Dec 22…
Close-up of our kitchen island centrepiece… water-filled glass vase with gel beads and decorations.
Dec 22…
Adding water to the glass vase full of gel beads and decorations… watch the beads disappear!
Dec 22…
Glass vase full of gel beads and decorations.
Dec 22…
Filling up the glass vase with gel beads and decorations.
Dec 22…
Gel beads… almost invisible in the water. Very slippery, and very bouncy if you drop one.
Dec 14…
Found this little critter wandering up our hallway one evening – about 3cm (1¼”) long. Scooped it up under a glass and escorted it outside. Gotta love living in the tropics!
Dec 8…
Back from shopping… all stocked up for Christmas!
Dec 8…
Lorne prepping some Sunday Brunch on the Blackstone grill – chicken thighs & asparagus.
Dec 7…
Shari is happy it’s cool enough to have hot coffee on the patio when morning temperatures are a bit cooler… 22.2°C / 72.0°F.
Dec 7…
Overnight in the Crock Pot… brown, caramelized, so good! We’ll be using these for onion gravy and smashburger toppings.
Dec 6…
Crock Pot full of about 5 lbs / 2.2 kg of sliced white onions… Scroll Up ↑ to see what they look like the next morning.
Dec 6…
All ready for Patio Season! Deck tiles are down, patio furniture is all out, wall decor is up.
Dec 6…
First weekend in December, bringing all the patio stuff out from the guest room (where we store it for storm season) and into the living room so we can clean it all up and get it back out onto the patio.
Nov 24…
Late November can still get pretty warm on the patio… 36.2°C / 97.2°F.
Nov 23…
Saturday Brunch… Bacon & Pancakes on the Blackstone. Smells like a classic diner! 🍽️
Nov 17…
For our Alphabet Date, we started the steaks on the BBQ for the slow-cook with some Hickory chips in the smokebox for flavour, then finished by searing on the Blackstone where we also grilled our asparagus.
Nov 16…
Dinner on the Blackstone… grilled zucchini and Greek-marinated chicken breast.
Nov 5…
We picked up our new Blackstone Grill and a couple of other items we had shipped down via Mailboxes Cabo. You know this is going to mean more food pictures! 😎
Nov 1…
With the temperatures finally coming down, and storm season almost over, we pulled our patio table and chairs out of storage to begin enjoying some outdoor time again.
Oct 25…
On a recent shopping trip to Costco, saw this parked next to me. So close – actually touching, but no damage. Or maybe these two vehicles just really like each other. LOL
Oct 19…
We don’t get coyotes here, but we occasionally see a roadrunner!
(beep! beep!)
Oct 8…
The Cabo morning sunlight, showing off some new green colours after the recent bit of rain.
Sept 29…
Shari woke up early, and noticed something blowing back and forth, tapping on our ensuite window. We looked outside and found a runaway homemade kite hanging from the roof edge. The bigger surprise came when we went up to the roof to pull it down…
Sept 27…
We’ve been seeing it, and have heard people talking about it, since shortly after we moved to Mexico. This Noche Buena beer is only available seasonally, typically from October to December. It is a Bock beer, which makes it darker and nuttier than other typical Mexican beers. We tried it – and we liked it! Read more history about it here.
Sept 10…
After completing 4 years of Temporary Resident status we are able to apply for Permanent Resident status. With help from Josie at Mexico Paperworks (she is our facilitator of all things to do with Mexico government), Lorne got his Permanent Resident card! Shari will be eligible for hers in February.
Aug 31…
We saw it online, so we had to try it… Lay down some lettuce, add mayo, turkey, and bacon, then roll it up in parchment. Cut it in half, then peel the parchment and eat. Yum!
Aug 5…
It’s the time of year where we start keeping track of major storms, so we can be fully prepared if anything heads our way. This was the first time we have ever seen four (!) named storms all happening at the same time… Carlotta, Daniel, Emilia, and Fabio.
July 30…
Homemade Tuesday Brunch.
Clockwise from top right… Slow-cooker Pulled Pork, Coleslaw, Corn & Fried Onion, Bread & Butter Pickles, Sweet Potato Fries, with a drizzle of BBQ burger sauce.
July 26…
Had to splurge on some Rainier Cherries, imported from Washington State.
Worth every peso!
July 4…
We have a lot of cats in our neighbourhood. Some domestic, some feral. This one apparently likes to sleep on top of our car.
July 4…
Today’s Costco haul. We were excited to find some genuine “Qtips” cotton swabs!
June 28…
It’s dust season in Cabo! After so many dry days the desert dust blows and accumulates everywhere. Just a couple of days after washing the tile floor, it looks like this again.
June 23…
A Panda copycat recipe… Mushroom Chicken. Theirs has zucchini, ours doesn’t. We opted to serve ours over broccoli. So good! Definitely fulfills that craving for food-court-style Asian food.
June 22…
A day for Lorne to surprise Shari with dinner.
See all the details in our June blog post!
June 13…
It’s still a bit early for storm season here, but occasionally we get a dip in temperature and a slight mist in the air.
May 28…
Birthday dinner out at Outpost. Pretty nice, fancy food, creative drinks. We had a great time!
May 28…
And you can’t have a birthday without cake… Homemade Carrot Cake with Browned-Butter Creamcheese Frosting. 🎂
May 28…
Today is Lorne’s (my) 60th birthday. Shari made this very cool collage of photos of me, and posted it on FB. People shared memories on FB. A lot of very nice birthday wishes – thank you all! (especially Shari who makes every day special! 💖)
May 22…
With the latest heatwave, the morning temperatures inside our condo start the day at 31.3C / 88.3F.
