San Pancho Life Newsletter

Need help with Chili for entreAmigos Fundraiser March 12th

Hola San Pancho friends, those of you that went to Panchito's chili cook-off know how GREAT the chili was. Now we are asking you to make a crock-pot of chili for the entreAmigos fundraiser on March 12th.

All we need for you to do is bring it to entreAmigos at about 6 PM that day (with any condiments), and we will sell bowls of it as part of the food booths. Will you help? We are looking for 10 - 12 crock-pots of chili.  

NEED TO HAVE AN  

EXACT COUNT  SO  

PLEASE EMAIL ME (FREDERICO) AT 

BORNFORNOW@GMAIL.COM

entreAmigos

Recicla Shop

Photography Exhibit at entreAmigos Galleria 

Panchito's Bar

Escula del Mundo Scholarship Program 

Reprinted from Escula del Mundo Newsletter  2 March, 2011 

In continuation of last month's National celebration, our elementary students created a presentation of the history and evolution of the

Mexican flag - and its significance. Thanks to those parents who came to hear them read and share  

what they learned about

this part of Mexican History.

When our students are not in  

their academic classes, they enjoy workshops in  

Music ( continuing their Recor

der classes), Art, Movement, Sports and  

Yoga with our newest visiting teacher - Estivaliz

who comes to us weekly from Puerto Vallarta! 

Both our Preschool and Elementary groups will have the special opportunity to work with a wonderful yoga teacher who is also a social/cultural activist in the bay!  

Gracias Estivaliz..... 

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If you want to contribute to the Escuela del Mundo Student Sponsorship Program, Sponsors  (as well as one-time contributors) are still needed. Individual Sponsorship in all forms (full, partial, one-time/monthly plan) are always appreciated and are important in sustaining our school's mission to help local families. Individual sponsorships start at $1300 usd per year - OR  automatic monthly contributions to the fund can be as little as $10 usd/month) . To find out more about how to help,  

contact the school or  donate directly to paypal.com - escueladelmundo@yahoo.com.mx

From all of us at Escuela del Mundo, THANK YOU!   

CIRCO DE LOS NINOS  

 entreAmigos Annual Fundraiser 

Saturday March 12th 6 pm

 By Nicole Swedlow 

TICKETS SOLD OUT!

We are still looking for a few people willing to make chili and/or desserts.  Please contact nicole at info@entreamigos.com or at 311 258 4377 or cell:  322 117 1677.    

San Pancho Music Festival 2011

Steve O'Connor donated all proceeds from his CD sales to the Festival funds. Most of the musicians were thrilled to perform, and have committed to return in 2012.  Enjoy a few photos of the festival taken by Chris Parsons, LightStyle Photography.  

Panchito Dancing Girls

Red Cross Golf Tournament at Flamingos Golf Course

SanPanchoLife.com Visitor Statistics 

Statistics for February 25 - March 3, 2011  

Total Pageviews:  5,611

Total Unique Visitors:  4,297 

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The 5 most wanted: The coolest birds to look for while in San Pancho

Today I want to share with you what I believe are the coolest and most wanted birds to look for while Birding in San Pancho.

1.     Elegant trogon: This is a fairly common bird with a wide distribution ranging from  Southern US to Costa Rica. This bird species has a great sense of appreciation since is bears the colors of the Mexican flag. Elegant Trogons are normally found in dense primary or secondary vegetation forests. Trogons feed on insects and fruits; they normally sit still on a branch and sometimes are even curious of people.   

2. Russet-Crowned Motmot: This is a less common bird but can also be found in the surroundings of town or sometimes even in the gardens, especially in shady areas. They feed on insects and it is very cool to watch them hunt since they move their pealed-off tail as a pendulum. Good luck on this one!

3. Squirrel Cuckoo: Cinnamon red with long tail, beautiful birds to watch. Squirrel Cuckoos are normally found in areas with secondary vegetation, mostly thorn-forest and deciduous trees. Their long tails with stripes and cinnamon color make them unmistakable once you found them. They are not elusive, normally curious about people.

4. Ferruginous Pigmy-Owl: is always a treat! These tiny owls are diurnal and they can be found in the surroundings of town, sometimes by the malecon, the plaza, the Golf-course road or even the civic garden or the bodegas. Sometimes before seeing them you can listen to their sharp toned repeated whoots. Have fun watching these amazing creatures!

5. Purple Gallinules: Are now common at the estuary. They are purple with blue and red spots in their face, long yellow legs and a white spot in their rumps. I invite you to  enjoy the beauty of these rare creatures taken out from a fairy tale.

Either on your own or with a guide, by yourself or with company I encourage you to go and look for these living treasures that make our town a more colorful and beautiful place. Enjoy!

Los 5 más buscados: los mejores aves para buscar mientras que en San Pancho.  

 Hoy quiero compartir con ustedes las que creo son las aves más  interesantes más  buscadas al observación  aves en San Pancho.

