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		<title>Finally, some good news about Mexico &#8211; The Washington Post</title>
		<link>http://www.lawsonsyucatan.com/2011/03/04/finally-some-good-news-about-mexico-the-washington-post/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WilliamLawson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For those of you who read my neurotic ramblings &#8211; and I know you are out there &#8211; and haven&#8217;t seen this, here is a link to an article from my pal Edith over at the Washington Post that summarized what a lot of us who live here feel about the place. A little sugary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Offended Mexicans vs BBC Comedy</title>
		<link>http://www.lawsonsyucatan.com/2011/02/06/offended-mexicans-vs-bbc-comedy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Feb 2011 17:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WilliamLawson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received an interesting article on the BBC/Mexico scandal in my junk-infested inbox this morning from my dear Better Half, who in turn received it from a friend whose acerbic wit and online social commentary on life in Merida was often the target for xenophobic hate mail accusing her of being *gasp* a critical wach, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merry Christmas to All and to All a Prosperous 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.lawsonsyucatan.com/2010/12/26/merry-christmas-to-all-and-to-all-a-prosperous-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Dec 2010 16:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WilliamLawson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lawsonsyucatan.com/?p=1475</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Posting as the Neurotic Foreigner, I have been blessed with a small but loyal readership and many of you seem to enjoy my often ascerbic comments on life here in the Yucatan. While it would seem that my writings are often less than flattering, I would remind readers that mostly these are written with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aeromexicos New Airline Security Brochure &#8211; Endless Fun!</title>
		<link>http://www.lawsonsyucatan.com/2010/12/11/aeromexicos-new-airline-security-brochure-endless-fun/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lawsonsyucatan.com/2010/12/11/aeromexicos-new-airline-security-brochure-endless-fun/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Dec 2010 16:24:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WilliamLawson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you find a brochure lying invitingly on an Aeromexico check-in counter at the Merida airport with the title &#8220;Security in Airport&#8217;s Program&#8221; and you have a penchant, as I do, to examine carefully the English texts in this country, you know you are in for a fabulous unintentional comedic treat and will pick it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fun Merida Activities &#8211; The 9 PM Houston Flight Arrival Event</title>
		<link>http://www.lawsonsyucatan.com/2010/12/04/fun-merida-activities-the-9-pm-houston-flight-arrival-event/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Dec 2010 05:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WilliamLawson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lawsonsyucatan.com/?p=1444</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For those of you constantly whining about how this or that is not the &#8216;real&#8217; Merida as if all Yucatecans had to wear starched white clothing, clunky sandals and balance a tray with bottle and glasses on their heads for your amusement, here is another unreal Yucatecan activity that you too can participate in! There [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pimienta &#8211; Good Seafood-y Pasta</title>
		<link>http://www.lawsonsyucatan.com/2010/11/29/pimienta-good-seafood-y-pasta/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 02:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WilliamLawson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Casual Restaurant Critic had driven by the restaurant called Pimienta, located just a few blocks beyond the Consulado de los Estados Unidos de America, when heading south-north, just before the street opens up to reveal the estadio Salvador Alvarado on the left.  The Critic had also heard some rumors and whispers that this little [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Frijol con Puerco &#8211; A Monday Tradition</title>
		<link>http://www.lawsonsyucatan.com/2010/11/24/frijol-con-puerco-a-monday-tradition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Nov 2010 00:12:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WilliamLawson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Usually made on Mondays because it was &#8220;easy&#8221; to prepare, frijol con puerco is a true Yucatecan classic I have come to love. There is the colorful, aromatic array of finely chopped condiments (above), with onions, radishes, limones and plenty of exotic cilantro; these are added to your plate according to your preferences. I&#8217;m not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>La Taberna de los Frailes &#8211; A Valladolid Find!</title>
		<link>http://www.lawsonsyucatan.com/2010/10/28/la-taberna-de-los-frailes-a-valladolid-find/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:05:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WilliamLawson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whilst visiting the monastery of San Bernadino in Valladolid yesterday, the Casual Restaurant Critic noticed a new (for the Critic anyway) restaurant directly in front of the parking lot of this often visited Valladolid attraction. After touring the monastery and its multiple austere charms, the Critic and a guest had lunch at this restaurant, owned [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GoGreen &#8211; Merida Eats Healthy</title>
		<link>http://www.lawsonsyucatan.com/2010/10/07/gogreen-merida-eats-healthy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 04:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WilliamLawson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Again the Critic finds himself in the Gran Plaza mall and the Critic is hungry but has absolutely no desire to subject his digestive tract to: the calorie-laden punishment of those nachos reheated calorie-laden deep fried KFC chicken that might or might not actually be reheated calorie-laden Dominos pizza (how do t hey survive in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Morning Musings</title>
		<link>http://www.lawsonsyucatan.com/2010/09/19/morning-musings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 14:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>WilliamLawson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the power goes out, as it invariably does here in Merida, you are left with contemplating life without electricity, which we (or at least I) take for granted every day. Making my morning coffee, I am lucky enough to have a little French press that makes coffee for one and a half; a perfect [...]]]></description>
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