AtDtDA23: Dwayne Provecho

[Dave Monroe]

   "Into this tropical paradise one day who should come strolling but
their old jailmate Dwayne Provecho ..." (AtD, Pt. III, p. 642)


Doña Cecilia

http://www.ciudadmadero.gob.mx/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciudad_Madero
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciudad_Madero

See p. 217  ...

http://books.google.com/books?id=yRUYOJmK9h8C


La Fotinga Huasteca

Fotinga is Spanish: jalopy. Huasteca is a region of the Sierra Madre
Oriental north of San Luis Potosí. A local equivalent to "Tijuana
Taxi"?

http://against-the-day.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=ATD_615-643#Page_642


Dwayne Provecho

379; in cell with Frank Traverse and Ewball; in Mexico, 642;

http://against-the-day.pynchonwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=P

DWAYNE
Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Irish
Pronounced: DWAYN, du-WAYN   [key]

Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Dubhan which means "little and
dark", derived from dubh "dark, black" combined with a diminutive
suffix.

http://www.behindthename.com/name/dwayne

provecho

1. m. Beneficio,utilidad:
no hace nada si no es para obtener un provecho.
2. Aprovechamiento,buen rendimiento en alguna materia:
estudia con provecho.
3. buen provecho loc. col. Expresión de cortesía para mostrar el deseo
de que una cosa resulte útil o conveniente para la salud o el
bienestar de alguien,especialmente la comida.
4. de provecho loc. adj. Útil,beneficioso:
si estudias serás un hombre de provecho.

http://www.wordreference.com/definicion/provecho

provecho is short for buen provecho, and it is an expression used in
Mexico to wish people a good meal....

http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=912624

N.B. ...

http://gawker.com/commenter/Dragonfruit/
http://defamer.com/commenter/Dragonfruit/
http://wonkette.com/commenter/Dragonfruit/


"cervezas Bohemias"

http://www.ccm.com.mx/

Bohemia competes with Modelo Especial and is a light, rich lager beer.

http://www.mexperience.com/bar/beer.htm


Cuervo Extra

http://www.cuervo.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Cuervo