1. Trogón elegante: Esta es un ave bastante común con una amplia distribución desde el sur de EE.UU. a Costa Rica. Esta especie tiene un gran sentido de apreciación ya que se lleva los colores de la bandera mexicana. Los Trogones elegantes se encuentran normalmente en los bosques de vegetación densa primaria o secundaria. Se alimentan de insectos y frutas; normalmente se perchan quietos en una rama y a veces incluso muestran curiosidad por la gente.

2. Momoto mexicano: se trata de un ave meno común, pero también se puede encontrar en los alrededores del pueblo o, a veces incluso

en los jardines, sobre todo en zonas de sombra. Se alimentan de insectos y es muy interesante verlos cazar ya que se mueven el rabo pelado como un péndulo. Buena suerte con encontrar esta ave! 

3. Cuclillo Canela: rojo canela con larga cola de rayas blancas, hermosa ave para  observar. Los Cuclillos canela se encuentran normalmente en las zonas con vegetación secundaria, sobre todo los bosques espinosos y árboles de hoja caduca. Su color canela y cola larga con rayas blancas  los hacen inconfundibles una vez que los encuentras. No son difíciles de encontrar, normalmente muestran curiosidad por la gente.

4. Mochuelo o Tecolotito pigmeo: es siempre un placer! Estos búhos pequeños son diurnos y se pueden encontrar en los alrededores del pueblo, a veces por el malecón, la plaza, la calle Campo de Golf o incluso el jardín cívico o alrededor de las bodegas. A veces, antes de verlos puedes escuchar sus repetidos tonos agudos whoots. ¡Que se diviertan viendo estas maravillosas criaturas!

5. Calamón o Gallereta púrpura: ahora son comunes en el estero. Ellos son de color púrpura con manchas azules y rojas en la cara, piernas largas de color amarillo y una mancha blanca en su rabadilla. Los invito a disfrutar de la belleza de estas raras criaturas sacadas de un cuento de hadas.

Ya sea que cuenten con un guía de observación o que vayan por si mismos o en compañía deaguién,  les invito a ir a buscar estos tesoros vivos que hacen de nuestro pueblo un lugar más colorido y hermoso. Disfruten!

Notes from the Ranch  

Reprinted from San Pancho Writers, Nayarit  Posted by Nancy Brown February 24, 2011. 

                            The B & B where we stayed on February 14 was perfect for a Valentine's Day getaway. Located south of Puerto Vallarta in the quiet old town of El Tuito, El Jardin (The Garden) is run by a French couple whose taste runs to the romantic. "A Touch of Paris in Mexico" is the hotel's motto. Draperies of raspberry-colored silk, diaphanous panels used as room dividers, fluffy pink towels, and candles, candles, candles made for a sensuous setting. Feather boas and bouquets of roses added to the lavish effect.

After settling in, we browsed around El Tuito and went for dinner at Valle Azul, a restaurant with a few sidewalk tables near the main plaza. As we waited for our coconut shrimp, we watched a vendor selling Valentine balloons and stuffed animals wrapped in pink and red. We were musing about what a special Valentine's Day it had been, when a pickup truck loaded with a slaughtered cow pulled up and parked in front of our table. A skinless head, eyes intact and horns attached, and clear plastic bags of cow innards balanced on piles of bloody meat.

 

A large fellow wearing a black plastic apron hopped out of the truck, pulled up the metal door of the butcher shop next to our restaurant and backed up the truck smack against our table.

I know what's going to happen next , I thought, and I'm not going to let it bother me. Our coconut shrimp arrived.

 

The burly butcher slung a side of beef over his shoulder and carried it into his shop. He looked like a strong guy, but it wasn't easy.

Not going to bother me, not going to bother me

, I repeated to myself. I thought of my vegetarian daughter, and though I miss her, I was glad she was not there at that moment. The butcher finished unloading the carcass just as we polished off the coconut shrimp.

 

We settled up with Valle Azul and I asked the butcher what he did with the horns. Unless they are especially big ones, he said, he throws them out.

Seems a shame, I thought,but if there is something useful you could do with cow horns, a butcher would have thought of it by now. 

In hopes of getting a photo memento of our special Valentine's Day dinner, we stopped the next morning at the butcher shop. The sides of beef hung from hooks behind the counter, where the butcher stood, slicing fat from chunks of steak. "That was one big cow," I observed as a conversation starter. "Very heavy, about 500 kilos--more than a thousand pounds," he said. The butcher, whose name is Joaquin Gómez, seemed pleased when I asked if I could take a photo, and he wondered if it would be on the Internet. "I don't have email myself," he said, "but my sister in California does, and she can send me a copy."

 

So here's to you, El Jardin del Tuito and Joaquin Gómez. And thank you for making Valentine's Day 2011 a memorable one.

 

The San Pancho writers are five American women living and writing in San Francisco, Nayarit, a small Mexican beach town not far from Puerto Vallarta. In 2007 we formed a writers' group to encourage ourselves to produce and to give each other feedback.  Follow them at:

http://sanpanchowriters.blogspot.com/