Funny how sometimes life forces you to slowdown whether you want to or not. I have been  experiencing a major slowdown on my lap top so I decided to do a bit of organizing and put everything back in the right folders, disc clean up and defrag. 784,611 kb w0rth of deletable bits for c drive and 305, 558kb for d drive - running smoother now. Once I got going I thought it was a good idea to go beyond my desk a ...

I just saw a 19 year old win a million dollars on a game show. Imagine how different any of our lives would be if that had happened to us? I wonder if I would have moved to Belize or would I have landed in a different Tropical location instead. I can say for sure it likely would not have taken me so long to get there. I finished up my work early today so I could do out with Dick and Paula to celebrate his b ...

I never did make it to the beach yesterday, soon as I got to Dick's place to pick him up for a walk it started to rain so we hung out there instead. It is very chilly this morning, enough to be wearing a jacket in the house, I can see how a fireplace could be very handy here at this time of year. I opted for stretching at home and extra hot shower over the pool this morning. I am still working on the piece ...

I have been enjoying the lingering feeling of this morning's downpour, it came down in buckets and made me feel very tranquilo. I am getting the best of weather today, I am going to see a good sunset shortly. Trying to find the song Rave on John Donne and not having much luck. Getting some good downloads today though. Moves Like Jagger by Maroon 5 , Come on by Rhinanna and Hey Soul sister by train. Belize f ...

As promised here is third  batch of pictures from our Belize City vacation - Belize City shopping still come. These ones cover the Princess Hotel and Casino as well as some things I saw while walking around town when I took break from blogging the freeroll poker tournament. I wanted to find a shop so I could get some water and a snack for later. The woman at the desk said that there were no stores open as i ...

I had the best intentions to get to Corozal this week but it did not work out. Instead  I found myself back on a Tropic Air Cessna Caravan headed to Municipal Airport so I could do some shopping in Belize City yesterday. I decided to walk around a bit more near Save U so I could see what other places I might want to add to my route fpr future. First stop was a pinata and housewares store - I scored a couple ...

There is nothing like a good beach party fundraiser. San Pedro Sailing Club and  Caribbean Villas Resort hosted a great party on the beach beach. Kids enjoyed the first Optimist Dingy race catamarans -  bouncy bouncy - painted tattoos and more. 3 cheers for everyone who helped make the San Pedro Sailing Club Beach Party fundraiser a big success. I have managed to get 12 of 45 pics and now I am off to get re ...

What a day it feels like we have been there and back again several times over. Answering emails - trying to get this post done -and  sort today's pictures before trivia at Pedro's tonight. Good news Paul - Rebecca - RLD and I met yesterday about San Pedro Lobsterfest 2011. It was good to talk and find out what the schedule is so far so Paul could get it up on the website and start filling in the blanks. Thi ...

There is always lots to do before company comes. Cleaning - laundry - groceries blowing up the new toys for the pool. Heather arrives today on the 12:40 Tropic Air and hurricane Jo gets in tomorrow same time. They have both been so excited all week - lots of chatting on the coconut phone. Heavy rain woke me up this morning at 5:40 am. It was much shorter than yesterdays showers at the pool but long enough t ...

Welcome to March. Named after the Roman god Mars, the month is said to come in like a lion and go out like a lamb. The passenger liner City of Glasgow left Liverpool on March 1, 1854 with 473 on board, bound for Philadelphia; no trace of the ship has been ever found. Charlie Chaplin's coffin was stolen (1978), and Nostradamus completed the preface to his book Centuries, and sent it to his publisher (1555) - ...

The wedding was perfect Caribbean Villa's Resort is a great place to have a beach wedding. Luckily the rain stopped minutes before the ceremony. Also lucky that we had more than one person snapping pics as I somehow had a smudge on my lens. We tried hard to keep timely but of course Belize time set in and we were running a bit late for dinner and boat. Luckily we were eating at Ramon's so it was easy to get ...

In celebration of the launch of  Kate Joynes-Burgess new book I asked her to do the honors of the first tacogirl Top Ten List for 2011. Big shout it to Kate who will be celebrating at her London Book launch tomorrow for Belize a Great Destination explorers guide. The Party will be held at Senate House, Malet Street, London where they will be toasting with Caribbean rum cocktails - the high commissioner, Kam ...