Author: Puma Swede

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Visitors, robbed & party…

So much has happened and I haven’t had the time to check in here. Now I have a big cup of coffee and a few hours before Masha from Russia arrives here in Mexico, so here we go 🙂

I wrote this yesterday, but then I thought it was a great idea to micro-dose. The thing was that it actually didn’t hit me like a micro-dose, but I had to lie down and enjoy the ride for a couple of hours LOL. And then Masha was here, and never had time to add the photos and post this yesterday. Now Monday and let’s try this again!

I only knew Día de Muertos – Day of the Dead was a big holiday here. I was recommended the Pixar movie ‘Coco’, that shows what the holiday is about. Super good movie and I learned about the ‘ofrenda’. In short it is an altar, big or small, where pictures of the deceased are placed so they can find their way to you on the Day of the Dead. You also place their favorite foods, treats, drinks etc to make them feel welcome. Also you place the bright orange marigold flowers that is the flower of the dead. Families make them at their homes and there are public ones too. I thought it was such a nice idea, so I created a simple one at home. I included Mom & Dad, our rottweilers, and Molle, a horse I took care of when I was younger. I placed candy, flowers, and a candle there too 🙂 This is a couple of days later and now I need magnets so I can put these photos on the refrigerator 🙂

And my Halloween costumes.

Some pics from the city when walking around during Día de Muertos. Very beautiful and a lot of people out! Even the ladies at the check out at the supermarket were dressed up 🙂

My friend Linda arrived the day after. So great to have friends and family over. And yes, she brought candy from Sweden too 🙂 We had a very busy and active week where we checked out the city, downtown, worked out, wine & dined, and an excursion to one of my favorite places here – Boxque Teva. Wrote about it before. Like a hobbit town for adults.

Well, before we got going we decided to eat brunch. It was me, Linda and Andrew. I usually carry a small bag around my waist. Decided to place it on top of my backpack that I placed about 1meter from our table leaning against the wall. Long story short, one older guy in a suit pretends to drop his wallet, keys, and coins right by my feet. When we look, the other guy grabs my purse and takes off. We realized a bit too late what had happened. Police came quickly and people were helpful in helping to translate what had happened. Luckily Andrew had my phone and I had my computer with me in my backpack. I blocked all cards right away and luckily my bank had stopped their attempts to retrieve money and make payments. That within 5 minutes of getting ahold of my wallet.

When we finally settled everything we ordered an Uber to Boxque Teva about 45min on the outskirts Mexico City. Linda pointed out that the Uber was running out of gas. The gas light was blinking. The driver didn’t seem concerned though so we relaxed. When we were in the woods, the car suddenly dies. Luckily it was only10 minutes walking, uphill though, but we made it 🙂 Fingers crossed the Uber driver made it too 🙂

The next morning we walked along the main road there. Such cool houses and surroundings.

We came to a park entrance and met these 2 ladies in a house there. They told us they were park security. They invited us inside and offered us some food. They where so nice and I gave them mine and Linda’s Pussitive hats. Explained to them it is my ‘tetas’ on the picture on the hat and they seemed to appreciate to wear my titties on their head hahahaaaa…

Some more pics from Linda’s visit…

Made Linda model some Pussitive gear too before I let her fly back to Sweden.

Last week was all about catching up on work. More Pussitive stuff. I love this jumpsuit with the text TRIPPY 🙂

Shot a bunch for Onlyfans…

Catching up in the gym. I really like pushing and dragging the sledge. Imagine my legs and booty growing while I’m at it!

On Friday there was a small get together and we where invited by a couple at the gym. First time at this place Jardin Paraiso. Super cool place and it got packed.

I consider myself a great partier, but these Mexicans we were with, took it to another level. Hard to keep up, but they were all great fun. We were the first one to leave, and I felt like an amateur. If I’d stayed longer, I’m pretty sure I would’ve spent all day yesterday in fetal position LOL… I was able to cure my hungover with 1 Ibuprofen and a hamburger yesterday 🙂

Here’s som cats & dogs for you too. So many cute ones here. My favorite is this guy with this kitty in his backpack. Threw in a squirrel in there too that was cute 🙂

And yesterday I finished the book ‘Dune’. I loved it! Lmk if you have other great sci-fi reads to recommend!

