6th Annual Festival Mexicano July 13-15, 2012 Hosted by the Mexican Canadian Community Association of Victoria, B.C. Get ready for Victoria's biggest fiesta of the year! The event starts off with a Mexican Show featuring the Los Dorados Mariachi band at 6 p.m. Friday, July 13th. Bring your … [Read more...]
Angels Amongst Us by Michael Osias
June 25, 2012 by
Sunday mass was in session. Heavenly music and song filled the air. My Catholic background beckoning me to attend or at least look in. I made the sign of the cross and moved on. Every evening she is in the jardin, the town square. She always has a beautiful smile for everyone. I have passed her … [Read more...]
WILD IN THE NIGHT by JOHN SCHERBER: A WRITER in MEXICO
June 23, 2012 by
I live near a five street intersection on a hillside in San Miguel de Allende. Straight ahead, from my second floor open-air office, I can see all the way to the mountains near Guanajuato. In the afternoon, sunlight glints off the water at the reservoir. High above me the Caracol snakes past on its … [Read more...]
Living in Jalisco by Harriet Cochran Murray
June 23, 2012 by
Jalisco is the seventh largest state in Mexico, accounting for 4.1% of the country’s territory. It has 342km of ocean coastline and borders 7 states. (Nayarit, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, San Luis Potosí, Guanajuato, Colima and Michoacán.) Jalisco is diverse terrain which includes forests, beaches, … [Read more...]
Tepoztlan, Morelos Has it All – Part 1 by Julia C. Taylor ©
June 14, 2012 by
Tepoztlan, Morelos Has it All: A Street Market, Food Market, the Zocalo, and a 16th Century Church. Tepoztlan also has a feeling of extra magic. It is home to a mountaintop pyramid, UFO sightings, one of Mexico’s best midwives, and clairvoyants. Spanish speakers or not, experienced travelers or … [Read more...]
Living in Mexico – Some Differences in Costs by John Scherber: A Writer in Mexico
June 13, 2012 by
LIVING IN MEXICO: SOME DIFFERENCES IN COSTS I read in a magazine this morning that many people are not going to receive enough from their 401K account to retire comfortably. Social security faces solvency problems down the road. It started me thinking about how much cheaper it is to live in México. … [Read more...]
Dia de los Locos (Parade of Crazies), June 17, 2012, San Miguel de Allende
June 11, 2012 by
Of the many worries facing a typical American or Canadian living in Mexico, in my experience there is one worry that appears frequently and most often rises head and shoulders above all the rest. I think you all know what I am referring to. I’m speaking, of course, about the little matter of … [Read more...]
Counter Cultures visits Santa Clara del Cobre, Michoacan by Katherine Fisher
June 8, 2012 by
Last month Flirt (my dog) and I made our first trip into Santa Clara del Cobre, Michocan. When I say I went into Santa Clara I went into a dusty, hot fire filled factory. My ears were filled with a constant ringing from over a dozen men hammering out copper by hand. In the center of the workshop a … [Read more...]
FULFILLMENT HAS A MEXICAN ADDRESS by John Scherber, Author, San Miguel
June 7, 2012 by
Some people take stock of their lives after a long career in business. Perhaps it was law or health care. What worked? What didn’t? Others have a bucket list. If it’s not in their wallet, it might be in the back of their mind. Go to Machu Pichu, check. Go on safari, check. Set a world record … [Read more...]
When Being a Stranger is Not So Strange by Mark Saunders
June 7, 2012 by
I’m a stranger in a strange land. I shouldn’t be but I am. I was born in Oakland, California, as a birth-certificate-carrying member of the Baby Boomer generation and now find myself living in the middle of Mexico, where initially I didn’t know a soul and could barely speak the … [Read more...]
