What:      Movie   Man Friday   starring Peter OToole as Robinson Crusoe and Richard Roundtree as Friday

1973 blockbuster filmed on the beaches of Lo de Marcos!

Where:            Restaurante Las Minitas, Playa Las Minitas, Lo de Marcos

When:             Saturday January 13 open 5 pm   movie starts 6 pm

Charge:          50p at the door   

Support a great cause and see a classic video! The money raised goes toward the volunteer free spay and neuter clinics in our area

MAN FRIDAY
Robinson Crusoe is marooned on a South Seas island with a native man.  Crusoe declares himself master and throws Friday in a cave when he rebels.  Friday manages to escape and leaves Crusoe alone.  Crusoe soon discovers he needs Friday's companionship and welcomes him back.  Still they are both stranded; even a primitive hang glider fails to free them.  After much difficulty they build a seaworthy craft and sail to Friday's island where his community cannot accept Crusoe or his standards.  Unable to adapt Robinson Crusoe is destined to live out his life isolated and alone.
112 minutes    in English    filmed in 1973 on location in Lo de Marcos!

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The 4th Annual Margarita Challenge is scheduled for Wednesday, February 7... So mark your calendar and start practicing your margarita-making skills and routine! This year, the number of contestants is limited to six... So if you think you've got a winning recipe, you must pre-register online to Allyson at MexicanaAlly@att.net. Only the first six contestants to enter get to participate. Tickets will be on sale later this week. Watch for details in the next couple of days.

Randy, one of the eight originators of the San Pancho Music Fest, has never been able to return for the last six festivals. He and his wife Kathy are presently in San Pancho for a final visit. Next Saturday, 13 January, Randy has agreed to give a one man performance on the stage he created in Jardin de Grillo at one o'clock. This will be a public event but please bring your own patate, blanket, chair, and refreshments. Not only will you get to enjoy the keyboard/piano/vocals of Randy, you will have the opportunity to meet and/or say adios to his family that frontiered the gringo settlement in San Pancho.

 

Bells offer the “Almost Free” La Peñita Express Caravan

October 25 from Nogales Arizona to La Peñita Mexico

The Caravan will be free but you must take the 4 hour Bell RV in Mexico. Course (to be held on October 24^th in Nogales) and book 1 month at the La Peñita RV Park. The cost of the course and additional materials is $200 per rig. Learn more about La Peñita RV Park click here.

To be considered completely registered and on the Caravan List, you must have paid in full for the 4 hour course and have booked at least one month at La Peñita RV Park.   Because there is such high demand for this caravan, there will be no refund on the course.

Last year we turned down over 50 people that wanted to come on down. Sign up early as we will only be taking down a maximum of 30 RVs.

 

 

Pay now for the course!  For more information click here

Hi Dot, would you please add my mother in law to your subscription list. Also please add the golf tournament to upcoming events in February.  Thanks. 

One of your favorite people in Lo de Marcos.

Could you please add these 2 properties for sale in your real estate section I will forward the other house these are my personal properties I am not an agent I am just trying to sell my property. Thank you so much once again for this great community service still hoping to meet up with you guys to buy you a drink adios

I live in Guayabitos for 6 months during the winter.  I would truly enjoy being added to the list for the daily paper. Please let me know what I need to do. Thank you.

I do enjoy reading your paper daily.  You are very dedicated to have it out so regularly. It is not hard to tell you love your "job".   It certainly shows with all the wonderful stories and letters and articles.

I have a friend who will be buying some property in San Pancho and she would love to receive your newspaper. Her name is Candice and she has given me permission to request a paper for her. Thank you very much and keep on enjoying your work.

We will certainly keep on reading..... happily!  I like the liberal approach to everything.  It is very refreshing and honest.

Here’s an item for your community calendar:

Bavarian Garden Restaurant is having a Valentine Day Dinner/Dance February 14th at 5 pm to benefit La Casa de los Niños, a free leaning and resource center for local kids.  

Advance tickets are available for $120 pesos per person at the restaurant (Hwy 200, Guayabitos) or from La Casa de los Niños (San Marcos #92, Lo de Marcos).  In addition to dining and dancing, there will be a silent auction, door prizes and special drawings.  

All benefits will be donated to La Casa de los Niños to help them continue their fine work with the local schoolchildren. Visit the center’s website at http://lacasadelosninos.org.

If people have items they would like to donate to the Silent Auction, please email us at lcdln@hotmail.com.

Seating is limited, so people should get their tickets early!

Can anyone who lives in the area help to feed and or provide foster care for
these puppies?
This is the email I received and my reply..

Hi Lin:
There are six puppies living with their mother in a hotel that is being
built at the end of our street.  She has been feeding from the garbage pile on the
corner of Sol Nuevo and Albatros.  This pile is getting cleaned up with less
tourists.

There are six and they are now wandering further a field looking for food. 
They are about six weeks old.  Sorry we can't rescue them, John is badly allergic
to dogs (the only reason I don't have one).  I understand that you have been
working at this.  I did mention this to Danny and asked him to tell Nancy
but have not heard from anyone.
I have no idea what the criteria is to get them rescued.
Pauline

Dear Ms Maneras,

We have been living in the area for two years now and love it. We get the Express Daily and life is pretty glorious.

The problem is our new neighbor. He’s a great neighbor and I really like his wife. The problem is that he sends me porn. We’re not talking about a dirty joke now and again…..This is really hard core stuff.

I don’t like it and feel really offended. He asks me if I got his email and I guess I just wimp out and say yes and smile. The truth is I wish he would stop.

Gerry in Guayabitos

Dear Gerry,

Ms Maneras firmly believes that what a person does in the privacy of their own computer is their own business. Sharing without consent is a different matter altogether. 

When Ms Maneras gets emails she doesn’t want, be they chain letters, sappy notes about friendship or the like, she returns to sender with unsubscribe in the subject line. You really don’t have to explain yourself. Repeat this procedure if needed.

If the neighbor continues to send offensive emails, merely block him on your email program. If he asks if you got his latest email, simply say no. The truth.

It is not Ms Maneras intent to get into a fru-fra about whether pornography is morally right, wrong, abusive or the like. She personally does not like it and would prefer people have real relationships with real people but sadly this is not always possible.  

Dear Ms Maneras,

I was wondering, My Mother was born in Canada, so does that make me half smug and half arrogant? Also, I have been searching the La Peñita RV Park for a "Smug" Canadian but all I find are the common garden variety ones, except for one who is aspiring to the international status of ass hole!

Perhaps Bill was referring to the Canadian he knows best?

Stan

Dear Stan,

Too-shay! Mr. Bell, our esteemed publisher, has certainly stirred things up with his comments about Canadians feeling smug and harassing Americans.

Many of my fellow Americans feel the same as you – they have never had to defend American policies, the wars, or President Bush. Others however, feel that some Canadians speak to them as if they personally voted in the President and were directly involved in building the border wall etc.

Many of my American friends would love, in retaliation, to chide their Canadian friends about their Prime Minister but sadly, don’t know his name.  What is it again….?

Ms Maneras is unclear, my dear Stan, to whom you refer in the last part of your letter. Bell claims he knows his wife best and takes offence at your remarks. Perhaps you should clarify.

Ms Maneras

Dear Ms Maneras,

I am really embarrassed. I went to Matejas the other day with my date and she started googling this guy who was wearing a black Speedo. What should I do?

Ralph

Dear Ralph,

Ms Maneras loves Speedos. They make her blush. To hell with imagination!

She suggests you go to Sorianas in Puerto Vallarta to get your very own. Liven up the beach with laughter.