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. 

With eight furry charges, including one chihuahua on her lap, Guadalajara resident Jacqui Vaca flew from Guadalajara to Tacoma, Washington last month.

Demanding justice, demonstrators marked the sixth anniversary of the disappearance of 43 students in Mexico’s Guerrero state with a march in rainy, central Guadalajara Saturday, September 26.