Though I would never recommend going to the beauty shop on a Friday in Ciudad Acuña, mother wanted to have her hair done as she had an event this weekend. We got a late start to begin with but the beauty shop Gods were looking down on us. We arrived just before the masses descended on our hairdresser's salon.
Met a lot of nice ladies. One had just arrived from Midland, Texas and demanded that her sons take her to Claudia's as it had been six months since she was last here. One young lady was going out for the first time with a guy she liked...oh yeah, date night...how quickly one forgets!
Even though I was last here on June 26th in those eleven days our groceries had dwindled. I had to buy more rabbit food (lettuce and carrots) serranos, melon, papaya, bananas, yogurt smoothies and sweet bread for my mother.
They had a special on carrot cake at Gutierrez only $20.00 pesos, which is less than $2.00 USD but amazingly I exercised self-control and passed on it. I forgot to take my camera so I was not able to document the trip or today's exchange rates down Exchange Rate Alley.
I had never been in a store when the electricity goes out so it was a first today, it did not take long for their backup generator to kick in. When I was checking out they went out again and this time the register froze. It was a good thing we did not buy a lot of things as they had to check to make sure everything had been scanned.
With the long 4th of July weekend barely behind us, there were no long lines heading in or out of Mexico so I had the opportunity to ask the ICE officer a question on behalf of a fellow reader.
Machete freerider - You had a good question and I did not want to answer it in the old thread just in case someone else might find the information useful. With regards to whether you could cross the Texas border using your new enhanced Florida driver's license instead of a passport...the answer is YES, but it must be the "enhanced driver's license".
As to the border feed you had watched online, he stated that ALL persons crossing back into the US from Mexico must have their documents scanned. That includes passcards, passports, enhanced driver's license, green cards or visas. He suggested that perhaps the feed was of Border Patrol checkpoints much like the one coming out of Terlingua in Alpine and that being on US soil you do not have to present your documents unless you are not a US citizen or the officer suspects you are lying about your immigration status.
Good night. May you all have Terlingua Dreams.
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Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Trip to the Beauty Shop - Ciudad Acuña, Coahuila, México
If it was up to mother we would go see our favorite hairdresser every two weeks. Being that we have a tight agenda that is not possible so decided to humor her and took her yesterday.
We are now sporting shorter haircuts as temperatures have been in the mid to high eighties and will continue on that pace into the foreseeable future.
Being that Tuesday's are Martes de Cosecha (Harvest Tuesday) we made our way to Gutierrez. Picked up the usual papaya, melon, bananas, cilantro, serranos, tomatoes, yogurt, cheese, sweet bread, bolillos and some low-fat milk.
The bargain of the day were tomatoes. They were selling for $3.90 Mexican Pesos for a kilo. $3.90 divided by an exchange rate of $17.60 equals .22 American cents for one kilo divided by 2.2 lbs brings the final price to .10 US cents a pound. We bought 2.92 kilos or 6.424 pounds for $11.39 pesos or .65 US cents.
On our last trip, I was lamenting the fact that I did not buy some baked chicken that the Gutierrez personnel bar-b-q on the parking lot. I decided I would buy some today for dinner. First I asked to see how big the chicken was since the price was remarkable one chicken for $20.00 pesos ($1.14 USD) or three for $45.00 pesos ($2.56 USD).
It wasn't a whole chicken but a hindquarter and it came with five corn tortillas and a big serving of Pico de Gallo. A meal that feeds two people for $2.56 USD is a real bargain and we still have one hindquarter left for today or tomorrow.
March 21st was the official birthday of Benito Juarez one of México's most revered ex-president's but being that México has followed in the United States footsteps, it was celebrated Monday so people could have a long three day weekend.
The traffic around banks, municipal and state offices was very heavy. It, therefore, came as a surprise when we were heading back home that there was hardly any traffic on either side of the bridges. We pulled into an empty customs lane and were on our way in less than two minutes.
I want to take this opportunity to thank my readers and fellow bloggers for all the nice e-mails you have sent me regarding my dizzy spells. I had not had the opportunity to go online until today but I promise to personally answer every single one of them but it may take me a while.
Good night. May you all have Terlingua Dreams.
We are now sporting shorter haircuts as temperatures have been in the mid to high eighties and will continue on that pace into the foreseeable future.
Being that Tuesday's are Martes de Cosecha (Harvest Tuesday) we made our way to Gutierrez. Picked up the usual papaya, melon, bananas, cilantro, serranos, tomatoes, yogurt, cheese, sweet bread, bolillos and some low-fat milk.
The bargain of the day were tomatoes. They were selling for $3.90 Mexican Pesos for a kilo. $3.90 divided by an exchange rate of $17.60 equals .22 American cents for one kilo divided by 2.2 lbs brings the final price to .10 US cents a pound. We bought 2.92 kilos or 6.424 pounds for $11.39 pesos or .65 US cents.
On our last trip, I was lamenting the fact that I did not buy some baked chicken that the Gutierrez personnel bar-b-q on the parking lot. I decided I would buy some today for dinner. First I asked to see how big the chicken was since the price was remarkable one chicken for $20.00 pesos ($1.14 USD) or three for $45.00 pesos ($2.56 USD).
It wasn't a whole chicken but a hindquarter and it came with five corn tortillas and a big serving of Pico de Gallo. A meal that feeds two people for $2.56 USD is a real bargain and we still have one hindquarter left for today or tomorrow.
March 21st was the official birthday of Benito Juarez one of México's most revered ex-president's but being that México has followed in the United States footsteps, it was celebrated Monday so people could have a long three day weekend.
The traffic around banks, municipal and state offices was very heavy. It, therefore, came as a surprise when we were heading back home that there was hardly any traffic on either side of the bridges. We pulled into an empty customs lane and were on our way in less than two minutes.
I want to take this opportunity to thank my readers and fellow bloggers for all the nice e-mails you have sent me regarding my dizzy spells. I had not had the opportunity to go online until today but I promise to personally answer every single one of them but it may take me a while.
Good night. May you all have Terlingua Dreams.
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