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Renovating Our Beach House, Volume 4

Like many beach properties in Chelem and Chuburna, our house was pretty basic when we bought it. The “Beach Box” style of construction was, for a time, very popular in this area, and houses were purely functional.  Wealthy Meridanos would use their beach homes for only a month or two per year, and houses were [...]

Malcolm | December 8th, 2008 | Continued

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What Happened in Cancun

Just back from our second adventure in Mexico’s capital of ugly shorts and shake marijuana and we are exhausted. Saturday morning we packed up a rental car with my father in law and some egg salad sandwiches and set off across Highway 180. A blown back tire and 319 pesos in tolls later we arrived [...]

Jillian | October 6th, 2008 | Continued

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The Notion of “Expat Bars,” and Amigo’s Bar and Grill in Progreso

Before we dive headlong into our review of the newly-opened Amigo’s Bar and Grill in Progreso, there are a few things that need to be mentioned about so-called “expatriate bars,” in general and particularly as they exist in present-day Progreso.
Many fellow Americans and Canadians living here in Yucatan have mentioned to me that they would [...]

Malcolm | September 21st, 2008 | Continued

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Renovating Our Beach House, Volume 3

You may remember when we teased you a few weeks ago with the unofficial “Volume 2.1” in the never-ending, 3,000 volume “Renovating Our Beach House” series.
When last we spoke, all that had really happened was that all of our bedroom walls had been sledgehammered to the ground, which, though it made for some impressive pictures, [...]

Malcolm | September 4th, 2008 | Continued

Featured Article #5

If You´re Ever in Progreso and You Need to Get Online

 
Careminet laundry service and long distance phone call shop plus loteria desk also happens to be the best internet cafe in progreso. Yeah, I was as surprised as anybody. You may not be aware that I have been coming attcha from various spots in Progreso last week and today rather than nestled in the office. [...]

Jillian | July 21st, 2008 | Continued

About this Site

We’re Malcolm and Jillian, two young Americans who decided against waiting until retirement to bail out on America, hit the road, and live out our dreams. Our blog has been around for a couple of years now, and a lot has changed. Here’s how we introduced ourselves to the world way back in October 2005, when [...]

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!Lunes Sabroso! Presents: Baby Foot

As we have mentioned in previous editions of !Lunes Sabroso!, a walk through the candy isle of a Mexican supermarket is both jaw-dropping and diabetes-inducing. The smell of raw sugar permeates the air, and it can become difficult to focus on one product, as all of the competing packaging cries out for your attention from [...]

15Dec2008 | Malcolm | 0 comments | Continued
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New McDonald’s Cheeseburger Strategy

Okay…so we all know there are few things that exist in this world that are more perfect than the McDonald’s cheeseburger. They satisfy the most deeply seated memories of childhood, while providing the surge of fat, salt, and ketchup that feed you for the entire day…often times, at 79 cents.
We are very fortunate to recently [...]

30Nov2008 | Malcolm | 8 comments | Continued
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The Fussy Bus

On the unlovely busride to Playa Malcolm and I were joking that there should be a cross peninsula service for overgrown babies that offered sleeping draughts and Lazy-Boy recliners. Little did we know it already exists and once again becoming fluke millionaires slips through our fingers. On the way back over to Merida I inquired [...]

19Nov2008 | Jillian | 3 comments | Continued
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The Accidental Gringa

Most Mexican days of late are as mundane as panela on toast. All that ha-ha-weird isn’t it bizarro-world stuff is very limited or goes unnoticed. I am sure we are desensitized to much of what is unusual or colorful about life here; after two years it’s normal to smell burning garbage and buy tanks of [...]

14Nov2008 | Jillian | 3 comments | Continued
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Not to Get All Queerbones About it or Whatever…

Regardless of what you think of California’s passing of Proposition 8, the constitutional amendment banning all state-sanctioned civil marriage agreements between two people whose only crime was that they happened to be of the same gender (for our take on this argument, see this post), what has become crystal clear in the last few days, [...]

12Nov2008 | Malcolm | 4 comments | Continued
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Playa in Pictures


11Nov2008 | Jillian | 1 comment | Continued
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Becoming 30 on the Mayan Riviera

It was actually twenty minutes past my birthday when the big surprise walked through the door. We arrived on a late bus to Cancun and then took a cab the 40 minutes to Playa. I was wrecked and cranky, having suffered many birthday injustices, including a terrible dye job that had rendered me a tabby [...]

10Nov2008 | Jillian | 3 comments | Continued
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All Your Warm Wishes Are Greatly Appreciated

It was a wonderful birthday. Details to follow.

10Nov2008 | Jillian | 0 comments | Continued
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Happy Birthday, Jillian!

Rock it out! Ow!

6Nov2008 | Malcolm | 6 comments | Continued
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Snark Takes a Holiday

How can you feel anything but inspired, hopeful, proud and glorious today? Congratulations, Mr. President-Elect and congratufuckinlations Democracy and to our renewed commitment to a reasonable, intelligent and a progressive America. This is a very great day indeed.

5Nov2008 | Jillian | 2 comments | Continued
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Upper Body Strength and a Trip to Asia

I know everyone has been sweating what to get me for my birthday on Thursday so I thought rather than the usual games we play I would come right out and tell you what I need/want right now. So much simpler.
Ever since the 6th grade when Coach Down-on-His-Luck /Up -in-Your-Grill called me a girl disparagingly [...]

3Nov2008 | Jillian | 5 comments | Continued
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