Chili cooks fire up for weekend dust-up
Dust off your Stetson, polish those cowboy boots and get ready for a rootin’-tootin’ weekend of fun as the 35th Mexican National Chili Cookoff blasts off Friday, February 22 for a three-day run at the Tobolandia Water Park.

The owners of an Ajijic bed and breakfast are spearheading a program to find sponsors to underwrite the education of children enrolled at a community center in an economically challenged Chapala neighborhood.
Life along Chapala’s north shore has quieted down again following two straight weeks of boisterous carousing that marked Carnaval festivities in Chapala and Ajijic.
Mardi Gras madness takes Ajijic by storm Tuesday, February 12 as the townsfolk let off steam in the last blast of frivolity before the start of Lent.
Ajijic has no historical records tracing the true origins of La Sayaca, the masked dance troupes that have played a key role in Carnaval celebrations for countless generations.