Saturday, November 27, 2010

Jazz Festival!!

Nov. 25 - 28 is the annual Jazz Festival in Playa del Carmen. We head off today for the weekend to take in Sat and Sunday night shows, and stay at the little Hacienda Mariposa on 5th Street. This is an international festival with world class jazz musicians, and we look forward to it every year. Thanks to Rob and Jo for juggling dates so we can spend the whole weekend soaking in the music. The concerts are held at the beachfront resort, Mamita Club, on an enormous stage set up on the beach. Oh - and did I mention all 4 nights of music are FREE!!!!! You set up your chair on the beach, buy cold beer for a dollar, eat at the nearby restaurant and join hundreds of people who are grooving to the music. May not get to the internet until we get home Monday, but stay tuned for my pics and comments next week. Here is the web site to check it out.
www.rivieramayajazzfestival.com
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the blues is back!!!

In front of the bookstore last night, the 2 rasta boys put on quite a show - one on stilts who was the drummer, and the other 2 who juggled fire balls on the ends of ropes. Always something fun going on to entertain!










After we closed the store at 9 we headed down to the Argentinian bar, Sativa (which translates directly to marijuana....:-). Here is the logo, which is repeated throughout the bar.






Jimmy and the Blues Buddies did a great show - it was so great to have them back in town. The Men in Blues band (Jimmy and the rest of the guys) will be performing again at David Lau's starting January 1st, but in the mean time we still have great blues in town. Welcome back, Jimmy!







Sharon, Miki and I sat outside where we could still hear the music and still have a cool breeze. We had a late supper of wings, salad and baguette sandwich and enjoyed a nice visit with Sharon and fabulous music.
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friends old and new

Every day in the town square, the school kids gather at the end of their day. They start at 7 am and are in school until 1 pm, and they hang out in the square until the local bus comes to take them home. They all have pristine white shirts, no matter where they live.







Lee (from Ek Balam) came to PM for a visit, and we got to meet her new fella, Alan. Lovely guy, living in both Mexico (Playa del Carmen) and Colorada, he teaches ESL and works with troubled kids.









We met at David Lau's after work and had a drink and a visit there.







They missed the bus to Playa so stayed overnight at our place and took Miki to breakfast the next morning while I went off to the bookstore. It was so good to see Lee again and to finally meet this wonderful guy she has told us about.
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