PreZIHpitación Nocturna

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After a brief overnight rain, we enjoyed a stellar Monday of absolutely picture-postcard-perfect weather in Zihuatanejo-Ixtapa! The water in the bay is still murky but improving. The waves are relatively small but they've still been surfable most days. The water running in canal La Boquita is actually quite clear. If only the government would clean up Laguna Las Salinas instead of only simulating doing so. Many locals would like to see the area around Las Salinas converted into a park, a proposal we've been pushing for years to one unresponsive municipal government after another. Same as our calls for a new modern hospital.

Speaking of unresponsive, the public outcry against the municipal government's plan to "remodel" the Panteón de La Madera has been quite large and uniform, particularly by neighbors and people with family buried there. But I suspect the neighbors and families will be ignored by this municipal government, which is simply a continuation of the past one. The sale of their cement, the family business, appears paramount to everything else. A damn shame and a tragedy for what remains of Zihuatanejo's natural beauty and original culture. What will remain unpaved after 2 more years of this government? Too little, I fear.

What the community would like to see them use their cement for is repairing the canal La Boquita. Amazing to see it so deteriorated while we have a municipal government anxiously pouring its cement everywhere except where it's needed.

A big swirly thing looks like it's going to sit in the Golfo de Tehuantepec for a few days, so it probably won't affect us next weekend as I'd thought it would. Nevertheless, the water remains quite warm and favorable for development of storms, so I'll be keeping a close eye on it.

La Porteña restaurant reopens this Friday! We've practically been going through withdrawals while they've been closed, but they certainly earned a restful vacation. Pizzas Locas has also been closed, so we had no pizza last Sunday as I'd been hoping for. We're too spoiled to order from other places.

Speaking of favorite restaurants, if you're a fan of mouth-watering recipes, one of the best reasons for visiting Ixtapa is to go to Deborah's Restaurant. Whether for breakfast, lunch or dinner, everything we've ever eaten there has been prepared to perfection and the service has always been excellent. Deborah also makes some of the best desserts around, so save room when you go.
Restaurants in Zihuatanejo-Ixtapa and the Region

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#NoBlueFlag
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#DenunciaElEcocidio

Un nevero descansa al mediodía junto a su triciclo en la calle Juan N. Álvarez en Zihuatanejo.

what in general terms is the remodel plan for the Parthenon ?

what in general terms is the remodel plan for the Parthenon ?

I didn't mention the Partenón. That's our DOUBLE monument to corruption, first for being built by El Negro Durazo, and second thanks to its recent "remodeling" by our local PRI government, the party who brought Mexico over 70 years of their brand of blatant and flagrant corruption.

A panteón is a cemetery. There's a small one that began hundreds of years ago behind the pink condos on Playa Las Manzanillas in La Madera. The mayor's husband is the alleged owner of the incredibly ugly 8- or 9-story new orange condo building located across the street from the panteón, and now she wants to spend our resources essentially prettying up the entrance to their condos. Illustrations show tons of painted cement similar to everything else they've built along the waterfront. If built, it will be on top of ancient tombs and at the cost of more trees, and Zihuatanejo will again lose more of its quaintness and history to the mayor's painted cement, as if they haven't already done enough damage with their boulevard on Playa Principal, and their road to nowhere at Capricho del Rey. There are many other examples of their recent "constructions" that destroy Zihuatanejo's natural beauty (our collective livelihood) for their personal gain, but I won't go into those here.