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by Douglas Bower - 2007-05-22
After we had lived in Guanajuato for about two years, we noticed something so strange, so unnerving, so inexplicable that it took another two years before we arrived at a reasonable explanation for a ...
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by Douglas Bower - 2007-05-21
I am getting more and more readers sending me emails asking for references of real estate agents in the area of Mexico in which my wife and I live. I never give any out because buying real estate in t...
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by Douglas Bower - 2007-04-22
Alex Baldwin's tirade against his minor child needs to be seen for what it is-child abuse. Not only is it child abuse but is also so typical of the mindset and the philosophy that Americans so easily ...
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by Douglas Bower - 2007-04-18
Doesn't anyone realize that unless limitations are established on what Americans can do after they move to Mexico, they will change the cities to which they flock until Mexico is no longer Mexico, but...
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by Douglas Bower - 2007-03-30
This conversation took place at 2:30 a.m. one night in the not-too-distance past in my home in Guanajuato, Mexico. To save time I have translated it into English.Mexican: Hello, is Ramon there?Me: I a...
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by Douglas Bower - 2007-03-24
Occasionally, we go out to the campo (the Mexican countryside) to visit an artist friend. She is one of the most unique individuals I have ever met. The woman has the most interesting assemblage of st...
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by Douglas Bower - 2007-03-02
Every single person reading these words, whether they know it or not, is a Vendor of Ideas. Each of us possesses a host of ideas on many subjects. We like to call them opinions, points-of-view, or pos...
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by Douglas Bower - 2007-02-24
During the birth pangs of America in Colonial times, the idea of freedom of speech was the definitive rallying cry of the soon-to-be Americans. However, I would suggest for your thinking that the hypo...
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by Douglas Bower - 2007-02-14
In my first book about issues involved in expatriating to Mexico, I wrote rather extensive diatribes about how American gringos need to understand that Mexico is not America. In elaborate detail, I sp...
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by Douglas Bower - 2007-01-22
Years ago when my wife and I pulled up roots in America and moved to Guanajuato, Mexico, I began telling everyone who would listen that San Miguel de Allende was well on its way to Guanajuato. Mexican...
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by Douglas Bower - 2007-01-20
1. Robert Redford is at the 2007's Sundance Film Festival demanding in the opening speech that President Bush apologize to the American people for everything that has happened since 9/11? Why, tell me...
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by Douglas Bower - 2007-01-18
Here's a very interesting little tidbit:Americans never understand their responsibility in the Mexican Immigration to the U.S. debacle. They will blame everyone under the sun, and then some, rather th...
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by Douglas Bower - 2007-01-02
Finally, some of our American expat friends are beginning to wake up to the ranting and raving I've been doing about living in Guanajuato. Now, if you've been reading my columns on a regular basis you...
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by Douglas Bower - 2006-12-30
Most of the books on the market dealing with the issue of expatriating to Mexico are fluff. I didn't realize this until my wife and I got firmly settled into a daily routine here in Guanajuato that th...
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by Douglas Bower - 2006-12-26
I had the most insane and unnerving Christmas Eve I've had in a long time. In fact, the last time I had a Christmas Eve evening like this was when I lived at home and had to outguess my alcoholic pare...
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by Douglas Bower - 2006-12-23
Tell me if you've ever heard this:1) "Did you know that "95 percent of warrants for murder in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens?" Or that "75 percent of people on the Most Wanted List in Los Angeles...
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by Douglas Bower - 2006-12-21
If you read guidebooks or travel articles about México, you will read that Mexicans are wonderfully accommodating, friendly, warm, and generous to strangers. You will be given the impression these peo...
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by Douglas Bower - 2006-12-19
In central Mexico, San Miguel de Allende is virtually the only place where you will find English spoken so massively that you will not have to learn how to say two words in this beautiful language. If...
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by Douglas Bower - 2006-12-18
Here I am. It is the middle of the night. I sit here, in the dark corner of the bedroom with just the light of the computer screen to illuminate the keyboard. But, I don't need lights. I have learned ...
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by Douglas Bower - 2006-12-14
I've written quite a bit about The Ugly American Syndrome. In my columns, print and online magazines, and in every book I've written, I've mentioned this topic. I get a lot of mail from readers, eithe...
