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Welcome to Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit Here is some advice to make your trip a little easier and more enjoyable.

TIME ZONE: The entire state of Jalisco is on Central Time, as is the southern part of the State of Nayarit starting from Guayabitos to the Ameca River and including Nuevo Vallarta.

BUSES: A system of urban buses can bring you from one end of the bay to the other and all the spots in between. Current fare within Puerto Vallarta is $7.50 pesos per ticket and passengers must purchase a new ticket every time they board a bus. Hold on to your ticket. This is your proof and insurance should anything happen.

Bus destinations are typically written on the front of the window.

Those with a ‘centro’ sign will drive through downtown Puerto Vallarta and those with a ‘tunel’ sign will drive through the tunnel roads that go behind the city.

TAXIS: There are set rates within defined zones of town. Do not enter a taxi without agreeing on the price with the driver first. Price is per trip not person unless there are more than four passengers.

Take note of the taxi number on the outside door and where it picked you up. If you lose an item this information will be vital to attempting to get it back.

MONEY EXCHANGE: To exchange money you will need your passport. Best option is to use your bankcard to withdraw funds from any ATM machine.

ATM’s in the banks are the safest to use and generally charge lower fees.

USING PESOS OR USD: Businesses must their prices in pesos and they may also post the prices in any other currency they choose.

They cannot refuse to accept pesos.

Some service staff may appreciate being tipped in USD and others in pesos. If you are concerned, ask.

TIPPING: How much and when you tip are personal choices and unless otherwise noted a 10-20%

tip on food and beverage and services is standard. Tip the kids and seniors who bag your groceries. They work exclusively for tips. Have change at the ready for musicians and clowns that ride the buses – typically tipping 5 pesos or less. Taxi drivers do not receive tips unless they go to extraordinary lengths.

DRINKING WATER: Puerto Vallarta’s water (at the source) is certified pure enough to drink. For many who live here long term, we drink from our taps with no issues.

For those on vacation, it may be better to stick to bottled water.

EXPORTING PETS: Falling in love with a rescue animal is easy – and it’s easy to take them home with you. The process is quick and inexpensive. You need a certificate of health from a local vet with the appropriate inoculations, among other things. The time of year that pets can travel in the cargo hold of the plane may be your biggest challenge. Contact your airline to double-check their requirements.

COMMON SENSE: Just as you would not walk around your hometown drunk and belligerent, it is not acceptable to do that here. While Mexicans are a forgiving bunch, basic politeness is appreciated. Pay attention to your surroundings. Pay your bills. Be courteous. And have fun!

DRINKING AND DRIVING: First off – just don’t. The consequences are not worth it. Taxis are cheap and plentiful. Fines are as much as 15,000 pesos. You can be taken to jail and your vehicle impounded.

There are many checkstops on the weekends and you will be asked to blow if they suspect you have been drinking.

LEGAL SYSTEM: Not knowing the law is not a valid excuse in Mexico or anywhere. If you find yourself caught in a legal situation be aware that the system works much differently here than you are likely used to. Immediately contact your consulate for assistance.

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Calling in Mexico Calling phones in Mexico can be tricky. There are different codes you need to use depending if you are calling landlines or cellular phones and if they are local or long distance.

LONG-DISTANCE CALLS FROM WITHIN MEXICO For national long-distance calls (within Mexico) the code is 01 plus the area code and phone number. For international long-distance calls, first dial 00, then the country code (U.S. and Canada country code is 1), so you would dial 00 + 1 + area code + 7 digit number.

CALLING CELL PHONES (FROM A LAND LINE) If you are calling from a landline within the area code of the Mexican cell phone number dial 044, the 10 digit number. Outside of the area code (but still within Mexico) dial 045 and then the 10 digit phone number. Cell phone to cell phone only requires the 10 digit number.

PHONE CARDS Phone cards (tarjetas telefonicas) for use in pay phones can be bought at newsstands and in pharmacies.

Pay phones do not accept coins. When buying a phone card for pay phone use, specify that you would like a tarjeta LADA. CALLING TOLL-FREE NUMBERS Some toll free numbers work from Mexico to the US and Canada, but many do not. Those that do work are often not toll-free. You need to dial a different prefix. To call the following toll free prefixes, dial as follows: 800 numbers Dial 001-880-then the number 866 numbers Dial 001-883-then the number 877 numbers Dial 001-882-then the number 888 numbers Dial 001-881-then the number

Emergencies: 911 Red Cross: 065 Fire Department: 322.223.9476 Ambulance: 322.222.1533

Ahoy Cruisers!

NAME CARNIVAL MIRACLE NORWEGIAN JEWEL AZAMARA QUEST WESTERDAM RUBY PRINCESS SAGA SAFIRE CARNIVAL MIRACLE WESTERDAM RUBY PRINCESS CARNIVAL MIRACLE RUBY PRINCESS CARNIVAL MIRACLE

PASS DATE 2,980 01/02/2017 2,240 01/02/2017 603 04/02/2017 1,266 04/02/2017 2,600 07/02/2017 600 07/02/2017 2,980 08/02/2017 1,266 11/02/2017 2,600 14/02/2017 3,200 15/02/2017 2,600 21/02/2017 3,200 22/02/2017

Immigration: 322.224.7719

Consulates American Consulate Nuevo Vallarta: 322.222.0069 24 hrs Guadalajara: 333.268.2145 Canadian Consulate 322.293.0098 322.293.0099 24 hrs: 1.800.706.2900

Consumer Protection: 01.800.468.8722 Tourism Offices Jalisco: 322.221.2676 Nayarit: 322.297.1006

In port this month

In the month of February Puerto Vallarta welcomes 31,335 passengers!

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n Saturday I stopped by the new Los Mangos Mercado located on the Los Mangos Library grounds.

There were about 25 vendors offering different types of food, handmade clothing and jewellery, products for pet and personal care. Space is wide open and unhurried. There’s even a small coffee shop that makes delicious locally produced coffees. This is a much-welcomed addition to this area of town. If you’re heading to Costco or Macroplaza on Saturdays, be sure to leave a little extra time to swing by this market and support your local producers.

This coming week we have a number of great events including the Purr Project Fashion Show at Daiquiri Dicks on Olas Altas

on February 7 starting at 10:30 am. Money raised helps support their no-kill shelter housing over 150 cats. More info please email Marilyn Khan at exkhan@usfamily. net Fundraiser Champagne Brunch at Casa Kimberly for the PV SPCA is on February 8. If it's not sold out, it will be very soon. You can get more information from the SPCA booth at the Olas Altas Market or contact spcapv@gmail.com.

Every Tuesday you can take a free Malecon sculpture walking tour. Join Gary Thompson from Galeria Pacifico as he introduces you to the artists and stories behind the brilliant artworks along Puerto Vallarta’s Malecon. Starting at 9:30 am in front of the Millennium Statue, in front of Hotel Rosita across from MacDonald’s.

Luna Lounge in Bucerias continues to have sold out show after sold out show. If you have your sights set on one of the upcoming acts – don’t delay in buying your tickets. Incanto is now open in Old Town. Tracy Parks and his team of professionals have a great space (so I hear because I still need to check it out!) including a piano bar, theatre and restaurant. Latcho and Andrea are playing there shortly as well as Spencer Day and the new Luna Rumba production – Duende.

If you are watching the Superbowl this weekend there are plenty of spots to pull up a stool but if you

are in La Cruz head over to Tescalama with their five huge televisions and super fun menu you will have a great afternoon no matter who wins!

Probably the biggest event of the year, Festival Sayulita runs from February 1-5 with the very popular Mexican rock band Café Tacvba playing Saturday evening.

The festival has four themes – music, tequila, film and events.

There are dozens of activities through the course of the Festival check it out at festivalsayulita.com This week we have two restaurant reviews – the gourmet European Deux Mec, the latest offering from Michel Ferrari located on Olas Altas. In Marina Vallarta, we have Beerbox Prime which offers an exceptional selection of microbrews and mescals along with a simple but well-constructed menu.

We welcome our newest contributor this week, Helena Paivinen will be interviewing and writing about local artists and well-known figures in our communities.

This week she starts with a piece on one of my favourite up and coming artists Quetzal.

Welcome, Helena!

That’s it for me this week. Just some friendly reminders - shop local, be generous, say no to plastic straws, don’t touch the turtles (or crocodiles); and enjoy your time here!

Madeline

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Incanto has Duende

by Marcia Blondin

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riday, January 27th, 8 pm(ish), Incanto opened its new Theatre for the Performing Arts. On the cabaret stage, a mime delighted us with his extremely good introductory act for Duende who we had all come to see. With the paint on the walls barely dry and the cushions not yet on the metal chairs, we – the audience – embarked on the Duende odyssey. As hard as it is to define the word D-U-E-N-D-E, the group, the trio that make the music of Duende, also defy traditional definitions.

Duende’s music is experimental – weaving Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony with a cover of Eleanor

Rigby, as just one example. Even their instruments are hybrid – Luis’s electric cello/upright bass and Geo’s violin/viola cross and guitar/trumpet.

I felt like I was watching children at play in the purest sense of the “let’s-try-this-and-see-what-happens” kind of exploration. Duende is interesting, sometimes arresting and I think they are on to something.

As Tracy Parks has finally opened his theatre – how fitting to have the elusive quality of superb energy emanating from his building (such an amount of hard work) and to have Duende opening on his stage.

Everybody – take a bow.

Bravo.

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Mercado Los Mangos’ Opening Day a Huge Success

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pening day of Puerto Vallarta’s newest outdoor market, Mercado Los Mangos, was a huge success! Nearly 700 visitors came out to shop from a wide variety of locally produced artisan products, to eat international dishes and to dance to the live music.

“We couldn’t be happier with the

results of the first day,” says Adriana Garcia, Executive Director of Biblioteca Los Mangos. “The grounds were filled with market goers and even the children got into the spirit of things, making hats, animal balloons or having their faces painted in the children’s craft area”. Garcia continues: “We are hoping the market brings more indivi-

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duals and families from our surrounding neighborhoods to the library and to the programs we offer. Saturday, we saw many new faces both at the market and inside the library.” Since 1996, the library has been an essential part of Puerto Vallarta’s culture. It is the only one of its kind in the region, with more than 30,000 volumes in Spanish and English and 4,500 monthly individual services. It’s children’s reading room, dance studio, audio/video library, multipurpose rooms, and classrooms host conferences, exhibitions and meetings for national and international artists.

At Mercado Los Mangos you’ll find freshly prepared and “made on site” foods, including Mexican and Argentinean, organic honey, Greek Style yogurt, fermented foods, sauces and dips, flavored waters, sweet and savory baked goods, bread, tortillas and popsicles. You will also find one-of-a-kind fashions, accessories, and pet treats and supplies. If you’re a chocolate lover, be sure to look for Xocodiva’s chocolates and confections.

Be sure to join us this Saturday for more “buy local” fun, live entertainment, and crafting for children! Mercados Los Mangos will be open every Saturday from 9:30am-2pm through the last Saturday in May 2017. It is located at Av. Francisco Villa 1001. Interested in becoming a vendor? Pick up an application at the library or at the information booth on Saturdays. Questions? Contact Adriana Garcia at +52 322 224 99 66.

For a complete list of library classes, events, and services visit bibliotecalosmangos.com.

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Slim sees opportunity in Mexico’s future

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usiness tycoon also welcomes a unity among Mexicans unseen since quake of 1985 Trump is not the terminator, he’s a negotiator, said one of Mexico’s most successful businesspeople at a press conference in Mexico City yesterday. “I don’t see risks. I see opportunity.” Mexico must negotiate with the U.S., Carlos Slim said, but without “surrendering.”

