Recap: Good Morning, From Here, June 15 - 21 Monday A gentle rain is falling, and the grey skies are soft and unthreatening; it is a good morning to go back to bed and indulge in another hour's rest. The temptation...
My beautiful kitty, Bogie, has been with me for...
By Jane M. Downs I’m at Baca, the open-air mercado a block from my home. “Buenos tardes, Norma. I’llhave an avocado for the next day and this many tortillas.” I indicate a half inch betweenmy thumb and index finger. The avocado is hard. The tortillas warm, the cobblestones onthe...
Recap: Good Morning, From Here, June 08 - 14
Monday What a great weekend! I did virtually nothing and didn't even leave my house on Sunday. I played in my tiny garden and my kitchen, stocking up my freezer for the next couple of weeks. It was lazy, indulgent, and...
On Saturday, June 8, an enthusiastic team from Timothy Real Estate Group did a major clean-up of a canal parallel to Calle Juan Escutia in Colonia Valentin Gomez Farras.
Within two hours, they collected over a half-ton of trash that would not end up in Banderas Bay.
John Benus, creator of...
By Tom NussbaumPreviously, high school Spanish teacher Nico Meyers was fired from a conservative Idaho school district. He relocated to Puerto Vallarta, near his mother's home.
"Nicolás," she often told him, "you have to go to Puerto Vallarta. I only went once as a child, but, oh,...
Recap: Good Morning, From Here, May 31 - June 07
Monday Last Friday afternoon, festivities started with a pop-up concert at La Catrina Cantina with Spencer Day and Luis Villanueva. It was absolutely fantastic! They only had a few hours to rehearse, but the result was 90 minutes of gorgeous...
By Tom NussbaumIt had been twelve years since Nico Meyers had been fired by the rural Idaho panhandle school district. It had been sudden, unceremonious, and, Nico thought, unfair. It was the day after the end of the Spanish teacher's second year at the high school.
He had recorded...
Recap: Good Morning, From Here, May 25 to May 31
Monday Is everybody happily exhausted from Pride? I haven't read any numbers yet, but it certainly seemed that everyone had a gay old time. I joined dozens of friends and neighbors up the street at Jim and Sean's house for...
Recap: Good Morning, From Here, May 17 - 23
Monday Pride Week starts today - it's going to be great! Pool parties, bar hopping, lectures, fashion shows, doggie walks, beach parties, and the best, most joyful parade ever.
Selena Luna and I met at Coco's Kitchen for lunch last week....
By Séa Byrne Living in Mexico was always on the cards for me, given that my husband is a Tapatío. We met in San Francisco in the naughties when I was studying Multimedia.
In 2007, when we decided to move to Dublin, Ireland, we took the long route home...
