Guadalajara’s Midtown Mall – located on Avenida Lopez Mateos in Colonia Providencia, across from the American School – is well into its second year but is quickly trying to strip the Andares Mall of its mantle as the most dynamic of Guadalajara’s upscale commercial centers.

Although the craft beer market in Mexico has exploded in recent years with dozens of micro-breweries coming out with interesting new products, as with most things in the world of business, the big players tend to come out on top in the end.

Jalisco is on the verge of debuting a new political party, spearheaded by Pedro Kumamoto, the state’s first independent legislator.

On Tuesday, February 11, the Guadalajara walking tour group will receive an English-language guided tour of  two timely and enthralling exhibits at the Museo de las Artes (Musa): Orozco, Rivera, Siqueiros” and “Arte Chicano de Los Angeles: Building Bridges in an Era of Walls.”

Guadalajara is gearing up to celebrate its 478th birthday, a date which always has a romantic attachment, since it falls on February 14, Valentine’s Day or Dia del Amor y la Amistad.

It took four tries just to find a place to build Guadalajara. Pedro Beltran Nuño de Guzman, a Spanish lawyer and Caribbean slave trader out of favor with Spain, decided that the best way to redeem himself was to conquer new lands for the Spanish crown and so he headed northwest.