Alterigor... your lifestyle much be much different than mine, but I don't drink, have what you consider a small income (actually, the low...
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Mexico City 2001-2006, Texas Big Bend 2006-2007, Mazatlan since 2007. Acquisitions editor for English language Mexican publisher. Writer/editor/slacker.
Gods, Gachupines and Gringos: A People’s History of Mexico (Editorial Mazatlan, 2008)
Time Out: Mexico City, Moon Guide to Puerto Vallarta, etc. (contributing writer)
Life in the Fast Lane (Gordon Jardine y Asoc., 2003)
Bosques’ War (Editorial Mazatl
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replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Going to stay next 4 year in Cuernavaca,Morelos in the Americas - Mexico Branch
6 days ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Going to stay next 4 year in Cuernavaca,Morelos in the Americas - Mexico Branch
Sparks... it depends on his visa. A RETIREE can't get a residency visa, but there is no income requirements for working foreigners. It's...
6 days ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called driving from guatemala to usa in the Americas - Mexico Branch
I'd avoid the U.S. border... those people on the north side of the Rio Bravo are nutz!
9 days ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Hotel where Hemingway stayed in Mexico City in the Americas - Mexico Branch
Wonderful post, alterigor! I only meant to point out that Mexico City is a major city, with a cultural and literary importance beyond a...
14 days ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Hotel where Hemingway stayed in Mexico City in the Americas - Mexico Branch
I would love to see GGM's house being converted to the museum and open for public,...
14 days ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Hotel where Hemingway stayed in Mexico City in the Americas - Mexico Branch
Hemingway isn't really connected with Mexico. His one and only mention of Mexicans in his fiction is in the early short story, "Mother of...
15 days ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called mazatlan safety in the Americas - Mexico Branch
Uh, the MALOVA store is not exactly a "big box store", but can't see tourists out looking for plumbing supplies. It's in my old...
17 days ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called mazatlan safety in the Americas - Mexico Branch
And those have whatall to do with tourism or tourists? Hardware stores do get robbed now and again, and there are people viscerally...
17 days ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called mazatlan safety in the Americas - Mexico Branch
And an update to the hotel beating... it just gets weirder and weirder. SUPPOSEDLY (and I don't believe the scenario for a minute) the...
17 days ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called mazatlan safety in the Americas - Mexico Branch
Nothing out of the ordinary. I had to evict a gringo renter who was robbing stuff from my house. Some U.S. guy was arrested for...
21 days ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called 21yr old daughter 22 year of son punched in the face by 50 yr old bully in the Americas - Mexico Branch
The biggest downsides of the tourism industry... tourists. ...
24 days ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Mexican murders in the Americas - Mexico Branch
Other than both victims (and probably perps) were Canadians, what do the incident in post 13 have to do with this thread?
25 days ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called are there spring break parties in mexico in february? in the Americas - Mexico Branch
"Spring break" isn't any sort of organized event... it's just that U.S. schools normally have a week or so break around Easter-Passover,...
about 1 month ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called I need a supermarket in Mexico City in the Americas - Mexico Branch
The WalMart superstore across from Buenavista.
about 1 month ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Need Mexican Spanish translation for a phrase: in the Americas - Mexico Branch
And a few mostly fronterismos: ¡Hombre caliente! and "caballo" in the sense of stud. And there's always the old standby "¡Ay, Papí!"...
about 1 month ago

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