Rental/Sales/management agency

My friend Feliza Ornelas Ruiz just opened up her own agency a few doors down from my apartment. She has been helping people find rentals since 2004. She also has repair people and management people, an interpreter, and help with building projects.

Her phone number is 331 307 4977. Her address is Gonzales Gallo 64D. Her hours are 10 am to 2 pm. Monday through Friday.

Mexican Revolution Day Celebration

Mexican Revolution Day celebrations went on all day in San Antonio. They celebrate after the holiday. Parties all around me. Band playing in the plaza all day and still going on. The parade past a few steps from my house. Here are some photos of the parade.

Morning Thoughts

Yesterday, I went to Costco in Guadalajara with friends. I find Costco overwhelming. I usually shop at the small local grocery stores or outside markets. Nuts are expensive here. I wanted to buy a big bag of nuts. I knew they would be less expensive in Costco. A big bag of walnuts, 20 dollars. It went into my cart. A big bag of almonds, 20 dollars. It went into my cart. Then I discovered a big bag of mixed nuts, 20 dollars. Into my cart. Hummus in 20 tiny sealed cans. I could take it to the spa. 12 dollars. Into my cart. Olives, a monster bottle for 10 dollars. But I had to buy two bottles, not one. Into my cart. Two big boxes of freezer bags, 5 dollars. Into my cart. A big bag of greens, 5 dollars. Into my cart.

As I was walking towards the check out stand, I was slowly coming out of my Costco greed fog and started thinking about what I was doing. I had almost a hundred dollars worth of groceries and only a few different items. And I knew that most of it would just sit on my shelves and get stale before I could eat it. And what about the rest of my grocery list? Was I going to spend 200 dollars or more just to check off my list?

 How could I possibly eat three huge bags of nuts? Costing me 60 dollars. Out go the bags of nuts. And I can make most likely better tasting and fresher hummus for far less at home and put it in small containers for the  spa. Out goes the hummus. I can't possibly eat two monster jars of olives. One tiny jar lasts for a couple of months. Out go the olives. I am shedding groceries like a snake shedding skin. I ended up at the check out stand with just the greens and the freezer bags. Feeling much richer.

I have been trying out a vegan diet so the only thing I could eat on their food menu was a Caesar salad. And I would have had to throw away the meat and cheese, leaving me only lettuce and tomatoes for 4 dollars. So I broke the diet for an apple strudel. My friend reminded me that there was probably butter and eggs in the crust.
This is my third week of going Vegan and the first time I really felt deprived. I always loved the hot dogs in Costco. I would have made a special trip there just for a hot dog. But I am doing my best to stick to the diet for awhile longer. Every time I think of having meat, I picture a you tube video where the cows were running towards a person in the field who was playing the piano. Then they swayed as the music surrounded them.

Morning thoughts ----- Buen Fin

All the years I have lived here, I think twelve now, I have not heard about Buen Fin. Until this year. I was told about it by way of Jack, my friend and a person who has only lived here two years at the most. He was told about it from his Spanish teacher. And now I see it everywhere. On signs, in store windows, in stores, and online. It is Mexico's equivalent of our Black Friday. Except it lasts longer here. From Nov. 15th through the 18th.

This information sent us on a wild goose chase to Sorianas to buy two bottles of good tequila. Since neither Jack nor I drink more than one bottle a year, we decided to split the cost and splurge on the best. We were under the impression that it would be two for one. And that there would be a massive crowd waiting outside the store like what happens in the USA. And that even the bar owners buy their liquor there because it is so cheap.

But we arrived to a normal day in the store. Sure there were massive amounts of liquor for sale. The good stuff, the expensive stuff wasn't sitting out. Just empty boxes. I guess you had to take the empty box to the check out stand in order to get the liquor. But no anxious bar owners were standing around.

Because it wasn't two for one. It was three for two. That brought up the cost significantly. Plus, we didn't want three bottles. We also would have had to split that third bottle. We lost interest and ended up grocery shopping. The prices there are in line with Walmart. Interesting morning anyway. BUEN FIN.......   no expensive tequila for me and that is just as well.

Féria Del Arte photos

Day of the Dead at the Ajijic Plaza 2019

Halloween photos

I missed the Thriller Dance. It was Saturday. I went Sunday. But I did go out last night. Lots of fun.