By Linda Breun from the November 2010 Edition There is a new casino under construction at the site of the old Nautilus bar and disco. Still no word on the opening date, watch this space. Don Andres’ Ranch is now open again for dinner and Sunday brunch on Elias Zamora in Las Garzas. (see the […]
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By Terry Sovil from the November 2010 Edition Do you Bet you do! headway ? This means the ship is moving. Making means forward movement and make way ad way means backing up. So if you are sternway you are making forward progress on that big making project. You are also probably or perhaps even […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the November 2010 Edition (Continued from the last issue, the following is the sixth installment of a slightly embellished and bit fictionalized account of an almost real event!)!) . . . you know the sort, it may be a brother-in- law, next door neighbor or that particularly irritating high school bully […]
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By Jim Evans from the November 2010 Edition Recently on a typically bright sunny Mexican morning, the kind that crackles with expectation; I was driving my Nissan Pathfinder on the second leg of a journey from Manzanillo to visit an old friend in West Texas. Having enjoyed a leisurely breakfast in the company of fellow […]
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By Terry Sovil from the November 2010 Edition Aqui la eternidad empieza y es polvo aqui la mundanal grandeza. (Here the eternity begins and the worldly grandeur is dust.) – Sign over a cemetery entrance in Ohaxaca City. boy!! An opportunity to learn about the culture and celebrations of my new home! From delighted to […]
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By Terry Sovil from the November 2010 Edition Jose María Morelos y Pavón has a recognizable face. You’ll see him every time you hold a 50 peso note. He was born September 30, 1765 in Valladolid, Michoacán; a mestizo (mix of Spanish and Aztec Indian blood) and in a lower class of the Spanish colonial […]
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In this issue: Culinary Scene T’s recipes – Pasta Salad General Interest Office Bytes – Vivian Molick History Moctezuma – Last Emperor of the Aztecs – David Fitzpatrick Humor Only in Mexico – Tommy Clarkson Our Twisted way of Speaking VII – Tommy Clarkson Living in Manzanillo Clean & Warm – Freda Rumford Comings n […]
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By Terry Sovil from the October 2010 Edition The Correo de Manzanillo newspaper ran an article 13/Sep confirming the authenticity of a local tree as a Manzanillo tree. Howard Platt identified it as a potentially interesting article. Recently planted in the main garden in Manzanillo there was great curiosity about exactly what kind of […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the October 2010 Edition “A blissful, sun drenched day spent on the water” was my thought when asked by friend Juan if Paco and I would like to go along with him and his wife out on the lagoon not far from the Manzanillo airport. . . that would be the […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the October 2010 Edition Not to my taste! In the words of an experienced wine connoisseur, they might “present well” and have “a subtle, earthy, bouquet” but these are definitely not delights for human consumption. Of what do we speak? Well, interestingly these are well known plants and flowers (as well […]
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