Tag: Dia Del Muerto in Zihuatanejo

Change of Season

It has been a long hot, humid summer and while I have always enjoyed hot weather I don’t do well with high humidity. Those of us that live here year round have complained this was the hottest summer ever. Don’t know how factual that is, but we all find ways to deal with it. My antique air conditioner died and has since been replaced with a energy efficient one which showed positive results on my electric bill.

Dia del Muerto is a big deal here.

Many folks dress Catrina style.

Been waiting a long time for that drink

The kids here are embracing American style Halloween, but instead of running house to house it is business to business shouting “Halloween” instead of trick or treat.

The kids are adorable
But so isn’t this dog skeleton
Even I got in the spirit of things

Music is starting back up at many of the restaurants. Had a lovely evening at Tonio’s Porque No restaurant eating his delicious food and being entertained by Rudy Catalan and Patricia Carrion.

Our monthly book club did meet through out the summer as reading is a great hot, humid weather activity.

Alejandra is so good and getting us all in with selfie mode

Even though we are expats we are still vitally interested in what is happening in the USA. We have formed a “NO Kings” chapter and are being active by keeping informed and demonstrating to our Mexican hosts are mutually common interests.

One of our interesting speakers at the last No Kings gathering

A very popular and fun gathering place for music and dancing is the Cuban Bar where you can get the very best coffee mezcal.

Always great music
Lots of. Dancing.

The Canadian snowbirds are arriving daily, lots of fun renewing old friendships and making new ones. I was able to put out a patio table and chairs on the roof adjacent to my back porch. Nice place to entertain a couple of friends on these lovely fall evenings. Zihuatanejo is such a friendly place with something always going on. So happy I decided to move here. Signing off KO

Halloween, Dia Del Muerto, High Season, Hot Weather, and Heat Rash

It’s now November, Halloween and Dia Del Muerto are just memories and the early arrivals for high season have begun, but the weather while cooler is still significantly higher than usual. Everyone is running around with fans and carrying “sweat rags” to mop up with. And I sweat! With the slightest exertion I sweat, and frankly even with no exertion I sweat. So I have developed a heat rash. I originally thought I was having hordes of mosquitos attack me on a daily basis, but no it is just heat rash and I am trying everything anyone suggests.

My head perspires and it drips down and all seems to collect in the bra area to the point of being WET. So now I’ve been using, deodorant the antiperspirant type, corn starch and lining my bra’s with panty liners to wick the moisture away from the skin to help heal up this horrid rash. Don’t know which method is most effective, but it is getting better. Probably too much information.

The city decorates with new and interesting decorations for every holiday or season and town looks quite festive.

I had bought a 5lb bag of the red and white starlight mints from Sam’s club as they are my one and only candy luxury I allow myself. The night of Halloween I took half the bag down to Brenda’s Bar and joined friends there handing out candy mints one at a time. They were all gone in 45 minutes, but the kids were adorable. Almost all had costumes, and cute costumes, they were polite and we heard lots and lots of thank you’s. It was a fun evening.

Halloween, a crush of kids and parents enjoying getting treats

Dia Del Muerto got stretched out to a 4 or five day event. Starting with the lighting of a huge Katina at Kyoto Circle, with nightly events at La Concha to a great colorful, lively parade. I’m used to parades giving out candy as they pass by, this one gave shots of tequila. More fun!

The direct flights from Canada and some from the Northern Parts of the Us have started arriving so it reunion time with many old friends and acquaintances, dinners and lunches out and beach gatherings are beginning even though the ocean is like a bathtub.

It’s Thanksgiving time for those of us from the US and several restaurants do a good job of preparing what we call a traditional Thanksgiving dinner. But I have vowed to never again go to a restaurant for Thanksgiving dinner here or anywhere as I am probable the only person in the world who doesn’t like or eat turkey, mashed potatoes or gravy. But I love stuffing, and cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie. So unless someone invites me to home pot luck type dinner I will make my stuffing and I have a few cans of cranberry squirreled away and I will have my own feast.

Back in the day when I was the cook for my family who loved all of the fixings I used to make a great turkey soup from the left overs, I miss having turkey soup.

Happy Thanksgiving and signing off KO