Articles 2018

Welcome to Mexico! By Victoria Schmidt Vecinos   Our vecinos, neighbors, are our amigos. We’ve lived in this neighborhood for seven years. We have experienced all aspects of our lives together. The first neighbor we got to know was a mesero, waiter, going to school and supporting his wife and his four children, the youngest […]

A WORLD THAT WORKS—For Everybody (A talk delivered at Ajijic Women’s March 2018) By Susa Silvermarie   On January 21 last year, women of all ages and walks of life took to the streets, five million strong on all seven continents. Today marks a continuation of the work of changing the world—each of us one

LAKESIDE LIVING Sandy Olson Phone: 331-283-8529 Email: sandyzihua@hotmail.com May 2018     The May Cultural Festival in Guadalajara this year has the participation of artists from France, Quebec, Germany, Mexico and Poland, and is offering from May 4 to 25 a total of 43 activities in more than 15 locations in the Metropolitan Area of

We All Get Old In The End Courtesy of Christy Wiseman   * I changed my car horn to gunshot sounds. People get out of the way much faster now. * Gone are the days when girls used to cook like their mothers. Now they drink like their fathers.  * You know that tingly little feeling

What A Dog Really Is! By George Leonard Herter   The Most Unselfish Living Creature Is Your Dog. If you are in danger, your dog needs only to hear your cry for help, and he will come to your aid without fear of losing his own life. The Most Patient Creature In The World Is

When The Magic Goes… By Anonymous   After a few hours of fitful sleep, he woke up one sultry Saturday morning in July, in a fetal position, trembling and shivering. He didn’t want to live any more. He had been drinking until two in the morning, before passing out on the carpet of his study

Front Row Center By Michael Warren Season 54 at LLT   The upcoming Season 54 promises to be entertaining and thought-provoking. First up is Clever Little Lies, directed by Collette Clavadescher, a comedy by Joe DiPietro which opens on September 14. This play was recently read at Naked Stage, so some attendees will know the

—Wayne Palfrey—   Back in 1974, John Goodridge and Richard Tingen, worried about their children’s education at the time, decided to go to private bilingual schools in Guadalajara. Oak Hill School agreed to come to Chapala, sending Wayne Palfrey as principal and school manager. With financial help and volunteer parents, the school opened its doors

You Can Take The Girl Out Of Mexico But… By Margie Harrell   The tears came the minute we started to load up the car for my return trip to the U.S. after living at Lakeside for over three years. This is silly, I thought but flow they did, for the next four days. My

FORCED LANDING – Part One By Day Dobbert   My two-seater Cessna, chartered through Aeortaxis de Baja de California, was late coming in from Cabo, later still leaving Ensenada for the Mexican Island of Cedros, 267 miles south off the Pacific coast of Baja. The plane’s cargo of fish first had to be offloaded, then