He was critical of Trump’s border wall, pointing out that investment and job creation in Mexico represented a better form of border security. “The best wall is opportunities, job creation, improving domestic investment and welcoming foreign investment.”

Slim predicted, as he has done previously, that the U.S. will need a larger workforce if the economy grows as Trump has forecast, “and without a doubt Mexico is their best partner.” Mexican workers are excellent, he said, and earn less than those in China. “The circumstances in the United States are very favorable for Mexico” because Trump’s policies aimed at boosting the U.S.

economy will do the same for Mexico’s and for Mexicans working in the U.S. The businessman, one of the world’s wealthiest, echoed other criticisms of a 20% border tax on Mexican imports, pointing out that American consumers would pay the price. Slim welcomed the contact made between Trump and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, during which the leaders agreed not to comment publicly on the border wall and who might pay for it.

And he said he was gratified to see how Mexicans have united in support of the president’s decision to cancel that meeting. “I had not seen this solidarity since the 1985 Mexico City earthquake.”

Speaking before some 200 Mexican and foreign journalists at a conference called to discuss the Mexico-US relationship, which had cooled considerably during the past week, Slim declared that, “together we’re stronger.” He said too that he had the impression that the negotiations with the United States “are leaning more to our side.”

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Tim Hortons plans Mexico expansion

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conic Canadian restaurant chain sees a thriving coffee market Tim Horton’s, the iconic Canadian fast-food restaurant famous for coffee and doughnuts, is coming to Mexico.

Restaurant Brands International (RBI), owner of the multinational restaurant chain, announced today it would expand into Mexico by entering into a joint venture with a group of unnamed Mexican investors.

The company did not say when the restaurants would open or how many there would be.

But RBI CEO Daniel Schwartz said in a statement that Mexico has “a thriving coffee market so we are

very optimistic about the opportunity to grow the brand across the country.”

The company has been expanding recently into the United Kingdom and the Philippines.

The restaurant chain, commonly known in Canada as “Timmy’s,” was founded by and named after a former professional ice hockey player. Defenseman Tim Horton played for 24 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL).

He played his first NHL game for the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1950 and remained with the team until 1970, winning four Stanley Cups, according to Wikipedia.

Horton played until his death in a car accident in 1974.

There are some 4,500 Tim Hortons restaurants in nine countries. mexiconewsdaily.com

This week’s featured property Beachfront Penthouse on Vallarta’s South Shore

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his absolutely stunning beachfront penthouse overlooks the golden sands and crystal blue waters of Vallarta’s famed south shore.

Some other features of this beautiful beachfront home include: remodeled kitchen and bathrooms, new plumbing, wiring, “mini-split” air conditioning, private storage

locker and wood beamed ceilings.

The well maintained complex includes: Secured entry, professional management, laundry and storage room and lovely pool surrounded by tropical gardens.

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Fissures in the Tropics: Artistic Practices of the 90s in the West T

he Office of Cultural Projects (OPC) has the honor to present the following exhibition of contemporary art Fissures in the Tropics: Artistic Practices of the 90s in the West, curated by Rubén Méndez. Fissures in the Tropics aims to show the production model that was carried out by a group of artists in the 90s in the west of the country and the cultural initiatives that allowed its development.

The exhibition intends to not only give an account of this production, but also map the events, places, and people that were the primary actors in the cultural development in that moment in time.

The group of selected artists include: Davis Birks, Eduardo Cervantes, Jose Dávila, Mónica Escutia, Gil Garea, Omar Guerra, Gonzalo Lebrija, Jorge Méndez Blake, Diego Medina, Lourdes Méndez, Rubén Méndez, Daniel Navarro, Paul Nevin, Fernando Palomar, Alejandro Ramirez, Ernesto Ramirez Ramirez, Claudia Rodríguez, Guillermo Santamarina, Agustín Solorzano, Luis Miguel Suro, Francisco Ugarte.

Through the exhibition and round tables discussions, OPC will offer to the general public who are interested in contemporary art, information that extends their understanding of what happened in a key decade for the development of art in our country. The research elements are framed in the western region of Mexico; a geographical space that has been the origin of events of great scope, but that have received very little dissemination and research.

Rather, it is an exhibition that is a testament to the milieu that

shaped the spirit of an era in a specific area of the country through its artistic practices. The paradigm shift, the theoretical reflection, the economic, social and political crisis, the change of millennium, were factors, among others, that compressed and expanded the fissure. This exhibition is also a reexamination of projects that allowed for change to happen: Expo-Arte, the first contemporary art fair in the country; the International Forum of Contemporary Art (FITAC); the independent projects NAP and El Callo; the workshops of artistic production like Cerámica Suro and Taller Mexicano Gobelinos (TMG); the curators who gave order and structure with their proposals; and the collectors who

encouraged an incipient market.

Thus, a series of actions, projects, and places that were active part of that moment will be represented within the exhibition.

The criterion for the selection of artists was based on their active participation during that era. The artworks do not necessarily correspond in temporality, since the selection is subject to matters of space and representation, and other indirect factors, such as production.

Parallel activities, such as talks and round table discussions will be held with the curator and artists during the run of the exhibition. A reading table with a curated selection of books and documents will also be available for the public to consult and extend their pers-

pective on the subject. Exhibition: February 4 to May 6, 2017 Opening: February 4th from 7PM to 9PM 598 Juárez, corner with Aldama, Centro RUBÉN MÉNDEZ (Guadalajara, 1960) Lives and works in Guadalajara.

He is an artist, curator, and museographer. From 1988 to the present he has developed several curatorial projects and has developed museum designs in diverse spaces such as MARCO Museum of Monterrey, Museum of Modern Art and Palace of Fine Arts in

Mexico City; Instituto Cultural Cabañas, Casa Taller José Clemente Orozco, Casa Clavijero ITESO, Guadalajara Art Center and The Contemporary Art Plant, in Guadalajara. In 1994-95 he worked for FARCO and the International Forum of Contemporary Art. He is a founding member of the firm CUMULO (Curatorship, Museography and Logistics) next to Carlos Ashida; of the collective CACA (Collective of Action and Artistic Creation), LIPO (the Irreversible Ordinary Production), and independent projects Clemente Jacqs Laboratory and Colegio Aires de Occidente - in collaboration with Mariana Munguía, Cristina Sesscose, and Eduardo Sarabia, among others -. He was director of curatorship at the Museum of Arts and Programming Director of the Urban Electric Train Gallery. He is currently a member of the planning committee of PECDA, S.C. of Jalisco and Director of Museography and Curatorship of the Cabañas Cultural Institute.

Fissures in the tropics was made possible through the generous support of William Hobi. We thank our sponsors: the Barlow Family, PAC (Patronage of Contemporary Art); Secretary of Culture, Jalisco; Vallartense Institute of Culture; Mero Mero Mezcal; Cerveza El Terrible Beer; El Patio de Mi Casa, and Hotel Villa Mercedes.

Image: Jorge Mendez Blake, Fairy Tales Are Not Real, 2001 Collection Alma Colectiva

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Puerto Vallarta: Why the Pacific west coast is where we all want to be in 2017

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h, Mexico. Donald Trump might want to build a wall between you and the USA, but personally we’d knock one down to get to your beaches.

Particularly Puerto Vallarta, a city resort on the dreamy Pacific Coast, where the palm tree-lined stretches of sand curve around the sparkling blue Bahía de Banderas and cocktails flow at sunset in the bars along promenade El Malecón. Once nothing more than some untouched beaches and coconut groves, after being cast as the setting for cult 60’s movie Night of the Igauana (us neither) there was a tourism and building explosion and it became a top holiday spot for Mexican’s, American’s and now us.

Where we stayed… Casa Velas is adult-only, set in gorgeous tropical gardens overlooking a gold sand beach and (this is important) ALL-INCLUSIVE. Yep, that’s right, all your meals and drinks are free (well ok, not free, but you’ve already paid up front so no awful bill at the end, yippee) including top nosh at Emiliano (more of which later). Cocktails at the poolside Aqua Bar are a must at sunset, or you can get in the pool as it has a swim-up bar.

Our master suite had a tropical Spanish vibe with wooden beams, ceiling fan, ocre-coloured walls, tiles and a big balcony with sea view. Some of the suites have Jacuzzi’s and plunge pools, but when you’re this close to the swimming pools and beach, who’s bothered?

It would be rude not to visit the spa, which has more than 60 treatments to choose from, so we

booked a stone therapy massive and white tea organic facial, which left us glowing and blissed-out.

One of the best things about Casa Velas are its daily organised activities so you don’t have to actually think about what you’d like to do (always annoying on holiday when you just want to veg out). Monday was yoga, Tuesday a Cuban evening, Wednesday a cooking class, Thursday tequila tasting, Friday more yoga, Saturday a casino and Sunday? We chilled on Sunday.

Other options… Luna Liquida is a boutique hotel in the heart of downtown PV with14 individually styled rooms spread across five hillside villas, boasting balconies, colour-washed walls and no TVs. The fourth-floor terrace with sea views, infinity pool and Jacuzzi and

loungers is so lovely it’s hard to tear yourself away to sightsee.

What we did… snorkel in the Bahia de Banderas. A boat trip to the rocky outcrops at Los Arcos was unbelievable: the water’s so clear and warm and we saw hundreds of colourful fish and a sting ray (apparently dolphins and even whales can be spotted between December and April). Isla Rio Cuale is a sandy island where you can go for the day, sunbathe, take a picnic, stroll around (there are no cars) and visit the little museum.

It’s mainly about the beaches in PV, but Playa de Quimixto has the added bonus of a nearby waterfall, which takes about 30 minutes to reach, hiking upwards through lush jungle. And yes, we did jump in when we arrived.

We also spent an afternoon

exploring the Spanish colonial city: amazing churches, white-washed houses with orange roofs and hanging baskets of bright flowers, cobbled streets.

Basically a photographer’s dream, so don’t forget your phone.

Tip: some of the streets are fairly steep as the city’s on a hillside, so wear flats and take a bottle of water.

What we ate…Ceviche (marinated seafood) and lots of it. Specifically ceviche tostadas with our feet in the sand at Mi Ranchito, a laid-back restaurant in Boca de Tomatlan (Boca to locals), a sleepy seaside village just south of PV (you can arrive by water taxi).

The amazing backdrop - jungleclad hills, boats bobbing on the Tomatlan River and golden beach - had us Instagramming like mad.

But TBH we mainly ate at Casa

Velas - why wouldn’t you when it’s all included?

Emiliano, which serves gourmet Mexican, was our favourite restaurant - the red snapper roasted in garlic oil served on a creamy Champagne sauce was so delicious we had to return two nights in a row.

Asian and Mediterranean-inspired dishes at the Ocean Club are great too, platefuls of satiating calamari, lemon chicken and prawns on pesto spaghetti (make sure you wear something loose around the stomach). …and drank… ask for a coco melange at the Aqua Bar as Casa Vela: vodka, Bailey’s, coconut cream and vanilla ice cream. It’s basically dessert in a glass.

Original: Cosmopolitan.co.uk

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From Here Marcia Blondin

marciavallarta@gmail.com cleaning to yoga classes…and garnered more than $140,000 pesos!

