The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Many Americans will probably agree that, politically speaking, 2017 was not a great year. It started with fallout from the 2016 presidential election and went downhill from there.
If you’ve attended Open Circle on Sunday mornings at Lake Chapala Society and are used to getting your morning coffee or tea in Styrofoam cups, you will no longer have that option.
2017 was an extraordinary year in many ways, with news dominated by the exploits of an incumbent in the White House the likes of whom Americans had never seen before.
What would Christmas be for most of us without the colorful touch of poinsettias, a feast centered around a juicy bird roasted to golden perfection and delighted indulgence in mouth-watering chocolate treats? All three of these holiday favorites, valued as treasures of Mexico’s natural bounty since pre-Hispanic times, are gifts that the country has since bestowed on the world.
Strolling down Calle Colón, Ajijic’s bustling street that winds down to the malecon, it’s easy to spot a large, new mural covering a portion of the wall at the corner of 16 de Septiembre.
Working full-time in her Chapala studio, Deborah Kruger is inspired to create art that addresses the worldwide problem of habitat destruction and the ensuing domino effect on birds, especially species extinction.
Upon an examination of Guadalajara’s newly minted “COME, Gastronomic Corridor” undertaken on three separate occasions, that sobriquet – applied by Mayor Enrique Alfaro and a consortium of local business owners to a stretch of Avenida Mexico sandwiched between two giant roundabouts – seems like a linguistic swindle, a coat of paint perfunctorily applied to a brothel outhouse.
