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Did I Tell You About The Time We Didn’t Get Robbed?

It was a Saturday a few weeks ago and we had parked the Jeep on Calle 39 just off the Paseo, right around the corner from the Suites del Sol. We were walking with Mac to find the bank where he pays his fideicomiso and it was super hot and we were getting discouraged because [...]

2Jul2008 | Jillian | 4 comments | Continued
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The Dark Lady

The handsome Senora wears long dark gray hair in a dignified knot at the nape of her neck; her skirts blow around her in the hot breeze. In her hands are parcels and parasols. She doesn’t belong in Progreso, no longer exotic, but in some interior village with cobbled streets and diffused light. She smiles [...]

1Jul2008 | Jillian | 1 comment | Continued
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Bored on the first of July

Back to work, blech. Would be much improved were we not sick with some meddlesome super virus that has layed us both out for over and under a week respectively. Also it is a hot mess here with typical July temps and an ocean that looks like the Bleeding Ganges of Doom. Very sad to [...]

1Jul2008 | Jillian | 0 comments | Continued
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He Wished That He Were Taller? Or Something?

In other news, Presidente Calderon lifted the longstanding (I would imagine) Napoleanic Law which dictates that a man (or woman) is guilty until proven innocent rather than vice versa. You know what that means. I’m going out to commit some incidental crimes this afternoon. Badass.

25Jun2008 | Jillian | 0 comments | Continued
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100% Natural Blows

But you already knew that.

25Jun2008 | Jillian | 0 comments | Continued
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Mandatory Vacation Starts Right Now!

We were going to spend next week in Playa but have come to our senses to monitor expenses (apparently I rhyme in my off time) and instead I am going to putter around the house sewing new outfits for Olivia, taking the occasional dip in the Gulf and heading into Merida for some cultcha. Hard [...]

19Jun2008 | Jillian | 3 comments | Continued
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B is for Bigote


16Jun2008 | Jillian | 6 comments | Continued
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Best Beach Eats Summer 08

The San Benito Restaurante Familiar between Uyamitun and Telchac Puerto is outstanding. The food is fresh and innovative, the staff is (almost overly) attentive and the margaritas are the real deal. Papaya slices and guacamole/chips as a botana! Chimichurri sauce served with the steak! Warm bread basket and Silver Gloria butter! Very cool spot. Open [...]

9Jun2008 | Jillian | 2 comments | Continued
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Pan-Asian Flavor Arrives in Merida (Finally!)

Until we moved to Yucatan, I don’t think we fully realized exactly how much Chinese and Thai food we ate on a weekly basis. I’m not talking authentic Chinese cuisine, with its soupy combinations of animal feet in a stinky broth, or chicken heads lovingly skewered and roasted over an open flame in the back [...]

3Jun2008 | Malcolm | 17 comments | Continued
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That Must Not Mean What I Think It Means

Mari couldn’t come to the house today because of a scheduling conflict: there is a junta at Marieli’s school that she was expected to attend.
Unless the Progreso mothers are planning a violent overthrow of Candelaria elementary, that word must have a slightly less camouflaged coup d’etat meaning than I had previously thought.

29May2008 | Jillian | 2 comments | Continued
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What Do You Do When The Lights Go Out?

At precisely 7 o’clock on Wednesday night the village of Chelem goes dark. The flat screen snaps off and the ceiling fans slow to a stop in 15 seconds.
It occurs often enough that for a minute we just sat and waited patiently for our power to be restored. It is usually a momentary lapse and [...]

23May2008 | Jillian | 0 comments | Continued
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Baseball in Mexico: Saturday Night with the Merida Leones

Think baseball isn’t a big deal in Mexico? Think again. The country-wide championship win of the Merida Leones in 2006 made Merida’s hometown AAA team nationwide news. It has also made tickets harder to come by, so we were very fortunate to have some friends score us some tickets for Saturday night’s game versus the [...]

20May2008 | Malcolm | 5 comments | Continued
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