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So I actually haven’t been drinking much coffee here in Mexico. It’s hot and no one else in my house drinks it... and i can pretty much nap every day if I want, so it hasn’t really seemed necessary. However, after seeing a post the other day by the  Pioneer Woman Ree Drummond   I was reminded how much I love her iced coffee... and what could be more perfect here in Mazatlán than any beverage over ice, really.  But her iced coffee recipe is one of my faves. You can find it  here  if you’re interested. It is a bit involved, and is the very best if strained through cheesecloth, so today that’s what I set out to find. First stop, the public market... the cremeria to be exact. I mean, a store that makes and sells cheese should have cheesecloth, right? Unfortunately, no such luck. However, the gentleman behind the counter was very helpful and after looking at my  google images  search to determine exactly what it was I was trying to find, he directed me to a...

Like almost everything else here in Mexico 🇲🇽 it comes with a side of salsa - and while it may look a little different than most pizzas 🍕 in the States, it's basically the same thing (in my opinion).  This bad boy cost us 200 pesos, which included the 15 peso tip to the delivery driver (about $11 USD). And it's been a tradition since we first came to Mazatlán last November.  Actually, we've had a long standing family tradition of pizza and either watching movies or playing games on Friday nights. But when we moved to Mexico, I switched our Netflix account to Spanish, and only let the kids watch TV shows and movies in Spanish.  Except for Friday nights. Friday nights fondly became known as "English Movie Night" at our house. Even during our time home in the States for the summer, I did my best to have them watch everything in Spanish... except for on "English Movie Night" 🎥  🍿  Ordering the pizza was probably one of the biggest challenges we faced as...