Boca!

Boda de Tomatlán. I love this town. It's like a cross between Bucerias and La Cruz, plus a lagoon, then mini-size it.

I had the single best Mexican meal of my life, on the beach, with the surf crashing and a mariachi band playing. The people were so nice! And genuinely so; you can feel it.

It's holiday week here, so there are more Mexican people than tourists in most places we go. This was no exception, and it was a good time.. People playing, laughing, singing. And us, welcome to enjoy with them. I find it flattering, but it really speaks to their graciousness, not to any esteem we may or may not have earned.

As we left here today, Deena told me that the people we've met definitely passed the audition (I told her before we left that this trip was to give Mexico an audition for many vacations to come or possibly to move to [we're looking for where we're going to move that's warm]; she's got some reservations, but I'm making progress).

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Artisanship in Sayulita

Sayulita. Very nice.. Hot young American women (many highly tatooed) (and apparently the expatriate colony there is significant and growing), cute young European women working the coffee bar, many shops, a great beach with surf.

Really, though.. Too crowded. Once a sleepy little village, Sayulita has been discovered now, and there's no turning back. Parking was a problem - not a good sign, and the Americans were plentiful - not all hot young ones, but really, and the end of the day, maybe they're (we're) all just as obnoxious. Just inasmuch as we seem to want to find neat new places and then we want Jamba Juice there. I'm just as guilty as the next guy.. I was stoked about the first Starbucks on Kauai.

So this photo is of some real, actual craftsmanship. Lots of same ol' for sale in this town, but if you look, you can find a dude or two who really knows his stuff. This table belonged to such a dude. We found some unique pieces.

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Someone reads this..

Actually, she probably doesn't count. Here's Deena reading this blog, making use of the computer at the desk in Michelle's La Cruz gallery. If you're ever in Cruz de Huanacaxtle, be sure to drop in. Art, dogs, cats, birds. Plus Michelle and her Mom, Linda. Also, the produce truck unloads across the street. Don't miss that!

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Cas Soft LLC
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