The most amazing aspect of the Fiesta Rosa was the beautiful décor inside Oscar’s restaurant proper. Obviously “pink” was in order, but the results were breathtaking: pillars wrapped with fuchsia chiffon; tablecloths that – at first glance – shimmered like strung-together bougainvillea blossoms (more on those this spring…). Bowls filled with roses and chrysanthemums; all of this softly lit by pink chandeliers overhead and floating candles on every table.

This fairyland of rosy hues was brilliantly done by Nicholas Pinney Design and underwritten by

Garden Club President, David Muck and his partner Cole Martelli. Thank you, gentlemen.

Amy Armstrong, of the Palm Cabaret & Bar, sang for us and served admirably as M.C. Everyone danced before, during and after dinner; all of us enjoyed the gorgeous surroundings.

Most cities in North America use municipal taxes to pay for “Parks Departments”. Not so in Puerto Vallarta, which makes the work of the Vallarta Garden Club indispensable in our adopted town. If – as a tourist – you have ever marveled at the gorgeous bougainvillea in Old Town

or loved how pretty the Malecon looks – please know it is the Garden Club responsible for much of it and give generously whenever you have the opportunity to do so. And, the members don’t just throw money into a hat and pat themselves on the back – they go out and shovel dirt into planters and physically get the jobs done.

Thank you all for every planting that beautifies our lovely city; your efforts make it more so every single day.

Enjoy a walk around town with Sandra Cesca (I told you she’d

be back!). Sandra has a number of guided (by her, personally) walking tours; none of them requiring special shoes, except comfy ones. Recently she has added “roll and stroll” tours for those in wheelchairs.

Sandra did a lot of research finding – for example - truly accessible restrooms along the Malecon and built a tour around our most interesting local spots.

Find Sandra Cesca on Facebook and go Learn Vallarta!

And that - in the pink - is it, From Here!

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he Puerto Vallarta Garden Club held their biggest fundraiser of the year at Oscar’s Restaurant last week.

I was invited to volunteer (thanks, Jim Dumke) but Sandra Cesca (more about her coming up) reprised her job from last year’s event (Fiesta Blanca) so instead, I spent the entire time chatting with guests and wandering around Oscar’s beautiful grounds checking out the abundance of auction items. When Vallarta residents decide something is good and right for our City they give, and give in abundance. The silent auction ranged from gift certificates from many restaurants to paintings and sculptures, cooking classes to jewellery, teeth

Olas Altas Farmers’ Market This week at the Farmers’ Market you will find great things!

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It is open from 9:30 to 2:00 in the Lazaro Cárdenas Park in Vallarta’s Emiliano Zapata neighborhood every Saturday from the first Saturday in November to the last Saturday in April.

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Vallarta on Tuesdays, Bucerias on Wednesdays, and Marina Vallarta on Thursday nights. Special orders may be placed at 322 189 7445 or tu_postre@yahoo. com. Delivery anywhere in the Bay of Banderas is available. The Olas Altas Farmers’ Market offers 90 booths of “Handmade and Homegrown” goodies as well as prepared foods such as tamales, tacos, homemade ice cream, paella,

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asha and Antonio Lozada are the owners of Hecho in Mexico Pasteleria Bakery.

Antonio learned to bake in a four-diamond bed and breakfast in upstate New York and Sasha was in charge of finding interesting recipes. The bakery was founded in 2011 when Sasha and Antonio decided to move to Puerto Vallarta.

They started selling their baked goods at small markets.

They quickly gained a reputation for quality American style desserts. As they developed their product line they introduced gluten free cakes and breads, including their best seller, the flourless chocolate-orange

cake. One summer when Antonio was cooking breakfast, he made the flourless delight for some guests.

They asked to speak to the baker and told him that it was the second best cake they had ever tasted.

“Which was the best?”

Antonio asked. “We bought one at a farmer’s market in Puerto Vallarta while on vacation last year.”

Needless to say, they were talking about Antonio’s flourless chocolate-orange cake.

Their desserts include orange buns, cakes, assorted cookies, quick breads, bread pudding and gluten free white and multi grain breads.

Hecho in Mexico can also be found at the La Cruz market on Sundays, Nuevo

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Located in Park Lazaro Cardenas, Old Town in Puerto Vallarta. Find us on Facebook at Olas Altas Farmers Market.

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Basilio Badillo 326 Old Town, Puerto Vallarta 322.223.3889 www.banderassoapblends.com

Tel: (322) 159-6649 tu_postre@yahoo.com

Cakes, cookies, sweet breads, sticky buns, etc.

We make gluten free and sugar free items too!

Pasteleria y Reposteria/Bakery

Cell. 322 134 4162 MEXICO, (952) 583 0329 USA & CANADA info@muchococo.com www.muchococo.com

Heriberto Saucedo Pérez Artista Diseñador Cel. 3222.190 56 32 Fb: Heriko Joyeria herikojoyeria@hotmail.com Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

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QUE PASO AT UdG CUC

and Parenting Leza Warkentin

Michael Nolan

mommyinmexico.wordpress.com

104.3wakeupshow@gmail.com

Michael Nolen is the host of ‘The Good Morning Wake Up Show,’ which is broadcast as part of the University of Guadalajara’s 104.3 FM radio station at the CUC campus in Puerto Vallarta.

Every Saturday at 9 AM

What’s Happening at Puerto Vallarta’s University of Guadalajara - Coastal University Campus?

Cinema CUC The Oscars are almost here and if you have not seen some of the films you can do so over the next few weeks. Friday February 3 you can see ‘Florence Foster Jenkins’ starring Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant and on Friday February 10 ‘Hail, Caesar’.

Directed by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen staring Josh Brolin and George Clooney.

On February 17 you can watch ‘Hell or High Water’ by Director David Mackenzie starring Jeff Bridges and Chris Pine. And don’t forget the music concert movies screened every Wednesday at 1:00pm. February 8 features Diego el Cigala, on February 15 Muse, and on February 22, Led Zeppelin.

All movies are free and open to the public.

Community Service Brigade Dear Community of Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit: The University Center of the Coast has the honor to invite you to the inaugural formal ceremony of "Brigades University CUCosta” ceremony attended by municipal and university authorities.

The ceremony is Saturday, February 11 at 9:00 am in the Main Plaza de Tomatlan, Jalisco.

Brigades University is a university program that will be held once a month in a different community in the Puerto Vallarta area. The University will offer health care, legal advice, self-construction of public housing, psychological health, nutritional, financial and accounting services, and physical fitness.

The Brigades will help disadvantaged

communities in the region; University teachers, social service providers and students of UdG CUCosta will be there to help. The program’s goal is a commitment to social equity and improving the living conditions of the socially disadvantaged, by offering basic services to those in need.

The program seeks to create a greater social awareness among students of the University Center of the Coast of the University of Guadalajara.

For more information, please contact: Mtra. Maria Guadalupe Gomez Basulto (322) 226-2263 Ext 66263 Free Classes For Seniors Enrolment for the 2017 SUAM classes is now open and classes begin soon.

The University of Guadalajara, Coastal Campus (SUAM PROGRAM) was created in 2012 with the main objective to integrate and educate senior citizens in the region. It was designed to offer academic, intellectual, recreational and artistic courses and the opportunity for social interaction for people over the age of 60.

SUAM offers to meet the particular needs of the individual users and offers courses and workshops in a variety of different and interesting areas, such as Art and Culture, Computing and Languages, Humanities, Health and Psychology.

SUAM courses and workshops are generally about 20 hour’s duration and are spread over two and a half months.

Students can spend 2 – 4 hours each week depending on their objectives and the contents of the course.

Schedule: 9am to 2 pm Monday to Friday, and 9 am to 1 pm Saturday.

For more information contact the SUAM Program at (322) 226 2200 ext. 66290 or 66304 suam@cuc.udg.mx Remember - The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese!

Where I Belong

M

y favorite part of the day is hearing the keys in the lock of the front door at about midnight. That will sound odd unless you are married to a musician who works a schedule that is precisely opposite to your regular, 9 – 5 kind of day. I look forward to the tumble of latches because, of course, it means that our family is safe at home, and my long-haired foot warmer will soon slide in beside me, and life will be cozy and complete.

And I love my life. It isn’t perfect, but I love it. Do you want to know why? Because I live in Mexico, on the coast, amongst a people who, amid a plethora of bad press and a new angry foreign president, post jokes about preparing for life behind a wall designed to keep especially them outside of it. Certainly there are protests, and there is concern, but there is also laughter.

If there’s anything I have learned about living in Mexico, it’s that happiness is something you can create out of very little. If there’s anything else, it’s that laughter is a great alternative to fear and uncertainty.

As a permanent resident in Mexico, I am appalled at the world events that are unfolding hourly. As the mother and wife of Mexican people, I am about as angry as the Mama Jumbo in Disney’s Dumbo when her baby gets bullied. They had to lock her up, by the way, because Mamas of any species are not those with whom you want to mess, never mind the largest Mama Land Mammal in the entire known universe.

I am feeling similarly Mama Jumbo, because walls are not okay when they are designed to keep people I care about on the other side of them. They are not okay when

they are designed to create suspicion and fear against my own true loves.

And they are not okay when they are meant to shut out a country that brought me in with such wholehearted love and acceptance.

You see, I came in as a guera with no Spanish and no cultural clue. I stumbled around making all sorts of mistakes and spilling loads of tequila, and yet I was met with nothing but grace and good humor. I was given the chance at loving someone who was always late but always willing to meet me where I was linguistically, even though I thought that my initial Spanish word bank of “yo quiero Taco Bell” was a pretty good start.

When I was frustrated and confused in my attempts to assimilate or do my banking, I was met with friendly faces and attempts to communicate in English even though I was not in an English speaking country. No one told me to learn to speak Mexican if I was going to live in Mexico, and not just because they know that the language here is called Spanish.

I was given the gift of two precious Mexican citizens for children who have taught me every great thing I needed to know about myself and my capacity for love, which was so much deeper than I ever knew it could be.

And although this breath-taking country with her big-hearted citizens never had a single obligation to accept a blonde, awkward human being as one of their own, I have never been told I don’t belong. I have never wondered if I could really make a life here.

My life IS here, in the sound of a tumbling lock, in the moment where I know my life is complete, in a country that took me in and told me I was home.

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Creative hands of Mexico Leigh Thelmadatter

osomadre@hotmail.com

Gorky Gonzalez

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n January 13 2017, Mexico lost a ceramic legend.

Born in 1939 in Morelia, Gonzalez was the son of sculptor Rodolfo Gonzalez.

His interest in art appeared early, and he learned his father’s work, including sculpting clay, metal casting and lost wax techniques.

However, Gorky’s lifelong passion would be the rescue and promotion of the traditional majolica glazed pottery of neighboring Guanajuato.

In the early 1960s, he moved to San Miguel de Allende to set up a metal casting workshop. Later, he added a ceramics workshop to reproduce the designs of Canadian artist Gene Byron in terracotta. At this time, he also met Japanese ceramicist Hisato Murayama, who was in the city to study Spanish and Mexican culture.

The men shared what they knew, and this inspired Gonzalez to pursue and receive a two-year scholarship to study ceramics in Japan, first studying with Tsuji Seimai then with nationally-known master Kei Fijiwara, among others.

The trip not only resulted in learning some very ancient techniques and designs, but also marriage to his wife Toshiko Ono.

This marriage produced two sons, with the younger, Gorky Gonzalez Ono taking over day-to-day operations of the workshop some years ago.

Returning to Mexico, Gonzalez opened an antique shop, where he came into contact with colonial-era majolica. Intrigued, he began to investigate the ware, eventually dedicating himself to saving Guanajuato majolica full-time. He established a workshop dedicated to the purpose next to his house.

