Expat Living

The Guadalajara municipal police force is asking for donations of toys to hand out to disadvantaged children this holiday season.  Plastic balls are especially appreciated. 

Drop off donations at the police station located at Avenida R. Michel 384 , between Cinco de February and Gonzalez Gallo before December 22.  

Police officers make a public display in handing out the toys just prior to Christmas.

The American School of Guadalajara will host a Winter Celebration Wednesday, December 14, 5-7 p.m.

On a Tuesday afternoon at a cafe outside a shopping center at Chapultepec and Mexicaltzingo in Guadalajara, Sofia Amezcua is interviewing a producer of hand-knitted leg warmers.

Not a scrap of turkey went to waste as more than 100 diners wolfed down a traditional Thanksgiving  meal at the American Society (Amsoc) Thursday, November 24. 

Experts say the younger a child begins to read, the greater the likelihood he or she will develop a lifelong love of reading and good literature.

Foreign Service officers may come and go at the United States Consulate General in Guadalajara but an essential part of the mission’s vertebral column is its Mexican employees.

At the end of last month, Public Affairs Specialist Manuel Bañuelos retired after completing 35 years with the U.S. diplomatic agency.  He was the consulate’s longest-serving employee.