Masha just texted that she’s boarding in Florida. Going to be so much fun having here here. We got a volcano hike and sweat lodge trips planned for next week 🙂

How are you doing? Remember, don’t try to blend in – stand out!

Kisses, Puma

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Valle de Bravo

As I wrote before, we visited the town Valle de Bravo and loved it. It’s only about a 2 hour drive from Mexico City, and we took an Uber there.

We stayed at La Casa Rodavento, a small boutique hotel right next to the town. It was only two minutes walking to all the shopping and restaurants. No kids allowed there which for me is a bonus. Don’t worry if you have kids, since there’s also Hotel Rodavento. It’s located about 25 min away from town, it’s beautiful, and they allow kids. It’s more secluded in the woods and the spa is also located there. Last option is Cinco Rodavento in the middle of the city.

Had a great room on the bottom floor. There are 2 floors. We appreciated the welcome shots 🙂

Huge bathroom with a big shower, an outdoor shower, and bathtub. Nice products too and mirrors for selfies 😉

The first day was cloudy and rainy, so just took a short stroll in town.

We ate at our hotel and the food is good. Not a huge menu but the little desserts churros are to die for!!!!

Next day we had a beautiful sunny day. Pictures from the pool at the hotel and the view from the second-floor rooftop. The rooftop has a hottub by the way, but never had the time to use it, and I even missed taking a picture of it.

The town is so cute and amazing. I love the small alleys everywhere.

Great shopping, cute cafes and restaurants. Me being a caffeine addict, i tried two places for coffee and both where great. This one was called La Machinhuepa Valle. Cute place and made friends with this dog that followed us into the cafe.

The best one was Caos Cafe. Beans roasted right there and I made another cute friend 🙂 Look at his different colored eyes, so cool!

Explored an art gallery, did some shopping, and peaked inside of a church. Could’ve spent more time in town, but we had massages booked so had to go…

As I wrote on top, the spa is located at their other place called Hotel Rodavento. Very glad we got to see that place too because it’s different and very relaxing in the woods. It was pouring down when we where there, and it felt like we where in the jungle!

I had booked a 2h package with massage and a facial treatment. Unfortunately my masseuse was either not very well trained or just not into massaging people. I was pretty disappointed after. When we then asked to go to the outdoor pool and hottub we were told they close at 6pm and it was now 5.40pm. We were also informed that it was not included in the massage package to use the pool or hottub. I’ve never been to a spa where pool, tubs or saunas are not included. I wish they would’ve informed me of these details when making a reservation. We still checked out the area and I can imagine it be pretty relaxing to sit out there. If you paid for it that is 😉

After talking to the manager about my massage, he offered me a 15% discount. I told him that I’m not very pleased with that. He made a call and 30% was taken off the total bill. That was satisfactory as my partner’s massage was good.

Instead of ‘hanging lip’ over the spa experience we decided to try their restaurant. This hotel has such beautiful walk-ways and a very nice view from the restaurant.

Food was very good and stuffed my face with the mini churros they had at this place too 🙂 Next time in Valle de Bravo I would like to stay at this place too.

Next morning we had breakfast and then spent some time trying to get a ride back to Mexico City. Uber doesn’t run out there so after some phone calls we found a local driver to take us back. Next time I would probably handle this before, but hey, in Mexico everything always works out one way or another 🙂 I really really recommend a visit to Valle de Bravo! I would go back right away if I didn’t have so many other spots on my to-visit list here in Mexico!

Hope you are having or had a great Halloween. I’ll share some of mine in next post. Day of the Dead or Día de los Muertos is a big holiday here. One of my best friends from Sweden arrives here tomorrow. Going to be so much fun and can’t wait to show her CDMX! And eat the Swedish candy she hopefully brings me hahahaaa 🙂

Happy Halloweeen, Puma

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City of Angels

It was 10 busy days in LA! I have tried to catch up on sleep this weekend after coming back to Mexico on Friday night. There was a birthday brunch here on Saturday that required some recovery as well hahahaaa…

It was so great to see my best friend Sandy and her family again. I always stay with them when in LA and I feel like I’m part of her family 🙂 So much catching up to do and kids were ready with Barbies within 10 minutes of my arrival. I have my own Barbie there, named Barbara, and somehow the kids always remember that and I always have to play with Barbara.

