Living in Mexico

An OMG! moment.

Two doors cluttered a wall at one end of our living room: The first to the guest room, the other was a narrow closet. To allow the sofa...

Taking Stock of Our Renovation in Mexico

It has been a year since we arrived in Merida. I’d hoped that our renovation would be complete by now, but that was unrealistic. Before...

Persistence Pays Off

I wanted traditional rattan furniture on our terraza. This is a natural woven material which has been used for centuries, in tropical and...

Building Fences

The expression “High walls make for good neighbors”, may be taken literally in Mexico because people frequently enclose their property...

ALLHALLOWTIDE: THE SACRED, THE SUBLIME, AND THE SILLY

The Eye Huatulco October 2020 When Hernán Cortés sailed for Mexico, he was seeking fame and fortune, but the priests who followed had a...

INTERVIEW WITH A TEHUANA

The Eye Huatulco March 2018 The Isthmus of Tehuantepec is the narrowest point in Mexico, but its people may have the broadest minds on...

Celebrate Two Success Stories Together

The Eye Huatulco January 2017 Un Nuevo Aamanacer is a non-profit organization that helps children with disabilities. This dedicated...

She Has one of the Most Successful Restaurants in Huatulco

Giordana learned to cook at her mother knee in the north of Italy. In 1996 she bought a round trip plane ticket to Mexico, planning to...

Changed Careers to Move to Huatulco

As a golf course superintendent in Wyoming, Dan had a lot of downtime in the winter, so he and his wife were able to travel extensively....

A Single Woman Chose the Simple Life in La Bocana

Shirley had been to Puerto Vallarta a few times on Vacation, but said she felt so much more at home in Huatulco. “Every time I came, I...

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