A black market ... in babies
My favorite pediatrician is in Puerto Vallarta. Now, obviously, I don't have a baby, but I have a young friend with a baby.
When I took her and the baby to the doctor for his two month checkup, the...
Trigger, Jezabell, Blackie ... and friends
You know you're getting used to a new village when you start recognizing the dogs ... and knowing them by name.
Among my favorites are Trigger and Jezabell. Generally together, and usually playing...
Stress? In San Pancho?
A nurse in a hospital recently was doing a survey ... you know, medical history, prescriptions, operations. Questions about activities, memory. And, stress?
"How do you handle stress?" she asked....
Being a "Fallen Woman"
San Miguel de Allende has such bumpiy cobblestone streets and narrow sidewalks that it's most likely that you will trip and take a tumble sooner or later. Some folks call it the city of "fallen women."
Well,...
Meat, Real Meat
Call it the luck of the Irish ... or the luck of Saint Patrick's Day. We actually got a real piece of corned beef that day!
Now all you of U.S. supermarket users may not think this a big deal. But,...
No sex scandals here
Hey, Eliot, come on down to Mexico!
As a prominent doctor told me, "we don't have sex scandals down here. It's just understood that men with extra sex partners is so common that nobody cares." What...
Round and round again
Did you know you can't get a credit card in Mexico if you are over 60? Maybe 62?
We had a purchase we wanted to make. The online retailer said they couldn't let us use a U.S. credit card and have...
More about stoves, pinatas, cats, geckoes, roosters, the frog & more
So where, someone asked, is the stove? Still in the hall?
No, I didn't have to cover it with a tablecloth and call it a Christmas tree stand afterall. The store, finally, came for it and we are now...
There's a Thief in the House
Yes, a ladron, a thief.
Last night she stole two washcloths from a bathroom, two dinner napkins from atop the microwave, a cleaning cloth from the laundry and ... Well, she steals a lot of things.
And...