By Karen Trom from the September 2011 Edition Change your CHOICES, Change your LIFE I received a few e-mails after last month’s article from readers asking why they should be concerned about what they eat as we are all going to die anyway. Yes, we are all going to die, but how you treat your […]
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By Vivian Molick from the September 2011 Edition Caps Lock Alarm Have you ever been typing along in a document for a few sentences, only to find out that you had accidently hit the Caps Lock key? Isn’t that a bummer? (I can’t count how many times I’ve done that!) Wouldn’t it be great if […]
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By Martha Martinez from the September 2011 Edition Usando las letras “Ll”. The sound of the letters “ll” is very much like the sound of the “J” in Jump. Manzanillo (manzanijo) Bello (bejo) beautiful Camello (camejo) camel Callejón (cajehon) […]
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By Freda Rumford from the September 2011 Edition * Feeling locked in?? because most people have headed north for the summer and there is not too much to do in the rainy season. Did you know that a group of happy people are gathering each Tuesday afternoon to play cards? Mainly “Wizard” Check it out […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the September 2011 Edition On my first lengthy winter sojourn to Manzanillo, I packed every summer tank top and shelf-bra I owned and of course the bathing suits and beach wear that have travelled with me on many resort vacations. But this was not a vacation per se rather a […]
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By Elaine Parker from the September 2011 Edition There are several special days in September Tuesday, September 13th – Dia de los Ninos Heroes Boy Heroes or Heroic Cadets this is a civic holiday. The day is celebrated but not a holiday. The day celebrates the Battle of Chapultepec during the Mexican-American War of 1847 […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the September 2010 Edition Drive to Cihuatlan for a lunch of baked goat? Are you crazy? Well, if you enjoy good food, then you’re crazy like a fox! In sticking with that theme, shortly after the four of us arrived at “LA BIRRIA DE LAS 12” in that city just north […]
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By Linda Breun from the September 2010 Edition After having had my nails done for many years before moving to Manzanillo from Minnesota, I was not about to give up this luxury just because we had decided to move to Mexico. So I set off in search of the best ‘nail lady’ in Manzanillo. While […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the September 2010 Edition (Continued from the last issue, the following is the fourth installment of a slightly embellished and bit fictionalized account of an almost real All event!)!)but bowled by non-stop, seemingly ceaseless stream of “upsmanship” with which my effusive seatmate had hence far barraged me, with a rather weak […]
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By Terry Sovil from the September 2010 Edition Emiliano Zapata Salazar 1879-1919 • Born: 8 August 1879 • Birthplace: Anenecuilco, Morelos, Mexico • Died: 10 April 1919, age 39 (assassination) • Place of Death: Chinameca, Morelos, Mexico • Best Known As: Peasant hero of the Mexican Revolution • Famous Quote: “Better to die on one’s […]
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