By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the January 2014 Edition WISHING YOU A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY SEASON AND BLESSED CHRISTMAS! As we come to the end of this year and look forward to the new year, 2013 seems to have brought many disasters and tragedy all around the world. At times we feel overwhelmed by all the suffering… […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the January 2014 Edition Strelitzia reginae Family: Strelitziaceae (Also known as a Crane Flower, Crane’s Bill or Ave de Paraiso.) “Flamboyant” has been used to describe the Bird of Paradise. Native to the southern and eastern parts of the Cape Province and northern Natal in South Africa, I can think a no more […]
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By Vivian Molick from the January 2014 Edition “Pass the Buck” Do you ever wonder where or how these types of phrases originated? I do, so I to check it out. Today the meaning has come to mean “trying to avoid blame or responsibility by passing it on to someone else”. But, of course, that is not […]
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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 Manzanillo Sun Writer from the January 2014 Edition E.L. James These books were all of the rage last year and many people were agog at the content. I was advised absolutely that I must read it. The ladies of a wedding shower that I attended were totally emphatic on that. I finally bought my editions […]
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In this issue: Living in Mexico Grocery Gamut – Suzanne A. Marshall Snippets Green Flash Reflections – Freda Rumford A Christmas Story – Kirby Vickery Healthy Habits – Karen Trom Children Christmas Parties – Terry Sovil Gauchos Restaurant – Terry Sovil Humor We all have Met’am – Tommy Clarkson Twisted way we Gringos Speak – […]
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By Yann Kostic from the January 2013 Edition Living in retirement isn’t always life at the beach, even in Manzanillo or Puerto Vallarta; it requires an understanding of key financial issues and careful planning, as well as a close, positive relationship with your financial advisor. For a stress-free retirement, here are three of the most […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the January 2013 Edition Dizygotheca elegantissima, Aralia elegantissima or Schefflera elegantissima Family: Arabia, Araliace or Schefflera (Also known as False Aralia, Finger Aralia, Spider Aralia, or Thread-Leaf Aralia) No, this is not pot, hemp, ganga, Mary Jane, swag or any of its other scores of names! (You know of what we […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the January 2013 Edition (I claim no authorship of most of the following but when it was recently forwarded to me I realized that it fits, most perfectly, in this series!) There’s no egg in eggplant, no ham in hamburger, neither apple nor pine in pineapple, English muffins weren’t invented in […]
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