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I took my first Uber ride on a jaunt to Guadalajara last summer to attend a journalists’ seminar on Mexico’s new justice system. 

Now that the December holidays are over, I’m determined to start off the new year on the right foot. 

As December rolls to an end, it’s time to meditate on New Year’s resolutions.

Anybody notice that traffic jams seem to have become a constant headache these days?

Just as our heads had begun to clear and trembling pets emerged from their hiding places under the bed after Ajijic’s noisy San Andrés fiestas, the daily roar of fireworks has started up again, this time blasting out at the west end of the village where the novenario honoring the Virgin of Guadalupe runs in full fury from December 4 through 12.

Folks in Ajijic are ready to set aside their normal daily routines for the town’s annual salute to patron saint San Andrés Apostol. The boisterous festivities get underway Monday, November 21, rolling on straight through to the end of the month.