Spanish Word of the Day - Bag -----> Bolsa Spanish Phrase of the Day - Can I have a bag? -----> Me da una bolsa, por favor? Today was an easy day. We went down to Tony's for lunch - ribs again. It's just a short walk down the via de La Loman to Hidalgo so it's convenient. We stopped by one of the few banks in town that will except/transfer U.S. cash into Peso's - I guess they're prone to robberies because there was a big Mexican guy standing outside the ba...

Wednesday is usually a very busy day of the week here in Ajijic (Ahhh-hee-HEEK). Deborah had been feeling a little under the weather so we decided to take her to see Dr. Roderigez at the clinic in town. For the $200Peso's we spent 30 minutes in his office for him to determine the diagnosis. After that we hopped across the street to Guadalajara Farmacia to pick up her drugs then all was well. We're having a dinner party here at Casa Forster on Friday so we had to...

First and foremost I'd like to wish my amazing son Aaron a Happy 34th Birthday. We wish we could be there to help you celebrate - know that we're thinking of you as we sip our Margarita's. I've been coming to Mexico ever since I was 17. All totaled, I've probably spent close to four months here if you were to add up all those trips that lasted only a week or so. It's really been in the last couple of years that Deb and I have stayed here for one-month stretches t...

As I said yesterday, we were invited to J&C's for Breakfast at Wimbledon. Given our current time zone this meant that the Federer/Djokovic match started at 08:00ish. After an amazing five-set loss by Roger we then headed out for lunch to Tlaquepaque. Tlaquepaque (T-lok-a-pok-a) is a great town just east of Guadalajara, Mexico. The shops are so unique. Many of the ex-pats here in Ajijic go to both Tonala and Tlaquepaque when shopping for furniture for their n...

It's been a few days since the last blog. Happy 238th anniversary to all my American friends. Hopefully the celebration of your country's independence from Britain went well. On Friday afternoon, we ended up going to a Democratic party here in Ajijic - there was likely over 200+ Democrats (and a few closet Republicans I'm sure) that had been invited to a large private hacienda on the west side of Ajijic. For a 200Peso entrance fee per ticket, we were treated to ...