Delia
Jan 3, 2005, 9:16 AM
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Re: [jaybear]: Winter Temps. & What to Wear
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For winter at Lakeside plan on overnight low temperatures in the upper 40’s and daytime highs in the low 70’s. As long as the sun is out - as it almost always is this time of the year - the outdoors will warm up comfortably daily.
When out and about in daytime or in evening usually one keeps warm enough. A potential bigger issue with the weather is keeping warm in your accommodation if you don’t have any supplemental heat or electric blanket. Then it becomes necessary to “bundle up” for bed and/or hope they provide extra blankets!
Attire at Lakeside is generally very informal among Mexicans and foreigners alike. There are a very few private and public social events for expatriates each season requiring any formal attire. If you see Mexicans all dressed up, they are probably middle or upper class Tapatios (Guadalajarans) out for a fancy party or wedding reception. If you see 2+ men together in jackets and ties, they are almost surely out of town salesmen or missionaries. “Dress up” for many Lakeside Mexicans is often basic but neat: jeans and tucked in T-shirt for mass is standard. Resident expatriates usually dress in whatever they are most comfortable with - often casual slacks or a dress, neat shirt, and comfortable walking shoes. Higher heels of any sort are unadvisable for safety reasons due to the cobbled streets, uneven sidewalks, and all kinds of other unfamiliar pedestrian hazards. Sport coats are not the norm although some wear them to church or out to evening dinner in the winter. If you are out in the evening in the winter a sweater, jacket, shawl etc. is in order due to the chill especially if you are thin blooded. Residents tend to dress warmer than tourists or snowbirds from colder climates. Shorts on men and women, foreigner and Mexican, are a common sight almost any month of the year. Mexicans, in this area at least, are not as conservative as they used to be regarding shorts.
Stereotypical Canadian general tourist dress code for males usually involves a Tilley hat (or a much less expensive generic substitute), neat shirt tucked into natty shorts with a belt, no jacket, and socks (black or white) stretched high with decent sandals. Attached to waist, of either male or female, are often fanny packs and water bottle holsters.
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