There was a lot of shooting while in town. So spoiled that Sandy is the best make-up artist and fixed my face up every time 🙂 Here are just a few samples.

The hot brunette is Silvia Saige – yummy! And she has two super sweet cats too that I was running after almost as much as Silvia LOL…

I also shot a whole day with one of my all-time favorites Courtney Taylor! She’s just so damn hot and also so much fun. We were laughing so hard and the day flew by too fast! The photographer has all the pics so I’ll show them later.

Also flew out a day to shoot in Phoenix. The photographer makes you look your best. Even though he pays, he always shares some pics with the model that she can use. Not always the case with photographers. Here are a couple 🙂

And a couple of my selfies from that day… Not quite the same quality and elegance!

I think we maybe had 2 days that were a bit more chill. I threw on the bikini and tanned it up a bit.

Also did a round of shopping for some Pussitive stuff in Downtown. Afterwards met up with Jose who I became friends with in Puerto Rico. Found out through IG he was visiting LA at the same time as me. So good seeing him!

As always Sandy and I did one night out. It was her husband’s birthday and we celebrated pretty hard at Paris Tokyo in Beverly Hills. I only have this one pic of us before it got out of control hahahaaa… I can just say that the next day I woke up with half the birthday cake in my bra, hair, and clothes! But we had fun, all that matters!

And all too fast the ten days were gone! Hopefully I go back very soon 🙂

By the way, watched ‘Dune’ this weekend and reading the book. Wow, can recommend both! Have you read the book or seen the movie?

OK, time to hit the gym and get this week started off strong!

Kisses, Puma

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Sunshine & coffee…

Sitting outside at one of my favorite cafes here in CDMX, Efimero Cafe, drinking cappuccino and writing to you. It feels like early summer here and the temperature is perfect. I probably don’t have time to finish this post, because at 2pm I have a shoot. Very exciting, because it’s an artsy type of shoot for a special publication in Sweden. Yesterday I went to Downtown for the first time with the photographer to buy a wig for this shoot. I love wigs and changing my looks, but the most impressive thing was downtown itself. You can find everything there I think. They had blocks for beauty, kitchen stuff, decorations, lighting, fabric, kitchen stuff, photography and probably tons of more stuff I didn’t have time to explore. But I’m going back for sure. And I think half of the population was in Downtown as well 🙂

Something that impresses me with Mexico is that there’s a solution to almost everything. You need a bit of sidewalk & a portable kitchen on wheels and you got a ‘restaurant’ going. Or you’re at least serving food. Here in Downtown they just had some chairs set up and there was like 20 people doing eyelash extensions. At another spot there was a lady sitting outside on the street getting hair extensions done. No fancy salons, lights etc, just getting shit done!

I also did a mini vacay this week from Wednesday to Friday at a town called Valle de Bravo. Amazing place and will make a separate post about it.

No week goes by without creating some pics & vids. In case anyone is unaware, or curious, here’s a link to all my channels where you can find my ‘creativity’ #sfw – https://myslink.app/pumaswede

Last weekend on Sunday I went back to Los Dinamos Park. I went back to a spot with a big rock and just sat there and relaxed. And took some pics of my feet, because they’re big sellers 🙂

Managed to also snap pics of a friends’ cute dogs, one gym pic where it looks like I’m passed out and some Xmas decorations at the mall here. A little early I think…

Now packing my wig and going to shoot 🙂 Apparently they’re fixing my nails too and they got a wardrobe stylist, hair stylist, and a make up artist. I better be made look cool 🙂

Kisses, Puma

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Last week flew…

…by and I had to look at my pictures to remember what I did. Sometimes it feels like all I do is have-to-do things that take up so much time.Making appointments, signing up for a mail forwarding service in Texas that required a zoom meeting to get notarized, getting lashes done (although I managed to take a nap at the same time so not a complete waste), etc. Going through pics and editing them. I only enjoy being in front of the camera or taking pics 🙂 Also went to the dentist, but I didn’t take pictures when I was there, because that’s an uncomfortable situation and I have to concentrate on not freaking out.

OK, enough complaining! Moving over to the good parts 🙂

I try to go for walks in the evening at least a couple of times a week. Perfect way to relax and I try to explore streets or areas where I haven’t walked before. Most of the time it’s rewarding and I find something new like a store, restaurant, or cafe. Last week I found this huge amazing bookstore called Fondo de Cultura Economica. I love books and bought 2 cool coffee table books. Pretty cool they had a book about Swedish architecture in wood.

