Vote for your favorite in the Reader’s Choice poll for Best Real Estate Agency in Yucatan 2008!

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Sometimes we wish we could take it all in…. all the different kinds of music. This week, reggae, ska, opera, pop, classical, jazz… it’s enough to make your head spin…

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The Working Gringos are often too tired to go out late at night. Luckily, Sid and Emily Heilbrun don’t have that problem when they are visiting Merida, and they made a fabulous late night discovery on Paseo de Montejo…

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This week, Mexico reported it’s tourism numbers and they sure look good. Yucatecan children are winning in sports, getting additional oversight when using the internet and we have a bunch of new websites to tell you about…

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Everyone knows that Mexico is famous for its tequila. And while not much tequila is produced here in the Yucatán, the area is known for producing beer, rum and a local liqueur, Xtabentun. If you live in Mérida, you can visit and, more importantly, sample the products of one of the [...]

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This week in Merida, the Yucatones play live again, and so do a lot of singers and other bands. And there are some great movies to catch in various venues around the city.

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In the Yucatan this week, San Felipe gears up for more tourists, Yucatan children learn more about taking out the trash and biofuels come to the Yucatan Peninsula. Hurricane season is coming, and there will be some names they will never use again…

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Sometimes a work of art is beautiful. Sometimes a work of art is controversial and thought-provoking. In a rare moment, it can be both. The MACAY 2008 Sculpture Exhibit on Paseo de Montejo has a lot of controvery, and some beauty… but it’s all art, every step of the way.

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This week, opera comes town in the form of La Traviata! If past operas performed here are any clue, this will be great! Also, the Spring Book Fair, Prayers for Peace on Sunday, music and dancing and much more….como siempre!

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Phillip is part of a small but growing number of under-30-somethings moving to Mexico (and the Yucatan) for the adventure and the challenge. Like most of us, Phillip has found more than he expected…

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This week, we talk about the price of gas in Mexico, Trotter’s new wine label, new ways of organizing schools in the state of Yucatan and the history of the Lebanese in Yucatan…

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This week has one of the most important days of the year: Mother’s Day! Also, some fascinating foreign films at the Olimpo and some great music at Jazzin’ Merida all week… a perfect time to check it out, because the Symphony is off this week.

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News in the Yucatan this week ranges from how to prevent fires (yes, we do have them here) to information about Yucatecans of Korean heritage, and local women who raise tropical plants for sale. Also, a town hall meeting in Progreso about hurricanes…

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We don’t like to think about it, but the truth is we’re going to die. And some of us might die far from home. Read ‘The Final Adios’, prepared by local expats, to be sure that you are prepared…

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