Being members of the over the hill crowd, we rarely venture out at night, by which I mean the afternoon.
Friday night, my lovely and I ventured into Bacalar for a date night. We had already postponed it once and were determined to get out of the house, besides trips to the gym and doctors’ appointments. There was a health fair happening in the newly renovated Centro palapa. We put a comb through hair and dug out clean shirts and off we went.
There are so many new restaurants in Bacalar but I chose the tried and true Italian on the square. We ate our vegan pizza so fast, it was all but gone before I remembered to take a picture.
The health fair included free massages which we never pass up. Lisa can take her clothes off faster than anyone I’ve ever seen. The tiny young woman who gave my muscles a squeeze was pretty good. As we were exchanging contact information I discovered that she is the daughter of our new jardinero (gardener)! Even with all the growth, Bacalar is still a small town.
We joined the Zumba class for a few wiggles.
And while ambling back toward the car, we ran into Bacalar’s very own Pride Parade!
You have to love Mexican spontaneity. If this little fanfare was planned, nothing was posted, which is the norm. We don’t usually find out about goings ons until they’ve already happened. Not this time!
All in all we had a really good time. Perhaps we’ll venture out a bit more frequently. Once the sun drops to a certain level, the breeze off the Laguna is actually pleasant. And who knows who or what we might run into?
DOS TORTAS
the adventures of dos tortas 
Thank you for reminding me of lovely Mexico. I miss it a lot as we moved
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Kathe, lovely to hear from you. You would be amazed at the changes here. Hope life is good for you and the move was a good one.
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How very fun!!! Love to you all xoxo
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Happy full moon.
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A pleasure to read. And loved the photos. At age 75 I am fortunate to be in good health (which I know could change in the blink of an eye). I socialize with friends, usually in our homes; but generally I am content to skip most outside events. When I do go out I enjoy it, but occasionally is enough for me. I like having chunks of time to read or to sit on the upstairs screened porch and watch the clouds, listen to the birds, etc. Your pizza and health fair afternoon sounds like the kind of thing I would enjoy. Marcia
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I’m sure you would have. Life is small here and occasionally surprises.
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So pleased you accidentally bumped into the Pride event. It was meant to be! 🙂
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We bump into to Pride every day at the gym 😂 the place to see and be seen in Bacalar. I’m sure there are bars, we just don’t know them.
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A Pride celebration in Bacalar! aim glad you happened on to it. I’ve missed them all this year since I’m on the road. But Bisbee’s is a remarkable, wonderful weekend.
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My friend flew to San Francisco to participate. We never have gone to a big one. Might be fun.
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The pizza looked good, although as a diabetic I worry more about carbs. With the constant attack by the conservative right against LBGTQ people, all I can do is be a good ally, vote myself and get out the vote of others. I’m still writing postcards and we’ve gotten candidate names to add to our generic cards for 2023.
Going to the local Democratic picnic tomorrow (4th of July) at the state park that is practically across the street.
Blessed Be.
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How are you?
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Doing well. What a surprise. It took me a bit to figure out who you are. How are you?
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