SINATRA 101: Still going strong! By Carole and Terry Baker A big Thank You to the Lake Chapala community for continuing to contribute to the Jaltepec Centro Educativo which grants a Technical Degree in Hoteleria to young Mexican women. These fund raising dinners and events benefit all the students and are separate from […]
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Where Beauty Resides By Del Wolsey When younger we sometimes played a game where the challenge would be, for example, counting how many red cars you could see for a given period of time. Of course, it seemed like the “gods” were there sending red cars our way – or not. We in fact
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Love At Lakeside—Part 2 By Sandy Olson This One’s for the Ladies Our single woman up north is independent-thinking; she’s just sold her house, and is tired of babysitting her grandchildren. She’s ready for something new. Someone told her that if she wanted adventure and maybe a romance she’d be better off going to
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ANGKOR BAN, CAMBODIA—Where the Cow is the Bank Account! By Karen Spencer In our world, when we are financially comfortable, we might buy a Cadillac or install a pool. In Angkor Ban, Cambodia, a village whose wooden houses on stilts and the lifestyle of its inhabitants harkens back a thousand years, a cow is
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When Did Water Become a Department? By Daria Hilton Word Morrigan must have seen the phrase “water department” close to half of a million times in her ten years as a meter reader for the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. She never thought much about it. Without provocation, the question bubbled up one night
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Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez CELSITO—A Prince Amongst Paupers—An Immigration Story of Sorts— Many, many years ago (and seemingly in another lifetime!), two friends of mine in Los Angeles were thinking of buying some property in Ensenada. My wife and I would occasionally accompany the married couple down on weekends to scout out
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LOVE AT LAKESIDE—Part 1 By Sandy Olson A Guide for the Single Guy This isn’t a treatise for the veteran of a thousand romantic campaigns, who’s left fingerprints on most of the beautiful Lakeside ladies. Rather, it’s for the new man on the scene, either a new arrival, or one who’s no longer in
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Forgotten Letters The top of a dusty trunk slowly opens, its rusty hinges creek. The smell of old, once crisp new paper, a clear watermark, frail pages barely stand. The onslaught of time, sepia, tired and worn, the years taken their toll. Envelopes, once tied in rubber bands, brittle and broken, crumbled, with age.
Imprints By Antonio Ramblés antonio.rambles@yahoo.com Barcelona Beckons I might never have seen Barcelona had a cruise to Rome not begun there, and that would have been a travel tragedy. Barcelona is not only a different flavor of Spain and a distinctive take on Europe, but a feast of sights, sounds, and tastes that will
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