By Suzanne A. Marshall from the March 2014 Edition Director: Martin Scorcese Starring: Leonardo DeCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey “”In the Wolf of Wallstreet, DiCaprio plays Belfort, a Long Island penny stockbroker who served 36 months in prison for defrauding investors in a massive 1990s security scam that involved widespread corruption on Wall Street and in […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the March 2014 Edition Director: Brian Percival Starring: Sophie Nelisse, Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson “While subject to the horrors of World War II Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refugee is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.” This […]
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By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the March 2014 Edition A couple or so years ago I remember there being pandemonium amongst the foreign population as all of a sudden without any prior notification as is their wont, the Mexican Government decided that no more pets could be flown in Mexican airspace. Many visitors who had been bringing […]
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By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the March 2013 Edition One of the challenges of living in Mexico is communicating with friends and family back home. My wife Señiora Notsotechie (she wanted to keep her maiden name) and I have a Canadian phone line that does just that. You may say, I have Skype, and it […]
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By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the March 2013 Edition The first thing that strikes you as you arrive in Havana is the darkness. The airport appears to be lit with 25-Watt bulbs and the drive into the city (at night) is as black as the road through an American forest. The occasional house gives off […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the March 2013 Edition (Cinepolis Manzanillo) We admit to our shameless love of the cinema. Although we can wait and see most of the movies via video distribution in the comfort of our own home, there’s just nothing like the big screen, big sound and the smell of popcorn. And […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the March 2013 Edition I am a shameless ‘Googler’. It seems that whenever I want to know something, the quickest and easiest option usually turns out to be the internet. On one of these adventures I was tracking a news story on the World Happiness Report. This got my curiosity […]
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By Terry Sovil from the March 2013 Edition Carnaval or Carnivale is a period of festivities which is generally held before Lent. In the United States of America it also called Mardi Gras. This Mexican holiday is a five-day celebration held before the Catholic period of Lent. Carnaval is celebrated exuberantly with parades, floats, costumes, […]
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By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the March 2013 Edition The Aztec Priesthood When the words “Aztec Priests” are presented to most Anglos, preprogrammed thoughts and mental images crop up of a big jawed, broken nosed, short but colorful skirted, man with a long and bloody stone dagger held over his head in preparation of dispatching […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the March 2013 Edition . . .you know those sort of folks, who, no matter what you say claim to have done much more and lots better than you ever have or could. Well, it seemed that their Grand Champion sat next to me recently, on a six and one-half hour […]
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