http://www.countdowntomexico.com Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:05:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   The theme for Mazatlán's Carnaval celebration this year is The Empires Celebration. The empires of France, Russia, Rome, and China will be represented by Carnaval royalty. Carnaval celebrations begin on February 16 and run through February 21. Today they were still working on erecting four large monos ... http://www.countdowntomexico.com/2012/02/02/here-comes-mazatlans-carnaval-2012/ ...otherwise known as desert island disks! I've been home sick since Tuesday.  We went to the grocery store in the afternoon, and when we left I was fine.  Half way through I was sick.  It came over me so fast, I couldn't believe it.  Most of the time since I've been ... http://www.countdowntomexico.com/2012/01/27/my-forever-musi/ [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="576" caption="Sinaloa Symphony - La Camerata Gordon Campbell, Director"][/caption] Mazatlán feels like a small town most of the time to me as I bump into friends here and there as I go about my errands.  But it's a big city, too, with big city cultural events ... http://www.countdowntomexico.com/2012/01/23/sunday-afternoon-bach-concert-in-mazatlan/ [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="576" caption="Click this image to see a panorama of the market."][/caption] I know I mentioned before that we have a weekly organic market here in town.  Every Saturday until the end of May in the Plazuela Zaragoza from 8 am until noon you will find at the latest ... http://www.countdowntomexico.com/2012/01/22/mazatlans-new-organic-market/ I feel like I've been on a bit of a blogging vacation.  That's ok, though. I'm entitled.  But why have I been so quiet lately?  Mainly because I've been waiting to hear what becomes of the Mexico Today program that I've been contributing to since June.  Our contracts expired at ... http://www.countdowntomexico.com/2012/01/19/holding-pattern/ Life here has finally settled down a bit since the holidays.  I always love the crush of parties and visiting and the festive feeling but I am often ready for life to calm down a few days before it does! Now life is normal for winter - I am just ... http://www.countdowntomexico.com/2012/01/12/just-regular-life-in-mazatlan/ If you read my previous post, you read about my dream for a community center in Mazatlán.  But it isn't just my dream, it is one shared by many of us.  I hope you'll read the piece Ken Albanese wrote below and then click on the link to go to ... http://www.countdowntomexico.com/2012/01/06/lets-make-a-community-center-in-mazatlan/ At the end of a year I always like to do a bit of "summing up." I think about what went well and what didn't for the year just ending  and often think of about my hope for the future. I did make my own resolutions this year, but that's ... http://www.countdowntomexico.com/2012/01/03/a-new-years-dream-for-mazatlan/ Templo Mayor in Mexico City is one of my favorite archeological sites.  The reason?  Partly because it is still being excavated. It is wonderful to lean on a railing and watch the workers with brushes cleaning away debris, and partly also because it is right in the center of the ... http://www.countdowntomexico.com/2011/12/29/templo-mayor-in-mexico-city/ I have been reading a lot of "best of" lists for the last week or so and thought I might share my favorite books of the year, too.  I hope you'll take a minute and enter your top book of the year in the form at the end of the ... http://www.countdowntomexico.com/2011/12/20/my-favorite-books-of-2011/