I’ve also heard about this supposedly great bar at Four Seasons. Finally got a chance to visit last week and it’s a great place to check out. Had a drink and food at Fifty Mils. Creative cocktails and not super expensive either. Recommend to check this place out!

Got some great content done and couple of updates on Pussitive 🙂

On weekends they have dogs & cats for adoption at the park nearby. I can’t go there anymore on weekends because I just want to “save” them all. I started crying and had to walk away from the park…

I do enjoy seeing all the dogs around town when being out though, and here’s last weeks’ favorites :)This dog walker had 13 dogs out for a walk!

Not so common to see cats here so I got so excited to run into this one at the store. The couple told me they bring him/her everywhere with them.

Finally managed to hit the gym 4 times (my goal) last week. Here’s a couple of pics to prove it 🙂

I heard about this girl who does amazing nails and was told she was coming to visit Mexico City for a few days to take appointments. I haven’t had acrylic nails forever because after having them for years my own nails were ruined. After seeing her pics on Instagram I got excited and wanted cool ass nails by her. Yes, it’s hard to wipe your ass with them LOL…

I love the outdoors and will try to get outdoors more. There are so many options here and you can easily Uber to most of them. On Sunday we went to Los Dinamos park. 30min way with Uber and really nice. It’s a bit more family oriented by the entrance, but it gets more peaceful the further up you go. Ran into a farmer with a bunch of dogs trying to herd a bunch of sheep & goats 🙂 And yeah, could not walk by without taking a pic of the donkey with his dick out! I mean, who could?

Will definitely go back and bring my Kindle and snacks!

Now going to practice some Spanish and then go for an other walk 🙂 Have an amazing week!

Kisses, Puma

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Birthday, architecture, blonder…

How was your week? I started mine by turning a year older. I don’t feel it, but I feel like I look it 🙁 In panic I googled face lifts this week to see what options are out there hahahaaa…

I loved my crocodile birthday cake that I got!

Why settle with only cake when you can have donuts too! After all, it was my birthday!

My favorite gift to myself is this Ninja Grill! WOW, it’s amazing. So far I’ve grilled steaks and chicken in it and roasted potatoes and vegetables, all perfectly grilled and roasted! I really recommend this because it’s so easy and fast!!!

Not only did I celebrate my birthday this week, it was also Mexico’s Independence Day. A restaurant had a special menu with Mezcal and burgers for the holiday. We were required to be blindfolded to try to get the different flavors from the Mezcals. I only managed to get drunk hahahaaa… Oh, and the little crayfish looking things in my hand are river shrimps you snack on. Tasted like a river, so I washed it down with some more Mezcal 🙂

It was also about time to get my hair fixed. Got recommended this hair salon and they did a great job. Even though it looked like I had a head full of tampons at one point!

And in between celebrations and hair fixing, I did what I do pretty good 🙂 I don’t know why, but I never seem to get tired of being in front of the camera. In Swedish we call it ‘linslus’ and there’s no real translation, but literally it means ‘lens lice’, nice huh?

There are a bunch of expat WhatsApp groups you can join to get help or join activities. We signed up to go see Casa Organica by the architect Javier Senosiain Aguilar. What a place! One of the coolest houses I’ve been in, and I’d live there in a heartbeat!

It was designed to be one with nature, so it has soft and round forms with no sharp edges or corners. If you are in Mexico City, definitely book a tour here. More about this place here https://en.casaorganica.org/

On Sundays I try to plan my upcoming week a bit. What I want to do, have to do, and set some goals. I have a really exciting meeting on Tuesday with an incredible local photographer here. If everything goes as planned, we’re shooting a thing for a Swedish publication.

I’ve come to a realization that I’ve lately started to crave and eat a lot of sugar, sweets, and candy. Have to cut down and eat better and healthier foods. When I eat proper meals, I crave less sugar. Can anyone invent a healthy chocolate croissant with proteins, healthy fats, and no sugar please?

I also started updating my backup account on Instagram. This is more of a personal account with less sleaze and skin, and more everyday stuff. If you want to follow it’s @itsmepumaswede. I also cleaned up my Twitter account and will be focusing a bit more on art and NFT that I’m very interested in.

