The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Lending Library Project
A few winter seasons ago Susan O’Riley discovered La Manzanilla for the first time. That first season was spent getting to know the village, the local nonprofits and community projects. She thought La Manzanilla would be the perfect place to set-up a library. She made plans to return the following winter and got the project underway.
La Manzanilla’s Supper Club
A few weeks ago I received a small flyer inviting me to, La Manzanilla’s First Supper Club. The flyer let me know I could expect exquisite Mexican cuisine, the date and time, and a phone number to call to reserve my spot. No information about the sender or location was given on the flyer. It simply stated call to reserve and find out the location. Very intriguing, so I called and made my reservation.
A new year and lots of new businesses have cropped up in our little village.
The visiting holiday revelers have packed it in and headed home. We had a great holiday season with tour buses lined up on the streets, stores running out of totopos and tomatoes, and the one tortilla factory in town opened from sunup to sundown trying to meet the demand for fresh tortillas. We won’t see that many national tourists until Easter.
Christmas Tree Festival
For eight years running the Christmas Tree Silent Auction Festival has marked the kick-off to La Manzanilla’s holiday season.
La Manzanilla’s first Green Technology and Sustainability Fair was Friday, December 5. The event took place throughout the village and highlighted the mission and programs of local non-profit Tierraglegre.
Health food products
Dean Klompas and Daniela Zuleima Klompas, the husband and wife owners of La Manzanilla’s popular day spa Spacifico, have just introduced a new line of health food products. Vegan, raw, and gluten free snacks can all be found for sale at the spa this season. For a quick snack or to top off a salad try the kale crisps; dried kale, raisons, pumpkin seeds, and spices. Flax seed tortillas, gluten free bread, organic almond butter, Chia, mojote and amaranth cookies, and garbanzo bean tofu round out the offerings. You’ll also find a very refreshing aloe drink, sweetened with a dash of Stevia and made with alkalized water. As you can image the shelf-life is limited on these all natural products. Stop by the spa and see what’s available that day or to place an order.
