EL OJO DEL LAGO—Happy 30th Birthday!   We are greatly pleased to announce that with our September issue, our magazine turned its 30th birthday. It was way back in 1983 that Richard Tingen, along with June and Cody Summers, established an in-house publication for Chapala Realty that only showcased real estate ads.  Later, the Ojo […]

Welcome to Mexico!By Victoria Schmidt Answering My Door   It is early evening, and the doorbell rings. Thinking it is our dog walker, I leash up the dogs and walk them to the garage door. I open the door, but it wasn’t him. Instead a young man stood there, and asked for me by name.

When The Fish Fight Back By Kelly Hayes-Raitt   Ko Tao is one of those idyllic islands off the southeast coast of Thailand that boasts hillsides so lush, beaches so powdery and scuba diving so magical that it’s almost a travel brochure cliché.  What the brochures conveniently fail to mention is how unwelcoming the natives

The Distribution Of Wealth In Mexico By Bill Dean   The Distribution of Wealth in Mexico is a relatively obscure essay published in 1940. Its author, Federico Bach, was a Mexican economist and lecturer. He has been described as a known Marxist who at one time was expelled from Mexico as a “Communist agitator.” That

LAKESIDE LIVING Sandy Olson Phone: 331-283-8529 376-766-3035 Email: sandyzihua@hotmail.com October 2013 PAST EVENTS The Naked Stage The Naked Stage September production, Here on the Flight Path by Norm Foster, was performed on September 27, 28 and 29.   From left to right: Director Michael Warren, Kat Tetrault, Candace Luciano, Peter Luciano, Joan Cook, and Dick

OUR LITERARY AWARDS—CIRCA 2013   THE 19TH  OJO AWARDS LUNCHEON With Ed Tasca, John Ward, Mark Sconce, Diana Rowland and Roberto Ortiz providing the super entertainment, the latest luncheon—which drew well over a hundred people—was one of our best ever. To our winners—heartiest congratulations, and to the other nominees, we send along our thanks, and say to them: Wait’ll

The Importance of Messiness       Life is messy, of course. No neat corners and predictable conclusions despite our good efforts clear results have a way of slipping through our hands, soapy eels. Thinking now, I see ahead clear lakes and blue skies, but when I draw closer the water is muddied the sky

Coming Home! By Tom Eck   A splinter of daybreak morphed the formless images in the marina below. I sat there on my veranda, thinking about those languishing vessels- both grand and humble- as they nodded to me ever so slightly, acknowledging the fate of their owners’ inattention. The Puerto Vallarta Marina is a charming

Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson   When we are in Canada during the summer, Herself and I often play at the Aurora Bridge Club in the town of the same name just north of Toronto.  The diagrammed hand came our way there in a duplicate game. East passed in first seat and I

Letter’s to the Editor   Dear Sir,David Pisarra’s guest editorial in the September issue is good. He has made points that are important for immigration anywhere. One, however, was a mixed bag. He said, “We all benefit from the influx of new blood and ideas, and I can’t think of a single time that the current