Early Morning Musings

Isidro Miranda, aka Isi the Coffee Man!

After a cup of Isi’s dark roast INTENSO coffee, early morning mutterings ease into early morning musings. Kind of like the fine tuning dial on an old TV. Starting to get some focus.

Santa Semana is upon us. Pretty interesting timing this year. Many of our winter friends leave the end of March. Winterbirds as the locals refer to them. In any event it is always a sad week, as we say goodbye to a lot of friends we won’t see until next winter season. As that group of folks make their way to destinations north, a new group are making their way to our town to celebrate the two weeks of Easter. Quite likely the busiest two weeks of the year in Bucerias. Banderas News claims Puerto Vallarta will have some 157,000 visitors for Santa Semana, while the rest of the bay will receive 90,000 additional visitors.

The Guadalajara-Puerto Vallarta highway is open. A Facebook post stated someone travelled from the Zapopan exit in Guadalajara to Bucerias in exactly 2.5 hours. With the Santa Semana traffic, we probably won’t notice any change in local traffic. As we get further into April, will we see any change in traffic passing through Bucerias on Highway 200? Will the heavy truck traffic now bypass Bucerias? I think I count 8 intersections controlled by traffic lights passing through Bucerias as far as Lago Real in Nuevo. I suppose it will depend on the cost of the tolls versus the inconvenience of red lights. I gave up predicting years ago, so will be watching how things develop.

For some months now, there has been some focus and a greater recognition on the east side of Bucerias. East of Highway 200 to be exact. Some refer to that side of town as the upper east side. Without question it is changing. More food choices, quieter environment. I recall a conversation with Ezekiel of Culi’s and Beer and Tacos, and Fernando of Buclas Brewery. They have chosen to locate their businesses on the east side. Their point was “we don’t have the beach to attract customers. We must provide a better product and better service to entice people to make the effort to cross the highway to the east side”.

My wife Kelly and I play this little game. We call it the Culi’s Corner Crawl. We put 5 names in the hat.

Buclas Brewery, la Glorieta de Enrique, Buci Burguer, Culi’s, and Tacos and Beer.

We draw three names. The first two are cocktail stops, and the third is dinner. Last time it was flight of beers at Buclas. I was somewhat concerned when one of the drafts selected by my wife was called “Psycho.” Anyway it turned out ok. Next Culi’s for one of their margaritas. Finally dinner at Tacos and Beer. Great outing. Highly recommended game. Impossible to lose!

Think I am ready for another cup of Isi’s coffee…