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Wednesday, Women and Wine Holiday Bazaar

435836 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:21:00 GMT

This past Wednesday evening the ladies of Wednesday, Women and Wine hosted a special holiday bazaar at Coffee Cafe on 34th Street and 5th Avenue. Members and friends of this social networking group were on hand promoting their businesses, selling homemade gifts, and sharing business ideas and opportunities! Coffee Café offered the participants and guests discounts on wine and food and kept us well served throughout the evening. It was a lovely evening with lots of delightful handmade items like sandles, jewlery, clothes and bags. It was also a great way to make new friends and support the local business women in Playa del Carmen.

Here are some pictures from the Holiday Bazaar. Forgive me for not having everyone's names. I'll do the best I can!

Soraya, Marci and Ellen of Yoga By the Way

Jaqui with Conceptos Interiors and Graphics

The ladies from Tote le Monde, Courtney and Melissa

Tracy of Dimensions in Glass and Monica of Latido de Mexico Vacation Rentals

Cassandra with Tiffany from Center 8 Studio.

Ivonne with her beautiful sandals and jewelry. Gabi from Playa Rentals in shopping heaven!

The ladies from Luna Azul. Great handmade clothes, accessories and childrens' toys

Jenyfer and her colorful woven hand bags and totes.

I just love these fanciful earrings made from flower petals!

Julie and friends checking out fancy shoes and baubles.

Cassandra with Libby from In the Roo

AMAZING jewelry from LALO all cast from resin! No pictures can do them justice.

Sally, Tracy and Cassandra and friend. See, I told you I don't know everyone!

Kat of Cat Eye Creations and friend

Colorful woven shawls and decorated totes.

Karena, Marci and Soraya

The lovely Kristin from Bric International and Annabel.

If you are already a member of the Wednesday, Women with Wine club, please feel free to invite other wonderful women or bring them with you to the next gathering.The next event will be held on December 2, 2009. Location to be announced on the Riviera Maya Events Calendar. If you haven't attended a Wednesday, Women and Wine function and are interested in participating, please contact event organizer Kristin Roehmer at kristin[at]bricrental.com. Hope to see you there!

Mexican Independence Day in Playa del Carmen

435836 — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:05:00 GMT

Mexico is a proud country. Even here in Playa del Carmen, a diverse, young city with a melange of residents, from all walks of life and from all over Mexico, on this day they are all one. At 11:00 pm a cacophony of sound and noise is magically orchestrated into one single voice, a voice shouting "Viva Mexico"! And so it was last night as our family stood amongst the crowds in the Municipal Plaza, done up smartly in red, white and green lights, the perfect dramatic backdrop for el Presidente to make his speech and stir the spectators.Thousands and thousands of people turned out for the annual address from the President of Solidaridad, Roman Quian Alcocer and "El Grito", the traditional war cry of independence signifying Mexico's freedom from Spanish Colonial authorities. Everywhere we looked there were balloons, flags and colorful costumes. Truly this is the fiesta of all fiestas and an exciting experience to take part in.

Viva Mexico! Viva Mexico! Viva Mexico!

(Poor Aunt Jill) Lifting the kids to get a better view. We got more than a few second looks and a few "thumbs up" as my kids know both the state and national anthem by heart!

How much do you love the sombero de sandia??

Of course, what would any Independence Day be without fireworks?!

A traditional band was playing but at this late hour we didn't have the energy to push through the throng for a better view.

Off to the vendors...personally, my favorite part of any community festival.

Fried yum yums of all sorts.

Our gardener, Edgar, and his pals living it up. They will sleep well tomorrow and my new lawn will go un-watered.

The churro extruder and hot oil set up. Yummm.

The best seats in the house.

Fanciful blown glass animals.

El artist.

Taco meat of all types.

Happy but tired, Cole with agua de sandia and churros.

After a last minute, late night stop at Mayte's place, it was off to bed for all of us after a wonderful family night on the town. I can only imagine what next year will bring as we celebrate Mexico's bicentennial!!

I've taken a few videos which I will post as soon as I can get them up on YouTube, but let's not hold our breath on this one, ok?

Carnaval in Playa del Carmen - We found the parade!!

435836 — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:11:00 GMT

After two failed attempts, Cole and I were finally rewarded for our efforts with a great view of the Carnaval 2009 parade! This year, the floats were staged along Constituyentes before progressing south on Avenida 20 to the Municipal Plaza. The streets were lined with onlookers, locals and tourists, many with children in tow. The vendors did a hearty business along the parade route, selling snacks and trinkets for the kids. While this parade could not approach the grand event we were treated to back in 2006, a carnaval procession which stretched on and on with hundreds of participants, it was still better than no parade at all. I was able to get some pretty good shots and a few short video clips of the action. Enjoy!

Lining up on Constituyentes.

So many fanciful costumes.

The girls on these floats were all so eager to have their picture taken, even after standing for hours in heavy, awkward costumes.

Some of those costumes looked pretty tough to dance in! Here's a short video clip of the festivities.

Sweet masthead.

Handsome Pirate King and his Queen.

Making their way down 20th.

Throwing candy to all the children along the parade route.

I liked this celestial themed float.

Not bad for an alien.

Some of these girls were devastatingly pretty.

Just in case you were uncertain which beer distributor was in charge this year!

A distinguished group from the Fundacio Mejico Meztizo A.C.. Maya of the 21st century!

Aren't they grand!!

The craftmanship on some of the floats was just amazing but some of the smaller independent groups were just as exciting.

Click here for a short clip of the drummers!

Fabulous pirate ship!

The Lucha Libre float!

In general, we saw far fewer independent float participants this year than in years past. One notable absence was my favorite group of drunk guys dressed as Aunt Jemima in black-face, wildly chasing each other around. In their stead, we had this talented group armed with a midget. Lovely.

Every year, Rob and I swear that we will make the trip to see the legendary festivities in Cozumel, and every year, something comes up and we don't make it. Well, I'm making that same promise again for Carnaval 2010. If Playa's parade schedule holds to past performance, we should be able to take in both festivals!!

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