Coffee Cafe~coffee.music.life.

Finally a café with comfortable chairs! I know this may not seem important to you, but I am from the coffee culture of Seattle, and cool, comfortable coffee cafes are literally on every street corner. There is nothing more delicious then wiling away an afternoon sipping java, reading, writing, working on your notebook, and soaking up the environs of café chatter. Enter the Coffee Café a new café located on the northern end of 5th Avenue in Playa del Carmen.

Turicarreras; the recruitment option of the future for jobs in Mexico.

Lisa Selvin, co-owner of Turicarreras proudly announces the launch of their new exciting website, specializing in online recruitment for the hospitality and tourism industry in Mexico. With thousands of applicants weekly visiting the website, the owners of turicarreras.com are confident that this is the way to recruit in the future.

New business in Playa del Carmen offers courses in First Aid, CPR, and AED use.

Latido de Mexico, meaning “Heartbeat of Mexico” is Playa del Carmen’s first independent company dedicated to training of CPR, First Aid and AED* use. An AED is a machine that analyzes the heart rhythm and, if necessary, tells the user to deliver a shock to a casualty of SCA. The shock, called defibrillation, helps the heart to re-establish an effective heart beat rhythm.With this technology the survival rate can increase from 4-8% using CPR alone to up to 73% by using an AED!

Hands on management, and attention to detail makes this boutique hotel special.

How do a civil litigation lawyer, and business systems analyst, from San Francisco end up owning a small boutique hotel in Playa del Carmen? Well, as we all know everyone has quite a story on how and why they leave the comfort and familiarity of secure jobs, homes, and families, and Tony and Cheri Head, of Luna Blue Hotel and Garden are no different.

By Sara "The Editor" Moen

Biostandard: An ecologically friendly company in Playa del Carmen

I grew up in a very rural part of Northern California, so recycling was just part of our community and upbringing. My mom was so adamant about it that she would even iron, and reuse wrapping paper! This being said, one of the most difficult things for me when I moved to Mexico, was the lack of education and the incredible amount of waste that is left in the jungles and on the shores of our beaches.

By J.P.

Promoting the Community Gets Sketchy!

This morning, a staffer from Playa Maya News went to the new MEGA COMMERICAL MEXICANA Superstore that just opened up this morning on 30th and Constituyentes. Their intent was to do a great story on growth in Playa del Carmen, and frankly, to do a shameless promo for them; just because that’s what we do.

Here’s a quick update from our friend's at One Stop Real Estate, located on the corner of 5th Avenue and Constituyentes in the heart of Playa del Carmen.

Hello Friends and clients;
Yes, Playa del Carmen is still growing, both physically and in popularity, and it is still a worthy and smart investment for either vacation properties or permanent residences.....

Do you think you know motorcycles? Do you think you have an adventurous spirit? Think again, from snowstorms in Peru, civil unrest in Argentina, and getting arrested at Machu Picchu, Eikka Huhtala has you beat!

Eikka Huhtala is the man behind the motorcycles, so to speak. Originally from a small town called Hameenlinna, located about an hour north of Helsinki, in Finland, Eikka has been living in Mexico for the past 8 years. In 1997 Eikka was offered a job with the phone company, Nokia, and it was based out of Puebla, Mexico. He decided to take the plunge, and move half way across the world, and although he only lasted a year in an office environment, the move to Mexico did stick.

Okay, you know how it is, when living in Playa del Carmen, there are always some crazy rumors flying around about who may have been deported, where the heck the Wal-Mart is going, and whether or not Britney Spears was seen at Captain Dave's.

So it is not surprising to me that there has been some pretty elusive information being shared about the upcoming shopping center and business park, La Gran Plaza. So I decided to do a bit of investigating to see if I could get the low down, the skinny, the dirt, the inside scoop about this monster mall coming to a jungle near you.

A Canadian Serves Up Italian Ice Cream in Mexico!

Long time Playa del Carmen resident, Heather Yonelinas, finds her niche...

Heather Patricia Yonelinas (known locally as Patty) has been living in Playa del Carmen for the past 9 years, and has occupied the same business location for those 9 years.  Her present business is Ciao Gelato, an Italian Ice Cream parlor, which opened in July of 2002.  How strange to find a Canadian in Mexico making Italian ice cream.....