It seems like every email I’ve received and every phone call I’ve answered this week has led with the same question: “Have you seen that PBS video?” 

Part of the expat experience is a compilation of surreal experiences. Everyone I know at Lake Chapala has a laundry list of strange sights, unfathomable events and untranslatable conversations.

I’m thinking maybe folks have forgotten how, when and where to submit information about Lakeside activities. You might guess, since I’m addressing this topic this week that there have been a few, shall we say, surprises, recently?

Sunday, June 21 is Father’s Day when dad is king of the household for the day.

During the patron saint’s fiesta in lakeside villages, a visiting bishop presides over the confirmation ceremony of the children. Other children receive their first communion during the nine-day celebration. Many of the girls proudly wear their new white finery in the fiesta’s final procession. 

Activities surrounding the annual (June 5-13) fiesta honoring the patron saint of San Antonio Tlayacapan center around the village’s church and plaza. That will be especially true this year as the traditional terrazas (sidewalk cafes and cantinas) won’t be allowed to open until after Sunday’s election.