“To this world so beautiful that I long to stay forever.”

Michelle Merritt’s life has had its share of storybook chapters. Perhaps one of the best integrated Americans in Mexico, she was brought here at the age of six by her mother and father, a petroleum engineer with Pemex.

Employees of Japan’s Yamaha Corporation came specifically to Jalisco to talk with musicians here, including members of the famed Vargas de Tecalitlan band, regarding exactly what sound they require of a trumpet.

The first harvest of wine grapes in Jalisco has been achieved by a company from Sonora.

With the approval of the Ley de Fomento a la Industria Vitivicola, Mexico’s wine industry is expected to receive a significant boost.

As an expat living at Lakeside, Lia Krantz has found her niche, cooking up tasty Asian food and selling her popular products at various lakeside markets. Ironically, as one of four kids in her family growing up in Jakarta, Indonesia, she was the only family member who wasn’t into cooking.