While many of us are unwinding from Christmas and New Year’s festivities, little nippers in Mexico are all charged up for another dose of holiday cheer with the January 6 celebration of Dia de Reyes (Three Kings Day).

What began for Dana Douin as a singer in a 1950s and 60s rock ‘n roll band in Maine, grew into live impersonation acts in Las Vegas.

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.