The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Allyn Hunt, former owner and editor of this newspaper died February 3, 2022. The Reporter will be republishing a month-long series of his columns, covering some of his favorite topics.
One of the great astonishments Mexico holds for even well-prepared newcomers, is its richness of language.
While Santa Claus may have made his first chimney descent in the 1820s in Manhattan, this never-fading Christmas Superstar has spent centuries putting his legendary act together.
Autumn is fiesta time in Mexico.
“Here in Mexico, there is a great facility in dying”
—Xavier Villaurrutia
The stiff-backed mountains surrounding Guadalajara have long ago turned southern California tan — since December the humpback flanks have been shedding green, turning brown.
March is a time when trees full of lavender and blue explode along many avenues of Guadalajara and stain certain rural roadsides like the magical blood of ancient Nahua gods.
