"I love coffee, I love tea / I love the java jive and it loves me / Coffee and tea and the java and me / A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, boy…" - The Ink Spots, 1940
You date yourself with “Java Jive” Lloyd…but I’ve always liked that song. Another fun song related to drink and the “single malt scotch you discovered”…”Scotch and Soda” by The Kingston Trio 😉🥃
So you are basically an original hippie settler! Very cool! I lived near occidental in the 80’s, Monte Rio. You have probably met some of the most interesting people on the planet, at least artists, creatives and musicians.
Yes we know😉 …but it was “reprised” by The Manhattan Transfer in 1971 on their album “Jukin”. It was written by Ben Oakland and Milton Drake. The Four King Sisters with Orchestra first recorded it in June 1940. The Ink Spots release came out in November 1940. It seems many people have ‘covered’ it since then, with newer versions up into 2024!
Ha!Ha! I actually didn’t know of that song, Scotch and Soda, until I was in my 20’s. My best friend’s architect father used to sing that song all the time! I was 5 and a half heading to six years old when that song came out!
It took you 80 years to discover single malt scotch??! I wouldn't know whether to mourn all the lost years of deliciousness or celebrate the fact that there's always new things to discover! 😂😂❤️🥃
Mr. Williamson…in response to your comment in reference to Mexico “having dicey places”, a comment I wrote on one of Lloyd’s posts at the start of his “Mexico Trip” regarding Mexico and traveling in Mexico:
I have been traveling around Mexico for over 47 years. I have been to Baja, Central Mexico (Guanajuato, Morelia,Patzcuaro), Mexico City, Veracruz, the coastal 'resort areas' of Cabo San Lucas, Puerto Vallarta, Zihuatenejo, Puerto Escondido, Huatulco, Cancun, Isla Mujeres and Tulum, and down to Oaxaca, and Chiapas. Over 60% of that travel I have done solo, as a single white 'gringa'. I have rarely felt unsafe there.(But I do speak Spanish.)
The major tourist areas of Mexico (though not without behind the scenes 'cartel activity'), are relatively safe to travel to. The Mexicans want our tourist dollars, so they do what they need to do to keep tourists safe. Of course you have to realize that all the big cities like Mexico City and Guadalajara there is crime there.
Even in Oaxaca City, I was 'pickpocketed' in the middle of a very busy public market, years ago. They were professional thieves and very efficient! They swarmed around me and before I knew it they had taken a small coin purse that held some pesos in it. Fortunately I was not carrying a purse or a lot of money on me.
As with any 'foreign travel' (and domestic travel for that matter), there are places that a tourist/traveler shouldn't go, like out of the way isolated places, neighborhoods and what not. Using good ole 'common sense' and 'situational awareness' will get you far.
There is a huge variety of 'travel experience opportunities' in Mexico. You just need to determine what you want. Relaxation, drinks and good food on a beach, historical cities and towns, engaging with the different cultural groups that are all over Mexico?
Is the weather during your trip important? I like to go to Mexico in late September through January. the rains have stopped, Mexico is very green, as most areas of the country (not the north) have experienced 'the rainy season' and that's when the landscape is at its 'greenest'. The weather is good with warm days, cooler nights.
All those things you mentioned, the kidnappings, the cartels, the violence, they all do exist there. But being afraid to travel to one of the most diverse and colorful countries in the world, (the people, the regional cuisine, the history, the culture) because of those things, (which likely won't affect you) is being quite short sighted.
There's a phrase in Spanish, 'lista or listo'. It literally means 'ready'. But figuratively it refers to how much a person is "on the case” so to speak...how much a person is paying attention to one's surroundings. That's what you want to be when you travel in Mexico!
And a PS: Lloyd was “out of the states” in Mexico for only two weeks. 🤔
I appreciate your comments, gives me a better picture of reality. I really want to explore Mexico, historic places and people. I'm way past drinking on a beach as a goal. A highschool friend lived in San Miguel deAllende when it was cool to move there. The places Lloyd goes look like where I want to check out
Yes Lloyd went to a lot of places that are not your ‘run of the mill’ tourist destinations, like up in the mountains of Veracruz and in Oaxaca. (Though maybe in Xalapa, which is the capital of Veracruz State, there may be a few more English speakers.) I imagine he and his friend Chilon, didn’t encounter a lot of Gringos in some of the places they went to in Southern Mexico. Just a hunch. And it does help if you speak Spanish. Because in a lot of the places they went to there’s not a lot of English being spoken.
You date yourself with “Java Jive” Lloyd…but I’ve always liked that song. Another fun song related to drink and the “single malt scotch you discovered”…”Scotch and Soda” by The Kingston Trio 😉🥃
Dating yourself, Kingston Trio!
