Expat Living

Ixtlahuacan de los Membrillos is one of the numerous Mexican towns that embrace Santo Santiago as patron saint.

The Spanish- and English-speaking families at Lakeside Presbyterian Church held their first-ever Vacation Bible School this past week.

The Lake Chapala Society (LCS) will host a fun-filled Tardeada Mexicana on Friday, July 20, 3:30 to 7 p.m. as a benefit for the Ajijic plaza renovation project.

Ajijic’s sixteenth annual extreme terrain runner’s challenge is slated for Sunday, August 26.

Lakeside restaurants have been hard hit over the last few months with fewer customers as expat residents headed north-of-the-border to visit family and escape the heat.

Filling in the gap left when the Animal Shelter closed its dog adoption center in June, volunteers from that facility have begun anew to provide a shelter for abandoned, lost and unwanted dogs to be cared for and placed for adoption.