Showing posts with label shrimp tacos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shrimp tacos. Show all posts

Thursday, November 29, 2007

It's Raining

It's Raining
We needed to pick up some groceries yesterday, so naturally we stopped and had shrimp tacos first. On the way home Roy stopped to see if he could get a haircut. There were a couple of people in front of him he told me after- I had left him there and continued on to another grocery store, so he was going to leave and return later. The hairstylist wouldn't let him leave though. She smilingly took him by the arm and motioned him to sit down. He said that everyone was grinning. It turned out that the others waiting were with the one person getting a cut, so he was actually next. He was still grinning when he came home and told me that the stylist had "grabbed" him. Too funny.
It started raining this morning, well drizzling anyway and it continued on throughout the day. Unusual weather for here.
It was the first day to go to the orphanage for english classes for the children. I met the other ladies there and we had the first class together. We went out for lunch and then returned to have a class with some of the older children who had been in school in the morning. An interesting afternoon.

Saturday, March 24, 2007

Shrimp Tacos

Shrimp Tacos
We went to our favorite taco stand today for lunch, it is about 4 blks. from home and we thought we would eat before going uptown to the Squid Festival. Neither one of us is too keen on squid so we weren't worried about filling up beforehand. I have never taken a photo of the place as I don't usually take my camera with me; but today I had it, so thought I would show you what we eat there. It was very busy and we had to wait in line to order; but it was worth the wait once we sunk our teeth into the tasty shrimp. I had only put on some cucumber; but there are many things you can add. I like to keep it simple so that I can taste the shrimp. Some people load them up so high with salsas, etc. that I don't think that they can even find the shrimp. The plate below costs 12 pesos or about $1.20, I think that the fish ones are cheaper; but I forget as we haven't ordered the fish ones for a long time. The lady also serves soup and chili rellenos.
Yum, yum I do love these things. A delicious lunch.

A view of the back of her stand, it was too busy around the side to take a photo.

Friday, December 15, 2006

Museum And The Doctor

Museum And The Doctor
This probably seems like a goofy title, and no, my doctor does not belong in a museum. It is hard to think up an appropriate title day in and day out. I usually try and put something up there that describes the day and sometimes it is goofy.
This morning we decided to go and try find the museum that Ciro has been telling us about. With his directions in hand we set out. We found it right away with no problems. After paying our $1.oo entry fee each, we began to look around.
This is one of the doors on the building that the museum is in. It is my favorite color of blue, so naturally had to take a photo of it.

This is a poor photo of a piece of a meteorite that landed close to Guaymas in the 1960's. This piece is very heavy and weighs over 200 kg.

There were many interesting displays. The paleontology specimens all (but 2) came from this region of Mexico. The oldest of the fossils were about 570 millions of years old. They also had a diorama of a Seri Indian cave and the paintings that they made, apparently similar paintings may be found in the Guaymas region. There was also a showcase with objects used by the Yaqui Indians. One historic fact that I found interesting, was that during the Mexican Revolution Guaymas had to print their own paper money for a time, as they were under seige from June 1913 - July 1914. They had several objects from the battles including a one meter projectile fired from the ship El Guerrero. Right at the doorway they have a large case featuring many, many beautiful shells. These shells are 1/3 of a collection of one lady, collected between 1920-1970, it is hard to find shells this size now because of over fishing the brochure says.
Part of the shell case.

It is not a large museum; but is laid out very well and also is looked after well.
From the museum we walked down the street on our way to the doctors office, where I needed to get my blood pressure checked. Ciro had told us about an old home (covering a block). He says that inside the doors, there is a courtyard with a fountain and the rooms are built around 3 sides of the courtyard. We found the house; but of course the doors were not open so we couldn't see into the courtyard.
Door to the huge home.

We also wandered by "Patios Leon", it is an area that you can rent for weddings, parties, etc.. I liked their doors/gates. The lions were cut out around somewhat like a stencil would be. On the right hand side lion you can see the light coming through the cut outs.

We continued on our way to the doctors office; but first had to stop and sit in the park by the Iglesia de San Fernando (San Fernando Church). The doors of the church were open, so we wandered in and I took some photos. It is a beautiful church.
A couple of the stained glass windows in the church.



