Columns

In the week when millions of North Americans are focused of gorging themselves on roast turkey and all the trimmings, it might be perfect time to seriously think about the bounty represented by the annual Thanksgiving holiday

We all know that government officials and their agencies have a knack for coming up with hare-brained schemes, but the recent decision of Chapala’s new traffic department chief really takes the cake.

It was bound to happen. As assorted religious celebrations are observed this time of year, perpetual squabbles over cohetes (sky rockets) have blasted off on social networks.

Everybody who comes to live at lakeside will eventually hear the name Neill James.

Last Sunday night, large crowds gathered in public squares across Lakeside and the rest of the nation to reenact Miguel Hidalgo’s legendary 1810 Cry for Independence.

Last November I had the distinct pleasure of sitting down with one of our community’s longest-living expat residents who wanted to tell me her life story.