"Life's a Beach"

As we have been reading in horror over the past few days, the small island nation of Haiti was wracked by a massive earthquake, killing hundreds of throusands and leaving hundreds of thousands more injured, homeless and without food, water and basic provisions to sustain life. Dozens of govermental organizations worldwide as well as countless ...

Greetings and Happy Holidays to all "Life's a Beach" Readers. We have been so blessed this year and want to take a moment to remember that not everyone is as fortunate. Not everyone has the opportunities and advantages that we all enjoy. Angel Notion is a local Riviera Maya not for profit dedicated to providing assistance and medical ...

Finally, after three months of hard work and countless hours of planning and organizing, Taste of Playa went off to rave reviews. The event saw nearly three thousand Playa del Carmen residents and tourists come through the grounds. Some came just to look around. many more stayed to enjoy the fabulous food, the music and the time to catch up with ...

Greetings "Life's a Beach" readers. This is an article written for the August newsletter for the regional interest website, SacBe. If you haven't yet signed up for an email subscription to receive this informative publication, you can sign up here. Every month the newsletter is full of informative articles about the Riviera ...

Yesterday, Taste of Playa Executive committee members Monica Hartlief and Nicola Inwood met with local goverment officials at the Municipal Jail to make a gift of much needed medicines and much appreciated sporting equipment for the inmates of the prison. What follows is a translation of the article that appeared today in El Diario ...

Yesterday afternoon, about 20 hardworking, soft-hearted volunteers, locals and tourists alike, came together at Playa del Carmen's beloved Peanut Pet Shelter to help Andy, Jen and Adam fufill their dreams of a safe, clean sanctuary for the town's four-legged unloved and unwanted. For three hours we shoveled, carted and raked 27 tons of ...