When we arrived at the doctors office, it was nice to see that the only other person waiting was a salesman. The receptionist told us it would only be a little while, so we sat down to wait. You do not get rushed in and out here as in Canada, so I knew it would be a little wait. Two other people came in and the salesman decided to leave. I saw the doctor and we chatted about a couple of questions that I had for him and then we were ready to leave. We also stopped at the shop where I get my chocolate chips to see if she carries molasses. I want to make some gingersnap cookies, so need molasses. She didn't, so we continued on to catch our bus. Before going home we needed to stop at the grocery store about 3 blocks from us. This is the same street as the "shrimp taco lady", as we got close to the grocery store, we could hear the tacos calling us, so were forced to head there and have some tacos and a coke. While we were eating, I was reading the newspaper and noticed that there is supposed to be a Christmas Parade this afternoon at 5:30 PM (if I translated the paper correctly). So we may go to that. After eating we did go to the grocery store and then home.

If you are interested there are more photos from today in the album here:http://travel.webshots.com/album/556224469YzzOJQ?start=60 on pages 6,7,8 and 9.

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Shrimp Tacos

Shrimp Tacos
2nd post for today.
I went to the tianguis this morning to look for the plant pots that I still needed. The "plastics" lady had told me last week that she would have more today and she did, so I got the necessary ones and continued on. I had taken my camera with me today, thinking that if I didn't buy too much, I would walk home and take some pictures. Down one lane of the tianguis was a fellow with a couple of camera tripods for sale, I have been thinking of getting one now that I have a better camera. I had one for my 35 mm camera in Canada; but of course I couldn't bring it with me. I checked that the screw would fit my camera, it did and I was the owner of a tripod. Now, how easy was that! I also picked up a few veggies and decided it was time to head home. The buses seem to take us to the tianguis from home; but don't seem to come back and get us. I walked down the street and finally asked someone about that. He laughed, when I said they bring you; but they don't take you home. Yes, that is right he told me and laughed also. He told me I would have to go to Calle 10 to get a bus, which was fine as it was only about 3 blks. from where I was. We don't usually try to get a bus home from the tianguis as we either walk home or walk uptown for something else and go home from there. I kept walking and tried to take a few photos of the church that is just east of Calle 10. We can see this church and the one in the plaza in centro from our livingroom window and from the patio. I had taken some photos last year; but wanted to get some different ones with the new camera. I couldn't get the whole church in from where I could stand and of course I was standing in the shade and the church was in the sun with parts of it in the shade. I got some funny colors in some of the photos, so will need to play with the settings a bit, I guess. I love just looking at this church, the doorway, the stained glass windows, the spires, etc.. It seems that no matter how many times I stand and look at it I see something different. Another plus of stopping to take some photos was that I got to have a little conversation with a gentleman sitting on a bench right where I stopped.
Church doorway.

Top portion of the church. Notice the gorgeous sky color.


One of the stained glass windows.


The entrance to a parking area beside the church.

When I got home, I invited Roy to come with me and try and find the fish taco place that we wanted to try last night. He didn't have any prior commitments (tongue in cheek) so we went to hunt it down. We did find a taco stand, not a restaurant as Ciro had mentioned. She also had shrimp tacos so our plan of having fish tacos went by the wayside. We ordered 3 servings, which is actually 6 tortillas with enough shrimp for more and 2 bottles of coke. The coke was cold, the tacos and fixings were excellent and we were stuffed. Time to pay the bill. My mind still heads to Canadian shrimp prices and I was holding my breath as I asked her how much the bill was. Total came to 44 pesos (about $4.40 dollars). She had started packing up, so I asked her if she was open for cena (supper/dinner); no, she said, she opens in the morning at 7 AM; but on Friday, Saturday and Sunday she is open for dinner and she also has other things those evenings. Not that I would be ordering anything different after those shrimp tacos. They were muy rico (very delicious). We were going to go and take a walk on the beach; but after eating decided that we would head home instead, we had siesta visions in our heads. When we got home Ciro was outside and told us that there is another different variety of hummingbird at the feeder now, this one he said is totally black and his tail is different. We are thinking that these new kids on the block are maybe on their migration and we are hoping that when they see there is sunshine and food they may stay here for the winter. We will see.