By Suzanne A. Marshall from the January 2014 Edition In Manzanillo there exists a really wonderful group of people called ‘Manzamigos’. For a token annual fee, the group is pretty much open to anyone living in Manzanillo but it serves to bring many permanent and semi-permanent people from outside Mexico largely (but not exclusively) from the […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the January 2014 Edition Senna alata Family: Fabsceae (Also known as a Candelabra Bush, Empress Candle Plant, Candletree, Christmas Candle, Emperor’s Candlesticks, Empress Candle Plant, Popcorn Senna, Candelillo, Ringworm Bush or Acapulco) Around here, for all intents and purposes, this is the veritable, “ubiquitous wild bush of magnificence” while in some other locales […]
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By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the January 2014 Edition WISHING YOU A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY SEASON AND BLESSED CHRISTMAS! As we come to the end of this year and look forward to the new year, 2013 seems to have brought many disasters and tragedy all around the world. At times we feel overwhelmed by all the suffering… […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the January 2014 Edition Strelitzia reginae Family: Strelitziaceae (Also known as a Crane Flower, Crane’s Bill or Ave de Paraiso.) “Flamboyant” has been used to describe the Bird of Paradise. Native to the southern and eastern parts of the Cape Province and northern Natal in South Africa, I can think a no more […]
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By Vivian Molick from the January 2014 Edition “Pass the Buck” Do you ever wonder where or how these types of phrases originated? I do, so I to check it out. Today the meaning has come to mean “trying to avoid blame or responsibility by passing it on to someone else”. But, of course, that is not […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the January 2014 Edition Starring: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellan and many more Directed by: Peter Jackson Running Time: 161 minutes “After successfully crossing over (and under) the Misty Mountains, Thorin and Company must seek aid from a powerful stranger before taking on the dangers of Mirkwood Forest without their Wizard. If […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the January 2014 Edition Starring: Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg Directed by: Baltasar Kormaker Running Time: 109 minutes A DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating one another find they have been set up by the mob the very organization the two men believe they have […]
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By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the January 2014 Edition E.L. James These books were all of the rage last year and many people were agog at the content. I was advised absolutely that I must read it. The ladies of a wedding shower that I attended were totally emphatic on that. I finally bought my editions […]
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By Terry Sovil from the December 2013 Edition I was off to an event and I needed something to bring, something that was good and tasty, but not too hard to make or assemble. Frustrated I sat down and started to browse through the recipe folder on my laptop. I found something I hadn’t made for […]
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By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the December 2013 Edition What is fact is that the civilization of the Tecpanecs had a war and overcame the Acolhuans of Tezcuco. This happened around 108 CE and both civilizations became parts of a triad formed in the 1400’s in the Mexico City valley which became home to the Aztec […]
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