I’ve mentioned before that we’re not always sure of what Ouest is doing at school or what exactly she is learning—mainly because she doesn’t ever tell us. But every once in a while something happens to let us know that there is a lot of knowledge creeping in. Today we … Read More
Vanilla
Nothing much happening around here besides spending time with Grammy. This morning we saved a couple of caterpillars from the sidewalk and got to listen to Ouest say the word caterpillar, which was fun. And this afternoon we let the kids crack open a piñata that Ouest had gotten at … Read More
Mazatlan Cliff Divers
Grammy is in town, and yet somehow we’ve managed to get Ouest off to school each day without any complaints. Of course we have to tell her later that we didn’t do anything all morning, “Just waited around for you to get done with school.” Which is mostly true. We … Read More
The Kite Runner
One of the kids is always sick when Grammy is in town. This time it was Lowe’s turn. On the third night he couldn’t stop coughing for even a single breath, and even though Dr. Ali Google assured me that this was normal and that a doctor wasn’t going to … Read More
Three Day Weekend
We used to hate weekends because it meant people wouldn’t be at work, and since we don’t work we’d just prefer everyone else did—you know, to take care of us. Now all of the sudden Ouest is in school and we have to give a crap about weekends again, because … Read More
Mazatlan’s Municipal Market
This is the Municipal Market located just two blocks down the street from us. We’re in there daily for fruit, tamales, horchata, ice cream, or just as a short-cut on our way back from the taco or gordita stands. The building is 114 years old—and I’d be willing to bet … Read More
Desayuno
The past couple of days have been nothing more than our normal everyday wanderings around town. The beach, the marina, the Dairy Queen. Pretty tame. We were disappointed to find that the marina area continues its decline. A couple more restaurants have been shuttered, grass is growing three feet tall … Read More
Engine News
I talked to the mechanic today, and here is the news. First, the shop that the head was brought into checked it all out and found no cracks. Nothing wrong in fact. Best news I could have hoped to hear. The transmission was simply the nut at the rear coming … Read More
Round Town
We were maybe five blocks from home, walking down the main road, when the kids both decided it was time for a break. Lowe needed a snack and a drink, Ouest needed to write something. This was a ten-minute delay. Some buildings are just so god-awful ugly and insanely dangerous … Read More
Bits and Pieces
After breakfast this morning I said to Ali, “Thanks for breakfast.” Ouest heard this and immediately responded with her own, “Thanks for dinner Mama.” Everything is dinner for some reason. She knows what breakfast and lunch and lunner are obviously, but still she calls them all dinner. I dropped Ouest … Read More