This week, we have three beautiful young but trained and spayed dogs looking for homes… and a cat! A black cat, perfect for the Halloween season. Won’t you adopt a pet today?

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From tortilla coffee to habaneros, and from bloggers to Banamex, this week’s Yucatan news covers the gamut…oh, and we’re all preparing for Day of the Dead!

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This week, the annual Festival of the Arts kicks off with music and dance, singing performances from Merida’s City Choir and so much more…

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This week’s news covers red fruit with fur, seatbelt laws, hostel and hotel regulations and a Merida miracle…

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Many of our readers ask us about driving with dogs into and through Mexico. Here is an account from a couple that did just that earlier this year…

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The Bolshoi Ballet, masterful Tango, the Symphony AND the Yucatones this week… Merida is getting busy!

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This week, there’s an adorable beagle up for adoption. Hula is already housebroken and past the annoying puppy stage…. perfect for the right family!

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The U.S. Consulate has issued a message concerning Hurricane Paula, now threatening the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula…

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This week’s news include equine therapy, possible Shakira events, ladies in high places and more chances to breathe on the way to Progreso…

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This week leading into the winter season seems to be all about music… voices, violins and guitars. You can get it all in Merida!

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Originally restored by Salvador Reyes Rios, Casa del Panadero combines all the comforts of a modern home with all the charming characteristics of a Merida colonial home…

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Lately, we have been getting a number of requests for information about the safety of traveling to and within Mexico. We invited Dorothy and Bill Bell to give us the benefit of their experience…

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The Progreso Dog Walk and Costume Contest, Pinky needs a home, what to do if you see a mistreated animal, and other news about our four-legged friends…

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To really understand both the innate beauty you can find in an old colonial in Yucatan, and the effort and vision it takes to rescue one, we’ve decided to show you something different…

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When visitors ask us where they can find the heart of the expat community in Merida, we tell them it’s the Merida English Language Library, of course!

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In this week’s news: rap, laptops, Evolution, Bicentennial Photos, Jim Conrad’s Naturalist Newsletter, Disabled Persons take charge, Rocky the Dog and more…

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This week you’ll find Four Centimeters of Silence, fiestas honoring Saint Francis, the 10th International Festival of Choirs, Taboo Jazz with Mauricio Bonfiglio, films by John Waters and Roman Polanski, and don’t miss the Little Mexican Cooking School…

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