Plant-based cooking classes were essentially non-existent at Lakeside when Greg Laviolette and his partner Eddy Espindola arrived from Canada in December 2014.

Base criminality? Poetic justice? Whichever way you might lean, it’s safe to assume that the mitered grandees of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara are none too pleased by a recent spate of stealth thefts by brazen (one assumes) and  less-than-faithful parishioners. 

At first it seemed like butterflies might end up outnumbering human spectators at the recent Sunday concert celebrating International Jazz Day.  

For Karin Miles, her Buddhist practice is first and foremost all about meditation. At the same time, she admits that being a Buddhist is more than just sitting in contemplation.

In a quirky historical twist, two celebratory days in the first week of May (Dia del Trabajo and Cinco de Mayo) had their origins in the United States and Mexico respectively, but are today more widely observed in the other country.

As if scorching temperatures weren’t enough, it’s also time to confront man’s greatest challenger for control of the Earth – the cockroach.