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Paula Liebe Launches "The Queen's Trilogy" with Playa del Carmen Rotary

Last Tuesday, the Playa del Carmen Seaside Rotary Club had the honor of hosting the official launch of The Queen's Trilogy, a series of autobiographical novels penned by well known Playa resident, business owner, yoga teacher and performer Paula Liebe. Read More...
Posted Sunday, May 05, 2013 12:21 AM by Rob Kinnon | 0 Comments

Explayarte's "Les Miserables" Packs the House at Xcaret!

Last week, Playa del Carmen's Music and Performing Arts School, Explayarte presented its full scale production of the award winning musical, Les Miserables. The show ran for three nights to packed and overwhelmingly enthusiastic audiences in Xcaret's Foro Abierto. This is the 5th Explayarte production that I have seen, my 4th as a corporate sponsor and the 3rd that Cat has participated in. Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 25, 2013 2:57 PM by Rob Kinnon | 0 Comments

Animal Welfare Reform Coming to Quintana Roo?

Over the past few days, I have been helping to solicit online signatures for a campaign to reform the current animal welfare laws in Quintana Roo. As many of our readers are English speakers, we have had the document translated so that everyone can keep up to date with these initiatives and, hopefully, lend their support to this movement. The petition is somewhat lengthy but worth reading through in its entirety. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, April 23, 2013 5:00 AM by Rob Kinnon | 0 Comments

News in the Fight to Keep Exotics Off of 5th Avenue

Today's online edition of the Playa del Carmen newspaper La Respuesta featured an update about the fight to keep exotic animals from being exploited to the tourist trade in Playa del Carmen. Those of us who have been a part of the process, sending letters and petitions to PROFEPA and SEMERNAT will not be satisfied with the comments issued by Carlos Rafael Muñoz Terab, Secretary of Ecology and the Environment. Read More...
Posted Friday, April 12, 2013 10:36 AM by Rob Kinnon | 0 Comments

Rotary Club Rubber Ducky Regatta in Cancun MOVED to May 12th

On April 14, Rotary Playa del Carmen Seaside will be participating with other Quintana Roo Rotary Clubs in the Grand Rubber Ducky Regatta! First prize is a house in Cancun!!! Additional awesome prizes include a motorbike, home appliances, furniture packages, flatscreen TVs and much more! Read More...
Posted Saturday, March 23, 2013 5:28 AM by Rob Kinnon | 0 Comments

Dates Set for 2013 Riviera Maya Jazz Festival

Organizers of the Riviera Maya Jazz Festival have released the concert dates for 2013. Read More...
Posted Saturday, March 09, 2013 12:37 PM by Rob Kinnon | 0 Comments

Expat Interview - Janet Lowe

This month's Expat Interview features Janet Lowe. Janet is an artist who moved from the United States to Playa del Carmen in 2007. Read More...
Posted Friday, March 08, 2013 5:00 AM by Rob Kinnon | 0 Comments

Annual Auction and Luncheon to Support KKiS

The 2nd Annual KKiS Project Fundraiser will be held on February 28th at 11:00am at Wah Wah Beach Bar on 2nd and the beach. The event will be a luncheon and live auction with a wide array of amazing prizes donated by generous Playa locals and friends from abroad! The KKiS Project, headed up by Playa resident Gayle Collins, is an organization of American and Canadian ex-pats who provide support to under-privileged school children in the Playa del Carmen area. Their mission: to help keep kids enrolled in school by supplying uniforms, providing school supplies and backpacks, securing English language materials for the classroom and providing volunteers for the classrooms to help students learn English. Read More...
Posted Sunday, February 24, 2013 10:20 AM by Rob Kinnon | 1 Comments

It's Official!

Last Tuesday, at the weekly meeting, I was inducted into the Rotary Club Playa del Carmen Seaside Chapter as an active member! President Bob Hyde presided over the short but official ceremony and presented me with my Rotary pin. Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 21, 2013 10:25 AM by Rob Kinnon | 0 Comments

2013 About.com Readers Choice Awards - Vote Riviera Maya!!

Greetings from sunny Playa del Carmen!! Once again, our little blog "Life's a Beach" was nominated for the About.com Readers Choice Award for Favorite Mexico Blog. I just found out that I am now a finalist. Huzzah!! But wait...it get's even better! "Life's a Beach" blog was not the only nod toward the Riviera Maya! Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 20, 2013 5:00 AM by Rob Kinnon | 0 Comments

Used Computers and Laptops Needed for Local School

The Rotary Club of Playa del Carmen Seaside, an English speaking club in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo, Mexico - on the Yucatan Peninsula - is soliciting used PC laptops, desktops and tablets in good working order to provide to the classrooms of Mayan children in our area. Read More...
Posted Friday, February 15, 2013 5:00 AM by Rob Kinnon | 1 Comments

Go Green with the Kilo Verde Recycling Program

Just a quick reminder to everyone that this Saturday February 16 is the next Kilo Verde recycling opportunity. The kids and I went on our first Kilo Verde "adventure" last month to the installation in the La Guadalupana neighborhood in the north Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 13, 2013 5:19 AM by Rob Kinnon | 0 Comments

A Sneak Peak at the New Teatro de Playa del Carmen

Last week, I was invited to tag along with a group from Explayarte to check out the new Teatro de la Ciudad (the theatre of the city) being built in the Ejido, next to the big Walmart on the Arco Vial. This one of several ambitious municipal projects being completed by the Municipal Government of Solidaridad. Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 07, 2013 5:00 AM by Rob Kinnon | 0 Comments

Expat Interview - Susan de Lima from UNO Events & Catering

This Expat Interview, the first for 2013, features Susan de Lima. Susan moved to Playa del Carmen at almost the exact same time as we did. She was one of the first people we met here in Playa, back in the good old days at Captain Dave's on 10th. Read More...
Posted Friday, February 01, 2013 5:00 AM by Rob Kinnon | 0 Comments

Playa del Carmen Seaside - The Riviera Maya's Rotary Club for English Speakers

It is inarguable that Playa del Carmen is one of the fastest growing cities in the world. Thousands of people move here every year from other parts of Mexico, from the United Sates, Canada and countries across the globe. Their reasons for moving to the Riviera Maya are as varied and unique as the people themselves. Read More...
Posted Tuesday, January 29, 2013 2:31 PM by Rob Kinnon | 1 Comments
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