The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Bar None The Best
Bar None Publishing Group recently released its third anthology of “Last Call, Poems, Stories, and Art From The Costalegre.”
Eco Friendly Waves
More eco-friendly waves are reaching the shores of Costalegre. Christina Hernandez and Rodrigo Alvarez, with backgrounds in biology and bio-intensive agriculture respectively, recently gave a Power Point presentation to the civic-minded group United for Barra.
Coffee at Christmas
Each holiday season, three enterprising women – Alexa Boyt, Alison Ochoa and Estela Rodriguez – make sure to provide something a little special for their patrons, along with their own unique café atmosphere and five-star cups of coffee.
Travel Money Needed
Coach Alberto Palacios Coronado would be grateful to collect 12,000 pesos to bus 24 Barra de Navidad area student athletes to a state competition in Guadalajara on December 11. The girls and boys he instructs in Olympic wrestling are aged between 5 and 19.
Remembering
For the past 13 years, Joyce and Gary Pittman have hosted a November 11 Remembrance/Veterans Day memorial service) at their Roosters restaurant in Melaque.
Let’s Make History
Every year in and around November, expats and locals return to the Pacific coast to resume lives of quiet inspiration.
The International Language
Barra’s families come from fishing and agriculture ancestry, so locals are drawn to certain musical styles. Of course, the town’s population includes tourists and expats, who along with locals, like to kick back and groove to banda, norteña and grupera sounds.
