My Life in México - Page Directory 

Most recent 28 January 2012  Clafouti iPad Menu   Garufa Argentinean Restaurant   Mongolian BBQ

Other recent posts and updates My Personal Blog  Vehicle Permits  Living in México with Your Car

Welcome

Guided Tour:  

Coming In Through the Patios

Down the Street and Around Town

Family Activities

 

My Mexican Family:   

Family Pictures

The 1st Birthday Party in the New House

Doña Martha's 60th Birthday Party

Chicoburgers

Wedding of Chico and Brenda

Family Lunches on the Town

Sirloin Stockade

La Alhambra

Chico 20th Birthday at the Oriental Grill

 

My Town:

Some Favorite Places

Restaurant Reviews

Alhambra Lebanese Restaurant

Bistro Garden

Clafouti French Restaurant

The iPad Menu

Ernesto's Hamburgers

Garufa Argentinean  Restaurant 

Hing Kang Chinese Buffet

Huarichick Seafood Restaurant

Italianni's

La Majada Steak House

Mongolian BBQ Restaurant

My Neighborhood Sushi Bar

Oriental Grill

Pampas do Brasil

A Taco Stand with 3 Special Tacos

Tito's BBQ

Tony Roma's

Saturday Youth Concerts on the Plaza

Modernizing the Police means Goodbye to some Horses

A High School Computer Lab

La Tienda -- The Neighborhood Store

Street Vendors

Tricycles

Homes

Domes and Cupolas

Lerdo's Cemetery

Drug wars in Lerdo

Drug Wars in other parts of México

The Flood of 2008

Lerdo once had a streetcar system

Francisco Sarabia -- Aviation Pioneer and native son of Lerdo

 

Making Things:

Dr. Uribes' Camp Stove

Enrique's Pollo al Carbón

A Day in the Life of a Taco Stand

A Day in the Life of a Gordita Street Vendor

    Part 1, Cooking

    Part 2, The Street

Making Fish Tacos

Making Tortillas -- Part 1 
   Part 2

Making Carnitas and Chicharrones - Part 1  shows the killing and dressing of a pig.  It may 
not be for everyone.

   Part 2 shows the cooking.

   Part 3 shows the making of chicharrones

Needlecraft

Making Piñatas

Making Brooms

 

Holidays and Fiestas:

Dates of Holidays and Fiestas

La Reliquia

El Día de San Judas Tadeo - St Jude's Day

Fiesta de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe          Part 2

El Día de los Muertos --The Day of the Dead

Remembering General Villa

 

This and That:

My Blog

My 60th Birthday 

My English Students

Their Colleges

My Book Reviews

Mercados

In Praise of the Tortilla

Manzanillo -- a Non-Tourist View

Churches

La Hacienda Ciénaga del Carman

Little Stories about Life in Mexico

The Constitution of Mexico in English, 2009

Blogs about Mexico

Archaeology in México  under construction

Volunteer Opportunities

News and Magazines under construction

Embassies and Consulates  lists all of México's embassies and consulates all over the world. It also lists the embassies and consulates of other countries in México.

Mexican Kitchens (Index)  These visits to several Mexican home kitchens show slices of Mexican home life as well as instructions for making delicious Mexican food. 

My Building Projects (Index)   View the story of building a new house and another story of remodeling an old house.
 

Building a house in Tarzana, California  This is how my move to Mexico actually began nine years before.


A map to my house, sort of...
 

Send me an e-mail Rolly@rollybrook.com

On Facebook as Rolly Brook

 

Useful Information:

 

My Book

MAJOR NEWS FLASH

24 May 2011 President Calderón signed a new immigration law, Ley de Migración, which will, when fully implemented, make major changes in the documentation ex-pats will need to live in México.  As best I can tell at this early time, the changes will make dealings with INM much easier.  At first reading, it looks like a very good deal.  It will take a while for regulations to be written, so changes may be slow coming.  In the meantime, the current INM rules will remain in effect.  Read more about the law here:

NEW NAME WILL BE

FORMER

OLDER

Visitante

FMM

FMT

Residente Temporal

No Inmigrante

FM3

Inmigrante

FM2

Residente Permanente

Inmigrado

Inmigrado

29 October 2011  The latest unofficial word is that the actual implementation of the new rules will not happen until sometime in 2012.

2 January 2012  The new timetable for the change to the new rules is Spring 2012.

There is more information  from Carol Schmidt's website at www.fallinginlovewithsanmiguel.com Carol(co-author of my book) has conducted an e-mail interview with the head of the INM office in San Miguel de Allende. Read the interview here.

In May 2010, INM changed the names of FM3 and FM2 visas.  FM3 is now No Inmigrante.  FM2 is now InmigranteFor convenience, I will continue to use FM3 and FM2 in these pages, but be aware that these are no longer the official names.

INM Application Forms

Pictures of the Visa Cards

How to Move to México

Duty-Free and Prohibited Items

Sample Menaje

FMM Form

Living in México

Money and Banking

USA Social Security, SSD and SSI

CURP

Senior Discount Card--INAPAM

Personal Safety and Crime

Cuotas (Toll Roads)

Road Signs in Spanish and English

Owning a Gun in México

All About Your Car in México

Driving into México

Shipping Your Car

Important changes in vehicle permit bonding
and renewals are reported in these two pages.

Vehicle Permits -- Bonding, Getting and Returning

Living in México with Your Car

FM2 and Your Car

Registration and License Plates

Mexican Automobile Insurance including motorcycles and rental cars

Article 106 -- car rules

Driving Back to the USA with Trip Plates

Leaving, Selling or Junking Your Car in México

If Your Foreign Vehicle is Stolen

Nationalizing Your Foreign Vehicle

Buying a Car in México

Finding Your Mexican Home (Housing)

Renting 

Buying   

Building and Remodeling 

Health Care

Joining IMSS for Medical Insurance

End of Life Care and the Enabling Law

Motels vs. Hotels

The Internet

Starting a Business

Employee Pay Requirements

Federal Labor Law

Teaching English

Getting a Working FM3

Apostlle for Documents

GPS and Maps of Mexico

Air and Bus Transportation

Spanish Language Schools (under construction)

Learning Spanish Online

Translators and Dictionaries

Mexican Spanish Pronunciation Guide 

Mexican Spanish <> English Lexicons

Food and Cooking Words   This page is quite large, so the two-part download will take a minute or so.

Car Parts 

Computer Terms  This page is quite large, so the two-part download will take a minute or so.

Translation of Internet Explorer 6 Command Line

Illustrated Building Terms:     Tools       Materials      
These pages are under construction and are far from finished.

English to Spanish Medical Dictionary

Road Signs in Spanish and English