By Suzanne A. Marshall from the February 2013 Edition What can I say? my husband Allan and I are movie goers! We just love them and it kind of feels like a good old fashion date to go to a movie with your honey and eat caramel popcorn(our addiction and preference) in an air conditioned […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the February 2013 Edition Sitting on my small terrace one morning having coffee, I thought I heard the hum of a bumble bee in my bougainvillea, which were in full bloom with brilliant fuschia colored flowering branches cascading down over the planter. As a bumble bee lover, I got closer […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the February 2013 Edition Ingredients: 1 pound ground beef 1 medium chopped onion 1 can (8 oz.) tomato sauce 1 garlic glove minced 1 Tbs. chili powder ½ teaspoon salt ¼teaspoon pepper 1 can (2 ¼ oz.) drained and sliced black oliv 1 Tbs. butter 6 corn tortillas (6 inches) […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the January 2013 Edition The grocery gamut (or perhaps for some the dreaded ‘gauntlet’) need not be as stressful or strange as one might anticipate if you are new to Manzanillo. You’ve finally decided to rent that condo for the winter or a month or two; perhaps you’ve completed that […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the December 2012 Edition Two weeks prior to departure for Manzanillo from Canada, we are housed in a rental condo and exhausted from selling our home, furnishings, vehicles and most of our lifelong accumulations. Our ‘Fitbits’ have rewarded us more often than usual as we continue our daily labors with […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the November 2012 Edition You may find my pondering strange. And I don’t really have an answer to my own question: what on earth are we doing? But the question of our planet supporting the needs and demands of an ever burgeoning population really does rattle around in my mind […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the September 2012 Edition In ‘mob’ language coined in a popular TV series The Sopranos, ’fogedaboudit’ or forget about it is probably my best advice for anyone wanting or worse needing to rely on a rental car from any supplier in Manzanillo. Now I can’t speak for other […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the August 2012 Edition Last month, having written about my neighborhood in Salahua, I closed with a question. Where were all the old folks in Manzanillo? Sure, we see a few here and there but relative to the presence of seniors we see out and about in our daily lives […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the July 2012 Edition When you first come to Manzanillo, usually on a vacation, there isn’t enough time in the day to absorb the different sights, sounds, smells, vistas and local attractions. It’s romantic, exotic, hot and beautiful and you cannot get enough of it. It is often referred to […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the June 2012 Edition During our winter sojourns to Manzanillo, my husband and I like to take a few trips down to El Centro on the bus, have brunch under the umbrellas at the Chantilly sidewalk café (they serve really yummy bread) and explore the shops in the area. We’ve […]
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