Category: Calendar

It’s almost the weekend. That is an important statement everywhere in the world, except in Vallarta and a few other beach destinations, where every day is a holiday and every night is Saturday. The thousands of us expatriates who live here were all tourists once and, if we all dig hard enough, can come up…

It’s Humpday and time for Scrabble in a few hours. My nemesis, Sharon Gerber Scherer wrote to me while I was in Europe that nobody played while I was gone. I am not sure what that means, but I wanted to share it with you anyway. How long does jet lag take to disappear? All…

I got up at 5 am, and the first thing I saw was the bouquet of Welcome Home flowers I received yesterday from Brian Bott. We met over mango smoothies and enjoyed delicious conversations spread over a couple of hours, nothing in particular, and not a thing serious, just recapping our lives over the past…

And, I am back; did you miss me? I have been home for about 36 hours, unpacking, doing laundry, snuggling with my darling Bogie, and easing back into my former fabulous life in the tropics. It is wonderful to be warm. The enormous heat wave that swept Europe this summer never adhered to my schedule…

Happy weekend (nearly). The rain has not stopped all night, and, at 7 am, it is drizzling still; it is our earliest start to summer in years. Speaking of summer, the solstice is tomorrow and will be the longest day of the year. Enjoy if you will participate in any pagan festivities to mark those…

Yesterday was weird: Scrabble was canceled because I could not find one single person to play with. That’s only the 3rd time in the nearly three years we have been meeting weekly at Qulture I settled for playing Zoey, the Grand Master computer, and we tied. Hmmm. Nacho Daddy was full for Colina Spay and…

More rain last night and light clouds this morning, but again, the air is fresh(er!). The difference in the color of the hills around town is reflected in my teeny garden; my bougainvilleas have buds, and the small chunk of Virginia Creeper that Sandra Bradley gifted me a year ago is trying to cover the…

Hurricane Dalila passed us by during the night and with suitable histrionics like thunder and lightning, left sorely needed and abundant rain. I have a normal-size bucket full of water on my patio. Good to use that on those plants that are tucked under an eave. I walked through the house looking for new leaks…

We had a soggy weekend. So soggy, the President of the Vallarta Garden Club, Sunny Rossi, canceled the outdoor concert on the Isla Cuale starring Angeloo. There is a chance it may be rescheduled; I’ll let you know. I met my dear friend Brian Bott for mango smoothies last Friday. He put together the most…

How superstitious are you? I should Google why people are freaked about Fridays falling on the 13th but I don’t want to take the time; if I ever knew the reason, I have forgotten it. It’s a fairly clear, still morning, and it may turn out to be a ‘beach day’ like yesterday. Not that…

Every night before I go to bed, I check the next day on my calendar to see what’s on the list of activities. See if I have to sleep fast for morning goodies or if there’ll be time in the afternoon for a sustaining nap for evening events. There it was: Thursday, June 12. Empty.…

Humpday is usually the busiest day of the week for me, but with summer moving in, it has become less, and today will be full of joy as I get to do two favorite things – play Scrabble for fun (HAH! I say this often: Lose at Scrabble, Lose at Life.) The second is to…

It doesn’t matter how enlightened you are—or how enlightened you believe yourself to be. It doesn’t matter how many hours a day you devote to meditation or prayer, how many ashrams you have visited, or if you’ve spent a silent 28 days in contemplation. It also doesn’t matter how fervently you follow the teachings of…

A beautiful Monday morning with clear skies for a change! The air feels lighter, a good start to another week in Vallarta. What I love most about any conversation is to hear people’s opinions and thoughts about Vallarta. Particularly the ones that touch on serendipity and ‘coincidental’ moments, which are a rite of passage for…

This morning, I will be shouting out love to women in general and a handful in particular – some I have known and loved for years, a couple of new friends, and one woman I have never met but whose kindness and knowledge explained the intricacies of a system that I am a part of…

It’s funny, the difference in how we spend our lives in Vallarta at this time of the year, compared to Canada and, I am sure, in parts of the US. All around me, things are slowing, closing, and stopping altogether, and it is the opposite up north. The frenzied gardening and building things outside quickly…

First, this morning, thank you from the bottom of my heart to everyone who commented on the self-inflicted disaster of losing my health insurance. I have reason to believe there is a solution and hope to find out by week’s end what is involved. So, thank you. Another gray, dull morning today with a couple…

So, on Sunday afternoon I was rummaging through some paperwork and came across a page stamped RENOVACION and noticed a date surrounded with bright orange marker. Hmmm, I thought, I don’t remember paying for my IMSS, so I looked closer at the date. Yep, the time frame to pay my annual fee expired May 31.…