http://www.yucatanliving.com For on the ground, up to the minute, up close and personal, hot and humid information about Merida and the Yucatan Thu, 08 May 2008 20:47:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Cinco de Mayo, Día de la Madre and a Note about the Symphony First of all... there will be no Symphony Orchestra Performance this week. The Symphony will ... http://www.yucatanliving.com/events/merida-events-mothers-day-yucatones.htm Notice: U.S. Citizens' Town Hall Meeting The American Citizen Services Department of the U.S. Consulate in Merida will be holding a Town Hall Meeting on Thursday, May 8, 2008, at 10:00 AM at the Palacio de Gobierno (Governors Palace) in Progreso, Yucatan. With hurricane season on the horizon, ... http://www.yucatanliving.com/news/yucatan-news-flowers-fire-koreans.htm We're lucky enough to be good friends with two of the three women who did the research for a new brochure about preparing for your death in a foreign country. Lorna Gail Dallin was the manager of the Merida English Library when we first moved here, and our neighbor at ... http://www.yucatanliving.com/yucatan-survivor/death-in-a-foreign-country.htm Cinco de Mayo This Wednesday is the official Children's Day, which is not an official holiday and everything should still be open. International Worker's Day is May 1 and ... http://www.yucatanliving.com/events/merida-events-may-day-childrens-day.htm Mahahual Update This week, we heard from Caroline Van Santfoord, one of the owners of Maya Luna Hotel & Restaurant in Mahahual. Caroline has sent us an update on all that has taken place in Mahahual in the past 8 months (since Hurricane Dean). According to ... http://www.yucatanliving.com/news/yucatan-news-mahajual-planting-trees.htm