Adios, Sophia. Que le vaya bien!
While we were unable to find a pet escort flying to Seattle, Laura from Coco’s Cat Rescue came up with the great idea to fly Sophia with a willing pet escort who was flying from Cancun to Vancouver,...
View ArticleGoodbye, Puppies
The last of Margie’s puppies, El Niño, has gone to live with Lucy and her family, a woman who works in my apartment building. I felt good about this adoption, since Lucy often brings her young son to...
View ArticleSalvador, Late or Early
On my first trip to Playa del Carmen in early 2002, sitting in a tourist bar on the then-unpaved 5th avenue, I remember seeing a darling little boy of about 3 years old selling gum to earn a few pesos....
View ArticleWould you like to dance with me?
I don’t get out much, but last night I went to Bad Boys on the beach between Calles 2 and 4 to see the amazing Brent Parkin and his band playing the kind of rocking Blues that makes it impossible not...
View ArticleLetting it Go–The 2011 Edition
Recently, one of my friends posted on Facebook what a good year 2011 had been for him–reading this, I was briefly taken aback because “2011″ and “good year” were such incongruent terms in my life. It...
View ArticleOpen Letter to the Woman Whose Unleashed Dog Got in a Fight with My Leashed Dog
Dear Woman in My Neighborhood Whose Unleashed Dog Got in a Fight with My Leashed Dog, Look, that sucked. It was late at night and I was taking my dog out for a walk after having left her alone in my...
View ArticleUnicorn Seeks Unicorn
Prior to the last year or so, I’ve never really dated. I was a serial monogamist–a good girlfriend, meeting my long term boyfriends at work or through friends. My last relationship, I was friends...
View ArticleSaving Scottie From Death Row
Long time readers of HiP will know that I’ve been involved with a number of Playa del Carmen-area charitable projects since I moved here almost 8 years ago. Primary among these have to do with the...
View ArticleSandwichon–I Just Can’t Eat Thee
One of the things that’s kind of a bummer about having lived here in Mexico so long is that I no longer notice things that once would have stood out to me as being very different from the way things...
View ArticleSleep sweet, Goodnight, Goodnight
As you all know, two weeks ago I became the foster “mother” to a puppy that my friend Laura and I rescued from Playa del Carmen’s dismal perrera. This was the photo that sent us in search of her: I...
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