Letter from the Editor – November 2008
Welcome to Another Day in Paradise. They say we are living in exponential times and that’s true in ecology as well as technology, in the natural world as well as in the virtual world. But it’s the virtual world, the digital world, that’s really got my head spinning lately. The digital world (the one through...
Letter from the Editor – April 2008
Welcome to Another Day in Paradise and welcome to our first ever Eco issue. Everyone is going green, it seems protecting the environment has finally caught on. Two summers ago in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, I attended a series of seminars in Houston, Texas, on global warming and especially its effects on water,...
Letter from the Editor – March 2008
Welcome to Another Day in Paradise. Around here, we tend to shamelessly gush, exude, ooze optimism and positivity about our little piece of paradise. We go on and on, and really it’s not all pep talks and daily affirmations a la Stuart Smalley: I am smart enough, I am good enough, and gosh darn...
Letter from the Editor – February 2008
Welcome to Another Day in Paradise. Panache: flamboyant confidence of style or manner; a tuft or plume of feathers, especially as a headdress or on a helmet. Parade: a public procession; a boastful or ostentatious display. Paradise: heaven, the ultimate reward of the righteous; an ideal or idyllic place or state; the elusive goal of...
Letter from the Editor – January 2008
Welcome to Another Day in Paradise. It is officially the year two thousand and eight – hard to believe! They say this year will be full of big change. They are predicting catastrophic celebrity break-ups, unpredictable climate fluctuation, political, financial, and spiritual discontent, north, south, east and west of us…and oh yeah, the...
Letter from the Editor – December 2007
Welcome to Another Day in Paradise. Optimism, is it a decision, a delusion, or a force of nature? When the mirage that shimmers just out of reach, that unique special thing that you want above all, one day all-of-a-sudden, careens sharply into focus and within your grasp…it makes you...
Review, Intercultural Communication: A Practical Guide
Intercultural Communication: A Practical Guide By Tracy Novinger Do you often find yourself frustrated or confused in your business or social interactions in Mexico? Do you feel like your simple, reasonable or logical requests are often met with incomprehension, disdain or indifference? Do you sometimes find yourself in situations that are inexplicable, flabbergasting or...
Letter from the Editor – November 2007
Welcome to November and the beginning of our 2007-2008 season. When life is good, it is important to stop and notice. It’s November, so that means we just got back from a nice long vacation, hope you did too! And hope you filled your vacation with rest, relaxation, and inspiration (or you’ve come here to...
Morelia Film Festival 2007
The 5th Annual Morelia Film Festival was held October 5 – 14, 2007, in Michoacan’s picturesque capital city. Just four hours north of Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo and well worth the trip, this film festival just gets better every year. Well on its way to becoming a truly important event for international cinema, I highly recommend attending....
Letter from the Editor – April 2007
Welcome to Another Day in Paradise. As the final notes of the Fourth Annual Zihuatanejo International Guitar Festival waft plaintively away for one more year, and the rumble of Semana Santa looms upon the horizon…We realize it’s April and once again we have come to the end of another season. Even after 8...
Letter from the Editor – March 2007
Welcome to Another Day in Paradise and welcome to March 2007, our 50th edition. In honor of 50 consecutive, dogged and determined attempts to capture, encapsulate, commemorate this unique and delightful place we call paradise…We open this 50th edition with a list of our 50 Favorite Things about Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo. If you have 50 favorite...
4th Annual Guitar Festival announces lineup
4th Annual Zihuatanejo International Guitar Festival March 11 – 18, 2007 Announces line-up of Musicians With funds generated from past festivals, ZI-Guitar Fest AC, the governing body of the Zihuatanejo International Guitar Festival was able to buy instruments, textbooks, furniture and pay the annual rent for a school building in central Zihuatanejo for the EMEC....