This workshop has maintained traditional materials and techniques, mostly with traditional designs, but with some experimentation with more modern ones. Color schemes also remain traditional and with glazes made from traditional minerals.

The workshop has a client base that extends throughout Mexico. During his lifetime, Gonzalez’s work was exhibited extensively in Mexico and the United States from the 1960s into the 2000s. He also had several exhibitions in Japan. Gonzalez won numerous awards for his work over his lifetime including the 1992 Mexican National Prize in the Sciences and Arts (Popular Arts and Traditions category) specifically for his work in reviving the pottery.

All photos used with permission of the Gonzalez family.

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LA PLAYA… …where the party starts on Wednesday Got a party on the weekend and you’re in charge of the drinks? Then you’ll have to do your shopping at LA PLAYA, the best place to shop for the party. Here’s where you will find comfort, excellent attention, expert advice, and the best prices in Puerto Vallarta.

The best day to shop is Wednesday, as you’ll find discounts on all our wines and spirits. Every Wednesday, LA PLAYA has wholesale prices, when you can enjoy special wholesale prices starting at one bottle.

“The party starts here”, and the most competitive prices can be found at LA PLAYA warehouse, located on Francisco Medina Ascencio Avenue, next to Plaza Caracol.

But Wednesdays offer surprises for the customers at the stores at the entrance of Marina Vallarta and also at Las Palmas.

At LA PLAYA, you’ll always have a friendly and comfortable shopping experience - advice from our knowledgeable staff is available

when needed. If you have any special concerns, Javier Gonzalez, the area Manager, will personally take care of you at our warehouse location.

All of our Vallarta stores are open Sunday – Thursday from 9 am to 10 pm, Friday – Saturday from 9 am to 11:45 pm.

Visit one of our many locations: Downtown between Pípila and

Morelos streets; on Olas Altas, near Lazaro Cardenas Park; and Francisco Villa Avenue, next to Farmacia Guadalajara.

In our warehouse and all our other locations, you’ll find a great variety of wines and spirits with the most competitive prices.

Don’t forget: the day for all of our special offers and discounts is Wednesday!

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Galleria Dante presents Luis Castellanos Valui,

Friday February 10, 2017, Cocktails 6 to 10 pm

L

uis Castellanos Valui, born in Guadalajara in 1955, is a painter who infuses his Latin American roots with the traditions of tropical jazz and cafe culture.

Collected by the J. Paul Getty Institute and Capitol Records, Valui creates rhythmic images, bringing his subjects to life. His works are also in the collection of Atlas and Mambo Restaurants, Go West Productions, Televisa, Ripstein Collection, Univision. At his openings in Los Angeles, many Hollywood jet setters are among the collectors.

"For me, in the beginning it was van Gogh," Valui says. "But, over the years, I learned about the German Expressionists, pre-Hispanic art, and became influenced by Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse and Marc Chagall." Not just people, but animals are also a favorite subject -- crabs, parrots, lions, tigers being some of his most favorites to paint.

Musicians and dancers recur in Mr.

Valui's paintings, and their heat and energy are palpable. Luis is a painter of our senses, what you feel looking at his paintings: to dance, to sing, to dream, to love. And when it comes to dance, there is probably not a style that Luis has not painted: mambo, tango, salsa, cha-cha-cha, waltz. There are scenes on the

beach, by the campfire, in plazas, street and market scenes. His paintings are fresh, luminous and definitely tropical.

They are full of humor and saturated with color and light. Galeria Dante its located on Basilio Badillo 269. Check our website> www. galleriadante.com

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Medical Matters Pam Thompson

pamela@healthcareresourcespv.com

Pamela Thompson operates HealthCare Resources Puerto Vallarta, a multi-faceted, independent, resource network that is here for your total health and well-being. We offer assistance to help find a physician, hospital and diagnostic service for any healthcare needs. www.healthcareresourcespv.com

The busy season is here!

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am not sure what’s up, but I have had more requests for Botox the past few weeks than ever before. Our two dermatologists are booked weeks out now so if this is a last-minute item one is considering, it might need to wait until another visit or later towards spring. Sure, there are others who do Botox and fillers here in the area but just be sure that they have a lot of experience and did not just pick up the business as a hobby. You might end up looking very surprised – or mad – or both.

Another popular request has been for MRI’s. No, you do not need a physician order to schedule, we can set that up for you as well with a semi-long wait of a couple of days. You will receive the disc of the study and we will even translate the report for you!

Normally there is not a wait for physician appointments but now, it is averaging a few days out to a few weeks out depending on the specialty. Of course an emergency is different (but I do not really consider having Botox an emergency) . If you are considering a nip/tuck, we will have two different presentations at Medical Matters on this with Dr. Miguel Saldaña speaking on “Beauty and the Breast” and Dra. Nashielli speaking on “It’s All About the Face”. Most certainly

worth listening to see if there is an option that might work for you.

I hope you are planning your day on February 13, 2017 around which speakers programs you would like to attend at Medical Matters 2017!

In between visiting the exhibitors and the speakers, for sure have a meal at the Hotel Marriott (attendee’s receive a discount on meals). If you have breakfast at La Estancia there, a must try is the Oatmeal Crème Brulee. This is scrumptious and because it is “oatmeal” you think you are eating healthy (although I rarely make it through all of the oatmeal because I devour the top, crunchy part). You could then attend the speaker on Diabetes or visit the nutritionist (yes we will have both there!).

Our stellar group of volunteers will be easy to spot at Medical Matters as they will have neon-green aprons! You can ask any of them any questions during the event and they are happy to assist you. We are in the homestretch and I must have been insane to schedule 18 speakers – but it is what it is and we WILL be ready!

They say that the new “911” system is up and working in Jalisco now. Please remember that whoever answers will most likely not be bi-lingual so please be sure and know how to say your address and directions in Spanish!

I will be at the Olas Altas Market on Saturday February 4 and at the Nuevo

Vallarta Riviera Market on February 7 to give out information on Medical Matters so please do stop by and say hola!

I have had two people email me saying that they heard I was retiring. Real-

ly? I didn’t know anything about this so it was interesting to hear the Jungle Drums.

Don’t always believe what you hear around here!

Here’s to a smooth week!

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My Life In Vallarta

Comings and Goings

By Lois Ellison

Marcia Blondin

loell87@yahoo.com

marciavallarta@gmail.com Comings…

Latcho and Andrea and Spencer Day will be brightening Incanto Vallarta this week and next. The Blond Gypsies have been entertaining Vallarta for two decades. Their Northern German roots have been fused with true Spanish flamenco flavour: that happened when they ran off to join the circus. Really.

Their story is one of passion and love – for each other and the music they play and share. If you haven’t seen/heard them before, now is your chance. If you know their fiery style then run to Incanto and become immersed once again. Their life is best told through the music they learned at the foot of the masters. (The masters being the Reyes family of the Gipsy Kings.) Enjoy.

Spencer Day is fairly new to Vallarta. I first heard him sing four years ago and can’t wait to hear what he has come up with this season. He is a very accomplished pianist and songwriter with a funny, wicked but still sweet sense of humour. Spencer will be at Incanto until February 13…I will have a review next week.

This Saturday night, El Rio BBQ-Bar is presenting a Tribute to Roy Orbison, performed

by Canadian Michael Danckert.

This is Michael’s first time performing in Mexico – I am looking forward to meeting any singer with a four-octave range and to listen to some of the favourite songs of my life.

The Grand Opening of MAXA (which means DEER in Wixarika) takes place at Galerias Vallarta’s main entrance February 14 and

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I know only two of the 10 artists that will be participating so it will be exciting to see new paintings and sculptures in town. My chat with MAXA coordinator Francisco Partida will be in the Tribune next week.

…and Goings I had this whole space devoted to Will Chalmers, whose Neil Diamond Tribute packed El Rio BBQ-Bar last season and did again last Saturday night. Ten minutes before show time a cement truck took out an overhead power line, several explosions were heard and one by one every light in the restaurant winked out. Happily, most of the audience had finished dinner and cocktails were still to be had but no piña coladas because no blender.

CFE came as quickly as they could, late on a Saturday night and we waited patiently, hoping for a miracle that didn’t happen.

Once owner Kurt Sinner finally announced the show cancelled, I went in to see Will Chalmers in his dressing room, to say goodnight and goodbye (he was flying back to Toronto the next day; no chance for a make-up concert).

Will asked me to make sure to tell everyone how let down he felt; he was so looking forward to entertaining the el Rio crowd – of all the venues around the world, it is one of his favourites.

He will be back next season.

As I left the dressing room, I glanced up and saw the fabulous black sequined long-sleeved shirt sitting on its hanger, unworn.

On The Bus

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f you’ve been here for more than five minutes, you have probably noticed the multitude of local buses. To get around town, you need a blue and white bus or a green and white bus; to go south it’s an orange and white one. Much has been written about the over abundance of buses. They clog the streets, obstruct other traffic and can even pose a huge hazard to pedestrians who may not be paying close attention.

On the other hand, these buses move hundreds, if not thousands, of people around town every day, carrying them to and from work, school or shopping, or any number of other important activities.

In the long distant past, I was mystified by the buses. Sure I could get around town but what were all those mysterious places shown on the windows of the buses, usually painted in white irregular sized letters that were often smeared or seemed to drip from top to bottom. Over the years, I gradually became familiar with these exotic sounding places: “Remance”, Mojoneras, Coapinole, Ixtapa, and, to me the most musical sounding of all, Bobadillo.

When our youngest daughter was here during her senior high school trip, while her classmates were busy drinking and cavorting, she got on a bus at random, took it to the end of the line and walked around. What a spirit of adventure.

To this day we don’t know what bus it was or where she wound up but for her it was an opportunity to do some deep thinking and chart her life’s course. Why not try this yourself and see some of the neighborhoods that tourists seldom visit.

A ride on the bus can be much more than getting from point A to point B. It’s a great way to enjoy a microcosm of Mexican life. There was a time when it wasn’t unusual to see chickens or small pigs in crates being transported. Those days are gone but don’t be surprised if someone hops on and begins playing a guitar, a harmonica or even a small amplified accordion.

Maybe it will be a singer or a magi-

cian. These entertainers travel along the route for several stops and circulate seeking tips. Sometimes they are quite good, other times downright awful and you might give a tip just to hurry along their departure.

Other “hitch hikers” might be disabled or selling religious tracts. You just never know what to expect.

You can also observe some Mexican customs as you ride along.

The two front seats are often left vacant in case someone disabled or elderly gets on. When the bus is crowded, men usually stand and offer their seats to the elderly, pregnant women, or women in general.

How civil is that?

If you find yourself standing, be sure to hang on tight. Your driver is most likely obsessed with beating the competition to the next stop so he gets more passengers. This is accomplished by weaving in and out and passing the others at breakneck speed, sometimes passing the other bus so closely you can barely see daylight between them.

Drivers often adorn the inside of the bus with slogans, pictures and other decorative items. This can range from the sacred to the profane, and everything in between.

One of my favorite displays had a large crucifix with the words “Mi Razon de Ser” which loosely translates to “my reason for being”. The crucifix was displayed right over the image of the Playboy bunny logo on top of shiny chrome flames. I’ll leave the interpretation of this up to you. Not surprisingly, you will see lots of depictions of the Virgin of Guadalupe but don’t be surprised if they are intermixed with images of demons or cartoon characters.

