The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Happy Holidays, etc.
Whatever you celebrate – Yule/Solstice, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza or Bah Humbug! – I hope your obligations don’t exceed your stamina and you are coping well with the ubiquitous merriment.
Galeria season kicks off
La Manzanilla’s favorite out-of-town artist, Efren Gonzalez opened the Galeria’s Meet the Artist series with a packed house on December 2. His work, as always, was as delightful to view as he and his beautiful wife Reina were to chat with, and he does excel at the art of meet-and-greet.
Full speed ahead!
Despite the number of roads that are still trashed a month and a half after the Jova-ian deluge, La Manzanillans from all ends of town have managed to make their way to main street to party. And there’s plenty going on.
It’s Show Time!
The Galeria has posted this year’s artist line-up. Dates for annual fundraisers have been set. There’s talk of turkey dinner and the holiday tree fiesta. The bookstore is open seven days a week, and it’s rodeo season. Not that you’d know it from our feels-like-August temperatures, but The Season seems to be upon us, ready or not.
Back to business as usual
Except for dozens of trees down and most of our roads getting impassably trashed, La Manzanilla came through Hurricane Jova relatively unscathed compared to other places on the Costalegre. Once power was restored and clean up was underway, the biggest discussion point became not how we weathered the storm, but when the Manzanillo airport would open.
While most of us slept through summer – or tried to, despite oppressive heat and frequent power outages – a handful of La Manzanillans were busy developing projects that can benefit our community for generations.
In the Bahia de Navidad everyone is doing their part to stay safe and help each other. As some businesses close down, others stay open to keep the community safe and supplied with basic essentials and information regarding Covid-19.
