Photos from our beach house and the neighborhood round it Chacala is a beach village of around 300 full time residents.
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Saturday, January 17, 2015
Friday, January 16, 2015
Our local pescaderia in Chacala
By Jack Brummet, Mexico Travel Ed.
At the local pescaderia, our fishmonger cut up a huge Dorado (aka Mahi Mahi) a couple hours out of the water for our dinner. Extremely fresca. You can see him at work here making a stunning ceviche. That pile of fish includes about ten different kinds of small fish, from sardines to snapper to a kind of tilefish, something that looked like a tiny grouper and a bunch of others. The ceviche was not for sale! But he gave us a go bag of it. It was the best I've ever had. By far.
At the local pescaderia, our fishmonger cut up a huge Dorado (aka Mahi Mahi) a couple hours out of the water for our dinner. Extremely fresca. You can see him at work here making a stunning ceviche. That pile of fish includes about ten different kinds of small fish, from sardines to snapper to a kind of tilefish, something that looked like a tiny grouper and a bunch of others. The ceviche was not for sale! But he gave us a go bag of it. It was the best I've ever had. By far.
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Thursday, January 15, 2015
Chacala, Nayarit, Mexico: arrived!
By Jack Brummet, Travel Ed.
After a day on the road starting at 6 am, we're finally in Chacala, settled into our beach house. It's wonderful. I'm sitting here at midnight watching the stars and listening to the surf rolling in. Good to be on the road with this gang once again. As much as I loved Colombia, it's good to be back in Nayarit with Keelin,
Señor Daveed, and Mo.
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Singing in dialect: Plantation Love Song - by Ruth McEnery Stuart
By Jack Brummet
When I was in 8th grade, my chorus teacher, Adelaide Anderson, decided I should enter solo contests. One of the two songs I performed was a dialect song called Plantation Love-Song. It was a strange choice and was extremely hard to sing the dialect. I think she chose it for me because she sensed my hillbilly roots. As uncomfortable as I was singing it, I never had the problem of singing the same song as any other contestant.
I've looked for the song on and off over the years since the Internet cranked but only found it recently, since Google has recently scanned a book that contained the song.
Wikipedia: "Stuart has been characterized as belonging to the school of 'American local color writing that emphasizes regional characteristics in landscape, way of life, and language.' Stuart's treatment of blacks forms a significant portion of her corpus and, if potentially troublesome today, 'contemporary critics acclaimed her as providing an authentic representation of African Americans.' "
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Monday, January 12, 2015
Sunday, January 11, 2015
Saturday, January 10, 2015
Friday, January 09, 2015
Mitt Romney puts bunny ears on Scott Brown
That kooky Mitt Romney puts bunny ears up behind Scott Brown at a photo-op following the Massachusetts inauguration.
Countries I've visited via MapLoco
By Jack Brummet, Travel Ed.
China, Mexico, Canada, Greece, Italy, Spain, Morocco, England, India, Colombia, Russia, Turkey
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China, Mexico, Canada, Greece, Italy, Spain, Morocco, England, India, Colombia, Russia, Turkey
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