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Water Versus Diesel
On either side of our boat, embedded into the deck, there are two deck fills about two feet apart. The forward pair has the word WATER cast into the bronze, the aft pair DEISEL. I know I misspelled that. The boat was made in Taiwan and the word, cast into thousands of deck fills, was […]
Continue reading...Varnish Insanity
29 August 2012
Before we found this boat we had a big list of likes and dislikes. I absolutely said NO PILOTHOUSE and NOTHING WITH LOTS OF WOOD. Well, we found this boat at about 1/3rd to 1/5th of market value and guess what? It’s a pilothouse with 2 1/2 acres of wood to care for. Varnish, sanded […]
Continue reading...Los Globos: Best Open Air Markets and Second Hand Stores in Ensenada
28 August 2012
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 […]
Continue reading...Morning Coffee, Urchin Edition
27 August 2012
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 […]
Continue reading...So Alejandro Fernández happened in Ensenada last night
26 August 2012
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 […]
Continue reading...Tío Papas
23 August 2012
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, […]
Continue reading...Mexican Cellphone
22 August 2012
In the US, the typical way that we get a cellphone is to go to a service provider that we already know will screw us at every turn and we marry them. We know that if there’s a problem they will do nothing but blame us and belittle us. We know that given the chance […]
Continue reading...Festival del Tacos y Cerveza
20 August 2012
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 […]
Continue reading...Morning Coffee, Harlot Edition
19 August 2012
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 […]
Continue reading...Morning Coffee, Stripper Edition
17 August 2012
After I left the cafe this morning I needed to find some paint stripper. The nice girl who works at the surf shop next to the cafe was kind enough to teach me how to say removador para pinturas. The marine supply didn’t have any but of course the young man spoke good English and […]
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4 September 2012
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