My own personal theory is that the more religious images and quotes there are, the more likely the driver is to drive like a demon. He is, after all, well protected.

So if you tire of sitting on the beach or yearn to have an authentic experience, get on the bus. It can be more fun than an amusement ride.

Just don’t forget to hold on!

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BEACHFRONT LIVING IN BUCERIAS

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RICH BARNES BROKER-OWNER 414-899-8416 RON REZASH BUILDER-OWNER 414-698-1135 ARMANDO LUIS (MX CELL) 322-185-3832 PALMAS11CONDOS@GMAIL.COM TRUSTED REALTY EXPERTS - 700 HOMES SOLD

Don’t wait, buy the beachfront property of your dreams Introducing PALMAS 11 Beachfront Condos

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here is a new Bucerias beachfront condo project north of Los Picos called PALMAS 11 Condos.

The PALMAS 11 Condos will be high end beachfront living made for comfort with style. Featuring two penthouses, two pools, beautiful slate stone rock walls, fountains and patios with artistic surprises. The two bedroom, two bath condos begin at $399,000 usd or equivalent in pesos.

A discount is available for the first four buyers who will receive $100,000 usd dollars off the regular price!

How can the builders do this? They own a rock quarry, creating a win-win situation.

Financing terms are available.

The current exchange rate creates a wonderful opportunity for a buyer or an investor.

Who are the owners of PALMAS 11 Condos?

Meet Real Estate / Broker expert Rich Barnes from

Milwaukee, WI. Rich has been visiting the Bucerias area for six years; a big fan of Mexico, its people and culture. Rich is married to Elizabeth Gutierrez from Mexico State with a beautiful three-year-old daughter named Maria. Thirty-five years in sales, sixteen years with broker experience, and over 700 homes sold, Rich backs up his experience and trust in the Real Estate industry. They also own a beautiful casa in Bucerias. Rich has traveled throughout Mexico and has made thirty-seven visits to almost every state.

Meet Ron Rezash: A true family man, married twenty-eight years to the love of his life Julie, and proud father of three terrific sons. Ron has spent the past twenty years acquiring real estate in the Wisconsin area, rehabbing over 100 houses giving him experience in building housing development. Involved in his community and named YMCA

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Volunteer of the Year twice, overseeing a large nonprofit organization for children ages 6-17,Ron served as past president and current VP of the Milwaukee Angels whilst taking care of the 15,500 sq. ft. facility.

When he was teaching he helped to establish, with his peers, a successful charter school. Ron

holds community consciousness and has the building experience needed for this Bucerias project.

Meet Armando Luis Solorio: the Banderas Bay local connection and partner, Armando has experience building and starting new creative projects that bring people together. One of his business projects is the Car Wash

Club out of Puerto Vallarta. Owner of the Sunshine Bar in Bucerias, co-creator of the Buzo; the diver on the Bucerias Town Plaza, the creative energy of Armando will reverberate in the building of the PALMAS 11 Condos.

Contact: Armando (MX Cell) 322-185-3832, Rich (US) 414-8998146 and Ron (US) 414-698-1135

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The People of Vallarta: Introducing Quetzal

By Helene Paivinen

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f you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere,” he says. Many claim they will “make it” in New York City, but sadly, more often than not, many do not.

Quetzal shares this statement with me; saying that by age of fifty (he is now thirty), he will be selling his paintings in art galleries throughout New York City. Given his talent, drive, commitment and passion, I (along with others) believe he will attain this desired goal.

Quetzal is a determined, skilled and highly imaginative young artist who moved to Puerto Vallarta (PV) three years ago. He once owned a small gallery in Mexico City and after selling five paintings in just one week, he decided to move to the city of his dreams; PV. In his short time being here, Quetzal has already firmly established himself in the local artists community. He is involved with various groups and his work is displayed in galleries throughout the city.

Last year, after seeing his potential, Natalie from Art Vallarta flew him to visit galleries in both New York and Montreal. Quetzal is both passionate and serious about his art. He dedicates sixteen hours a day to his work; “Art is my compulsion. I paint eight hours on personal work and eight hours on commercial art.” He also reads a lot, expanding his knowledge through political and philosophical material. “As I learn more, I expand more, and as I expand, I learn more.”

Quetzal continually challenges himself; his degree in graphic design

is constantly enhanced through participation in fine arts workshops hosted by the famed Academia de San Carlos.

The first time I saw Quetzal’s work was one year ago; at the lively, filled to the brim Art Vallarta “Frida Festival.” When I entered this funky gallery, I spotted a large, unique interpretation of a dancing Frida Kahlo.

As I stood back to admire this work, I was informed it had sold within hours of opening. “That’s Quetzal,” said the curator, “his work is incredible!” I nod and murmur in contemplative agreement. Fast forward to one year later.

On a day of torrential rain, I attend the bustling River of Art Fundraiser at Oscars restaurant.

In amongst the numerous bodies, I spot a black and white painting of Frida Kahlo with a deer. While I lean over to examine how the artist managed to convey the deers’ softness through his brush, I see a young Mexican enter with another

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large, vividly coloured, Frida portrait.

I follow the painting, but then step back to make room for those who rush forward to speak with him.

As I wait my turn, Collette Zarry suddenly appears and introduces me to the painter. It is Quetzal, the fellow I did not meet a year ago while viewing his work at Art Vallarta. I am taken aback by his youthful appearance—I assumed the artist who had created these beautiful works would be older; someone with decades more experience and intimate knowledge about colours, composition and the brush. It is clear that Quetzal is ahead of his time.

I edit this story while listening to speakers from the woman’s march in Washington D.C. Interestingly enough, many of Quetzals’ paintings are of women. I reach for my interview notes to locate a statement made by this talented young man. He tells me: “Art is a powerful weapon to make people understand many things.

All bad things--inequality, discrimination, racism; they can be put so beautifully through art. That is the real magic —to change peoples’ minds.” He hopes his work will inspire women and young girls “to reach their potential and know there are many more options in life than only marriage.”

I am left those words. Quetzal is a remarkable young artist; someone who lives in a predominately Macho culture, yet someone who still manages, to honour the other. I am not a betting woman, but in this case, I bet that Quetzal will “make it” in New York. If I were you (but I am not), I encourage you run (not walk), to the nearest gallery to buy one of his paintings.

This will not only be an investment in your future, but also, an investment in the upcoming generation of young women, and of the beauty in this world.

When Girls Rule the Radio Starring Amberley Beatty Merv Buchanan merv@uvs.com

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rom the 50s through the 80s and beyond, the radio airwaves were filled with the sound of female recording stars from Connie Francis, Brenda Lee and Patsy Cline to Madonna, Bonnie Tyler, The Bangles, and country music stars like Dolly Parton, Gretchen Wilson and Carrie Underwood . he wave of “girl singers” also included many vocal groups, like The Platters, The Teddy Bears, The Ronettes and The Crystals, that featured female lead singers.

During that “golden age of radio”, girls truly ruled the radio.

“When Girls Rule The Radio” pays tribute to the most popular female entertainers of that era.

Gifted Canadian tribute artist Amberley Beatty is no stranger to vintage music, as anyone who has enjoyed her Connie Francis, Patsy Cline, Loretta Lynn, or “Country Greats” shows will tell you. So it should be no surprise that an all-girl, multi-artist tribute show might be on her radar.

“The real reason I created this show, says Ms. Beatty, is that when I was a kid, my mom had one of those K-Tel “30 Top Hits” albums she played all the time.

I grew to love those songs and before long I knew all the lyrics by heart.

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When I hear them now, it takes me back to those carefree days.

I enjoy singing them so much I added a bunch of newer songs and built a tribute show with them”.

These days, Amberley regularly travels from her home in Elmira, Ontario, to perform her popular tribute shows throughout Canada, the US and Mexico.

She enjoys having fun with the audience during her shows and afterwards at “meet and greet” sessions, autographing CDs and getting to know the people who inevitably become her fans.

Songs featured in When Girls Ruled The Radio include “Lipstick On Your Collar”, “Who's Sorry Now”, “Sweet Nothings”, “Total Eclipse Of The Heart”, “Material Girl”, “Crazy”, “She's Got You” and dozens more of those great radio hits everyone knows.

“When Girls Rule The Radio” comes to The Luna Lounge in Bucerias on Sunday, February 12th. On Monday, February 13th, by popular demand, Amberley's “Legendary Patsy Cline” show returns to The Luna Lounge and to The Pina Colada in Guyabitos on Wednesday, February 15th.

More details are available at www. lunaloungebucerias.com and elsewhere in this publication.

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NYC Cabaret Diva Natalie Douglas debuts at Incanto

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This week at The Boutique

Boutique hosts auditions, TED talks too Variety of musical shows also offered

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allarta’s all-new performance venue, Incanto, welcomes award-winning NYC cabaret star Natalie Douglas as she makes her Mexico debut beginning Thursday, February 2 at 9:30 PM. Gorgeous pipes, combined with effortless vocal styling and inspiring song interpretation are the hallmarks of nightclub diva Natalie Douglas, a seven-time MAC Award, Nightlife Award and Backstage Bistro Award winner.

Her musical celebrations of Nina Simone, Dolly Parton, Nat “King” Cole, Lena Horne, Freedom Songs, The Music of the 70’s, and Cafe Society have had US & International audiences on their feet clapping long, loudly, and yelling for more.

Natalie has also made her mark as a much sought after educator & actor. Her much anticipated third album, “Human Heart,” released March 2016, and her first two CDs, “To Nina…Live At Birdland”, and “Not That Different,” are now available on iTunes.

Natalie Douglas plays through Feb. 15.

Also appearing at Incanto is NYC cabaret legend Michael McAssey in the piano bar Tues. Sat. with two shows nightly at 8:00 & 10:00. Local favorite Jean-Guy Comeau (Jay-Gee) plays a variety of thematic evenings for Happy Hour 5 - 7 PM (No cover).

Latcho & Andrea: The Blond Gypsies premier their new gypsy/

flamenco show on select Tuesday’s at 7:00 beginning Jan. 31.

Their next performance is on Tuesday, Feb. 7 at 7:00 PM. Singer-songwriter Spencer Day returns to Vallarta with an all-new show beginning Wednesday, Feb. 1 - 13. Luna Rumba Production’s DUENDE recently opened with a sold-out show and plays every Friday at 7:00 through March.

Mr. Ty Jeffries presents his award-winning music and comedy as Miss Hope Springs direct from London’s West End beginning Feb.

11. David Hernandez, actor-singer-songwriter and American Idol alum, appears beginning Feb. 20.

And Country music superstar, Ty Herndon, makes his Vallarta debut beginning March 6.

Tickets and more information are available online for all upcoming shows at Incanto’s website: www.IncantoVallarta.com.

Box Office opens at 10:00 AM daily. Incanto is located at Insurgentes 109 (at the Rio Cuale) in the old Bianco space. Phone them at 322 223 9756 for reservations.

uditions will be 1-4 p.m.

Sunday, February 5, for a play directed by Barbara Harris. She is looking for two senior women, two senior men, and a younger couple. Rehearsals will be in March, and the show plays the last weekend in March and first weekend in April.

The Boutique is looking for actors for a new comedy, “Soapicide,” and for a volunteer to help with box office. To learn more, email catherinebeeghly@gmail. com Dana Zeller-Alexis continues her sold-out one-woman cabaret, “Women on the Edge,” through Feb. 11, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. She and her husband Mark Zeller, who is directing the show, have long careers on the stage around the world. Her work in “Mrs. Dally Has a Lover” earned this review: “She enters the heart of the character, etching out the perimeters of her character like a skilled jeweler.”

