The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
There’s a certain look that says Hawaii, the splashy-colored, billowy shirts imprinted with large dolphins, palm trees and hula girls. Or, Miami, with the pastel colors and panama hats. All indicative of a local fashion.
Lee Hopper began visiting his father at Lake Chapala in the 1960s. Now in his sixties, the bilingual Mexican-American has returned to make the area his home and, he says, help make a difference.
In early March Hopper came up with an idea to help youngsters learn the old ways while getting different generations of families to socialize at the plaza.
The first enormously successful Feria de Capirotada took place on the Ajijic plaza on Sunday, March 22.
In a small warehouse off the highway in La Canacinta, Argentine native German Schilman is making some of the best beer you’ll find in Ajijic — or anywhere in Mexico. 
Schilman – like many a foreigner who came to travel and stayed for love – made Mexico his home eight years ago and began to discover the craft beer boom. He turned his brewing hobby into a business and began selling beer in September. His Corazon de Malta one-man brewery produces about 90 cases a month of three types of light, but complex tasting ales: English pale ale, American brown ale and American wheat ale. The recipes are his and come from his knowledge of beer making, not copies of some import. Business is booming — clients routinely sell out his product — and expansion to increase production by a factor of ten is in the cards soon.
Enjoy Schilman’s ales at a variety of local venues: Ocampo 71, The Merendero, Hacienda del Lago, Ajijic Tango, Jardin de Ninete, Licoreria La Paz and La Catrina or visit corazondemaltacom to order direct (free shipping via FedEx in Mexico).
Cedric Defayes has changed the name of his European restaurant on Avenida Lopez Cotilla from Le Bistro to Heidi’s.
The Lake Chapala region has been buzzing since the start of September. Here’s some local scenery showing what has transpired in the lead-up to Independence Day.
On the evening of Tuesday, September 15, downtown Guadalajara will explode into a unique outpouring of patriotic fervor, offering an unequaled festive atmosphere as the nation marks its Independence.
The Plaza Nuevo Progreso bullring in Guadalajara’s Colonia Independencia is set to host a new season of seven novilladas (bullfights featuring young, aspiring toreros), beginning Sunday, September 6, and running on consecutive Sundays through October 18.