Work more on Pussitive and with that I leave you with a Pussitive vintage skirt and t-shirt 🙂

Do you have any goals for next week? Feel free to share and we can check up on each other in the end of this week 🙂

Kisses, Puma

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Earthquake & new friend

Experienced my strongest earthquake yet. Even though I felt them when living in LA and Puerto Rico, this one in Mexico was much stronger! It was Tuesday night and we were watching TV. There’s an alarm that sounds right before it starts shaking, but we didn’t hear it. All of a sudden the couch was swaying. The security downstairs called on the intercom and told us to hurry outside. Luckily everyone was dressed. Made me realize there must be people having to run outside pretty much naked. It felt like walking on a boat out on the ocean as it swayed some more when we headed out. Then all the power went out except for some lights powered by a generator. Everyone was out on the street and some in pyjamas’s and slippers.

It was safe to head back in after about 10min they said. Slept with a bag and clothes next to the bed in case there would be aftershocks. Luckily there was none!

It was good to catch up on work this week. Shooting and going through pics from the Pussitive shoot.

Also got my lashes done, mani + pedicure, dental visit and scheduled to fix a broken cap in 2 weeks. On Friday I had planned a dinner with a girl who I have common friends in LA with. We met up at a hip Greek restaurant called Nostos. So much fun meeting someone with common friends since you pretty much already know they’re going to be great since your friends like her 🙂 Fun dinner with Jenna and I got a new favorite drink now – Carajillo. Espresso and a Licor 43. Supposedly Licor 43 is supposed to contain 43 different ingredients. Not sure if it’s true or not, but the drink is dangerously good!

Luckily I don’t always drink espressos with alcohol! Found a new cafe yesterday with super good coffee (even without liqueur) – Constela.

Also found this cute Hungarian cafe. Just scoped it out and haven’t tried it yet, but I will! It’s special since my best friend Sandy in LA is Hungarian 🙂

And sometimes I just give in to my sugar cravings hahahaaaa… I did not feel well after finishing almost everything, but it was worth the satisfaction at the moment!

That’s about it for this week. BUT, tomorrow is my birthday wohooo 🙂 For the first time it’s starting to dawn on me that I might be considered old eeeek… I don’t feel that old, but the numbers speak for themselves. I might be half way through life. Just to convince myself, I’ll post some pics that was taken when I was in Vegas visiting Sophie Dee. All youthful with pink hair. Still got it right? RIGHT???? Hahhaaaa…

Going to work some more now and later heading out for some BBQ. Next week is also Mexico’s Independence Day so I hope to celebrate that too 🙂 Never pass an opportunity to celebrate!

Hasta la vista!

Puma

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My sis visiting!

My sister was visiting for almost 2 weeks and we made the most of it! Our first activity was to go watch some Lucha Libre ‘fighting’. Booked it as an Airbnb experience and had a great guy who explained some of the history and rules to us. Very interesting and I recommend to go watch and learn some about it. Not just watch the movie Nacho Libre 😉

Next up was a day trip to some hot springs and subterranean caves. We were picked up at 6.30am and it was about a 3,5h drive out there. There were already 2 people in the little car + the driver, so it was a very tight 3,5h ride. Luckily we stopped for breakfast, coffee, water shoes, and plastic pouches to protect our phones.

And finally we arrived!

Wait, let me just throw a few poses before we go down to the pools!

There were several pools to choose from and my sister and I found our own private pool to soak in. So relaxing and there were beautiful views. Not just the views of me that is…

The area is pretty big and you could walk around and go into large caves. Someone told me to get under this waterfall because it was like getting a massage. Sure, and I luckily grabbed my bikini bottoms last minute, right when they were going to be washed off too…

Then we jumped into a small bus that transported us to the other caves. There had been a lot of rain so we couldn’t enter the cave at the bottom. Normally the water is all clear there too, but now it was all muddy. I loved the waterfall above its’ entrance.

Luckily there was another cave higher up. We were told to turn on our flashlights on our phones because it was pitch-black when you stumbled deeper in. It looked like the cave came to an end, but then our guide asked who wanted to crawl in to a super small cave. YES! It was tight sliding in with your feet first, but wow, so worth it. Like a private little sauna in the mountain. Barely fit 4 people. No space for anyone with claustrophobia, that’s for sure! We turned our flashlights off and you couldn’t see your hand even if it touched your face.

