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November 2010

November 1, 2010January 16, 2019Manzanillo Sun

In this issue: General Interest Calendar of Events November This N’ That – Chocolate – Vivian Molick It’s in the News – Currency – Mexico Magic History Moving the Border – David Fitzpatrick The Streets of Manzanillo – Jose Maria Morel – Terry Sovil Day of the Dead – Terry Sovil Humor We have all […]

Pastel de Tres Leches ( Three Milk Cake )

November 1, 2010November 12, 2017Terry Quizoz

By Teresa Quizoz from the November 2010 Edition Ingredients For the Batter: 3/4 cup butter 1 3/4 cups sugar 8 egg yolks 2 1/2 cups flour, sifted 2 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 cup milk 6 egg whites For the 3 Milk: 2 cups Carnation Evaporated Milk (Leche […]

Creste Caracara

November 1, 2010February 11, 2019Howard Platt

By Howard Platt from the November 2010 Edition The crested or northe rn caracara is a bird of legend and mystery. Legend has it that about a thousand years or so ago, a tribe called the Mexica, were drawn by a vision to migrate south and eastwards, to the valleys of central Mexico. They found […]

A Trip On The Wild Side!!

November 1, 2010November 12, 2017Freda Rumford Vickery

By Freda Rumfordfrom the November 2010 Edition So we are back from 12 days in Colima! Not a pleasure trip but one which in some circumstances became pleasurable. We went a little fearfully because Nigel (my husband of 54 years) had been sick on and off for the past almost two years and was not […]

Moving the Border

November 1, 2010November 12, 2017David Fitzpatrick

By David Fitzpatrick from the November 2010 Edition Part 1: Texas When Mexico won its independence from Spain in 1810, its territory was more than twice what it is today. Stretching from Guatemala in the south to the Oregon Territory in the North, it included the present day US States of California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, […]

This ‘N’ That

November 1, 2010November 12, 2017Vivian Molick

By Vivian Molick from the November 2010 Edition “What is the meaning of life? All evidence to date suggests it’s chocolate.” ~Author Unknown There is something so special about chocolate that the average person in the United States eats 10 pounds (4.5 kg) of it every year! Chocolate has its beginning with a tree called […]

Comings and Goings…..

November 1, 2010February 11, 2019Linda Breun

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 […]

Speak Nautical?

November 1, 2010February 11, 2019Terry Sovil

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 […]

We All Have Met Em…

November 1, 2010February 11, 2019Tommy Clarkson

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 […]

Day Trippin ’….“Heading for the Border …”

November 1, 2010November 12, 2017Jim Evans

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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