Zumba Maz Style

I was on my way to the Mercado last week when I saw a friend of mine in the plaza, Rosie.  Rosie plays poker with us and is the wife of one of Bob's buddies. She's originally from here and speaks a little English which is why I really love hanging out with her.  She forces me to converse in Spanish which I have enjoyed.


She asked me one day what my morning routine was like...if I were an early riser? I replied 'no, not normally, why do you ask'?  She said she was looking for a friend to work out with and wondered if I would have any interest.  Hummm?  Well, I'm thinking I need this and a buddy would make it that much more fun so there I go saying "Yes" with a big smile on my face.  Let's do this.  What time do you want to meet tomorrow, I ask.  She said 6:30 a.m.   As you can imagine my mouth dropped.  Do you know how much I HATE hearing an alarm go off these days?  I said, "really"?  She laughed.  There I go again saying "OK, No problem"!  


The 1st morning we walked about an hour & half at a nice pace.  The Malecon was full of walkers, joggers, bicyclist, and skaters.  It was beautiful morning and I was so glad I made the effort to get up.  As we walked, we came across a dance studio offering Zumba classes.  I love Zumba as well as Rosie so we decided our activity for the next day was Zumba.  Classes are only 20 pesos ($1.70) a day or 50 pesos ($4.20) for a week.  


I had every intention of buying a bottled water on my walk to the class but nothing was open at that time.  I left the condo at 6:40 a.m. to arrive for the 7:00 class.  O well, it's just an hour and I'll tough it out.


The class was small; 6 of us and no A/C.  The studio had several freestanding fans circulating so, it wasn't too bad.  Now, I take some pride in being able to shake my booty to some tunes but WOW, I was next to some 20 something year old who was amazing.  So wouldn't you know that seeing her made me add more flavor to my dance moves.  So much so, that I almost pass out.  If the class were 5 mins longer, I'm pretty sure I would have collapsed. At my age this urge to be competitive is going to kill me.   


I did dehydrate myself.  No water, no A/C and I sweated my booty off during that hour.  It took me awhile to muster the energy for my 15 min walk home but fortunately small corner stores where open.  The 1st one I found I got a large bottled water.  I had the headache, dizziness and the nauseous feeling.  For some of my blog readers I had written about Pedialyte 3 years ago.  I still swear by that stuff.  Water wasn't cutting it and as soon as I bought Pedialyte and drank it, I felt 100% better.  I think I'm going to have to make popsicles of this stuff and eat one every night.


Today was my 2nd Zumba class and I'm very happy to write that drinking water during the class really made a difference.  No dehydration, no headaches and I felt fabulous after the class.  And yes, my 20 year old motivator was in class next to me.  I haven't committed to Zumba for a full week.  I like it but it's still not the Zumba I do on DVD.  The studio does 30 mins of aerobics first (which I hate) and then the last 30 mins is actual dancing.  What I do love about it; is the atmosphere and I've met some really nice girlfriends.  So, I'm thinking twice a week will do for me at this time.

Latest Updates from our Mazatlan Living

Hello!  How is everyone doing?  Well, Bob & I are staying busy and we've had lots on our plates the last few weeks.


We're pleased to announce that we have planted some roots here in Mazatlan and purchased a condo.  We're back to "owning" our own place again.  It's a little scary but at the same time very exciting.  Our condo will have some amazing views of the ocean and the Malecon "Boardwalk", it's located in the El Centro area of town where we really enjoy being and it's walking distance to restaurants, bars, shopping and entertainment.  The condo is located in the new phase of the building that's still under construction but the deal included a fully furnished unit in the 1st completed phase until ours becomes available.  It's nice to know the developer.  We meet & became friends with him & his wife while we stayed here for 3 months in 2008.  Hopefully we'll be living in our new place sometime in November.  Yeah! 


We're expecting our 1st guests, Stephanie and Bracy at the end of June.  They were our 1st guests in Honduras and will be our 1st guests here in Mexico.  I'm almost sad that we're putting down roots... it's kinda cool to me that our guests get to discover & explore a new locale.  Well that road ends here & now.  Oh well, we hope they'll enjoy Mazatlan as much as we do.  Can't wait to see them.


Some of you know that I'm keeping busy with a small project of being a food critic for an online Mazatlan magazine, called MazatlanLife.com.  My friend, Sheila whom we met 3 years ago here in Mazatlan had been following us thru our travels by reading our blog.  When she read that we were leaving the island life and that we were relocating to Mazatlan; she offered me a wonderful opportunity of writing for her magazine.   Well, I'm very pleased to say that I have had my first article published.  My 1st job assignment was to attend the Gastronomico Tour in Sinaloa.  Which by the way I've re-named the "Gluttony Tour of Sinaloa".  Sinaloa is the state we live in.  The tour included 7 cities in 3 days all meals were included along with hotel stay.  I met some amazing people on this tour including the Governor of Sinaloa but its not a tour I wish to do again.  It was so fast and furious; It felt like cows being herded into a restaurant to graze and then we were herded back onto the bus to travel to our next meal.  I was so tired of eating; I didn't even make it out of the house to the restaurant that was highlighted on the tour here in Mazatlan.  Of course later I hear that this event was the highlight of the trip & that the best meals were served, but I just couldn't muster up the energy.  I needed sleep and I needed a reprieve from food.  For those interested; here's the link to the online magazine where my article was published. http://mazatlanlife.com/restaurant-review/  Please know that the prices I indicate for meals are in pesos, not dollars and currently that exchange rate is 11.825.


My next assignment is to tackle Asian cuisine in Maz.  Now I'm really going to enjoy this task.  I love Asian food and I've already scoped out a few restaurants that I'm dying to try. 


I'm ready to find a lounge chair by the pool, read a chapter (OK a page) and then Siesta Time.
Much love,
Bonnie & Bob