Stevia S. posted an article on Life & Times in Santa Rosalia - Nov 17, 2009, 10:49 am
I feel like a migrating hummingbird, just a little bit of nectar here and there. First we went to the mining convention in Veracruz via the ultra modern Mexico City airport, then drove from Veracruz t...
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Stevia S. posted an article on Life & Times in Santa Rosalia - Nov 14, 2009, 7:55 pm
Puebla is a very interesting colonial city with the backdrop of a volcano known locally as Don Gullo. Esperando and I felt we were in Spain or Europe. Hernan Cortez founded Puebla in 1519. The old par...
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Stevia S. posted an article on Life & Times in Santa Rosalia - Nov 12, 2009, 10:30 am
My surgerized shoulder is still giving me grief six months after the surgery. I had hoped by now it would be in much better shape. Maybe I have been overdoing the exercises they gave me or maybe somet...
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Stevia S. posted an article on Life & Times in Santa Rosalia - Nov 8, 2009, 1:10 pm
Luscious pool at the Holiday Inn Boca del Rio We had a nice party in Veracruz attending the mining convention. Since I had seen most of the sights last time, it was a chance to relax by the pool and ...
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Stevia S. posted an article on Life & Times in Santa Rosalia - Oct 24, 2009, 11:21 am
Once again we are off to go traveling. On Tuesday we will drive to La Paz to catch the plane to Veracruz for the XXVIII International Mining Convention, a technical meeting of Mexico's mining elit...
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Stevia S. posted an article on Life & Times in Santa Rosalia - Oct 20, 2009, 12:17 pm
I have been bugged for some time now about how to spell ‘yay’ this being a shortened version of hurrah or hooray. I had been spelling it ‘yeah’ but somehow that didn’t seem right. I tried &#...
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Stevia S. posted an article on Life & Times in Santa Rosalia - Oct 18, 2009, 12:08 pm
Well things have been a little quiet here lately what with the lack of rain and wind, so we decided to go and have another hurricane just to spice it up. This one, Rick—is the same name as the chara...
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Stevia S. posted an article on Life & Times in Santa Rosalia - Oct 17, 2009, 9:15 am
Yesterday I spent researching recipes on the internet. It all started with the monthly menu I prepare for Cook-with-an-Attitude and New Cook. It is a dynamic menu because I am always adjusting the qua...
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Stevia S. posted an article on Life & Times in Santa Rosalia - Oct 13, 2009, 10:06 am
The Margarita was invented perhaps as early as the 1930’s in Mexico; rumor has it in Tijuana—or Tasca, Juarez, Acapulco, Puebla, or La Jolla. The word Margarita means ‘Daisy’ and the drink was...
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Stevia S. posted an article on Life & Times in Santa Rosalia - Oct 12, 2009, 9:54 am
Carmen seems to have found her way ‘home’ finally. The last three mornings when I have gone out to feed the outside cats she has been there wanting to be fed also. She hides under the trailer so I...
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Stevia S. posted an article on Life & Times in Santa Rosalia - Oct 10, 2009, 10:25 am
With Esperando out of town I have been watching more TV at night than I do when he is here. I don’t usually watch the Oprah Winfrey Show (which by the way is shown in the evening here, not daytime a...
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Stevia S. posted an article on Life & Times in Santa Rosalia - Oct 5, 2009, 8:23 pm
I saw Carmen again this morning in the full light of day. She showed up about 9 am and was twitching her doubled up tail around in agitation, cruising around by Mrs. Moustache and Bruiser just like Pu...
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Stevia S. posted an article on Life & Times in Santa Rosalia - Oct 4, 2009, 3:04 pm
While I was in California I decided that we needed to plant a Sago palm in the yard at Casa Abeja. I have always admired them for their prehistoric quality in my brother Juan-in-a-Million’s yard. I ...
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Stevia S. posted an article on Life & Times in Santa Rosalia - Oct 2, 2009, 11:07 am
Carmen came back last night at 3:30 AM. I heard miaowing outside at our bedroom door that opens onto the patio and saw her sitting there outside. The other two cats were sitting on top of my printer s...
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Stevia S. posted an article on Life & Times in Santa Rosalia - Sep 30, 2009, 11:32 am
Inn at Loreto Bay Good news in the offing for fans of the Inn at Loreto Bay and golf course—the hotel re-opened a few days ago under the management of Fonatur. Esperando and I are looking forward ...
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Stevia S. posted an article on Life & Times in Santa Rosalia - Sep 28, 2009, 6:48 pm
As recorded by the NEW CHRISTY MINSTRELS: Well, just like everybody you have troubles of your own But let me tell you, Mister, of the sorrow I have known I had an old gray cat, that I couldn't be...
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Stevia S. posted an article on Life & Times in Santa Rosalia - Sep 27, 2009, 6:26 pm
Carmen of the paint splattered face. I feel like a big mean bully. I finally kicked Carmen the feral kitten, now cat, off the island. She had become increasingly wild, it was pathetic how much she a...
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Stevia S. posted an article on Life & Times in Santa Rosalia - Sep 26, 2009, 10:45 am
Here we are again in the Land of Mañana, we spent the night before last near the SF airport so we wouldn’t have to get up so early. Esperando thought our flight left at 11 am, in fact it left at 7:...
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Stevia S. posted an article on Life & Times in Santa Rosalia - Sep 19, 2009, 6:21 pm
Esperando and I both have colds. It is not pleasant to have a cold while you are traveling. Esperando was just catching his last week when he picked me up at the airport. I had been slugging Airborne ...
