Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan DominguezIT’S A FAT, FAT, FAT, FAT WORLD In 1963, producer-director Stanley Kramer made a movie called It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, which was a bad, bad, bad movie, a pastiche of soggy sight-gags which featured several AARP personalities, including Mickey Rooney, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman, Milton Berle, Andy
Editor’s Page – September 2010 Read More »
Lakeside LivingBy Kay Davis Phone: (376) 766-4774or 765-3676 to leave messages Email: kdavis987@gmail.com September 2010 The culinary arts society of Ajijic, known as CASA, featured poultry dishes and cheesecakes at their August meeting. At each monthly event, members present in two different categories; then each dish is judged based on taste and presentation. Members then
Lakeside Living – September 2010 Read More »
Lakeside LivingBy Kay Davis Phone: (376) 766-4774or 765-3676 to leave messages Email: kdavis987@gmail.com October 2010 PAST EVENTS: Did you know that Leonardo da Vinci wrote fiction? Ten fable ideas sketched out in da Vinci’s notebooks have been composed by Lakeside author Ed Tasca into stories of interest to all age groups. In the traditional fable format, they deal with
Lakeside Living – October 2010 Read More »
APPOMATTOX– The Last Act of the Age of Chivalry By David Harper Most Americans are aware that the surrender of General Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865 effectively brought to an end the Civil War. However over the years some facts are forgotten and things may be remembered wrongly.
APPOMATTOX– The Last Act of the Age of Chivalry – Ocotber 2010 Read More »
Angelica Aguilar Hernandez Submitted by Ruth Burns Angelica is one of the success stories for Los Niños de Chapala y Ajijic A.C. She has graduated from Tech College and is presently attending Business College. Doug and Nancy Friend moved to the Lakeside community a little more than three years ago from Montreal, Canada. They
Angelica Aguilar Hernandez – Ocotober 2010 Read More »
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES By Scott Richards With the sound of distant thunder the heavy iron door’s lock sang home, solid, indestructible, permanent. The echoing clang resonated for what seemed like hours deep within his psyche, as his eyes slowly grew accustomed to the cave-like confines of the jail. This was the pit, the end. Men
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES – October 2010 Read More »
Glitter Gulch By Margie Harrell Over the years, many catch-names have been given to the town I now call home. Of them all, Sin City seems to be the one that has stuck. My favorite has always been “Lost Wages” which seems to say it all. As the city grows by leaps and bounds,
Glitter Gulch – October 2010 Read More »
Born To Be Served? By Bernie Suttle As Elizabeth Regina II and her younger sister Princes Margaret grew from birth through childhood into adulthood they never returned a cup, plate, glass, or any cutlery to the kitchen. Nor did they ever make a meal, put away their clothes, do a wash, rinse something out
Born To Be Served? – October 2010 Read More »
AS THE TACO TURNS(And takes the world with it) By Beth Berube Come on Baby, Light My Fire The word Mexico is derived from an ancient Mayan word meaning “all night celebration using explosives.” I happen to be a foreigner who loves Mexican firework festivals. There is a wonderful shindig each year in the
AS THE TACO TURNS (And takes the world with it) – October 2010 Read More »
MAX BIRD—My Life Translated by Janice Kimball Robbed from our poacher for just a few pesos, we were in shock. My siblings and I had not even had a chance to utter a single squawk. Incarcerated in a strange man’s back seat, that reeked of havoc, along with a multitude of other feathered creatures
MAX BIRD—My Life – October 2010 Read More »
