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MORE TIPS FOR TRAVELING IN MEXICO
First tip — if you’re a guy, wear a straw cowboy hat. I don’t pretend to understand the full cultural significance of the straw cowboy hat in Mexico, but I do know that it has replaced the sombrero...
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A FEW MORE TIPS FOR TRAVELING IN MEXICO
In Mexico, when referring to the U. S. State of California, don't call it California, call it Alta California, thus showing that you realize there are three Californias — the U. S. state and the two...
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A PLACE FOR PEOPLE
One of the sweetest aspects of traveling in Mexico is experiencing a society that has not been thoroughly corporatized. Big U. S. corporations have infected Mexico on a large scale, but you only see...
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DRIVING IN MEXICO: A POSTSCRIPT
I recently came upon a term, “risk homeostasis”, which I think helps explain why driving in Mexico feels safer, and may in fact be safer, than driving in the U. S. Roads and streets in Mexico tend not...
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WHAT STAYS, WHAT GETS AWAY
Above are the fish we took away from our fishing expedition on the Mar de Cortés — all good for eating. We ate some of the catch in La Paz before we left, the rest made it, frozen, to Las Vegas and...
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A SONNET FOR TODAY
On First Looking Into Chapman’s Homer by John Keats: Much have I travell’d in the realms of gold, And many goodly states and kingdoms seen; Round many western islands have I been Which bards in fealty...
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CARLA AND RAY
Carla Laemmle recently celebrated her 100th birthday. She was the niece of Carl Laemmle, founder of Universal Pictures, and she had a modest career as an actress and dancer in Hollywood. She...
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CELEBRATING CARLA
In a recent post I noted the 100th birthday of horror movie and Baja California icon Carla Laemmle. Imagine my delight and surprise when I heard from Scott MacQueen, a reader and friend of...
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