May 12…
Brunch today is BBQ Pork Shoulder Steak with “Perogied” (bacon/onion/butter sauce, topped with sour cream) nugget potatoes.
So good!
Apr 29…
Final stop on our Taco Tour is La Taquiza. It’s more flashy, colourful, and noisy than the other places on our tour. And a much larger menu selection. Definitely caters to the cruise-ship tourists looking for a big eating experience.
Apr 29…
Next stop on our Taco Tour is Taqueria El Paisa. We’ve seen it around, and some of the people we follow on YouTube love this place. We figured it was our turn to give it a try.
Apr 27…
We started our Taco Tour at Gardenias. This has been one of our favourites for a few years now!
Apr 24…
Time for another propane refill. Propane fuels our stove, oven, barbecue, hot water heater, clothes dryer, and backup generator. A fill will typically last about 6 weeks before we’re due for another. Unless there’s a power outage – in which case the generator will consume about 5% of the tank every 4 hours.
Apr 18…
At our local grocery store. I didn’t know there was such high demand for jalapeño peppers.
Translation…
“Dear Clients, we inform you that the sale of jalapeño pepper will be: 2 Kg per customer.
We reserve wholesale sales.
Thanks for your understanding.
Branch Mangement“
Apr 14…
Checkout lineups at Costco on a Sunday.
Sunday is a family day, perfect for a group outing – and apparently the outing of choice is shopping at Costco!
Apr 10…
Who knew there was another way to make fried eggs? These are cream‑fried eggs. Start with a cold pan and cover the bottom with a layer of heavy cream. Season the cream (garlic salt + pepper). Add eggs. Turn on the heat! When the butter has separated from the cream and the eggs are almost done, remove from heat and cover until yolks are done to your liking.
Apr 8…
Camera is set up and ready to capture a time‑lapse video of the partial solar eclipse.
Apr 3-5
Our old Mini-Split AC was no longer cooling our bedroom effectively, so we had to replace it. We bought a new unit (see Feb 23 Snippet below). The installation was too big of a project to take on ourselves, so we hired professionals! It was a two and a half day process.
Mar 30…
Beef Kalbi (or Galbi) – Korean style ribs, marinated overnight and grilled on our BBQ, with sweet potato fries. Yum!
Mar 23…
Neighbourhood cats guarding our condo walkway.
Mar 16…
Who comes up with these?
“Fried Egg” flavour potato chips.
(no, I didn’t buy them!)
Mar 16…
For all you Simpsons fans, there is a Kwik‑E‑Mart in Cabo San Lucas!
Mar 6…
Close to sunset at Playa Santa Maria.
Mar 6…
Even though Playa Santa Maria is considered safe‑to‑swim, today there is a Bandera Roja (red flag) meaning dangerous swimming conditions. Not prohibited, but strongly not recommended unless you are a really strong swimmer.
Mar 4…
Late lunch at Zac’s Bar & Grill on the East Cape in Baja California Sur.
Mar 3…
First night out with Kayla at Casa Martín.
Great start to a fun visit.
Mar 1…
Guest room all ready for Kayla to come and visit.
Feb 24…
In our Snippets from 2023, July 30, I extolled the joy of Tomatoes On Toast. We didn’t have toast today. We had hashbrown potato patties, and some leftover cherry tomatoes. A little mayo, sprinkle of salt, it’s all good!
Feb 24…
Tajin is a dry chili tangy spice blend which is very popular in Mexico sprinkled on fresh fruits and applied to the glass rim of fancy cocktails. It definitely goes well with mango. This is the first time I’ve seen it in ice cream! (Although it is mango ice cream, so I guess that’s okay)
Feb 18…
It can get chilly at night this time of year. We bought two of these Sherpa Fleece blankets to throw on the bed to keep us warm overnight.
Feb 14…
Happy Valentine’s Day!
With a scaled-down Texas Sheet Cake just the right size for sharing. 💖
Feb 11…
Putting the Super in Superbowl Sunday… The downstairs neighbours have installed a giant inflatable screen with rear projector to watch the show.
Feb 5…
We bought a new umbrella for our patio table. It just fits under the pergola. Adds some much-appreciated shade for morning coffee and lunch on the patio.
Jan 30…
It doesn’t rain that often here, so catching the right conditions for a rainbow are pretty rare. Caught a double today!
Jan 25…
Moonrise behind our condo. First full moon of the year, also known as the “Wolf Moon“.
Jan 20…
A snack spread for dinner. From the top left: raspberry jam, fontina, serrano ham, almonds, apple, green and kalamata olives, pepper jack, apple, serrano ham, cambozola, apple, salami, gouda, with some pistachios in the middle.
Jan 15…
Christmas is over – time to pack everything away until next year. Walmart has you covered with lots of storage containers available!
Jan 12…
People ask us about the temperature here in January. In the late wee hours overnight it goes down to about 15°C / 59°F. At 9:30 in the morning, in the home office, it was about 22°C / 72°F. By lunchtime our patio got up to 37°C / 99°F.
Still nice and toasty here!
Jan 6…
This year we had to try some Rosca De Reyes.
It was really good! Definitely going to be doing
this every year.
Jan 1…
Happy New Year! Sitting out on our patio, watching all the fireworks at midnight. 🎇