Ajijic and San Antonio Tlayacapan, Mexico
We haven’t been doing
such a great job of posting to keep up with our activities here, so here’s a
“catch up” post.
New Year’s
Our housing complex
actually had fireworks, mostly aimed in our direction we think, due to a
lawsuit the owners of the casitas recently “won” with the developer. The "fuegos artificiales" were
nice, and we didn’t have too much fall out. Also a nice moon!
Thank goodness for the
internet (when it’s working here, which is spotty)…Linda was able to figure out
how to make Japanese mochi with a blender then steaming! Turned out well, with
the spam sushi and poke (tuna from fishing in December!)
Kayaking
We finally joined the
kayak group for an outing, which was fun and scenic!
Residency!
We finally picked up our
residente cards (the office closed down for 3 weeks over the Christmas
holiday….sigh) and then walked around the town of Chapala a bit.
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| Where there is meat (whole pig there), there are dogs! |
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| The little corner of love! |
It’s been known as a Mexican
tourist destination at least since the days of Porfirio Diaz.
2018 Women’s March
(1/20/18)
So Ajijic joined the 250
events around the world. We didn’t bring our pink hats, but there were folks
here selling them, along with tshirts, posters, etc. Quite a rally! In support
of women’s rights, equality, healthcare, and science; against the wall, certain
politics and a certain president.
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| Great turn out! |
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| Yes, that's a pinata |
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| Popular sign...but how do you really feel? |
Lucha Libre match!
See other post!
Mama’s Bar Grammy’s night
Our friends will be
shocked to hear that we found “our bar” here already. (Not!)
And Mama’s original site
has karaoke 2 nights a week (until the end of February ☹.) It turns out that Mama
Elisa has a “Grammy’s Night” to award her regular singers, handing
out….Oscars!?
It was FREEZING (for here), but a
lot of fun. Who knew these people could clean up so well? Mark had to buy a tie, actually.
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| Mama, Rick, Amaury, Liseth and Johann |
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| Our bartenders! Amaury and Calvin |
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| Peter and Misha the Dog, of course |
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| Peter, Heather and Misha |
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| Mark and Peter with the goods |
Yes, it appears to be "a
deal" here, mostly due to all the gringos, we think.
But we admired the
Walmart staff creativity with scrap styrofoam!
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| "Enjoy Super Sunday!" |
And we found frozen
chicken wings….ok, but….
Though we weren’t jazzed
about the game at first, we did watch…initially for the ads, of course. But it
turned out to be a great game! Mark even lit some Mexican copal incense for a good outcome....
And now, the run up to
Carneval (farewell to meat) aka Mardi Gras in New Orleans!
Oh, and yes, we have been taking Spanish lessons 2 days per week,
and Linda is still doing some work :( , so somehow we have been keeping busy!
(Febrero 12, 2018)
Dad, who knew you had the pipes? Did you bust out Rock N' Roll Lifeystle by Cake?
ReplyDeleteLinda, looking sharp in pink, and I order you to make Dad take more of the pictures, we don't see enough of you in these! :)
Lastly, at Tacubaya, I was known as "El Gallo (The Rooster)", but I am loathed by most of the dogs out here, from the one hopping around in a Berkeley car to most of my neighbors' canines. I have taken to jokingly shouting "Callate el perro! (Shut up the dog!)", except to the junkyard dogs on 27th and MLK that have warmed to me. Makes me miss Ella's well-timed barks. <3