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Current Issue #7: Nov./Dec. 2012 Zicatela: A Beach, a Wave and a “Whale” What’s so Special about Zicatela?  A Tale of Two Hotels: The Santa Fe and the Arcoiris  and more... Cover photo: Julio Soto, photo by Lalo Romero

¡Viva Puerto¡ magazine issue on Mazunte Posted by Imago

¡Viva Puerto¡ magazine issue on Mazunte Posted by Imago

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Imago ¡Viva Puerto¡ magazine issue on Mazunte  October 28, 2012 07:32PM

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Hi, I am the publisher of ¡Viva Puerto! [vivapuerto.com] and we plan to do a feature article on Mazunte. ¡Viva Puerto! is a bilingual magazine with a print run of 3,000 copies an issue plus over 30,000 visits to our website.I will be arriving in Mazunte on Saturday morning, Nov 3, with my assistant, and plan to stay until Wednesday. (I've been there before, but mostly on day trips.)

I would appreciate any tips for articles. Also I would like to meet with anyone (English or Spanish speaker) who would like write for the magazine, perhaps as a regular columnist. I pay the going rate for free lance work. I am also looking to hire a professional Spanish -English translator with experience in journalism.

Please contact me at Vivapuerto1@gmail.com

Thanks much,

Barbara Schaffer

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cepulihtoa Re: ¡Viva Puerto¡ magazine issue on Mazunte  October 30, 2012 12:45PM

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Hola Barbara,
Buenas suerte on you new publication. I hope it becomes popular like the San Miguel de Allende bilingual newspaper called, "La Atencion" , and it prospers. I've put ads in La Atencion when I lived there as a massage therapist. I still vacation there and have friends who live there. I currently live in Buckeye, Arizona. I'm retired and one of a kind cremation, also the brother of Gloria Johnson Ramirez the owner of Posada Shambhala de Playa Zipolite. It is amazing how much La Costa Sur de Oaxaca has changed. I know you are looking for writers to contribute to your VivaPuerto publication and would like to recommend a good friend named Tina winterlik who is on her way with her daughter to Oaxaca city for the Day of the Dead celebration. She plans on returning to Zipolite on the 3rd. of November. She is an excellent resource for your publication and you should talk to her about it. Check out her Zipolite Blog Spot for more information http://tinawinterlik.blogspot.mx. As for VivaPuerto contributions I would be willing to contribute from the areas knowledge and past experience or give your reporters leads for future articles. For example did you know prisoners in the Pochutla prison have a craft cottage industry that my sister Gloria started for them amny years ago. She has their respect for helping them out to be productive and make a few pesos. I was insturmental in starting the Shambhala New Years Eve Karma Cleaning ceremony many years ago and it is still going strong! I've lived in Zipolite 40 years ago my dear and was last there after the Carlotta hurricane hit the coast. My writing is not perfect but it just needs a good editor, lol. So think about using my good friend Tina and me for contributions to your new publication. Tan cuidado, Daniel Roberto Ortega de Shambhala

Carlotta, NOT! Here's SANDY

Photos of Sandy at the beach: She's developing nicely

By Paul Mulshine/The Star Ledger 
on October 29, 2012 at 3:49 PM

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Just got back from a trip to my local surf spot. I don't think anyone will be surfing  Bay Head anytime soon, certainly not me. I'm a little old for 15-foot waves - not that I was ever young enough.

I have to say these could be as big as any waves I've seen outside Hawaii, and I've seen a lot of places outside Hawaii. Of course in some of those places, such as Puerto Escondido, Mexico, the waves are actually clean and surfable. This is just a giant mess.

At the moment all of the sand has been stripped from the beaches and the rock sea wall is exposed. Waves are topping that wall already. and we've got hours to go till the storm peaks.

In that spirit, enjoy these photos. It's fun to watch such a natural phenomenon in action - though not so much fun to deal with it by trying to keep the house watertight.

 I'll start with the highlight of the storm so far: The lobsters. The guys at Shore Lobster on Channel Drive in Point Pleasant Beach were having a pre-hurricane sale yesterday. I got four lobsters and three humongous crabcakes for just $22. Below is a picture of our dinner guests last night:

Every cloud has a silver lining; these guys were great; the crabcakes were even better.Paul Mulshine/The Star Ledger

Here are some storm pix:

These platforms seem to get consumed by the sea every year or so. This one's a goner. The ocean was topping the seawall there around noon, but just barely. Expect lots more later.Paul Mulshine/The Star Ledger

One of the early downed trees.Paul Mulshine/The Star Ledger

Surf's upPaul Mulshine/The Star Ledger