Plenty of food and drink places there to choose from. First time trying Dorilocos. Saw a lady eating them and asked what it was. Basically a bag of Doritos and then you put in carrots, some spicy nuts, jicama and hot sauce. (Bet you can put in a whatever you fancy). WOW WOW WOW!!!! So tasty! Washed it down with a Pina Colada 🙂

The day came to an end and as we were walking back to the car we spotted this animal. Didn’t give a shit about us, my leftover Doritos or a raw banana hahahaaa…

Great day except for the 7h ride there and back in the tiny car. Both me and my sister exited the car looking like two cramped up Cheez doodles!

Showed my sis some of the different parts of the city, we ate, drank, shopped and enjoyed hanging out together!

Can’t all be just chilling and relaxing. With my sisters jetlag in control we worked on Pussitive. Shooting and planning. We’ve been lagging a bit, but got a bunch of new stuff coming now, so it’s time to grind!

Sometimes catching more than just Pussitive in the pictures…

It was so great having my sister here! We are very close and it’s always hard to say good bye. Luckily it’s not too long before we get to see each other again 🙂

After my sister flew back to Sweden time to catch up on work and working out 🙂

Last night I went out to dinner and drinks with a couple of friends visiting from Puerto Rico. Had 2 Mescal drinks and that was enough for me to sleep in and totally forget I had an interview this morning at 8am 🙁 It was about my book now being available as an audio book in Finnish too wohoooo 🙂 In case you’re a Finn – here’s the cover and I’ve been told you can get it at all the major audio book places 🙂

Now headed out to get a manicure and pedicure. On Thursday I got a dental appointment and Friday I’m getting more lashes. Damn, it would be so much easier if you could just Snapchat-filter yourself in real life!

This weeks dogs content and and this beautiful cat I saw at a market. I’m impressed by this guy handling 10 dogs on his own and everyone heading the same direction. Barely ever see or hear dogs fighting or growling at each other here either. I grew up with 2 male Rottweilers and I can’t even imagine them handling other male dogs possibly wanting to come close to sniff their butts! It would of turned in to a Carne Molida…

Catch you later with new claws and lashes 🙂

Puma

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Moving business

Finally in the new apartment!!! “Efter mycket om och men…” as we say in Swedish. Translation would be something like ‘After a lot of if’s and but’s…’. Different realtors have different requirements when you are not a Mexican resident. Some require extra deposits, guarantors, or in my case, a security check done by a company, insurance in case I take off, and extra rent deposits. Well, I passed the security check and then it came to sign the lease agreement and paying the insurance. Lease agreement was 14 pages in Spanish. (Thank you Caroline in Puerto Rico for translating despite sick baby crying and storms). Insurance needed to be paid in cash as the 1st months rent. Emptied (not really) an ATM. After adjustments to the agreement, signing and paying, with them having 2 lawyers present, I thought it was finally done.

Nope, next they didn’t want cash. Cash returned and wire transfers needed to be made. BUT, I’m very happy to say that I have finally moved in! Well, still waiting to have the washer/dryer, dish washer and refrigerator installed, but I love the apartment!

Me delivering some necessities to myself the night before moving in.

There’s been a lot of trying and buying furniture, kitchen stuff, and trying out the perfect pillow this past week.

Tiring to run around, but luckily there’s tacos around ever corner to energize you!

When tacos aren’t enough – go for sugar! This crazy donut shop is called The Secret Donut Society. You enter this room to place your donut order.

Then go into this room to pick up your order from one of the mirrored cabinet on the wall.

And then you stuff yourself! By the way, there is almost always a line outside. Only had to wait about 15min to get in…

Good thing there’s a great gym close to me so I can burn off the tacos & donuts 🙂

Also thrown some paint on my face and worked 🙂

Found a great nail salon close by too. Got to keep them claws sharp!

This weeks favorite dogs that I’ve come across 🙂 Last dog probably would’ve jumped out of the window if he’d fit hahhaaaaa….

I’m now seated on my new comfy couch. Should pack up after I finish writing this, but I have a feeling I’ll stay comfy on this couch! I need to charge my batteries because tomorrow my sister gets here – YAY! So happy and excited about that! Already planned some activities and going to be awesome to show her Mexico City!

