It has been a long time since I last published on this blog and I am sorry about that. BUT! With this long break, we have some exciting news: we have a new casita. Let’s back track a little bit. Last week, our great friend Dianne invited us to stay in Casa Luna. One night turned into three turned to one week. Our week in Centro was fantastic. We went to our studio to work during the day, sat on the roof of Casa Luna with beer and guacamole in the afternoons and ate at great restaurants in the evening. We soon started to realize, that we wanted more and more to be in Centro full-time. One night’s dinner at a wonderful Indian restaurant, we shared our feelings with our good friends Macky and Aissa. They ... read more

Ronnie and I have been here just under 6 months now...and it was time to take a short trip back to the Land of Liberty. We decided on the most calm, neutral and relaxing city to ease us back into American culture...Las Vegas. We left our little casita very early in the morning and took the long trek to Sin City. We arrived at 1:00pm which left us plenty of time to do some major clothes shopping and to induldge in one of the things we have missed the most in SMA: really fresh sushi. It just happened to be Happy Hour when we arrived which basically kicked off our non-stop partying for the next 4 days. After dinner, we returned to the hotel to get dressed up then head to The Mirage to see Cirque ... read more

It has been really cold lately here in SMA. Everyone is wearing puffy jackets and scarves, but cold weather never stoped a great Mexican Celebration nor a Parade...(I think in fact nothing can stop them.) Yesterday was the aniversario of the start of the Mexican Revolution in 1910. The conflict lasted until around 1920 and many legendary Mexican heroes were involved: Pancho Villa, Emiliano Zapata, and Francisco I. Madero among others... The memory of the struggle lives on today in a parade in which children dress as revolutionaries with fake mustaches and long braids with ribbon. Last week we had a wonderful visit with Ronnie's folks. We eat, drank and were muy feliz. Their time here went so fast and in a whirlwind of fun and dominoes! All that running around however combined with the chilly ... read more

We can't take pictures as our memory card broke! We are going to buy a new one before Dia de los Muertos. Sorry for the delay in blog postings! Happy Halloween!... read more

Since Ronnie is much braver than I, he went to a bullfight and I did not. Since I think this is such a neat cultural experience, I am handing this blog over to Ronnie to write for this entry. Enjoy! -JB "Bullfighting is the only art in which the artist is in danger of death and in which the degree of brilliance in the performance is left to the fighter’s honor." - Ernest Hemingway A guest blog entry by Ronnie: “It’s so cruel.” “Oh disgusting” “The poor animal.” Inevitably I would receive a response like this when I mentioned that I wanted to see a bullfight while in Mexico. Are those things true? Probably, but I wanted to see one anyway. A little known fact (or at least not known by me until recently) is that ... read more