By Suzanne A. Marshall from the April 2018 Edition Starring: Jessica Chastain, Idris Alba, Kevin Costner Director: Aaron Sorkin (also screenwriter) “The true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic class skier who ran the world’s most exclusive high-stakes poker game and be-came an FBI target.” From my perspective, when Aaron Sorkin is involved with a movie, […]
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By John Chalmers from the April 2018 Edition One of the great pleasures of spending a few months of a Canadian winter in México is the bird life we enjoy here. From the tiny hummingbirds at our feeder from dawn till dusk, to the large birds in the sky, the sea and the lagoon, our feathered […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the April 2018 Edition Pandanus veitchii ‘Variegata’ Family: Pandanaceae Also known as: Variegated Hala, Screw Palm or Pandanus Palm (This beauty’s origin? Madagascar, maybe. Southern Asia, perhaps. New Britain, closer perchance. Or is it, in fact, Australia? Finding definitive, confirmation of this plant’s beginnings is scarcer than locating native palm trees in […]
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By Señior Tech from the April 2018 Edition I can remember when we got our first television, it was black and white and we didn’t need a remote control as there were only 2 channels available to select. There was no cable or satellite then, so the antenna on the TV top was used to receive […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the April 2018 Edition Leucophyllum frutescens Family: Scrophulariaceae Also known as: Texas Ranger, Texas Rain Sage, Texas Barometer Bush, Texas Silverleaf, Ash-Bush, Wild Lilac, Purple Sage or Cenizo On the left side of Calle Loma Bonita driving up the (very) steep hill to Ola Brisa Gardens grows a fine looking and healthy […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the April 2018 Edition Well into our retirement life now, we are heading into our second year of living full time in Manzanillo. It’s a process that began over ten years ago when we dove in head first, and bought our little piece of paradise smack on the beaches of Manzanillo bay. […]
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By John Chalmers from the April 2018 Edition What does an Italian ball game with ancient roots going back to Roman times have in common with American and Canadian Snowbirds? Simple answer: the game is bocce and the Snow-birds play it on a Mexican beach! That was the situation for the Second Annual Bocce Ball Tournament […]
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By Yann Kostic and Tom Zachystal from the March 2018 Edition Recent months have brought a number of personal finance changes, including a rise in interest rates that will affect some of the terms for borrowing money and accessing credit. In December 2017, the US Federal Reserve increased its key interest rate by 25 basis points, marking […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the March 2018 Edition Starring: Hugh Jackman, Zack Efron, Michelle Williams, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya Director: Michael Gracey The Greatest Showman is a musical drama inspired by the reputedly true story of P.T. Barnum, said to have given birth to the art of live show business. The movie’s theme song ‘This is […]
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By John Chalmers from the March 2018 Edition Four months after their second successful Canadian tour in four years, the ballet folklórico dancers of Casa Hogar Los Angelitos (CHLA) returned to the stage for an entirely new and colorful presentation of dance from six countries. The occasion for the debut performance of the new program was the […]
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