Dallas and Jane, photographer and artist, warmly welcome you to Casa Buena - a very special retreat center. Fun and informative art, yoga and dance retreats facilitated by first-class instructors are held in a charming tropical setting a 20 minute drive from the renowned village of old Port San … [Read more...]
Black Marlin and Blue Marlin Return to Corbeteña – Written by: Stan Gabruk
July 7, 2013
The seasons are changing to our normal warm and humid conditions. With these warm weather conditions comes warm weather. To be specific it means we have our annual surge of warm water species (fish that is) moving into the area. This season is no different as we see an increase in Blue and Black … [Read more...]
Las Palmas Maya, Tulum, Quintana Roo, Mexico
February 24, 2013
Cheryl and Frank Dutill, owners/proprietors of Las Palmas Maya, quit their day jobs and headed south from the U.S. to realize their dream of opening a small hotel ‘somewhere’ in the tropics. They fell in love with the culture and climate of Quintana Roo and established Las Palmas Maya. It wasn't … [Read more...]
Casa Hamaca Guesthouse, Valladolid, Yucatan, Mexico
February 12, 2013
Casa Hamaca Guesthouse, B&B and Healing Centre is conveniently located in the centre of Valladolid – one of Mexico’s charming ‘Pueblos Magicos’. Upon arrival you will be greeted by friendly, smiling staff and a lush, jungle garden setting of fruit trees, lush bamboo, graceful palms and a … [Read more...]
Stories I Can’t Tell Mama by Leslie Jordan – Puerto Vallarta
February 11, 2013
If you’re anywhere near Vallarta don’t miss a chance to see Leslie Jordan, Emmy-Award Winning Actor & Star of Will and Grade, Sordid Lives and the Help. A Leslie Jordan warm-up party is planned at Casa Cupula on Friday, Feb. 15 at 8:00 p.m. just prior to the 10pm opening night performance. … [Read more...]
Haciendas: Spanish Colonial Houses in the U.S. and Mexico
February 7, 2013
Haciendas: Spanish Colonial Houses in the U.S. and Mexico by Linda Leigh Paul , Author & Ricardo Vidargas, Photographer Haciendas is a noteworthy book portraying traditional and modern hacienda architecture of Mexico and the Southwestern United States. The book features 250 fabulous photos … [Read more...]
Chocolate, Maize and Precious Feathers – Art Institute Chicago
January 25, 2013
"Chocolate, Maize, and Precious Feathers: Cacaxtla at the Crossroads of Mesoamerica" February 28, 6:00 PM Art Institute of Chicago Lecture by Claudia Brittenham Fullerton Hall 111 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, Illinois ************ This is just one of the Chicago Archaeology & Midwest … [Read more...]
Ancient Chocolate Traces Found in Utah
January 23, 2013
Check this out! I just got this info from Michael Ruggeri "Ancient bowls found at a Utah village, "Site 13," near Canyonlands National Park in Utah have traces of chocolate. The bowls are 1,200 years old. This is the earliest trace of chocolate ever found in North America so far. The study was … [Read more...]
Guanajuato, Tierra de Mis Amores By Candace George Thompson, Author
January 9, 2013
Forty-nine years ago this month, I arrived in Guanajuato after a five hour bus ride from Mexico City. I was a few days shy of my 19th birthday, a college student about to start an adventure that would change my life. Over the next three months I lived with an all-female, two-generation Mexican … [Read more...]
Pozos: Life Among the Ruins by JOHN SCHERBER, Author, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
November 5, 2012
Pozos: Life Among the Ruins Driving up the long rise into Mineral de Pozos, framed by the gray-brown humpbacked mountains once laced with veins of silver and gold, the visitor first sees the stone walls of the cemetery, the panteon, before he enters the town. It seems like a fitting introduction to … [Read more...]