She also won a Dramalogue Award for best actress in that role.

Some of her favorite roles have been “Shirley Valentine,” Martha in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf,” Sonya in “Uncle Vanya,” and Mama Rose in “Gypsy.”

A newly formed professional vocal octet, the Vallarta Vocalista Ensemble, will perform at the Boutique Feb. 16, 17, 18, 23, 24 and 25. “The Rhythm of Life” is the show’s theme. The singers are all Vallarta residents: Suzanne Kirkpatrick, Kathy Overly, Jean-Guy Comeau, Steve Fulmer, Judy Radke, Carl Timothy, Sharon Baughman-White, and David White. Dinner, optional, is served at 5 p.m., with the shows beginning at 6 p.m.

“Where The Boys Are: A Tribute to Connie Francis” returns.

Mikki Prost brings back her standing-ovation tribute show at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, February 15, and March 1. Reviewer Gary Beck says, “Mikki wrapped us around her musical finger, and we grew in awe … Mikki not only sang tremendously, as if she was indeed Miss Francis, she narrated the story of her beginnings, and the paths she took along the way …

to the top of female singers.” From a Trip Advisor reviewer: “Wow! The Boutique Theatre is tiny, so everybody gets to sit right up front.

The singer’s voice is huge, both powerful and beautiful, and she delights in sharing her extensive knowledge about Connie Francis with her audience.

Everybody was singing along to ‘Who’s Sorry Now?’ and ‘Stupid Cupid’ and having a great time.

I’ve not seen a better performance of this type, even in Las Vegas.”

“The Best of Broadway” is a musical review, starring Puerto Vallarta performers, directed by Ralph Hyman. It performs Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, March 2-11.

Blues legend Tim Williams is returning with his one-man storytelling and music show. The Canadian guitarist and singer will give two performances, February 28 and March 14.

“The Best of Broadway,” directed by Ralph Hyman, will perform Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, March 2-11.

On Mondays, enjoy free Nacho Daddy Karaoke from 7:30-11 p.m., with your hosts in song, Fast Eddie and Catherine Beeghly.

The Boutique Dinner Theatre offers exciting evenings of dinnerand-a-show options. The theatre is located upstairs at Nacho Daddy, 287 Basilio Badillo.

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By Matt McCue Deux Mec Olas Altas #507 Zona Romantica - Puerto Vallarta Contact: www.facebook.com/ deuxmecpv - 322-223-2060 Price: $2000 MN for two people (without alcohol)

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he Olas Altas dining scene, that continually evolving gastronomic macro-destination within Old Town, all but guaranteed its title as the city’s gourmet epicenter with the opening of Deux Mec, proprietor Michel Pascal Ferrari’s new authentic European restaurant.

Inside the kitchen, Germanborn Chef Andreas Fischer and his team of two other cooks prepare dishes that are based on European classics, using local ingredients from purveyors and suppliers that possess an obvious respect and love of cuisine. Produce, meats, and seafood arrive from parts near and far within the Mexican republic, ensuring Chef Fischer’s cooks have only the very best ingredients on hand when it’s time to start cooking.

Tuna and Mahi-mahi may be sourced as close as fish market Pescaderia Marquez in La Cruz de Huanacaxtle while the clams (served in an earthy broth with brunoise of pancetta, sundried tomatoes, and fennel fronds) came from Baja California because the colder water makes for a tastier clam.

Our server presented us with a wine list featuring a selection of fine French and Mexican wines, however, we elected to have the house pair a wine with each course. As a result, we were pleasantly surprised by their choices - each skillfully selected to enhance the flavours of its accompanying dish.

Most of the wine we were presented with were reds, an even split of Mexican and French varietals. The only Rosé we received was La Terre Rosé, which was paired with sausagestuffed quail, served on a stone tablet along with sautéed mushrooms and radish slices, and a red wine demi glace that I would have been more than content to sip from a teacup on its own as it was so nectarous.

Our first course, paired with Incognito Valle de Guadalupe 2014, was Barrata, a light antipasto salad that consisted of fresh, bold flavours meant to awaken our palettes. Chiffonade of basil, sliced tomatoes, and

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European cuisine expertly paired with Mexican and French wine Sonora beef filet medallions with asparagus and potatoes with Hollandaise

The Beer Box P Celebrates its O Anniversary

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Baja California clams with pancetta and sundried tomatoes in broth

olive oil balanced the delicate Fior di Latte cheese and creme fraiche.

The dish that my dining companion and I both agreed was the pièce de résistance was Pasta con Pulpo: octopus tentacles over housemade fettuccine noodles with cherry tomatoes and herbs lightly sautéed together, then topped with a duros de harina garnish.

International cheese platter

The octopus was the most tender either of us had ever tasted, and the Nicolas Chardonnay 2014 worked perfectly with the warm salad.

The second Nicolas wine to arrive at our table was their 2014 Merlot, which was the companion to red wine risotto with shredded beef and bone marrow. The boldness of the Merlot stood up to the savoury, beefy flavours of the

risotto; and this course helped to prepare us for the indulgent main course to follow: Sonora beef filet medallions over asparagus and baby tomatoes with Hollandaise and beef jus.

The beef was incredibly tender, illustrating the skill of the chefs in the kitchen, whose passion to the art of cuisine was evident in each bite we took. The wine that came with our entree was the Incognito Valle de Guadalupe 2014, the same wine that first appeared alongside the first course, completing a ‘culinary boomerang’.

The Deux Mec dessert menu consisted of Tiramisu, and a cheese plate of international cheeses - we ordered one of each. The Tiramisu, with its espresso-bathed ladyfingers, was heavenly - and almost too rich to finish. Almost.

The cheese platter showcased five international cheeses of different textures - ranging from soft and creamy to hard and crumbly. Each of the cheeses was delicious in their own way, and if you like a soft and pungent cheese (as I do), you won’t be disappointed.

The overall concept and its execution make Deux Mec a restaurant that won’t disappoint.

Attentive and knowledgeable wait staff in the front of the house complement the skill and dedication of the cooks in the kitchen.

Working in concert as the different sections of an orchestra do, the Deux Mec staff create a dining experience that could be in found in London, Paris, Rome, or any other European culinary destination.

s the host of TV Azteca’s Cocinero’s Mexicanos, Chef Nico Mejía has a pretty cool job. He gets to travel around the country meeting Mexico’s cooks, learning to prepare their specialty dishes… and of course, tasting what they make.

The Beer Box Prime, located in Marina Vallarta’s Nima Bay, celebrated its one-year anniversary on Saturday, January 28, with invitees Chef Nico Mejía and Cervecera Colima featured at this private function.

Mescals and Mexican microbrews are the specialty of the bar, and the first drink, a Mescal with orange juice, agua de jamaica, and grapefruit juice with an ancho chili garnish, was served while the guests arrived.

Chef Mejía’s menu, inspired by his travels across Mexico for his show (think Anthony Bourdain’s Parts Unknown), was a four-course tasting menu of Mexican cuisine paired with a selection of microbrews from Cervecera Colima.

The starting course, a semi-dry aguachile over a potato-filled taco dorado and dusted with a garnish of dried shrimp flakes, accompanied by the Páramo (Pale ale).

This was followed by a grilled octopus taco with tomatillo and jicama slices, paired with Cayaco, a lager. (Tip: bring the Cayaco to your next BBQ) The next course was another taco, presented like no other taco I’ve ever seen - a ‘dried pozole’ served on a square tortilla with

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radish slices and cabbage. But what made this presentation truly unique was that the hot sauce was served in a syringe alongside the taco, an ingenious way to deliver the sauce… a ‘hot shot’ with the perfect dose of flavour.

The last two dishes caught us off guard when they arrived at the table, as we were expecting an all-Mexican menu.

Grilled Argentine chorizo served over a chimichurri and herbed breadcrumbs was served as the last savoury course before dessert: a tiramisu that was matched with the Ticus, a porter with a finish that’s rich in chocolate and coffee. The menu illustrated by example the diversity of the Cervecera Colima’s range of products.

The Beer Box Prime is open daily, and it’s one of the few spots in the Marina to show NFL games each Sunday.

The extensive menu of Mexican microbrews is sure to impress any microbrew fanatic, as many of their choices aren’t available for export.

And if you’re into learning about (read: tasting many different kinds) of Mescals, request to see their collection, a mini-bar on castors with at least 50 bottles that your server can conveniently wheel over to your table.

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Flavors of Nayarit

By Ramiro Lopez

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lavors of Nayarit by Alondra Maldonado, is a multiaward winning book but it is so much more than that. It is a Gourmand World Cookbook winning in several categories including Best Historical Recipe, Best Local Cuisine and Best First Book. And, it was recently published in English.

Flavors of Nayarit describes Chef Alondra´s culinary journey from the sea to the mountains and to the core of her homeland, Nayarit. After 4,500 kilometers, 45 towns and 250 interviews with the everyday people of Nayarit, and with the writer’s captivating personality, unshakable spirit and her curiosity about food, she reaches people’s hearts.

Over nine months of traveling, of sharing the intimacy of sacred rituals, of special festivities and even of regular people´s daily life, Alondra wrote this quintessential cookbook.

It consists of 150 recipes from three different regions of Nayarit: coastal, highlands and mountains. It´s a masterpiece, with every page impregnated with passion and maternal love. Flavors of Nayarit was first printed in Spanish, and travelled the world to cultural fairs, book festivals, and a number of events that have made its author, Chef Alondra Maldonado Rodriguera, the undisputed ambassador of Nayarit and Mexican cuisine. From China to Germany, from Chicago to Colombia, everywhere it has gone Flavors of Nayarit has left a pleasant taste.

But what makes this multi-award winning cookbook so wonderful?

As many of us know, Nayarit is more than sun and beaches.

Due to its Pacific coastline, its cuisine has been fed by immense fish and seafood resources that the sea provides, as well as by the fertile agriculture of its valleys and mountains. In addition, the old port of San Blas, which was in colonial times the gateway of the Asian spices that came to Mexico, allowed Nayarit to have the first of these novelty contributions to Mexican cuisine, which have been very well adapted to the Nayarit taste.

But this treasure it seems was unheard of, and before Flavors of Nayarit, there was not much research done into the cuisine of the area. Chef Alondra studied Classical literature program at

UNAM, and then she went on to receive a degree in Culinary Arts, but that wasn’t all. More than anything else she possessed a traveler’s soul. There isn’t anyone else who could describe the Nayarit cuisine with such amazing and delightful words other than Alondra, whose heart, sensitive to simplicity, allows her to captivate details that are then interpreted in a sublime way.

Flavors of Nayarit is a journey into the collective memory.

It’s not just Alondra´s cookbook, it belongs to all of the people of Nayarit as well. A true homage to the people of Nayarit cuisine: the fishermen, artisans, peasants, housewives and cooks, they are the true protagonists of Flavors of Nayarit. Inhabitants that, faithful to their tradition, opened their hearts and their houses to the author, who literally went into

their kitchens and then into their hearts.

This is a book that will take you through the history and stories of constancy, perseverance and courage. It´s a book of feelings and tastes where Alondra´s poetic writing style will feed your desire for traveling, eating and reading, but more than anything, the love for Nayarit.

Besides its incredible research this book is also a successful collaboration of the historian Pedro López, and photographer, Roberto Zepeda, whose impressive work permeates every page with colorful images that seduce, and beautiful compositions that captivate.

