Interest in the U.S. election among Mexicans has been soaring, if a sampling of recent comments, some unsolicited, from mostly well educated Tapatios in a range of professions is any indication.

Flagship domestic carrier Aeroméxico will ramp up flights to various international destinations in November, as well as resume several routes from Mexico, including Costa Rica and Peru.

Death has many faces, but in Mexico none is more identifiable than La Calavera Catrina. Immortalized more than a century ago by Jose Guadalupe Posdada, the elegant skeleton with the broad grin and the fancy feathered hat has come to personify the irreverent side of November 2, Day of the Dead festivities.

Lake Chapala area residents might already be acquainted with Old Blue, a 1969 VW Combi often seen cruising the cobbled streets of Ajijic.

Guadalajara’s cantinas have been on a rollercoaster for the past six months since the coronavirus pandemic broke out.

It’s a treat interviewing interviewers, maybe because they seem to have a nose for what will be interesting. At least that’s how it was with Ajijic-based radio host Patrick O’Heffernan, who only moved from Los Angeles to Mexico in 2019 and has been continuing his interview show here—“Music Sin Fronteras”—from lakeside’s Calle Constitucion.