By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the January 2013 Edition It was the morning before Christmas and Santa Claus was blissfully dreaming of being able to rearrange the younger children’s factory with the purchase of some new labor saving fabrication equipment. This was something he had intended on doing for several years but for one reason […]
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By Kirby Vickery from the December 2012 Edition If you or I were in Northern Mexico or Southwest America we would expect a seedy waiter in a seedy bar in some dirty little western community to amble over and call us Hombres. If we didn’t like that then we could either tell him to “Smile […]
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By Kirby Vickery from the December 2012 Edition Dear Dan, In the past I have written to you about the people and a little about some of the road conditions here in Manzanillo, Mexico. This letter will broach a subject of a different topic but needs an introduction so you’ll understand the tie in with […]
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By Kirby Vickery from the November 2012 Edition In 1949 people couldn’t get frozen Thanksgiving Day turkey’s at the market. Those olden refrigerators were too small to hold such a large bird and even if they could the freezer compartments in them were too small. My mother would tell of the hours picking out the […]
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In this issue: Purple Heart – Tommy Clarkson People, Places, Scandal and More Coffee – Freda Rumford Manzanillo Calendar for November – Glenna Palidwor Cards, Cards, Cards – Freda Rumford What on earth are we doing – Suzanne Mrashall Restaurant Revue – Mezquite – Terry Sovil Turkey Day – Kirby Vickery Estate Tax – Yann […]
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By Freda Rumford & Kirby Vickery from the November 2012 Edition People and Scandal When we took the coffee tour with Jupiter we really did not expect to have such an interesting tour or one that left us with such a thirst to know even more. After all, coffee is coffee isn’t it? It grows […]
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By Kirby Vickery from the October 2012 Edition Dear Dan, Another month has gone by and everyone is starting to look into the cooler months down here in Manzanillo. I know up where you are there a little bit of a water shortage. But, doesn’t that happen every year. Not bad for a Rain Forest. […]
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By Kirby Vickery & Freda Rumford from the October 2012 Edition BACK AT THE RANCH There are two major Haciendas and many smaller growers of coffee in the Comala area. The Hacienda San Antonio nestles in the shadow of the Volcan de Fuego. The 1913 eruption of the Volcan de Fuego was particularly violent and threatened […]
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In this issue: Health Why isn’t my workout working – Tommy Clarkson Living in Mexico Comala Coffee part 2 – Freda Rumford – Kirby Vickery Cautionary Tale – Freda Rumford Photo Contest Manzanillo Madness – Suzanne A. Marshall News Awesome Defense – Suzanne A. Marshall Medjool Palm – Tommy Clarkson Finances Portfolio prepared for taxes? […]
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In this issue: Health Are you Toxic – Karen Trom Living in Mexico Pass the buck – Vivian Molick Foggedaboutit – Suzanne A. Marshall Coffee Plantation Tour – Freda Rumford – Kirby Vickery Letter to Dan 2 – Kirby Vickery Two Minutes – Cheryl Weaver News Eggs, Eggs, Eggs – Freda Rumford Westjet Car Importation […]
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