By Terry Sovil from the November 2018 Edition If you live in Mexico year-round, or are here during the winter months, you may have had a need for a Notary Public from the USA. Your only option, from what I’ve seen, is to journey to Puerto Vallarta or Guadalajara to visit a USA Consulate. […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the November 2018 Edition Mexican Blue Bells Ruellia Tweediana Family: Acanthus, also known as: Spanish Ladies, Desert Petunia, Florida Bluebells or Mexican Petunia I’ve healthy specimens of all three of this species’ primary colors blue -violet, pink and white gloriously thriving right inside our wrought-iron entryway. Because of their location, […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the November 2018 Edition We live here permanently now. The journey began almost eleven years ago, and we still believe it was the right move for us at the right time. Winding down our working careers, tired and worn out, we were looking for the big dream. You know, […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the October 2018 Edition Blue Agave, Agave tequilana Family: AgavoideaeAlso known as: Tequila Agave The Greek word for these interesting succulents is agauos, meaning “of kings and heroes, illustrious, hence noble” and, good full-time residents of Mexico that we are, we’ll drink to that! (Have you ever had one of My […]
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By Terry Sovil from the October 2018 Edition Tequila has been with us for a long time and has an interesting history. For one, not every drink made from cactus or agave can be called “Tequila”. Tequila has a Denomination of Origin which, according to the “Appellation de Origin Controlee” (AOC), means it can only […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the October 2018 Edition Yellow Alder Turnera ulifoliaFamily: TurneracceaeAlso known as: Yellow Buttercups, Bahamian Buttercup, Cuban Buttercup, Cinnamon Buttercup, Buttercup Flower; False Damiana, Banker’s Flower, Holy Rose, Sage Rose, Yellow Bells, Yellow Elder, Yellow Turnera, West Indian Holly or Ramgoat Dashalong Ramgoat Dashalong? (Honest, I don’t make these names up!) Actually, […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the October 2018 Edition Last month, I wrote about the Olmecs that were called the rubber people because that’s what their name translates into, although, no one really knows what they called themselves. Archeologists know they had a preference for depicting the jaguar in their art and so they are […]
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Loving Pablo By Suzanne A. Marshall from the October 2018 Edition Directed by: Fernando Leon de Aranoa Starring: Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz, Julieth Restrepo, Peter Sarsgaard “The film chronicles the rise and fall of the world’s most-feared drug lord, Pablo Escobar and his volatile love affair with Colombia’s most famous […]
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The Meg By Suzanne A. Marshall from the October 2018 Edition Directed by: Jon Turtletaub Starring: Jason Statham, Bingbing Li, Rainn Wilson “After escaping an attack by what he claims was a 70-foot shark, Jonas Taylor (Jason Statham) must confront his fear to save those trapped in a sunken submersible.” The film is […]
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By Manzanillo Writer from the October 2018 Edition History Originally called La Calavera Garbancera, the etching was created sometime between 1910 and 1913 by José Guadalupe Posada as a broadside, and was published from the original plates in 1930 by Frances Toor, Blas Vanegas Arroyo and Pablo O’Higgiafia: Las Obras de José Guadalupe Posada, Grabador […]
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