1. The Uninvited Church Parishioners in Guanajuato, Mexico

Arriving at Guanajuato's Templo de la Compañía is always a strange experience. It's a church connected to the former Jesuit seminary, which is now the University of Guanajuato. It sits on one corner of an intersection diagonally ac...

02/12/2008 | 8 Hits | Print | PDF | Email

2. The Bank Nightclub @ Bellagio Las Vegas

Yesterday my buddy Sam (I will introduce Sam on a new post) invited me to The Bank at the Bellagio, not having been there before I accepted his invitation. So its 11pm and were on the road we get to the Bellagio meet some people and in we go. The B...

28/09/2008 | 78 Hits | Print | PDF | Email

3. The Most Hated Gringo in the World Report – 10

"Correct change, please!" What would you do if you went into a restaurant, ordered a meal for your darling little family of four that came to $30.95, but when you tried to pay with a $50.00 bill, the clerk gives you a look that could wit...

26/07/2008 | 34 Hits | Print | PDF | Email

4. The Most Hated Gringo in the World Report – 9

I never seem to run out of things to say to keep up my reputation as The Most Hated Gringo in the Whole World. All I have to do is go out into the community and eventually I see one of my admiring fans in a store, walking down the street, or just sit...

22/07/2008 | 35 Hits | Print | PDF | Email

5. The Most Hated Gringo in the World Report - 8

  FREE – 6 Day Spanish Course   Three issues I've about which I've written and for which the Gringolandians have taken such umbrage are the following: 1. Boozing and drugging in the expat community. ...

22/07/2008 | 108 Hits | Print | PDF | Email

6. The Most Hated Gringo in the World Report - Vol 7

Throughout my time living in Mexico, I've been hinting at the impression, and that's all it's been until now, an impression, that the Gringolandizing of San Miguel de Allende was not a happenstance accident. So many of my faithful and d...

20/07/2008 | 103 Hits | Print | PDF | Email

7. The Most Hated Gringo in the World Report - Vol 6

Ok, here is what happened: On March 31, 2005, Pat Buchanan, conservative commentator and former presidential candidate, was giving a speech at Western Michigan University when some 24-year-old ding-dong. He apparently did not like what he was hearing...

19/07/2008 | 91 Hits | Print | PDF | Email

8. The Most Hated Gringo in the World Report - Vol 5

I've been suggesting, no wait, I've been insisting, throughout my five-year harangue about expat issues here in Mexico's Gringolandias that mental illness has to play a role in explaining why what happens here happens! At first, it really was just...

17/07/2008 | 100 Hits | Print | PDF | Email

9. The Most Hated Gringo in the World Report - Vol 4

Let me just say from the beginning that 99% of the Gringolandians who have infected the Mexican Republic will absolutely call me a liar, some to my face, for what I am about to report. What these SUV, gas guzzling, environment destroying Gringos, ...

17/07/2008 | 76 Hits | Print | PDF | Email

10. The Most Hated Gringo in the World Report - Vol 3

Have you ever noticed that most Americans radically confuse the concepts of slander, libel, and defamation? When they read something, which in many cases is very true of themselves, they jump on the slander bandwagon and begin counting the dollars th...

14/07/2008 | 96 Hits | Print | PDF | Email