It is worth noting that all this work was done independently with her own resources, and support from a handful of friends who then grew and became involved

in this creative madness.

Alondra recently moved to Bucerias and is rounding off this great work of research with a new project of cooking classes and private dinners. She is also planning to begin a project that seeks to rescue and promote Nayarit cuisine through traditional cooks.

But every new project needs patience and resources. You can support this cause by purchasing your own copy of this book, which is essential for those who want to know, or already love, Nayarit.

The English version is available today.

For more information contact alondrachef@gmail.com, fb Sabores de Nayarit, www. saboresdenayarit.com. Books for purchase at Jan Marie Boutique (Bucerias), Maia Restaurant, Art Vallarta, Barcelona Tapas (in Puerto Vallarta).

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n Saturday February 11 and Sunday February 12, long time Puerto Vallarta resident and jeweler, June Rosen Lopez is having her 4th annual Valentine’s party and open house.

This year with all the political turmoil June feels it is a fun time to celebrate the concept of friendship and peace. What better day to do this then a few days before Valentine’s Day? This is the perfect time to maybe find yourself a special handmade trinket. She has lots of new pieces, in all price ranges. June’s work is special and very creative. She has the special touch; working with beautiful stones and creating wonderful magical pieces.

The party and sale is a fun time to make new friends and reunite with

some of your old friends. She will be serving beautiful and tasty sweet treats, coffee and wine, if you are so inclined.

This is a must annual event - don’t miss it!

Her gallery is on the corner of Francisca Rodriquez and Pino Suárez. Francisca Rodriquez is the same street as the new pier, you cross Olas Altas and go up the hill.

(Directly across the street from the new building Pier 57.)

Galeria June Rosen lopez Francisca Rodriquez# 200, junesjewel74@hotmail.com Valentine’s Party and Open house Saturday and Sunday Feb 11-12 From 2-8pm Everyone is invited!

or those who had conflicting plans, or hadn't arrived yet, or who hadn't even heard about Brewster Brockmann's opening cocktail on February 1st at Galleria Pacifico, you still have a chance.

Pacifico will host a second reception on Wednesday, February 8th, from 6-10 PM during the weekly downtown Art Walk.

The highly talented Brewster Brockmann is one of the best known and most collected artists who show in Puerto Vallarta. He will be exhibiting 25 of his newest sculptures in clay and bronze and drawings and paintings on paper and canvas at the gallery's second floor location, just up from the Malecon at 174 Aldama.

Some of Brewster's older work will also be on display at Pacifico's new annex 50 feet down at the corner of Morelos and Aldama.

This will be Brockmann's twelfth exhibition at Galeria Pacifico over the last thirteen years. He will also be in a three artist collective at a museum of art in Guadalajara later this month and has two pieces in the permanent collection of the Peter Gray Art Museum at the local campus of the University of Guadalajara. Brewster Brockmann's fascinating collection of primitive imagery in contemporary

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Brewster Brockmann at Galeria Pacifico

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arrangements will remain mounted until March 4th, but Galeria Pacifco always maintains an ample display of his work. Pacifico is in it's twenty ninth year, and for the last eleven has sponsored the Free Malecon Sculpture Tour conducted it's owner, Gary Thompson, and Huichol Indian Art expert, Kevin Simpson, every Tuesday morning at 9:30 starting at the Millennium sculpture next to the

Hotel Rosita at the north end of the Malecon ocean promenade.

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Fiesta Rosa -- Sold Out!

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e would like to thank you for making Fiesta Rosa such a great success!

The event, our biggest fundraiser of the year, was completely sold out. Thanks to the 240 guests in attendance for making this happen.

Your support helps fund the important beautification projects of the Vallarta Garden Club.

We also want to acknowledge these important event contributions: - Wine generously donated by Paul Crist and Hotel Mercurio - Entertainment provided by Amy Armstrong and The Palm Cabaret & Bar - Décor by Nicholas Pinney Design, David Muck and Cole Martelli Photography generously donated by Mike Laking -Many silent auction items from local merchants Producing an event of this size requires a great deal of time and we would like to acknowledge the

work of the Gala Committee: Jim Eckhardt, Chair Gala Committee: Char Bailey Crowe, Faye Cardenas, Nancy Warner, Nicholas Pinney, Andre Lategan, Burger Smuts, Jim Dumke, Mike Laking, Leslie Rutledge,

SPCA of Puerto Vallarta

By Janice Gonzalez

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e’ve told you about all the wonderful fashions and accessories that will be on display at our upcoming fundraiser “Beauty and the Beast” on February 8th. This issue we want to tell you about the artwork.

Available for sale at the fundraiser will be work from a Canadian Collection of Artists. Here’s just a few of the artists who will have their work on display and for sale: Carla Weaver from White Rock is an accomplished artist who finds inspiration from her time spent here in Puerto Vallarta as well as European travels. Oils to acrylic, realism to abstract, she masters them all.

Edwige Pelletier from Ottawa, paints in a beautiful bold fashion of acrylic and mixed media. Her colorful “gatos” will be a hit at our auction. She can be found at her studio space in the Tres Gallinas y un Gallo (Three Hens and a Rooster) Market each week.

Wendy Urban, originally from Calgary now resides full time in Puerto Vallarta. She is an abstract artist who loves to work in a variety of mixed media. Large, bold colors and texture created by layers of paint are her passion.

Stay tuned until next week for news of other beautiful things available as part of our silent auction.

We got this report from Mark

McCoy at the farmers market: “We had a terrific day at the Farmers market yesterday with a new record for sales of t-shirts, as well as selling a bunch of 2017 pet calendars.

Many of the visitors that come to our table tell us that they are volunteers at shelters in their home cities in the USA and Canada. We also receive compliments on the results of our efforts to rescue street dogs, and what a difference there is compared to several years ago.

Seven years ago, when I joined the Puerto Vallarta SPCA I never saw local dog on the street with a collar, much less being walked on a leash.

Many of the dogs lived on the flat roofs of homes and never got any

Cole Martelli and David Muck And thanks to our many volunteers. We appreciate each of you.

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exercise, other than barking at dogs that passed by on the street below. The SPCA’s efforts, including programs to educate children in the schools, have really paid off.

Visitors to the Market table sometimes show us pictures their rescued animals and sometimes inquire about how to go about rescuing a Mexican dog to take home with them. One of our first recommendations is that they go on a tour our sanctuary and see the animals that are available.

Yesterday a gentleman told us of his recent visit to our sanctuary.

This is what he said. “I walked down the aisle and paused in front of the dog enclosures. I wanted a dog to pick me, not the other way around. A dog approached.

My eyes saw the dog and it went directly into my heart.”

Thanks to our volunteers Doreen and Brian.

Come and spend a rewarding afternoon cuddling the animals at Puerto Vallarta’s SPCA Sanctuary.

Reservations to visit the sanctuary need to be made in advance. To make a reservation, contact us at spcapv@gmail.com. We appreciate any donations you can bring for our rescues and also please feel free to bring treats for sanctuary staff as they truly appreciate it.

Get involved…rescue, adopt, foster, volunteer, donate or educate.

You can learn more about the SPCA Puerto Vallarta by checking us out at www.spcapv.com/home or on Facebook.

Date Set For American Legion Chili Cook-Off

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hili and Music Lovers Take Note: The 5th annual American Legion Charity Chili Cook-Off is set for Saturday, February 25, 1-5 p.m., at El Rio BBQ Bar and Grill in Paso Ancho.

As always, the chili fest features recipes from some 20 popular Puerto Vallarta restaurants and sponsors — all competing for trophies and bragging rights.

Cost is $250 pesos per person.

An order of El Rio’s famous

smoked riblets and an agua fresca is also included. Entertainment will come from several cookin’ musical groups. All proceeds from the cook-off go to local American Legion charities and the community.

Tickets can be purchased at the door or in advance from any of the event’s sponsors, including Steve’s Sports Bar and Carol’s Boutique, both on Basilio Badillo in Old Town.

For more information: dennis2rike@Hotmail.com.

Tour the New Casa Connor On February 9 from 9am-12 you are invited to tour the new Casa Connor.

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asa Connor was given to Pasitos de Luz as a facility that will allow us to increase services and provide an environment that will have the space and equipment to better serve an increased number of children and their families.

Casa Connor was built through the generosity of the Oudman Family and an amazing number of people who donated time, effort and funds. Sincerest thanks, gratitude and our hearts go out to those donors who made the dream come true and, in turn, donated the facility to Pasitos de Luz: Eagle Wings Foundation, Bachas Restaurant, Villa Group, Secrets Vallarta Bay Puerto Vallarta, Now Amber Puerto Vallarta, Brian Collins family, Weenings family, Emmanuel Christian Reformed Church in Calgary

and to the many more anonymous and other donors. Casa Connor was built by fundraising of this generous group and given to Pasitos upon completion.

On January 9, 2017 the children of Pasitos de Luz started to attend the Casa Connor centre. The previous location in Pitillal remains open for children who attend for short therapy sessions only and not overall programming. All children who attend for overall care, therapy, nutrition, educational programming and more now go to Casa Connor.

Please join us for the celebration of our new facility at the Casa Connor Open House! February 9 from 9am-noon. Transportation is provided from Sam’s Club at 9:15am.

Email info@pasitosdeluz.org for all the details.

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Glenn Close: A Great Living Actress

By Fred Jacobs

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lenn Close was born on March 19, 1947, in Greenwich, Connecticut, into an upper class family with a long history in the northeastern United States. Her parents, Dr. William Close and Bettine Moore Close, were both born into elite social circles. They did not raise Glenn and her siblings in that world, although, during her childhood, Glenn lived with her parents in a stone cottage on her grandfather’s estate in Greenwich.

Glenn is quoted as saying “my parents were real black sheep in Greenwich.”

Glenn’s grandparents founded Round Hill Country Club, but Glenn and her immediate family, never participated in that kind of a lifestyle.

In 1954, Glenn’s parents joined Moral Rearmament (MRA), a cultlike group that sent its members out into the world to convert people to its brand of spirituality. When Glenn was thirteen, her parents moved the family to the Belgian Congo to spread the word and her father also operated a clinic there.

Glenn’s early years were split between Africa and boarding schools in Switzerland. She later attended the prep school Rosemary Hall back in Greenwich before joining the MRA associated singing group “Up with People”, who she toured with throughout Europe and the United States for four years. Glenn eventually broke away from the group at the age of 22 in order to go to the College of William and Mary, where she had a double major in drama and anthropology.

After college, Glenn moved to New York City where she and good friend Meryl Streep, joined the Phoenix Theatre Company.

The two were relentless in auditioning for everything they could.

Eventually Glenn was given a callback and hired for one season to do three plays at the Helen Hayes

Theatre. She continued to appear in many Broadway and Off-Broadways in the 1970s and early 1980s.

The 1980s would be Glenn’s most successful decade in Hollywood. She made her big screen debut in “The World According to Garp” (1982) which earned Glenn her first Oscar nomination.

She played Robin Williams’ mother, despite being just four years older than him. The following year she played Sarah Cooper in “The Big Chill” (1983), a role specifically written for Glenn by the director.

The movie received good reviews and was a financial success. Close became only the third actor to receive a Tony, Emmy, and Oscar nomination all in the same calendar year. Glenn was given a part in Robert Redford’s baseball drama “The Natural”

(1984), even though it was a small role, she earned a third consecutive Oscar nomination.

In 1987 Glenn then landed the role of her career when she played the disturbed book editor (and bunny boiler) Alex Forrest in “Fatal Attraction”, opposite Michael Douglas.

