This week the Fall Festival of music continues with some amazing musical performances, including Armando Manzanero and Sergio Esquivel. There are also some suitably spooky films and some great markets for gift shopping…

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News of the Yucatan this week includes Hanal Pixan, Tony Bennett, Frommer’s 2012 List of Top Destinations, where to shop on a Saturday and bus tips between Merida and Cancun…

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Here’s a little about Day of the Dead, its origins and how it is celebrated, including a recipe for Day of the Dead tamales and some background and insight into this wonderful celebration…

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US Consulate warning about possible impending Hurricane Rina.

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This week, the Otoño (Autumn) Festival gets into full swing, with enough musical events to fill every night and day, especially choral groups from around the world… and mostly free! Also prepare for wonderful exhibits for Día de Los Muertos, and a bunch of scary films…

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This week, in celebration of our newest web family member, YoListo.com, we have news all about what expatriates are doing around the Yucatan Peninsula…

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Yucatan Living and Yucatan Expatriate Services are proud to announce that YoListo.com is joining the family!

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Debi Kuhn has been blogging since 2007 about moving to, adapting to and living in Merida. She’s retired and loving it… and happy to tell you what life is like when you don’t have to work all day.

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Growing fruits and especially vegetables in the unique Yucatan climate is not what we norteamericanos are used to. Robert Kimsey has created a unique and successful system, and now he’s sharing it…

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This week, more spoooky movies leading up to Day of the Dead, a documentary about sharks, more international short films, an art opening at the City Museum, CATS musical theater and the beginning of the Otoño Festival of the Arts… oh, and Ricky Martin in concert!

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This week, a new website by UADY, a chance to become a Charter Member of the Valladolid English Library, fashion designers in Hunucma, Migrant Poets on the US-Mexico border and a Tale of Two Cities…

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Every local expatriate we know loves their local Merida dentist. Here is an updated account of dentistry in Merida, some clues as to why it is so good, what to expect from a dentist here, and the curious connection between dentistry and traditional Yucatecan clothing…

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Bioprotección has been in the pest control and prevention business for 20 years. Their vast experience and committed professionalism set them apart from their competition in Merida…

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It is easier to buy a car here sometimes than import one. Here are some tips from regular contributor, Dr. Steven Fry, on how and where to look for a used car in Merida, and what to check for once you find one you like…

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This week, the Paseo de Montejo underpass opened to traffic, conversational Maya courses are available online through UADY, news about tech support in the parks and the price of gasoline in Yucatan, and an update on the French sailing competition that ends in Progreso in April…

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This week, some spooky movies, an art opening at the Olimpo, RAW Wrestling comes to Merida in a big way, a number of interesting films, and quite a few dance and musical performances, including two performances by the Yucatan Symphony Orchestra…

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Healthy fast food near Parque Santa Ana

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Artists create art, but it is the collectors who support them that allow them to flourish in their craft. Here we profile a local and prolific collector of Mexican art, Paul Ziegler, and focus on his vast collection of Mexican pottery…

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This week learn about keeping your tinaco clean, about one family’s experience with wind power, rattlesnakes near Oxkutzcab, an Eco Children’s conference and a Mayan ceremony of Thanks…

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This week, some fabulous modern dance performances, the Yucatan Symphony Orchestra brings us a romantic program and if you’re lucky, you can catch a tribute to the man once known as the Spanish Elvis…

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