Holy Week starts Sunday, March 25th, Palm Sunday, with a small preview of the Passion Play as the scene of Jesus riding the donkey into town will be re-enact...

Today ( October 31st) is Halloween and November 2nd is Day of the Dear or Dia de los Muertos. When we were first here Halloween was not really celebrated but...

I have mentioned before that I do not miss the seasons in Canada as we have some spectacular seasons here in Ajijic, Lake Chapala. We are in the middle of a ...

This Sunday April 16th Easter Sunday.  This is the busiest time of year in,  Ajijic, Lake Chapala. A must see is the Passion Play put on by the residents of ...

As you have probably noticed there are a lot of people in Ajijic.  You will most probably have noticed that when trying to turn onto the carretera or finding...

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving to all our Canadian friends and family. This year we had our Thanksgiving Dinner at home here in Ajijic with our family of two da...

This past week we had the good fortune to have one of our daughters and her baby girl stay with us for a week. It was amazing to have her back under our roof...

Yesterday was a lovely day.  It was Valentine’s Day which is always a pleasant day and we were having  a belated birthday dinner for one of our daughters. I ...

As we all know this is a very busy season but I needed to get two very good leather purses repaired before the festivities. I was going to take them to the l...

The Mexican Revolution (Revolucion Mexicana) was a major armed struggle that started November 20th, 1910 with an uprising led by Fransisco I. Madero against ...

Day of the Dead (Spanish: Día de Muertos) is a Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico, in particular the Central and South regions, and acknowledged ar...

There are many July 4th celebrations at different places around Ajijic, Lake Chapala which you can read about in Guadalajara Reporter June 27th issue. I thou...

If you pick up this week’s Guadalajara Reporter you will find on Page 10 the different local restaurants that are offering a special Thanksgiving Menu. Thank...

Today, Saturday, May 10th is Mexican Mother’s Day or Dia de Las Madres. Sunday, May 11th is Mother’s Day up north. I have been celebrating both Mother’s Days...

Christmas is a very big holiday here in Ajijic, Lake Chapala and it is celebrated with much pomp and ceremony and wonderfully exotic and beautiful rituals. A...