Day Two in Bucerías

Yesterday was Mother’s Day in Mexico, a big deal for anyone even broadly defined as a female caregiver — roses were for sale at street corners, and open-air parties blasted dance music into the avenue a block from us. So of course we partied with everyone else — we went to Aduano’s, a nice restaurant minutes from Casa Tranquila, and had dinner on the beach.

Dinner on the beach means getting iced drinks, and then waiting the better part of an hour to give our food orders — not because of staff shortage, but because that’s how it’s done here. Vendors came by to sell trinkets, and I bought a…