Life in troncones,
majahua & saladita
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Ana Aguilar Aguirre: Anitya
When you know, you know. Ana Aguilar discovered Saladita on a surf trip after the first year of the pandemic. She’s stayed. She found a quality of life that matched her heart. A marine biologist, a sustainable farmer, a surf-wear entrepreneur and a yoga teacher, she’s become someone people look to for her experience, her creativity and her gentle way. She’s been embraced throughout Saladita as Anitya [pronounced “Anita”].
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Victoria Ryan: Let Yourself Be Led
I’ve been friends with Victoria Ryan for quite a while. She has a house in Troncones called Casa Azul. The Blue House. It’s literally a blue house, on the hillside, near the clinic. Victoria is also the owner of Hotel Casa Encantada in Pátzcuaro [in Michoacán], a popular small-city destination for people curious about colonial Mexico. She also owns an apartment house in Pátzcuaro known as Casitas Pátzcuaro. I know her as an artist. She’s more than that. Like I said, she’s a friend and she’s a good person to meet.
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Caren Judith DĂaz RenterĂa: La Comisaria
When a small bridge between Majahua and La Boca collapsed last winter, local officials made an appeal to La UniĂłn for assistance. With no bridge, there was no way to go between Troncones and Saladita without going to the highway, which is a time-suck and a safety risk, especially for people on motorcycles. One official took charge of making sure all the procedures were followed and that La UniĂłn made good on its promises. Meet Caren Judith DĂaz RenterĂa, the comisaria of Brisas del Mar, who at 30, already knows the ins and outs of getting things done.
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Patricia Fernández Suárez: Mexico Surf Film Festival Director
Here’s how the festival sets up: 11 short surf films go up on the screen this Thursday in Playa La Saladita. 11 more do it Friday in Troncones. The judges’ finalists go for prizes Saturday in Zihua. A full schedule of activities for each day can be found below, after the interview. I wanted to get some insight on the Mexico Surf Film Festival beyond press releases, research, facts and “official” interviews. I sent Patricia Fernández Suárez, the festival’s managing director, nine short questions by email. She responded with nine short answers, full of emotion, emojis and exclamation points. Nice. She also sent me a schedule of events. Perfect.
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Santu Blooms
When I met Alicia Nogales and Angelique Van Wyk in December, they described how their shared passion for self-care, daily rituals and life-appreciation evolved into Santu Beauty, their Troncones-based skin-care brand. What’s happened since, in just five months, speaks to the two years of planning they put in before their launch. You can now order Santu products online within Mexico and have them delivered to you anywhere in the country. That online buying experience has been the norm in the United States for a while, but now two U.S. retailers are adding Santu products to their beauty lines. And that’s not all. Their products have started to win industry awards and their garden in Troncones is about to bear fruit.
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Streak-backed Orioles: The Brightest Thing in Your Banana Tree
There’s a bird’s nest—a long woven pouch—hanging down on Main Street in Troncones. It’s a classic beauty, an impressive piece of work. It looks like it could be an oriole’s nest. Is it? In this “What is That Bird?”, William Mertz takes a look at our local orioles—colorful, gender-norm defying, nectar-loving, go-fast kooks who know where to find what they’re after.
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La Majahua: A Place Like No Other
Editor’s note: Aura and I were walking our dogs on the beach in Majahua one evening when we met a guy walking with his teenage daughter and a little dog. It turns out his name was Robby. We met him again on another sunset walk, and then he joined for yet another. On that third walk, he began to describe how much he liked Majahua. I asked Robbie if he’d consider writing down his thoughts on Majahua for La Onda. He sent me a video a couple of days later. That’s here for you. And so is a transcription. What he had to say was that fun, and that good.
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Cocos FrĂos: Lorenzo by the Bridge
Just next to the first bridge in Troncones, under the trees, there’s a hand-painted COCOS FRIOS sign on an old surfboard. That’s where Lorenzo sets up each day, with a stack of green coconuts. His stand is as simple as it gets—two old refrigerators laid on their sides, doubling as both coolers and tables. He’s got a bit of shade, a machete, some buckets, some ice. It’s totally refreshing.
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Josefina & MarĂa Jetzabel: Mother & Daughter
MarĂa Jetzabel, at the T in Troncones. At one end of the property, Josefina stands over a pan set on the flame, watching a fish as it hits hot oil. At the other end, her daughter MarĂa Jetzabel builds Tostilocos for a younger crowd—lime, chamoy, noodles, chips, candy, something crunchy and bright, served in a cup or bag. Same name. Same family. Two very different restaurants, side-by-side in a town that’s evolving around them.
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