arizona they have already had their ‘springing’ and would like the seasonal changes to stop right where they are. Their next step into spring will be summer for […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the April 2014 Edition We – that would be Patty and me of Ola Brisa Gardens deeply love and greatly appreciate Manzanillo, its people and all which comprises it. Accordingly, each year we join others in striving to show our gratitude to the community by our involvement with organized “causes of consequence”. Thus, […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the April 2014 Edition I have heard numerous stories from adventurous friends whom I met during various travels in Mexico. You find these adventures more off the beaten path than at ‘all inclusive resorts.’ Actually, when you stray off that particular path, you begin to see and find the real Mexico. The […]
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By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the April 2014 Edition Hector & Malena A recent article in the Calgary Sun (a widely read daily paper that one finds in almost every coffee shop in our part of Alberta) carried this headline: ‘N.E Calgary Home Shot Again.’ In the article is a comment from a neighbour, Jim McCracken, […]
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By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the April 2014 Edition When we Americans and Canadians think of Mexico, we think of its language as Spanish with some local Indian thrown in here and there. If we plan a trip or start to make arrangements to move and live in Mexico, a Spanish (Mexican) English (American) phrase book is […]
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By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the April 2013 Edition In the previous issue I wrote about Internet Telephony. This issue I will talk about Internet Service Provider (ISP) choices available in Manzanillo. An ISP is a company that will contract services for access to the Internet. The Internet is a worldwide network of computers that […]
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By Yann Kostic from the April 2013 Edition If you’re unhappy with the amount of taxes you’ve been paying on your investments, you might want to start planning now so that next year you maximize the money going into your pockets and minimize that going into Uncle Sam’s. Here are some tips: •Make all capital […]
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By Yann Kostic from the April 2013 Edition To make a comfortable retirement possible in Mexico (or anywhere for that matter), proper financial planning is crucial. You need to know your sources of income, the amount you can expect to receive from each source and whether those sources are likely to last throughout your retirement […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the April 2013 Edition Over the past winters here in Manzanillo and on trips to other interesting destinations in Mexico, I’ve often marveled and wondered at the unique (at least for me) long narrow streets of flat concrete walls, doorways and bricked or cobbled pathways. Sometimes they are broken by […]
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