Comments on: Back from the big manzana

By: 1st Mate

1st Mate — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:11:04 +0000

What a dazzling smile your Consuelo has!

You make Mexico City sound like so much fun (I guess it helps to have relatives there).

By: Mike Landfair

Mike Landfair — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:14:42 +0000

Nancy, I can tell from reading your blog that you love it there. People live all over the world in hot, humid weather and adapt. I’ve been in NY when it was 95 degrees and 95% humidity and in New Orleans where just walking outside wilts a dress shirt. Your love of the city shines through like a beacon through the fog.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:16:12 +0000

Mike, I love the weather here, even in the summer. Although I do complain a bit in the summer about how you take a shower and by the time you’ve dressed you’re hot and sweaty again!

Babs, It would be great to met you in SMA, and visit with Billie and Ned, too. (We visited Billie and Ned back before we had decided on Mazatlán as our new home!) They are sooo fun and nice, and their house is amazing. I’d sure like to see your patio, too! We’ll do it! And, if you ever plan a trip here, be sure to holler!

By: Babs

Babs — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:41:27 +0000

I’ll count on ya’ll coming up. We’ll get Billie and Ned into the group too among others.
I WILL be at the beach for January – can’t wait………BUT I’ll be just north of Manzanillo so I can go to my favorite remote bays and beaches…….
Some day I’ll get up your way……..it IS one of the few areas I haven’t been to see.

By: Mike Landfair

Mike Landfair — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:58:54 +0000

Nancy, I’ve now read every post you’ve written about the weather and I still want to live there. BTW, the view from the Freeman is wonderful. I didn’t know you could swim there for the price of a drink. Thanks very much for all you’ve written.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:47:50 +0000

Cynthia, Thank you! Consuelo is really growing up, it goes way too fast.

Kate, I have just been cranking along a little at a time with Spanish, but I have good comprehension and I think I am becoming pretty fearless. With the right attitude I think you can do anything.

Mike, I have been living here in Mazatlan for more than two years and have blogged a lot about this. It isn’t a topic that you just comment back about! If you go to the left side of my blog and look at categories there is one on weather. Except for the last 4 or 5 post there that have to do with the tropical storm they are almost all about dealing with the heat! Maybe you could check it out and if you have any specific questions, write again? Oh, and the last two years I went to visit family for one week in the summer, that’s it. We are contemplating going away for a bit longer this next summer, partially to get away from the heat and partially to explore other areas of Mexico.

By: Mike Landfair

Mike Landfair — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:38:24 +0000

Nancy, you wrote about the summer heat and humidity in Mazatlan. How does one cope beside leaving?

By: kate

kate — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:39:04 +0000

Great photos and interesting narrative about your trip. Since I’ve done virtually nothing with my Spanish since I first saw you in Hector’s class, I hang my head in shame. I’m very impressed with your progress. And am also impressed with the photos of Consuelo, such a beauty.

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:07:40 +0000

Hi Nancy & Paul – she is a beauty and she is lucky to have family like you. I can’t believe how much she has grown! Nice post.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 01:52:16 +0000

Michael, She is a sweetheart, I am pretty sure they will come out in early January so hopefully you’ll get to see for yourself. It will be great to have you back in town, Maz just isn’t the same without you.

Chrissy, Oh well, I just need to be more creative without delicacies like gorgonzola. The big city just has everything, it is quite mesmerizing. If I stayed there too long I could become hooked on consuming again!

Babs, I have never driven in DF, and it will probably be a long time until I do. But I love it there and really look forward to more time to get to know it. Whenever I’m there the main purpose of the visit is to have a family visit! I have been to a number of the museums and parks and fabulous restaurants, etc. But I haven’t explored some of the markets I have heard about and have never visited the pyramid. We’d love to come visit when we are over there this summer… absolutely! (And I think you might need to come to the beach this winter…)