1940, way before Kingston Trio
I was wondering how you ever found a spot in Bolinas? They had a tent space open up about 35 yrs ago.
Land was $6000, bldg. permit $200, materials mostly used wood from torn-down Navy barracks at Treasure Island. 1971.
So you are basically an original hippie settler! Very cool! I lived near occidental in the 80’s, Monte Rio. You have probably met some of the most interesting people on the planet, at least artists, creatives and musicians.
Yes we know😉 …but it was “reprised” by The Manhattan Transfer in 1971 on their album “Jukin”. It was written by Ben Oakland and Milton Drake. The Four King Sisters with Orchestra first recorded it in June 1940. The Ink Spots release came out in November 1940. It seems many people have ‘covered’ it since then, with newer versions up into 2024!
https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/82245/all
Ha!Ha! I actually didn’t know of that song, Scotch and Soda, until I was in my 20’s. My best friend’s architect father used to sing that song all the time! I was 5 and a half heading to six years old when that song came out!
Oh now onto Oaxaca coffee….another culinary treat from the home of such marvelous and tasty food! 😋☕️
Thank you again for the hope that I have 40 years more of this to look forward to!
It took you 80 years to discover single malt scotch??! I wouldn't know whether to mourn all the lost years of deliciousness or celebrate the fact that there's always new things to discover! 😂😂❤️🥃
When do you come back to the states? You obviously feel safe in Mexico, I guess you stay out of dicey places.
Mr. Williamson…in response to your comment in reference to Mexico “having dicey places”, a comment I wrote on one of Lloyd’s posts at the start of his “Mexico Trip” regarding Mexico and traveling in Mexico:
I have been traveling around Mexico for over 47 years. I have been to Baja, Central Mexico (Guanajuato, Morelia,Patzcuaro), Mexico City, Veracruz, the coastal 'resort areas' of Cabo San Lucas, Puerto Vallarta, Zihuatenejo, Puerto Escondido, Huatulco, Cancun, Isla Mujeres and Tulum, and down to Oaxaca, and Chiapas. Over 60% of that travel I have done solo, as a single white 'gringa'. I have rarely felt unsafe there.(But I do speak Spanish.)
The major tourist areas of Mexico (though not without behind the scenes 'cartel activity'), are relatively safe to travel to. The Mexicans want our tourist dollars, so they do what they need to do to keep tourists safe. Of course you have to realize that all the big cities like Mexico City and Guadalajara there is crime there.
Even in Oaxaca City, I was 'pickpocketed' in the middle of a very busy public market, years ago. They were professional thieves and very efficient! They swarmed around me and before I knew it they had taken a small coin purse that held some pesos in it. Fortunately I was not carrying a purse or a lot of money on me.
As with any 'foreign travel' (and domestic travel for that matter), there are places that a tourist/traveler shouldn't go, like out of the way isolated places, neighborhoods and what not. Using good ole 'common sense' and 'situational awareness' will get you far.
There is a huge variety of 'travel experience opportunities' in Mexico. You just need to determine what you want. Relaxation, drinks and good food on a beach, historical cities and towns, engaging with the different cultural groups that are all over Mexico?
Is the weather during your trip important? I like to go to Mexico in late September through January. the rains have stopped, Mexico is very green, as most areas of the country (not the north) have experienced 'the rainy season' and that's when the landscape is at its 'greenest'. The weather is good with warm days, cooler nights.
All those things you mentioned, the kidnappings, the cartels, the violence, they all do exist there. But being afraid to travel to one of the most diverse and colorful countries in the world, (the people, the regional cuisine, the history, the culture) because of those things, (which likely won't affect you) is being quite short sighted.
There's a phrase in Spanish, 'lista or listo'. It literally means 'ready'. But figuratively it refers to how much a person is "on the case” so to speak...how much a person is paying attention to one's surroundings. That's what you want to be when you travel in Mexico!
And a PS: Lloyd was “out of the states” in Mexico for only two weeks. 🤔
I appreciate your comments, gives me a better picture of reality. I really want to explore Mexico, historic places and people. I'm way past drinking on a beach as a goal. A highschool friend lived in San Miguel deAllende when it was cool to move there. The places Lloyd goes look like where I want to check out
Yes Lloyd went to a lot of places that are not your ‘run of the mill’ tourist destinations, like up in the mountains of Veracruz and in Oaxaca. (Though maybe in Xalapa, which is the capital of Veracruz State, there may be a few more English speakers.) I imagine he and his friend Chilon, didn’t encounter a lot of Gringos in some of the places they went to in Southern Mexico. Just a hunch. And it does help if you speak Spanish. Because in a lot of the places they went to there’s not a lot of English being spoken.
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