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, […]
Continue reading
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 […]
Continue reading
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 […]
Continue reading
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 […]
Continue reading
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 […]
Continue reading
By Terry Sovil from the November 2010 Edition Aqui la eternidad empieza y es polvo aqui la mundanal grandeza. (Here the eternity begins and the worldly grandeur is dust.) – Sign over a cemetery entrance in Ohaxaca City. boy!! An opportunity to learn about the culture and celebrations of my new home! From delighted to […]
Continue reading
By Terry Sovil from the November 2010 Edition Jose María Morelos y Pavón has a recognizable face. You’ll see him every time you hold a 50 peso note. He was born September 30, 1765 in Valladolid, Michoacán; a mestizo (mix of Spanish and Aztec Indian blood) and in a lower class of the Spanish colonial […]
Continue reading
By Terry Sovil from the October 2010 Edition The Correo de Manzanillo newspaper ran an article 13/Sep confirming the authenticity of a local tree as a Manzanillo tree. Howard Platt identified it as a potentially interesting article. Recently planted in the main garden in Manzanillo there was great curiosity about exactly what kind of […]
Continue reading
By Howard Platt from the October 2010 Edition GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE – (QUISCALUS MEXICANUS) If you think the West Coast of Mexico is a good place to come for a party, you are joining the experts! Think evening, a busy warm day finally coming to a relaxing close. Except that the trees in the boulevard are […]
Continue reading
By Terry Sovil from the October 2010 Edition Multiple sightings of these messengers in Manzanillo! My sighting of my first one was just prior to a downpour when the thunder had been rolling for 30 minutes and the skies were black. I glimpsed this huge “thing” on the brick wall. Could this be an omen? […]
Continue reading
You must be logged in to post a comment.