So for the past few months, I've been wanting to roll out some great new features on the website. I've had all these fascinating ideas and plans to really make WeHeartZihua work for the community and become a relevant, exciting (cyber)place to be. But alas, I was hung up by one huge major problem: I couldn't get any of the images in the site to show up in Firefox, my preferred browser. I was convinced that there was some bug, either in the forum install or in my programming for the directory that was causing this glitch. And I was certain that it was perpetuating itself in everyone else's browser (even though Bev kept insisting it was fine in her Firefox). So I've been researching the problem, reinstalling different parts of the site, rewriting every stylesheet, and nothing has worked. Imagine my excitement - and complete embarrassment - when I realized (by sheer accident) that I had set my own personal Firefox preferences to "block all images from www.weheartzihua.com"... How did I do this? Who knows.

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Once Bev and I decided to create we heart zihua, it was time to make the difficult decisions concerning exactly what the website would become. We wanted to develop a site that compliments the current Zihuatanejo-Ixtapa resource websites, but that also provided fresh insight with new perspectives. We knew that we'd rather publish indepth information about select venues than just "skim the surface" about every restaurant, hotel, and activity in town. Our decision to include subjective information in all aspects of the website - including the directory - might be considered a narcissistic one. Who are we to think our opinions would matter to others? That question is quickly answered every time we meet a visitor or new transplant and we're asked the same questions:
Which beach should I go to with my kids?
What's the most romantic restaurant?
How can I find wifi for my laptop?
Can I eat raw vegetables at restaurants?
Do I tip the taxi drivers?
Who makes the best margaritas?
Where can I meet hot surfers rent a surf board?
Our opinions are sought out every time someone learns that we live here. In fact, whenever we fly into Zihua after a trip, we've often found ourselves serving as guides to our aisle-mates, writing out directions, offering our own list of "must sees and dos" and reassuring first-time timid tourists that they'll be able to order a cervesa and guacamole just fine even though they don't know any Spanish. As residents of Zihuatanejo, we have become ipso facto experts.

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Official Grupo de Las Poderosas Launch Announcement

We are thrilled to announce the launch of our exciting new business venture in Zihuatanejo. We love our lives here in Zihua, but want to become more integrated into the local community. With both of us working from home, it has been easy for us to become hermits and to forget the reasons we choose to live in Mexico: the beauty of the Mexican people, nature and traditions. For over a year we have been planning, researching and developing our business ideas. It is important to us to create a business that forges stronger connections between us and the local culture and also amongst the community at large. We are now ready to implement our plan to help promote a responsible, culturally aware, and peaceful way of life for tourists, local Mexicans and expatriates alike.

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