We are the new store on the block here in the  5 de Diciembre neighborhood so naturally we wanted to put on our best face to introduce ourselves to the neighborhood. After a few hours of googling and checking out the local artists we decided to go with Misael Ivan Lopez, a very well known local graffiti artist. I've yet to see something of his I don't like, so really it was an easy choice. If you have a minute you should google him and check out his other work, I promise you it's worth your time. So anyhoo Misael loved the idea of skeles on the beach and accepted the job. We are thrilled with the final result and are hoping to have Misael back to do the inside of the store in the future after we start making some money. He was thinking it would be cool to continue the beach scene from the door on into the store with more fun things happening. And I'm thinking somewhere in the middle of that scene it would be great to have a naked skeleton streaking running through the scene. So many possibilities, I can't wait. - Nolan

This post is a lil late, but I didn't wanna let this holiday slip by without sharing a few thoughts, especially since this is our first year in Mexico celebrating Dia de Los Muertos. 

We got a car! She's a 2006 Honda CRV, and Bridget couldn't be happier. Personally I never pictured myself buying such an old car, but things are a lil different here in Mexico. Especially when it comes to cars. Here cars are surprisingly more expensive, and even older cars cost more than they would in the US. Anyhoo with us preparing to open the store, and moving further from city center it became clear that we needed to get a car. Uber has been great but just didn't make sense for us anymore. So meet Selena, we named her after the previous owner who just could not have been sweeter. I'm glad she's a Honda because Honda's last forever, and Bridget loves that is practically identical to the a CRV that she had and loved so much. And we both love that now Bolt came come with us to the store, and we can take him anywhere. - Nolan

So this post is about a month over due, but with so much going on I have just kept putting it off until now. Anyhoo after a long long year of going through three facilitators, two immigration lawyers, and a ridiculous amount of international mail and paperwork I finally have my dual citizenship with Mexico. I am now officially a Mexican citizen and I couldn't be prouder.

Dia De Los Muertos Oct 27, Day of the Pets

Fun fact about Mexico, well Puerto Vallarta at least. You can grow your own pineapple plant/s here! The climate is perfect for it. The warm sunny days and constant humidity make great conditions for growing lots of fruits. What we learned about pineapples is that all you have to do is twist the top off, then stick that sucker in some water til it gets roots, or even pop in straight in the dirt. Then just water it once or twice a week and boom pineapples will grow. It is kinda a bummer that it takes at least two years to actually get a pineapple off it, but still very cool that anyone can actually grow them. The most popular fruits that you'll find people growing in their yards here are pineapple, avocado, mangos, papayas, and bananas. All easily grown because this is the perfect climate for them. At this point our pineapple plant is about two months old. Only 22 more months til we can take taste sweet sweet fruit lol. - Nolan