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 Manzanillo Sun Writer from the February 2014 Edition FEBRUARY MARCH February 5 – Wednesday ARTURO CUEVES, Visiting Artist Where: Oasis Beach Club – Club Santiago Time: 3:00 – 7:00 pm Arturo Cuevas is a well-known artist now living and teaching at the Academy of Art in San Luis Potosi after a long tenure at the University […]
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By Vivian Molick from the February 2013 Edition “Alphabetizing Favorites” Do you have a lot of favorites (bookmarks etc) in your Internet browser? I sure do and they can become quite a mess, looking through it all every time you want to go to that favorite site again. A really good way to remedy that […]
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By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the February 2013 Edition The other day I was working in my office, when our Canadian phone line rang. The call was coming from a local area code back home and although I didn’t recognize the number I answered the call. The caller claimed to be from an organization called […]
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By Yann Kostic from the February 2013 Edition Some people believe they risk losing some or all of their money by investing. But did you know that not investing could be even riskier? Let’s say a 35-year-old has decided to invest for her retirement and is putting $750 a month (a total of $9,000 a […]
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By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the February 2013 Edition “How old are you?” She asked one evening while we were standing in a line waiting to purchase our tickets to a movie. The question opened a variety of avenues from which I could pick from and then travel. I could get smart, or cute, or […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the February 2013 Edition But not always is our communications of the sorry nature. In fact, English has such capacity for potential greatness of thought and experience expression. However, all too often it is abused, misused or simply massacred by intellectual laziness! Recently for my birthday, Patty gave me the E-Book, […]
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