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 end of the world too. I really hope not. I have a few best-laid plans for 2008—and not all of them involve world-domination, chocolate, hot pink Japanese mini-trucks, and irrational, disjointed scheming—but those are the more fun ones. Some of them involve serious themes like ecology, and serious motor vehicles like ecologically powered ones. But we’ll have more about that and other green stuff in our first ever eco issue in April—if we’re all still around by then, that is.

Here in Zihuatanejo, there is a lot of frenzied activity, a lot of projects, a lot of causes, a lot of worthy concerns, but at least they are not predicting shrieking of the earth apocalypses just yet (and that’s why we like it here). They are predicting 2008 will be very similar to 2007, calm and un-catastrophic. Featuring such delights as bright sunny days during the winter, cool rainy days during the summer, and traffic congestion in el centro—with very few parking spots anywhere near my office—year-round. But I am digressing, and we must focus. The point is: it is January, it’s a bright shiny new year and we’ve got lots of schemes and dreams and plans to attend to this year. We hope you’ll come along for the ride!

Until next time