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...
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...
Letter from the Editor – February 2007
Welcome to Another Day in Paradise. Ahhh February…Not only the month of love, but the month of Mardi Gras and Carnaval. And traditionally that means a time of fun frivolous excess, a time to eat all the meat before the fast of Lent. “A man hath no better thing under the sun than to eat,...
Letter from the Editor – January 2007
Welcome to Another Day in Paradise. It’s January and if you are not feeling like that proverbial snowball barreling downhill—just wait a moment you will be. But we’re in the tropics, so maybe we shouldn’t use snowball or even skiers out-running avalanches, analogies. Let’s think surfing. Imagine a tiny dot of...
Letter from the Editor – December 2006
Welcome to Another Day in Paradise. As we come to the end of 2006, we are reflecting on beginnings as well as endings. This month we look at the Mayans, an advanced civilization of people who were contemplating the stars when most other societies were still digging in the dirt. We feature the...
Letter from the Editor – November 2006
Welcome to Another Day in Paradise. And welcome to just the beginning…as we kick off our eighth season here in Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo. Today is the first day of the rest of your life, so the saying goes. That can be either an exciting or a scary proposition. It all depends on the state of your...
April 2006 / 45
Letter from the Editor “With a wave she walks out the door*…” Welcome to another day in paradise. Welcome to issue 45, the sixth issue of our seventh season and the final issue of 2005 – 2006. Ars Gratia Artis- Art for Art’s sake. So they’re always saying, but what I want to know is...
March 2006 / 44
Letter from the Editor “Mixing pop and politics he asks me what the use is / I offer him embarrassment and my usual excuses…” (1) Does art imitates life or does life imitate art? The age-old question becomes ever more poingnant when rock stars get nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and the Academy Awards...
February 2006 / 43
Letter from the Editor The times they are a changin’ It’s true. Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo is experiencing some unprecedented growth of late. I’d wager we have seen more growth in the last five to ten years than in the 30 previous ones. The entire dynamic of the place is changing, that’s what I am hearing from all...
January 2006 / 42
Letter from the Editor Welcome to Another Day in Paradise and welcome to the year 2006 AD. Ready or not here comes the dog. It’s January and off we go, lumbering into another new year. 2005 went out like a light. I wasn’t actually ready for it and found myself fumbling for the...
December 2005 / 41
Letter from the Editor Welcome to the big month of December and Welcome to Another Day in Paradise. Intrepid travelers, we arrive here from all corners. By plane, by bus, by car, we make this pilgrim’s journey every year. Braving long roads and long layovers and the more than occasional exorbitant fare,...
