Last night at Number FOUR Restaurant the owner, Kim Everest, put on a fabulous event giving people a last chance to party with the band “The Tallboys” paired with free Real Gusto Reprosado (amber) and Silverado (white) free tequila.

As if that was not enough the Number Four Chefs Greg and Glenroy prepared a delicious special menu for the occasion available along with the regular menu.

Throughout the evening people were served samples of Real Gusto’s new tequilas they are promoting across Mexico by very nice representatives.
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Last night my husband and I and a good friend attended this year’s biggest fund raising event – Hollywood on the Lake to aid the very worthwhile charity of Ninos Incapacitados del Lago A.C.

It was held in the beautiful gardens of the Hotel Real Chapala in lower La Floresta and it was quite an event. I would go so far as to say it was the best attended and most successful dinner/dance that we have attended lakeside.

The dress was, of course, Hollywood, and many people took full advantage of this opportunity to dress in a very exciting and flamboyant style. There were many “Marilyn Monroes” and even a “Rhett Butler” and “Gloria Swanson”. Some of the men were resplendent in tuxedos and the woman equally decked out in exotic gowns and bling to rival Snoop Dogg.
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This year’s gala Dinner Dance to Benefit Ninos Incapacidados del Lago is being held Thursday, March 15th 2012 at the Hotel Real De Chapala in lower La Floresta at 5:30 pm.

There is going to be a delicious dinner, fabulous live and silent auctions, dancing to Noe and the Classics and some entertaining surprises.

The tickets are $450.00 pesos and can be purchased until March 13th from 10:00 am to 12:30 pm at the Lake Chapala Society on 16th of Septiembre in downtown Ajijic, Lake Chapala.
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Unfortunately, we have lost our wonderful French chef, Laurent. Laurent has moved to Argentina to a five star restaurant as the head chef and we are, of course, very pleased for him and his family but very sad for ourselves.

The good news is that Café Adelita is up and running after renovations and is flourishing. Café Adelita is perhaps more casual dining but the food is very good and meticulously prepared by Chef Shea.

The other attraction of Café Adelita is the live music Thursday through Sunday.
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Last Sunday we were out for dinner with friends and family and decided we wanted to get home to see the Grammy’s (which Adele swept) and one of our favorite shows the award winning “Downton Abbey”.

We came home to a black house and two howling dogs.

Someone had driven into one of the hydro poles on the service road two blocks below our street and it caused a power surge which knocked out 2 TVs, 1 DVD player, the clock on our stove and our Leaf Frog device which allows us to change Star Choice channels in our bedroom.
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This year the highly anticipated local event, The Mexican Chili Cook Off, will be held February 10th, 11th and 12th, 2012.

This is an event that everybody seems happy to participate in was originally started by the late Morley Eager of La Nueva Posada 35 years ago.
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On Sunday night January 15th the 2012 Golden Globes took place. It was once again hosted by Ricky Gervais who did a wonderful job. It is a surprise to some that he was invited back after his irreverent performance last year but it is a credit to the producers that they were brave enough to have him host again. Although he seemed perhaps a little less outrageous in his attacks on the stars he is very funny and certainly brightened up the format of the show.
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My husband and I seldom agree on what to watch on television which is why we have Star Choice with about 100 channels and local cable.

Last year we did happen upon a program on PBS (388 on Star Choice) which we both enjoyed very much. We were sad when the announced the season finale and delighted when Season 2 of Downton Abbey began January 8th, 2012. Other episodes are to be aired January 15th, 22nd, 29th, February 5th, 12th and 19th.
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We have Star Choice television from Canada which we get from Shaw Direct and for more information you can access their web site at: www.shawdirect.ca

We also have local cable. Prior to Star Choice we had always been very professionally looked after by Ajijic Electronics S.A. de C.V. Ajijic Electronics is located at Las Flores #2-A in Ajijic and the telephone # is 766-1117 and 766-3371. The emails are: satelites2002@prodigy.net.mx or ajijicelectronics@yahoo.com
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Officers of the Arizona-based Palacio Development Group were in the Chapala area this week to break ground in the construction of a full service “Las Vegas-style” hotel-casino complex projected for opening in one year.

The complex will be named Lake Chapala Hotel and Casino Resort and is located on eight hectares of land just to the east and slightly above Chula Vista Norte. It will be set in the heart of a fifty hectare spread called Tierra Salada, also now undergoing development as a residential subdivision.

It will be the first of its kind in Mexico and is costing approximately $40,000.00 dollars is designed to appeal to the high-en clientele from Guadalajara.
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