Beach Day!!

Finally, a long leisurely day at one of our favourite beaches - south beach!!!  Few people, gentle breeze, and soft breakers to float around in.








Botas is always happy at the beach - he runs in wild circles in the sand as soon as we get there, grabs at the waves with his mouth, and finally settles down to chew on his favourite thing - coconuts!!!

We set up under our umbrella with a cooler for the cheladas, served cold with lots of ice and fresh squeezed lime juice, accompanied by great shrimp tacos and of course dog bisquits and water for Botas.

The beach is so lovely, and the mangrove at the south end is slowly recovering from both the last hurricane in 04 as well as all the development in this area south of town. Thank goodness there are still unspoiled places like this nearby. It was a wonderful day!

Happy Anniversary to us!

Good grief - 31 years and counting....!!!! Got together with the gang at David Lau's for dinner and music.







This trio - Klass! - is fast becoming one of our favourite groups in PoMo....great Latin music and they will now be playing every Sat. night at Posada Amor!











Valorie surprised us with an anniversary dessert......chocolate mousse and key lime pie......which we shared with Maggie and Ingrid!!















We had a great time and feel ready to take on the next 31......!



We took Maggie and Ingrid home as they had to get up for a 6:45 pickup for a tour with Eric, and headed to Cantina Habernero to listen to Mark Mulligan. Great Jimmy Buffet style music, fun dancing and visits with other friends.

Christmas in the town square.

Finally - that tree they decorated on its side is up, lit, and surrounded by "presents" underneath which are also lit and very pretty.















Here is the main manger scene, getting its finishing touches. It is a fine mixture of Christian and Mayan figures.







and even includes a waterfall from a Mayan ruin........







And it is lovely at night with all its lights on too. The square is really magical at this time of year - a wonderful way to get into the Christmas spirit.

here they come....

We sat at David Lau's on the sidewalk to watch all the festivities before heading off for dinner.....








And here comes Mary, Joseph on the donkey....all around the square, ending up at the church.









Then it was on to dinner at Gaucho's, entertained by this great trio.......









It was a fun gang for dinner - great Argentianian food!

more pageant....

A large group of devils (yes, a little strange at Christmas.....) and angels.......










The devil song translates roughly that the devil is everywhere, you must be careful.....early indoctrination....!







These wee ones were wonderful - all knew the dance steps and words.









At dark, all the lights went out in the square, and after a small pause, the Christmas lights were all turned on at once, to the accompiament of great applause!!!

more Christmas pageant

The first dance troup were barely old enough to dance, but had sweet costumes....










After each dance number, that group got to go sit on Santa's knee and get a present!









These little reindeer were just so cute.









And the choir sat on the stage and sang their songs.....

Christmas comes to PM...

Here comes Santa Claus......with his fans........! Tonight is a big night in the main town square. Santa arrives, all the kids of the town do dance presentations, and then the main event - Mary and Joseph reinact going from door to door looking for a room at the inn.










Gosh, that is a familiar face......but the kids don't care, they just want to sit on his knee.









The littlest ones were all in costume before the show began.








And have you even seen such small suits.....??