Hope you have had a great week!

Kisses, Puma

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Books

Did a summary of 3 books I recently finished.

Tapping the Source by Kem Nunn

Since I’m bad (and lazy) at writing a short description about any book that I’ve read, I copied this caption from Amazon about this book: 

“People go to Huntington Beach in search of the endless parties, the ultimate highs, and the perfect waves. Ike Tucker has come to look for his missing sister and for the three men who may have murdered her. In that place of gilded surfers and sun-bleached blonds, Ike’s search takes him on a journey through a twisted world of crazed Vietnam vets, sadistic surfers, drug dealers, and mysterious seducers. He looks into the shadows and finds parties that drift toward pointless violence, joyless vacations, and highs you may never come down from…and a sea of old hatreds and dreams gone bad. And if he’s not careful, his is a journey from which he will never return.”

I liked the book, but I think it’s a book that I will not remember for very long. Some books make a deep impression on me, or something really sticks out in it, usually the story, and I’ll remember the book. This one mostly was a great and fun read, but I doubt I’ll remember details from it next year. Also it felt like the ending was a bit hastily finished compared to the rest of the book. It’s a good read though!

Dawn Patrol by Don Winslow 

I did get intrigued about the surfing culture from ‘Tapping the Source”. I think this one was slightly better than the above. Again, caption from Amazon:

“Every morning Boone Daniels catches waves with the other members of The Dawn Patrol: four men and one woman as single-minded about surfing as he is. Or nearly. They have “real j-o-b-s”; Boone, however, works as a PI just enough to keep himself afloat. But Boone’s most recent gig-investigating an insurance scam—has unexpectedly led him to a ghost from his past. And while he may have to miss the biggest swell of his surfing career, this job is about to give him a wilder ride than anything he’s ever encountered. Filled with killer waves and a coast line to break your heart, The Dawn Patrol will leave you gasping for air.”

Exciting book and I liked reading about San Diego trivia & history, since I used to spend some time down there when I first got to the US. I liked that it kept you guessing how it would end until the last few pages. Easy, fast and exciting book and I recommend it. 

Another book by Don Winslow that is amazing and that I really recommend is ‘The Winter of Frankie Machine’. Super great!

This Is Your Mind on Plants by Michael Pollan

I loved Michael Pollan’s book – Change Your Mind. It literally made me experience and experiment with some more psychedelics myself 🙂 I guess you decide if that’s good or bad LOL. I’m a great believer in how they can help people in some instances, instead of traditional medication. Expected this book to be similar and as great, but I was a bit disappointed. I enjoyed getting the history of opium and mescaline. The caffeine section had some interesting parts too, but overall the book was just not as amazing as his first book.

Here are a couple of sections in the book that I highlighted. Very interesting and true facts!

“All who try to construct a sturdy definition of drugs eventually run aground. Is chicken soup a drug? What about sugar? Artificial sweeteners? Chamomile tea? How about a placebo? If we define a drug simply as a substance we ingest that changes us in some way, whether in body or in mind (or both), then all those substances surely qualify. “

“Is it the quality of addictiveness that renders a substance illicit? Not in the case of tobacco, which I am free to grow in this garden. Curiously, the current campaign against tobacco dwells less on cigarettes’ addictiveness than on their threat to our health. So is it toxicity that renders a substance a public menace? Well, my garden is full of plants—datura and euphorbia, castor beans, and even the leaves of my rhubarb—that would sicken and possibly kill me if I ingested them, but the government trusts me to be careful. Is it, then, the prospect of pleasure—of “recreational use”—that puts a substance beyond the pale? Not in the case of alcohol: I can legally produce wine or hard cider or beer from my garden for my personal use (though there are regulations governing its distribution to others). So could it be a drug’s “mind-altering” properties that make it evil? Certainly not in the case of Prozac, a drug that, much like opium, mimics chemical compounds manufactured in the brain. “

Pollan, Michael. This Is Your Mind on Plants. Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition. 

Tomorrow I hopefully sign the contract for the new apartment. Keep your fingers crossed, because I really want to move and settle in. I have learned not to get too excited before papers are actually signed and I’m holding the key. Until then, shit can happen 🙂

Go be awesome!

Puma

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