11. Living in Mexico - Don't Mess with Mexican Women

I was standing outside the walk-in-closet-sized store where my wife loves to shop. It is also the neighborhood gossip center. Need I say more about why women love the place? I was helping to hold up a wall with my gringo bulk when I noticed something...

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12. The Most Hated Gringo in the World Report - Vol 2

The Number Two man at the Swiss bank UBS and former U.S. Texas Senator said, “We have sort of become a nation of whiners,” he said. “You just hear this constant whining, complaining about a loss of competitiveness, America in &l...

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13. The Most Hated Gringo in the World Report - Vol 1

I've decided to begin a new writing gig along a column-like line. If you haven't been following my articles and Blog posts, I have earned the reputation of being The Most Hated Gringo, The Most Despised Expat, and The Most Detested American in the en...

11/07/2008 | 59 Hits | Print | PDF | Email

14. Living in Mexico - Transacting Anything in this Country

Recently, I read a book written by a Cultural Analyst specializing in Mexican culture. I was impressed when he made the point that though you might have the highest degree of spoken fluency in Spanish and have excellent cultural fluency, when ...

10/07/2008 | 56 Hits | Print | PDF | Email

15. Study Abroad in Mexico - Four Steps Maximizing Your Mexico Study Trip

If you are planning what seems to be the "in thing" with more and more middle-class Americans, a Spanish study vacation in Mexico, there are some things you can do to maximize the experience. To do so will not only help you learn Spanish, b...

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16. Guanajuato - Too Many False Expectations

A friend of mine told me about a conversation she had with a person she knows in one of the Mexican Prime Living Locations on the west coast of Mexico. This area, one to which many Americans flock, had become too expensive for her to continue living ...

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17. Life in Mexico: Why Retire Here?

Every year, more and more people choose to spend their retirement years in Mexico. Some only live for a month or two south of the border while others pull up stakes in the USA and make the move permanent. Why choose Mexico? Why not just stay in t...

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18. When Gringos Attack – Part Two

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19. When Gringos Attack

I thought I would write another article about a subject that's been near and dear to my heart since the wife and I moved to Central Mexico. We are here in the Colonial  City of Guanajuato , where we've lived for more than five years and coun...

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20. Giving Hillary Clinton the Postive Attention She Deserves

Open any major newspaper, or tune into most major news programs, and you will hear something negative or demonizing about Hillary Clinton. It has become almost habitual, by those that are supposed to be serving the people in a non-bias factual report...

28/05/2008 | 46 Hits | Print | PDF | Email