Volume 4 - Issue 26
March 2003
Hello again,
It's March and amazing how those months just keep on coming. Time stops
for. (no one in particular.)
Well anyway, time's a wasting and it's April any day now.
This month, for your reading pleasure, we have:
Mexican History-we finish up our Streets of Zihuatanejo series, with
the stories of the women and artists Zihuatanejo honors with street
names. and well, that pretty much sets the theme for the whole issue,
art and beauty! (and a little business and a little bragging and a little
traveling and a little dancing.) Fishing-our fishing captains are World
Ranking, Beauty-a trip to Lavender and Roses Day Spa for some much needed
rest and relaxation, Architecture-a stop in Troncones to see some beautiful
homes on the Troncones Parade of Homes Tour organized by Barbara Lindlan
to benefit the Troncones Library, Business-we bring back our business
section with a thoughtful look at the state of Ixtapa tourism today,
Art-we continue our season-long Frida obsession by talking about Frida
& Diego's marriage and we go in search of Women and Goddesses and
find them right here in Zihuatanejo, Music-I break away from the computer
long enough to take the night off and go "hear"/ "here" some music and
encourage you to do the same, Z-Scene covers the social scene and community
beat, and for Travel-we go back to Michoacan for an overview of all
that is available in Uruapan, Morelia and Patzcuro, the newest additions
to the ADIP circle, and with so many things to do up there you can see
why!
And well that's a wrap, so off we go to the printer!
Enjoy,
see you next time,
Catherine
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The Streets of Zihuatanejo Part II
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This study is concerned with the origin of the downtown (el centro) and La Madera streets of Zihuatanejo and is the second in a two part series.
Zihuatanejo honors two women who fought in the Independence movement, Antonia Nava de Catalan and Catalina Gonzalez. Nava was born in 1780 in Guerrero and died in 1822. Known as "La Generala", she gained that title at the battle of Jaleaca in the Sierra of Tlacotepec, Guerrero... |
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Meet the Captains
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by Ed Kunze
A couple of years ago, Sport Fishing Magazine published and article comparing the best destinations in the world to catch a sailfish. (See the February, 2001 edition)... |
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Relaxing on a bed of Lavender & Roses
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"Girl, you need help," Lynn, the Canadian massage therapist at the Lavender & Roses day spa said categorically.
She was right. The terrifying crunching sounds that were somehow emanating from my back and shoulders while she was systematically working on a multitude of knotted, twisted and cramped up muscles told of more than thirty years of accumulated tension, too many hours spent at the computer, and too many skipped Pilates sessions... |
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Troncones: Beach Homes Beautiful
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Just 25 minutes north of Zihuatanejo-Ixtapa is the lovely beach colony of Troncones (meaning 'trunks" for the many giant stumps that used to wash up there). Settled only in the last few decades by locals and pioneering international visitors seeking their own piece of paradise, Troncones is loved for its broad, clean beach and pounding surf, popular with the board-bearing crowd... |
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Business in Paradise
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For our visitors each day in Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo is another day in paradise,Is it true for local businesses as well? |
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The Elephant and the Dove
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This season we have been celebrating all things Frida, by running a series on Frida Kahlo, one of Mexico's most loved artists, this is part II.
In 1928, Frida Kahlo became a member of the Mexican Communist Party and met Diego Rivera again, and the rest as they say is history. She shows her work to him and they start a relationship... |
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Women and Goddesses in Zihuatanejo
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Zihuatanejo has, over the years, become somewhat of a haven for artists, and is increasingly being associated with art in all forms. In addition to the more generic Mexican craftwork available in the tourist market, such as Olinala laquer work and Talavera pottery, we now have far more opportunities for a more formal showcase of art in the area. The relatively recent opening and central location of most of the galleries, housing collections of local, indigenous and international artists' work, has led to some welcome diversions from the usual shop 'til you drop tour of Zihua town center. |
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Roberto Martínez and Eric Reid, Live at Daniel's
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Sometimes it is the joy of discovery that makes the trip worthwhile, journey down by the basketball courts in Centro Zihua and you'll get a very rare treat. For the flavor of Latin music and a memorable experience that creates as many new fans as happen by, stroll down the Fisherman's walk one evening and catch Roberto & Eric on the sidewalk in front of Daniel's. A talented duo that obviously enjoys what they are doing, as much as the packed beach front restaurant's patrons, who come every night to see them. |
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Z-Scene - March 2003
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BIRTHDAY BABES
SHIRLEY BETHUNE, CAROL JUK (of Zihrena Systems) and KRIS VANDERBURG celebrated their birthdays with a ZZZZrific bash held at the Gaviota restaurant on the south end of Playa de La Ropa... |
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Remembering the Highlands - Uruapan, Morelia and Patzcuaro
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Something was different and for the life of me I didn't know what it was. I'd come from the cold and wintry Northwest and landed in a summer climate in the semitropical highlands of Michoacan Mexico where the Sierra Madre is known as the Sierra Madre Occidental... |
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On the cover: Casa Viva, Troncones. Photo: Lisa B. Martin
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