by Catherine Krantz
Aikeke Rose, director of the EMEC music school, local musician, and music professor at the Tecnologica de la Costa Grande (Zihuatanejo’s technical college), has released a new CD of Instrumental ballads called, Jahsvibes Series #1, and like all of his endeavors it is focused on promoting his passion, the EMEC. The [...]
By Lorenzo Marbut
With the world economy in tatters, Sailfest raised a remarkable 654,320 pesos for its Mexican non-profit, Por Los Niños de Zihuatanejo, A.C. Por Los Niños will continue to work in partnership with the City of Zihuatanejo and Rotary International to provide educational opportunities for disadvantaged children in Zihua and surrounding communities.
Zihua’s finest [...]
Mother Nature, My Nature by Owen Lee
Book Review by Douglas Beach
The image on the cover of Owen Lee’s new book, a drawing of early man—let’s call him Homo erectus—is removing a mask from his face that is a caricature of the author. What are readers to make of this?
One might ask what sparks Lee’s interest [...]
by Nancy Seeley Photos by Nadine Markova
Acapulco! Some people love it, some people hate it, but everybody’s heard about it. Once the glamour capital of Mexico, its reputation has faded somewhat with the passage of time, but heading there shows you — on a much grander scale — what COULD happen if [...]
By Ed Kunze
There are many ways to catch blue water game fish without having the deckhand or captain setting the hook for you. For instance, when you get a strike by a sailfish on the trolled baits, the usual practice is for the deckhand or captain to grab the rod, free spool the line for [...]
By Lisa Sheppard Photos by Ian Gordon Sheppard
Organic food is not for the rich or ultra hip foodie.
It has broken out from its place among mung beans, goat milk yogurt, and ultra bran granola on the shelves of left-wing alternative markets. Some organic buyers wear Manolos while they drink lattes in trendy coffee bars or [...]
By Matthieu Pichenot Translated by Sierra May Bishop
Photos courtesy of Casa Madero
It is not a mirage!
After having crossed a long desert there appears a miraculous oasis. In this valley of fertile land crystalline springs abound. The Parras valley is a verdant space in which one forgets that they are surrounded by the semi-desert [...]
