July 2012 Blog Posts (24)

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Linda Neil, Founder of The Settlement Company® and Linda Neil Properties is in Chicago this week. She is participating in a VIP Certified International Property Specialist event. It is taking place at The REALTOR Building. In…

The Pyramid of Positive Thinking- Where Time Stops, Only to be Reborn

For thousands of years this small, laid back beach town in the Riviera Maya, Mexico has been an important place, beginning with the ancient Mayan civilization who originally inhabited the walled city they knew as Zamá- place where the sun is born. Now, Tulum is an important tourist zone for travelers from all over the world to explore the wonders of the…

The Pyramid of Positive Thinking- Where Time Stops, Only to be Reborn

For thousands of years this small, laid back beach town in the Riviera Maya, Mexico has been an important place, beginning with the ancient Mayan civilization who originally inhabited the walled city they knew as Zamá- place where the sun is born. Now, Tulum is an important tourist zone for travelers from all over the world to explore the wonders of the Mayan…

Here's my most recent article for those with an interest in mezcal in Mexico, and I suppose spirits in general.

http://www.oaxaca-mezcal.com/2/category/mezcal%20de%20pechuga%20oaxaca/1.html

Alvin Starkman - Casa Machaya Oaxaca B & B (http://www.oaxacadream.com)

John Glaab and Linda Neil are in San Jose, CA. On Sunday they will fly to Chicago to attend week long meetings  at The National Association of Realtors® headquarters. More details, later.

Limited release all-inclusive VIP Passes and discounted Taste of Playa "Pesos" are now available for Taste of Playa 2012 through advance purchase online at http://www.tasteofplaya.com. 

Taste of Playa is a community-oriented culinary event that

celebrates the creativity and…

There is always something special to do when you are visiting Cancun. There is no shortage of activities here, from visiting ancient Mayan ruins to cenotes and water activities. What about doing something out of the ordinary to something extraordinary? If you are looking for the adventure of a lifetime, here it is! Come and swim with the Whale Sharks in Cancun.…

                               Cabo San Lucas: Sun, Sea, Desert…You

By: Carol Billups

So you’ve booked four days in Cabo San Lucas; now, what are you going to do…

Living in Los Cabos: Doing the Bandwidth Boogie

As of this evening I’m going to have a new hobby. It’s going to be great fun. For the foreseeable future every evening I will be making a call to my new best friends, the English-speaking tech support agents at TelMex, and asking them why I cannot stream…

Artists from all over the Riviera Maya share their talent every

Thursday evening on Playa del Carmen's trendy 5th Avenue between Avenida

Constituyentes and Calle 40.

 

Caminarte is an open air art show

celebrating the joy of meandering this bustling main street, open only

to foot traffic, and to promote art and artists living in Playa del

Carmen and all along the

Riviera Maya.  This event is open to all local artists, both…

The Feria Playa del Carmen 2012 was packed with people every day that it filled the Zocalo, Palacio Gobernal and part of the parking area for Wal-Mart on Avenida 30.  The fair was bustling in the evenings offering fair goers a wonderful variety of typical Mexican Feria goodness!  Junk food, rides, handicrafts, household items, shoes, costume jewelry, cocktails, games, nightly shows and more kept Playa del Carmen fair aficionados busy and content for a whole 10 days. …

Out and about on the beaches and in the city areas of the Riviera Maya and the Yucatan Peninsula a common sight is the Kibi vendor.  

So what the heck is a Kibi anyway!?  

Kibbeh is a common food in Syria, Palestine, the entire

Middle East, part of Caucasus as well as in Armenia and is traditionally

considered the national dish of Lebanon. In its most current form it consists

of minced meat of lamb with bulgur and…

A few days ago, on our drive back from Belize, I spotted these unfortunate looking fruit growing on a large tree in Limones. I immediately recognized the fruit as Guanabana or Soursop has been getting a lot of facetime recently on the internet, touted by many for its possible cancer curing/inhibiting qualities. I'm not sure about all that (and I can only imagine how much of this one would need to eat to see such miraculous results) but I was curious about it and so, when I…

The second annual Feria del Carmen Sport Fishing Tournament in Playa del Carmen will take place tomorrow, Saturday July 14, leaving from the beach at 8:00 am sharp in front of Playa del Carmen's historic Parque…

Living in Los Cabos:  A Special Consideration for Sellers

One of the things we think about when placing a property on the market is what the seller is going to end up putting in their pockets when the deal is concluded. This is not my favorite part of my job because quite often I’m the…

Living in Los Cabos:  You Never Tire Of This

I remember a few years back hearing an agent, while showing a house with no view, telling the prospect that ocean views are highly over-rated. “In fact, after a few months, you don’t even notice them any more,” is the gist of his comment, “So they really aren’t worth the extra expense.” Bull Hockey. Obviously.  I’m pretty sure I’ll never get to the point of not enjoying an ocean view, and it’s been waaay more than a few months.…

Members of AMPI’s National Advisory Council. The photo was taken in front of the INEGI Building (Mexico’s Statistics and Geography Department) in Aguascaliente. The picture was taken following a historic signing of a document of cooperation between AMPI and…

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Historic Day for Mexico’s Real Estate Industry: The Mexican Association of Real Estate Professionals (AMPI) and Mexico's Department of Geography and Statistics (INEGI) have signed a Convenio. (Document of cooperation) The ceremony took place at…