Author Archives: Stan Flouride

Those of you who have lived in San Francisco for a while may remember a Mission District store called Four Brothers Furniture. It was at the corner of 18th and Mission in that beautiful enameled steel building and had the … Continue reading →

This is so far the rainiest ‘dry season’ I have ever experienced. I realize that that is a relative term and that compared to the ‘wet season’ these intermittent showers might be a literal and figurative drop in the bucket. … Continue reading →

Because of last night’s rain they put off going out and tromping around a mangrove swamp. But I had a very productive day: I learned how to get there by (an oft intermittent bus), I went shopping for some foodstuffs*, … Continue reading →

I’ll be working on a long term survey of the soils and waters of the coastal mangrove forests as pertains to climate change. Almost as if in honor of that it rained last night for the first time, I was … Continue reading →

I took LOTS of photos and videos of this wonderful Parque Nacional, the wintering place for thousands of flamingos. Unfortunately, I have not yet figured out how to move them from my phone to my pad even though both are … Continue reading →

It is ten minutes past the pick up time but I am chalking it up to the manana attitude for which Mexico is so well known. On the other hand the taxi they sent to pick me up was 15 … Continue reading →

I have texting and have Whatsapp installed on my phone. If you want receive notes and images, send me an email with your number

The old part of town is quite beautiful but one of the dangers of travel in the off-season is that not everything is open. 3 of the 4museums I tried to see were closed for renovation. I still had a … Continue reading →

I had a long but mostly pleasant expedition. I gave myself 90 minutes before my shuttle pick up to put the last few items in my suitcase, shower, stash my computer, gather my things and then head downstairs where I … Continue reading →

It feels like I have been tossed into the deep end of the bilingual pool but my lousy espanol is getting me by so far.