Sun, cerveza, the beach, and political unrest

Finally back from wonderful Zihuatanejo, our favorite place on earth. It was hot (mid 90s and humid as all get out) with no AC relief, but I'll take it any day. We ate at all our old favorite places (Fonda Economica Susy, Los Braseros, Pollos Locos) and drank our favorite drink every day: Sol and Manzanita (light lager and apple soda mixed together.) I was Dia de Los Muertos, which ran like three nights of Halloween, kids dressed up asking us for candy on the street.

It was fun despite all the political unrest there. The military and policia were in full force towards the end after some hand grenades exploded just north of us in Ixtapa, and Mexico City experienced a series of bomb threats at the same time. Meanwhile, south of us in Oaxaca, the rising rebellion was being felt even in sleepy Zihua. An interesting time to be a visitor in Mexico, to say the least.

Playlist: Zihuatanejo

Meanwhile, Eli became a beach bum:


This is not sped up... the kid is fast!

tags: music, playlist, mexico, zihuatanejo, beach, vacation

Out of the red

When you leave the country for a week or more, it's always interesting to see what happened while you were gone.

Britney divorcing K-Fed... ok. Massive floods in neighboring towns... interesting.

Donald Rumsfeld resigns... wait a minute. A Democratic Congress and Senate... HOLY SH*T!

But this one just touches the heart... former lead singer of the 70's lite-rock band Orleans, John Hall, is now Congressman John Hall (Democrat, NY)

Song: Orleans "Dance With Me"

Here he is reaching across (comedic) party lines to sing harmony with Stephen Colbert on "Dance With Me":


And their rendition of our national anthem had me in tears (Comedy Central reshowed it again last night.)