As the winter season approaches where scenes of stranded cars and trucks and poor souls wrapped in more layers of clothing than an Inuit´s baby are played out day after day, does the question arise at some freezing “Aha!” point of why spend my life fighting mother Nature and her Winter Wrath?  After spending many seasons in what I knew as “Sunny California”, I had no idea that there was a place called the City of Eternal Spring, Well, I did know something about this town from the stories…

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I am always amazed how a country so rich in history, culture and the arts and neighboring the USA, is a country that few in the USA even know about other than a beach vacation with margaritas in hand. Apart from the fantastic climate which is the lure for many,…

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Dia de Los Muertos is the ONLY holiday that is truly Mexican with Pre-colombian origins, symbols and practices still observed today in all communities. Dia de los Muertos begins on Oct. 31st and ends on Nov. 2 with the celebrations on tombstones washed clean and decorated with flowers and incense. Day of the… Continue