The crew made a treck into Guadalajara yesterday via bus in search of music stores. Many we did find, one close to the bus station and a bunch in centro. Metropoli, closest to the bus is where we got most of our stuff but the ones downtown were rewarding as well.
It’s been since 2004 when I was last in Guadalajara so really didn’t know my way around. We just wandered from
Continue reading -> We find Silver in Guadalajara
November 6, 2009
This news just in: The monarchs arrived in large numbers yesterday at Mexico’s winter sanctuary region.
The news was announced by biologist Eduardo Rendon, who heads World Wildlife Fund-Mexico’s Monarch Butterfly Program.
“Today, all of the roads that lead to the Monarch Reserve are full of butterflies,” he reported yesterday. Evidently the monarchs began to arrive on Sunday and Monday, when the first trees containing clusters were found
Continue reading -> Monarchs Now Arriving in Michoacan
Yesterday I was asked to go along on a shopping trip, found myself in downtown Chapala and remembered the Art Fair. Since I’d never been and Marilyn had – I opted to check it out while she continued her shopping.
Very cool and worth the 50 peso admission. The paper art and weaving were my favorites and it was good to see the Cocucho potters making an appearance. Talk to the weavers
Continue reading -> Chapala artisan fair
About 10 this morning I was listening to a chicken making a racket and since we have chickens in the neighborhood I didn’t pay much attention. Then the racket sounded just outside the backdoor so I’m off to check it out. Turns out there is this white hen being chased around the yard by one of my cats.
I tried shooing her out the front gate but that’s not where she wanted
Continue reading -> My new chicken
Mark your calendar for November 13-15, 2009 when the 8th Annual Feria Maestros del Arte folk and indigenous art show will be held in Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico. More than 60 artists from Jalisco, Michoacán, Guerrero, Yucatán, Mexico, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Puebla, Hidalgo, Guanajuato, and Veracruz will attend to sell their extraordinary art.
Feria Maestros del Arte is a “heart” show – not just another “art” show.
The Feria, a legal
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