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Stevia S. posted an article on Life & Times in Santa Rosalia - Sep 16, 2009, 12:26 pm
My brother died yesterday. My eyes and my heart are heavy. I did not expect it yet, I thought he had another 3-6 months. He had early onset Alzheimer’s, but his death seemed quite sudden, and I am i...
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Stevia S. posted an article on Life & Times in Santa Rosalia - Sep 11, 2009, 7:37 am
Images from Sanispac On Tuesday, we left Santa Rosalia at 9 am to drive to Loreto for our scheduled flight on Alaska Airlines. I think we were both curious what the road to Loreto would be like and ...
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Stevia S. posted an article on Life & Times in Santa Rosalia - Sep 7, 2009, 2:56 pm
Yesterday Esperando and I drove to Punto Chivato to meet up with Jack McCormick of Baja Bush Pilots who is organizing an airlift of clothing, medicines and other items to be brought in for needy resid...
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Stevia S. posted an article on Life & Times in Santa Rosalia - Sep 6, 2009, 11:20 am
Current exterior of guesthouse redesigned by Jimena It is such a beautiful day outside, if I didn’t know how badly the town had fared I might be able to fool myself into thinking everything was ok....
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Stevia S. posted an article on Life & Times in Santa Rosalia - Sep 4, 2009, 7:39 pm
Highway approaches to Santa Rosalia north (top) and south (bottom three) Hurricane Jimena has left a mess of Santa Rosalia. Both north and south Highway 1 approaches have lost big chunks to make driv...
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Stevia S. posted an article on Life & Times in Santa Rosalia - Sep 3, 2009, 7:55 pm
Last night we were in the middle of a hurricane that had been downgraded to Category 1. Now that it was just a minor player and no longer the Category 3 or 4 that it began life as, it was as if it did...
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Stevia S. posted an article on Life & Times in Santa Rosalia - Sep 1, 2009, 3:35 pm
What exciting and alarming things will happen today, I wonder? The storm advances, now a Category 5. The sky is dark and threatening (this morning we had the lights on inside the house, it was too dar...
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Stevia S. posted an article on Life & Times in Santa Rosalia - Aug 31, 2009, 10:49 am
Yesterday Esperando said to me, ‘Ah, here comes Hurricane Jimena.’ At that point, Jimena was beating off the coast down by Acapulco, too far out to sea to be much of a threat. She was so far away ...
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Stevia S. posted an article on Life & Times in Santa Rosalia - Aug 28, 2009, 9:30 am
New Cook (left) and Cook-With-An-Attitude (right) preparing food for a party at the guesthouse. I prepare a weekly menu for supper at the guesthouse. When we have a full house and are entertaining vi...
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Stevia S. posted an article on Life & Times in Santa Rosalia - Aug 27, 2009, 10:04 am
Today I heard a funny thud-thud-thud noise coming from the bathroom. It sounded like something reverberating in the bathtub. Sweet Pickle who was lying at my feet, and Sour Pickle who was lying on his...
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Stevia S. posted an article on Life & Times in Santa Rosalia - Aug 26, 2009, 8:57 am
Esperando is traveling—he was in Vancouver last week, the Bay Area this week, then back home on Friday. Life is not dull though, no sir. When he is gone, that is when we like to have the unusual cri...
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Stevia S. posted an article on Life & Times in Santa Rosalia - Aug 25, 2009, 10:57 am
This morning, the new cook (who is replacing ours on vacation) and one of the maids, were outside sweeping the patio and the maid wanted to point out a cachorra to me. I thought they were trying to te...
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Stevia S. posted an article on Life & Times in Santa Rosalia - Aug 21, 2009, 11:59 am
We have taken our dog Sweet Pickle along in the car from Denver to Santa Rosalia on two trips back and forth in the dead of summer. We have never have had a problem crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in ...
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Stevia S. posted an article on Life & Times in Santa Rosalia - Aug 20, 2009, 11:35 am
View of church tower Mision de Loreto taken from La Mision Hotel at Loreto over the palm trees. The last night of our vacation we spent in Loreto at La Mision, the newly completed luxury hotel right ...
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Stevia S. posted an article on Life & Times in Santa Rosalia - Aug 17, 2009, 4:29 pm
After 3 hot days in Cabo Pulmo we were ready to move on to Todos Santos where we had booked a room at Casa Bentley, a meandering stout-walled stone building set in a ‘tropical jungle’ that the own...
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Stevia S. posted an article on Life & Times in Santa Rosalia - Aug 12, 2009, 9:16 pm
Our vacation is not proceeding smoothly, but rather in fits and starts. When we left Loreto 3 days ago I got the grunge from something I ate at lunch, I thought. In retrospect I believe that one of ou...
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Stevia S. posted an article on Life & Times in Santa Rosalia - Aug 8, 2009, 4:35 pm
Leaving Denver we passed through the Eisenhower Tunnel, it is the highest vehicular tunnel in the U.S. and 1.6 miles long. Today we arrived in Santa Rosalia after four day’s journey from Denver. We ...
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Stevia S. posted an article on Life & Times in Santa Rosalia - Aug 4, 2009, 2:24 pm
Last night was the Big Doggie Massage night (my sister-in-law tells me I might be turning into a dog whisperer!) My neighbor recommended Inner Puppy Canine Massage to me for Sweet Pickle the other nig...
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