Chachalacas What’s that really loud, horrible, awful honking noise you sometimes hear from the jungle so early in the morning? It’s the call of a very unassuming (but noisy) bird, the plain chachalaca. If you haven’t had the pleasure of its dulcet tones waking you after a long night of [……]
Snow Birds and lots of locals gathered for Best of the Best, February 2017 on a windy February 6 at La Buena Vida Restaurant. Luckily, the protected enclosed area served its purpose as we were all cozy and friendly; but also, many of our participants enjoyed bar seating. A new item [……]
FIRST ANNUAL Mayan Garden Club Gourmet Garden Party: A Huge Success The Mayan Garden Club met for our Gourmet Garden party at Skip’s beautiful hacienda in Xcaret. Besides wonderful food and company Skip, who has a Master’s degree in Horticulture, treated us to a tour of his home and gardens. Bruce [……]
La Cueva del Pescador translates to The Fisherman’s Cave, a fitting name for this Akumal landmark restaurant. Gonzalo, the man behind the bar, is the driving force behind the success of the restaurant. Now, if you have been a patron, you’ll know Carlos or Ivan, but it’s Gonzalo who keeps [……]
Dear Members: Our annual Vecinos Membership meeting took place on Wednesday February 15th and was very well attended. We accepted into membership 18 new homeowners, bringing our membership count to 80. The board of directors for the coming year: President – Dan Freeman, Vice President – Beryl Van Lierop, Secretary – Richard Pargot, Treasurer – [……]
The photo ‘glitch’ has been resolved, and Best of the Best for January, 2017 was celebrated at La Buena Vida Restaurant to begin another year of this favorite event. Judges were Mary Henderson and Cherri Schwaiger and the photographer, the intrepid Dave Zucker. Area restaurants graciously give a free drink [……]
Out Our Backdoor – And a Recipe for Adventuresome Souls Iguanas When you walk or drive around our part of the world, if you see rocks in the sun on a lightly travelled road, there will probably be an iguana or two hanging out, soaking up the rays. As cold-blooded reptiles, [……]
Crotons: Colorful leaves all year long Known for their bold, tropical foliage, crotons are perennial evergreen shrubs. These plants grow easily in the Yucatan and can be raised as decorative houseplants as well. Grown for their brightly colored and marked leaves crotons (Codiaeum variegatum) come in a wide variety of [……]
In February of last year, I called the Red Cross Ambulance to transport my husband to the hospital. He was a bit out of sorts – and also 6’8″ tall. They came quickly but only had a hard board to put him on to get him down two flights of [……]
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