January - Lobster Leaves Town
2012 was an eventful year in Mazatlán and luckily MazReal and its staff of dedicated reporters, photographers and critics were there to report on it. The most remarkable scoop of the year was news of the baby lobster called Zeke that decided it had had enough of Mazatlán. We were there to interview it as it made its way down the road to start a new life in Guadalajara.
"Guadalajara is where it's at." succinctly explained the celebrity crustacean.
He went on, "Mazatlán is so 2012."
"Why is that? Explain yourself." demanded the tetchy reporter. (Somewhat angry with the lobster assignment as he had just returned from Aleppo and interviewing sea creatures was not part of his remit.)
Refusing to be drawn, the canny crustacean spat brusquely:
"Ships don't stop here anymore and my job as the tourism guide in Plaza Machado has gone."
" Being jobless in Mexico is depressing," explained Zeke, " Especially if you are subphylum of the arthropods and a vital part of the food chain"
On scuttling off the little critter shouted over his shoulder:
" I got a bus to catch amigo. I'm outta here. Toot toot." *
*Sadly we heard later that the Arthropod Zeke was flattened by a car as it crossed against the lights. It's common knowledge that sea creatures never do well in heavy traffic.
more old news after the break
