Has Your Christmas Come Out of the Closet ?

Yesterday Russell and I were driving around and I noticed

a house that not only was all decorated with Christmas lights.....

but, GASP!, already had a Christmas tree up and decorated in the window.

What??? Thanksgiving's turkey is on it's last leg and Christmas Trees are up?

I don't know about you, but my Christmas is securely in it's closet under the stairs and

won't be coming out for at least another week......

However, the Christmas Elves and I are hard at work

in my little sewing room!

Happy Thanksgiving !

Here's my first attempt at making a rather complex (for me)dessert!

It turned out very tasty-although it took one hour just to construct it.

Good thing we weren't on a timed schedule.....You can see more photos on my flickr plus I have the recipe posted there as well.

Cheers!

We made it back!!!!

We are home...we had a lovely time in Mexico,

but it's time for building fires and curling up with a good book... The vacation is over....no more lolling on the beach,

reading sandy books, munching on tacos and sipping cervesas!
We had a fun time-but there's no place like home!
And next week is Thanksgiving....how did that happen???
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

A Typical Day Being a Tourist in Zihuatanejo

Russell always takes a photo of the floral decoration left for us by

the woman who cleans our room every day.....

Our days consist of eating a good breakfast of fruit, juice, coffee, rolls and

sometimes pancakes or eggs.

Then it's off to the beaach to swim, body surf if the waves are big enough, visit with

friends, watch the vendors ply their wares, take walks, look at interesting shells or

dead things washed up on the beach, read, sleep, and take photos of friends who are

leaving and going home........then it's back up all those stairs (202) to shower

and then make the huge decision of where to go for dinner. We usually take the

little combi bus to downtown, have a beer at a little bar and then

have dinner at one of the many little places. We try to go to different ones as you

never know what might be even better than the day before.....

Afterwards we wander around a bit before getting a cab ($3) back to our hotel

where we read and then once again....SNOOZE.

An Upscale Restaurant for a $5 Burger

Caprichio's is a very swanky place here in Zihuatanejo....you can spend a whole lotta dough or just $5 and get a hamburger with all the trimmings....or you can spend lots more.....

we opted for the burger plus pina coladas for $20 total...........

A Quick Sidetrip to Morelia

On Friday the 9th we took off early on the "directo" bus to Morelia,

the capitol city of Michoacan. It was about a 4.5 hour ride up to Morelia.

The trip was fairly scenic and after awhile I became kind of ambivalent about the

style of driving in Mexico. As one local said to me-

"I am in God's hands".....my reply was-

"Well, I hope he is helping the driver"

Morelia is a huge city full of cars and people and cathedrals on every corner.

Today, Sunday the 11th is a big election in this state for the Governor and other

government positions. There were lots of demonstrations while we were there and about 24

people were arrested in the Central Square for posting information that was false .

Or that is what I think I read in the local paper headlines.

The city felt tense, but maybe that was because no alcohol was being allowed

to be sold in restaurants, bars or stores over the election weekend.

Two days were enough to satisfy my curiousity and we are glad to be

back in Zihuatanejo...a sleepy and peaceful place.

Rene Magritte meet Jorge Perez

Jorge Perez is a painter of very small paintings....

when he has had enough of the heat from the beach

he takes his umbrella up from his painting table

and takes it into the sea....

he reminded me of Rene Magritte's paintings

of men with umbrellas in the cloudy sky...