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While Mexico is dressing up in red, white and green for the patriotic holidays, food lovers are slathering for a taste of the season’s emblematic tricolor gourmet treat: chiles en nogada.

If the risqué title caught your attention, don’t be disappointed that the topic of the moment has nothing to do with sexual behavior.

You’re trying to wedge your way through a crowd of passengers to the exit of the back of the bus, or squeeze into the doorway of a shop blocked by a couple of people engaged in deep conversation.

Early last month our mayor announced an elaborate plan to renovate the borders of the narrow stretch of highway running through the center of Ajijic.

If there is one thing that unites many gringos at Lakeside, it is dog ownership. Even those without dogs seem to have a certain natural affection for our furry companions.

It was a dark and stormy night … and as I pecked away at the keyboard the desk light suddenly flickered, an ominous warning that gave me just enough time to hit the save button before the house and surrounding neighborhood became engulfed in total darkness.