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Mexican Emergency Room Madness, aka Part 2

25 September 2012

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Aaaannnnndd, we’re back. Apologies for the delay on Part the Second, but getting over one of these spasm attacks is rough. It feels like a Kenworth has been using my left side as a parking lot for the last week or so. Now where were we? Oh yes…in the taxi, on the way to the […]

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And There We Were in a Mexican Emergency Room: Part 1

18 September 2012

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The teak deck is damp and gritty against my face. The stars above are far away and beautiful. The sound of phaser fire drifts up from the cabin below and I try to imagine I am on the bridge of Enterprise, in the Star Trek episode we’d been watching, and not pinned to the deck […]

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It Always Happens in the Middle of the Night…

8 September 2012

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It Always Happens in the Middle of the Night…

Or 2:30 in the morning, to be more exact. I was deep under –we’re talking dead, asleep drooling on the pillow–  when Steve crawled over me, opened the head door and stood there for a minute. “Why is that pump running”? he asked. There’s no sleeping through a question like that. Unless you want to […]

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Los Globos: Best Open Air Markets and Second Hand Stores in Ensenada

28 August 2012

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Los Globos: Best Open Air Markets and Second Hand Stores in Ensenada

Los Globos is a 12 square block section of mostly open air market stalls in the middle of Ensenada. You can find everything there, like super fresh produce at unbelievably cheap prices, fresh meat, ice cream, tents, old keyboards, antique wood-burning stoves, vintage rocking horses, entire bedroom sets for $120 and pretty much any kind […]

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Morning Coffee, Urchin Edition

27 August 2012

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Morning Coffee, Urchin Edition

As I was sipping my mocha up on Calle Primera, I was approached by two cute little Chiclet sales girls, about six and eight years old. I gave them my standard, “Gracias, pero no (no thank you),” with a halfass decent accent that usually works. The small one, with a firm, determined look on her […]

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So Alejandro Fernández happened in Ensenada last night

26 August 2012

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So Alejandro Fernández happened in Ensenada last night

Who the heck is Alejandro Fernández? Apparently he’s one of the biggest pop stars in Mexico. And he came to do a concert in Ensenada. Cool. We’ve been seeing huge banners and concert posters for him all over town.   Then, big trucks started rolling in and they set up an enormous stage right next […]

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Tío Papas

23 August 2012

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Tío Papas

One of the things I love about cruising and traveling in another country is discovering new ways of doing things with otherwise familiar food. The other night, we went on a taco walk to a nearby seafood place. Which was closed. So far, in Mexico, there is little rhyme or reason that I can determine, […]

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Festival del Tacos y Cerveza

20 August 2012

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Festival del Tacos y Cerveza

We are really lucky that Ensenada is crazy for festivals, especially food related ones. So far this summer we’ve had a festivals for Blues music, cheese and wine, Chinese food, mushrooms, books and lectures, Mexican culture, and a couple more that escape my memory at the moment. This weekend they had a Taco and Beer […]

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Morning Coffee, Harlot Edition

19 August 2012

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Morning Coffee, Harlot Edition

Last week, Friday afternoon, we kind of ended up in the wrong neighborhood. It’s happened before, but not like this. We came around the corner and there was a really cheap hotel with a line of stunning hookers out front. They were nice. Tamiko smiled at them and they smiled back and we walked on about our […]

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Soriana Super

15 August 2012

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Yesterday we realized we were out of just about everything, so we hightailed it up to the green Super Soriana. Soriana is a chain of grocery stores in Mexico and the green super is our favorite. So far as we can tell, they’ve got green ones, red ones, mini ones, regular ones, and the supers. […]

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