Archive - December 8, 2017

Jesus Was Arrest in Mexico City and Missed the Wedding by Lawrence F. Lihosit (Honduras 1975-77) CreateSpace Publisher September 2017 Paperback $13.95 Reviewed by Bob Arias (Colombia 1963-65) Chucho, alias Jesus, makes a simple but beautiful wedding into possible jail time in Mexico City…DF to locals. But this isn’t the plot, but the title that grabs you before you know what course to take. I have to admit I couldn’t put  Jesus Was Arrest in Mexico City and Missed the Wedding down. Lawrence had me by the “tostones.” And I don’t mean platanos! I read this awesome little book as an introduction to traditional Mexico, or Mejico…Weddings are extremely important to Mexican women, very! In Mexico, any unmarried female over 30 is considered yesterday’s tortilla! And Mexican traditions are not just this generation, but the time of Pancho Villa, to the Aztecs when they fought Cortez while he and Spain were stealing . . .