New Year’s Eve options
• American Legion Post 7 will host an all-you-can-eat large shrimp and fried chicken feast, 2 to 6 pm., with music by Jeffree White and BlackWater Rock and Blues Band. Tickets, 400 pesos, at the Legion. Proceeds to Charales de Chapala.
• La Bodega serving a three-course meal and a show by Ricardo and Blanca, 8 p.m. Cost: 790 pesos. Reservations: 376-766-1002.
• Chatterley’s offers a special dinner on New Year’s Eve. Zaragoza 307B in Chapala. Reservations: 333-228-4656.
• Cola de Gallo will hold a New Year’s Eve party, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tickets, 600 pesos, include heavy appetizers, a glass of champagne for the midnight toast and a DJ. Hidalgo 17, Ajijic. 322-191-1309.
• Scallion Ajijic Bistro offers a three-course meal and entertainment by the Lanz Band and friends. Cost is 890 pesos and includes champagne and grapes at midnight. Reservations: 376-766-2301.
• La Estacion is celebrating with Roberto Mora and Kristine Leigh singing the music of Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald, 6 to 8 p.m. Cover is 200 pesos. Reservations: 332-623-9841.
• Yali offers a four-course gourmet meal with two choices for each course. 6 p.m. A sparkling wine toast is included in the 980 peso price. Ocampo 22, Ajijic. Reservations: 332-403-5823.
• Min Wah will be open serving their excellent Chinese cuisine on both New Year’s Eve and January 1, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Calle Al Tepalo 96.
Open Circle
Michael Nuschke will present “Lake Chapala: One of the Best Places to Grow Younger,” Sunday, December 28, 10:15 a.m., at Open Circle at the Lake Chapala Society.
Learn how a retirement futurist sees lifestyle, community, and new technologies stacking the odds for your next ten years. In this talk, he’ll explore why places like Lake Chapala may be among the best spots in the world to grow older well — how sun, community, lifestyle, and emerging technologies may work together to improve our odds of a good next decade. The focus will be on practical lifestyle expansion choices for the next decade.
Michael Nuschke spent over 40 years as a retirement planner in Canada, helping clients navigate the financial and emotional side of life after work. He now writes and speaks as a “Retirement Futurist” at RetirementSingularity.com and recently gave a TEDx Ajijic talk on how AI may change the future of retirement.
Caroling
The Lakeside Singers and Santa Claus spent several days last week caroling at three local assisted-living facilities, bringing joy to many residents.
Solar hot water project
Chapala Sunrise Rotary Club is raising funds to procure a solar hot water system for the San Pedro Itxiacan Poco a Poco Community Center, which they hope to have installed by February 2026. This is an essential component to the operational safety of the community center kitchen that has grown to serve more than 180 meals per day for local children. The project budget is just over 100,000 pesos. If you’d like to be involved, contact Rotary Club secretary Chloe Clemens at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..">.
Oriental vibes
The Villa del Angel (Awakening Heart Sanga) offers Tai Chi classes on Fridays, 12:15 to 1:30 p.m., and Qi Gong classes on Wednesdays, same hours. Cost is 150 pesos per class. Emiliano Zapata 3, Ajijic.