The role really shot Glenn into stardom. The movie was a box-office success and the highest-grossing film worldwide of that year. She would also receive her fourth Oscar nomination for the role. In 1988 Glenn played a scheming aristocrat in Dangerous Liaisons. Glenn earned rave reviews for her performance and again was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress.

In 1990, Glenn played the role of Sunny von Bülow opposite Jeremy Irons in “Reversal of Fortune”

to critical acclaim. The film was controversial since it dealt with the Claus von Bülow murder trial, while the real Sunny von Bülow was still in a vegetative state. Sunny’s children also publicly criticized the movie.

Glenn then would star in one of her most memorable roles as the sinister Cruella de Vil in the Disney hit “101 Dalmatians” (1996).

Her performance was universally praised and earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a comedy.

The film was a commercial success, earning $320US million in theaters. Glenn would then be in another box office hit with “Air Force One” (1997), playing the trustworthy vice president opposite Harrison Ford as president.

In 2007, Glenn switched gears

to the small screen and started a five year run on the TV series “Damages” on the new network FX. She played a no nonsense lawyer and the role won her and the show many Emmys.

The show would bring together Hollywood “A-listers” like Ted Danson, William Hurt, Marcia Gay Harden, Martin Short, Lily Tomlin, John Goodman and Ryan Phillippe.

Since the end of the TV series, Glenn has pursued independent films as opposed to big Hollywood studio films. She is at a point in her career, where she definitely can pick and choose what she wants to work in and when she wants to work. We look forward for what she will bring us next.

Fred Jacobs is a full time resident of Puerto Vallarta and the author of three books.

Where can I find the Vallarta Tribune?

Over the past month we have been making small changes to our distribution locations; hopefully making it easier for you to find a copy. The Tribune will be available for pick up at the tourist offices in the main plaza as well as in Park Lazaro Cardenas, in Puerto Vallarta. You can shop and pick up

a copy of the Tribune at the Friday Marsol Market, the Saturday Olas Altas Market and at the Amigo’s de La Cruz table at the La Cruz Sunday Market. In addition to all of our advertisers, look for the Vallarta Tribune in restaurants, resorts, galleries and salons around the Bay of Banderas and north into

Sayulita and San Pancho. We distribute 10,000 copies in high season from Mismaloya to San Pancho each week.

Marina Vallarta: Benittos, The Coffee Cup, Re/Max, San Javier Hospital Nuevo Vallarta: Eddies, Barracuda’s, Nopalitos, US Consulate,

Chasers Sports Bar Bucerias: Mark’s, Sandrina’s, Yo-Yo Mo’s, Luna Lounge, Esquina 22 La Cruz: Oso’s Oyster Bar, Octopus Garden, Tescamala Sayulita: Don Pedro’s, Punta Sayulita, Choco Banana, Sayulita Wine Shop San Pancho: Hotel Cielo Rojo

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Organic Love - Healthy food for the soul

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n the little organic kitchen & shop located in the quiet fishing village of La Cruz de Huanacaxtle, owner and operator Alef has made a promise to present a healthy, tasty and nutritional alternative to our neighbors, friends, guests and to whomever ventures into this village.

At Organic Love, located at Calle Delphín 14 it’s possible to eat tasty and exciting flavors and feel confident that you are eating natural and with great respect towards our planet.

This newly opened restaurant offers breakfasts with eggs that are locally produced on an organic farm and vegetables that are farmed in our area and grown naturally without chemicals, as well as plates of organic yogurt and fresh fruit served with homemade granola and gluten-free seeds.

Perhaps most well-known for their large variety of fresh drinks, hot or cold, smoothies, juices and homemade kombucha as well as a variety of coffee drinks, they have anything you might desire to start your day, to have the energy to get through your day, something sweet to end the day and even something to help cure that hangover so you can enjoy another day at the beach.

For your lunch Organic Love offers a whole wheat bread that they make in their

kitchen. They mix bread flour with whole wheat flour and add flax seeds, sunflower seeds, coconut oil, Himalayan salt and a whole bunch of Mexican compassion, then slice it in half and fill it with calabaza fried in organic coconut oil, avocado, pickled cabbage and a selection of seasonal vegetables and organic salads.

Another delicious dish offered is a fusion of an Italian pesto and spirals of lightly fried zucchini. This dish is a favorite among the regulars because it’s truly a vegan alternative to eating a pasta.

Look no further for something to satisfy your sweet tooth. There is an ever changing selection of desserts, cakes and cookies, oftentimes vegan and gluten-free.

Organic Love is proud to have the best quality in ingredients with the majority of items used in the kitchen having been farmed locally and when it’s possible they will select organic. They strive to take care of every detail from the earth to the plate so that everything is cooked and prepared to maintain the freshness and the nutritional value.

Be sure to visit this charming new dining spot to learn even more about their efforts.

Easy to find they are located in La Cruz just across from Philo’s Real Estate Office

Where Is This?

Sandra Cesca

Find out on a guided walk around historic Vallarta with Puerto Vallarta Walking Tours. Stroll the cobblestone streets, typical of Spanish Colonial architecture, while absorbing the sights, smells and sounds of daily life. Visit markets, historic buildings, and workshops. Get immersed in the culture while exploring areas you might not find on your own.

Photo: Using fine brushes of squirrel tail hair, artists create intricate patterns and designs on clay pottery ranging in size from small tiles and dinner plates to huge vases which are then fired in kilns overnight. www.puertovallartawalkingtours.com

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oug Varty is a professional guitarist, pianist, harmonica player, singer and songwriter. At the age of 17, he joined the Canadian rock band “Seadog” and toured North America, opening for supergroups Rush, BTO and Canned Heat.

Later, he led the house band at “Old Chicago” a blues club in London, Ontario, working with such greats as Paul James, Edgar Winter, John Lee Hooker and The Fabulous Thunderbirds. An avid R’n’B fan, his voice has always displayed a remarkable similarity to Rod Stewart’s.

In 1998, Doug was approached by veteran Canadian blues singers Chris and Geoff Dahl who were looking for a “Rod Stewart” for their national “Soul Men” tour. The trio knew of each other’s work and it seemed like a natural fit. Soon, as a featured member of the troupe, he was getting rave reviews from concert audiences across the country. This experience deepened Doug’s appreciation of Rod Stewart’s repertoire, singing style

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Forever Young Doug Varty’s Tribute to Rod Stewart and stage act and with the help of a spikey blond wig, he became very good at replicating it.

The Soul Men tour was a real eye opener for Doug Varty. It taught him that he didn’t need to drag tons of musical equipment around, or sweat over a keyboard for hours, in order to entertain an audience. As Rod Stewart, people would begin to cheer as soon as he walked up to a microphone. The job was fun, and he enjoyed it. When the tour ended, his phone began to ring with offers from all over the country to book his Rod Stewart tribute by itself.

This was an opportunity Doug just couldn’t pass up.

Calling his show “Forever Young”, Doug soon hit the road. First across Canada, from Halifax to Vancouver, then north to Whitehorse. Later, the circuit expanded to include Las Vegas and New York, in the US, then Bermuda, Germany and The Cayman Islands. Calling the venture a success is putting

it mildly. In early February, Doug embarks on a string of Mexican shows, including dates in Mazatlan and the Puerto Vallarta area. On February 9th he appears at The

Luna Lounge in Bucerias and on February 11th he will be at El Rio BBQ, in Paso Ancho. More details are available on the venue web sites and elsewhere in this

publication.

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Vallarta Body Bugs and Tropical Conditions

by Virginia Fox v@vcfox.net

Virginia Fox is a Writer, Performer, Producer and Storyteller. Her free flying fictional stories share a slice of life with a humorous twist. She is currently working on an anthology of her fondest memories, “Moon Lady’s Wild Rides.”

Shameless Spanglish

his year I’m spending two hours a day on Duolingo,” Carlene says, an ex- teacher addicted to learning. “I’m hiring a tutor and I’ll be fluent in six months.”

Carlene has no shortage of lofty goals. I have long ago decided I’ll develop my own ‘Spanglish’ language. It’s easier, a lot more fun, and there’s no studying.

On Tuesday, I’m late for a fundraiser and my hair looks like a drowned rat. “I’ve had it with my hair,” I complain to my husband, Cal. “What?” he asks, reluctantly taking out his earphones and interrupting his online Spanish lesson to focus on me, something I regularly require. “I’m gonna’ chop it all off.

What do you think?” “I don’t think,” he says.

“You always look good.” Safe words he’s learned over 29 years. That afternoon after two hours in Marvelous Magritte’s salon, I burst through the front door, interrupting Cal’s online games, “How do I look?” “Great” he beams.

The next morning reality rushes in. I love the short tossed salad style, but can’t do anything with it. I head to Sally’s Beauty store in Plaza Galerias, a supply store welcoming distraught women throughout the U.S. and Canada. “Habla English?”

I ask hopefully. “No Señora,” they shake their heads. My Spanglish is ready-use, a shameless mix of English, Spanish, French, and Pig Latin with pantomime thrown in.

“Moussay” I say rubbing hands together, in and out of my hair. No comprendo. “Bebe hair,” I point to my fine strands. “Oomphay” I try. “Volumina.” The salesgirls erupt in laughter, taking an array of spray bottles off the shelf while babbling in unintelligible Spanish. I grab one with English “for all types of hair.” The next step is finding a fix to hold my scrambled curls. “I need spritz for scrunch!” I say twisting my strands together in clumps. “Pss pss” I mime indicating a spray, actions that cause more laughter.

“Spikes! Rooster!” I pull up a clump of hair on top of my head. “Forte.” No comprendo. I call Marvelous Magritte and give the phone to the salesgirl who chatters and laughs. I don’t have to understand Spanish to know they’re talking about me with a few product suggestions thrown in. I buy every product they suggest and leave them laughing.

“I’ll get the chicken for our dinner party,”

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I say to Cal, thinking of taking an easy trip to Mega. If pizza in a box is not the entrée, Chef Cal takes it on from planning to shopping and cooking. Buying the ‘pollo’ was one thing I thought I could do besides setting a festive table. “If you want,” he says warily looking at me. “The butcher behind the Mexican vegetable market has fresh chicken,” he says. Fresh chicken? Like not frozen with colorful packaging promising it was raised in carpeted coops? I buy pre-washed packaged lettuce and frozen meat, making one exception when I get my farm-boy-fix buying fish from Mexican guys dressed in rubber boots.

Getting closer to the culture sounds good, but buying fresh chicken I pray doesn’t have its head on? “Buenas tardes,” the butcher greets me with a huge smile. I don’t hear or see chickens pecking around the back area, but he’s brandishing a large knife.

“Cuatro pollo breasts” I say, trying out my Español. He’s obviously “no comprendo.”

I’ve no choice. I locate my boobs and push upward with my arms. “Cuatro, por favor.”

He smiles. I lift them higher to make my point. Now he’s laughing and calling over his butcher buddies. In moments, raw chickens appear and he whacks what I hope are four breasts off dead fowls.

“Todo bien?” he asks, I think means “anything else?” “Cuatro thighs,” I say grabbing my leg, raising it in the air and slapping the thigh area. I now have an audience of three butcher buddies. The unpackaged chicken meat appears, and he whacks off what I think are thighs. The audience chuckles and our connection is complete.

“Cuanto cuesta?” I ask. “Almost free,” he smiles.

Living in Mexico guarantees a wealth of unpredictable experiences. “You won’t believe this, but I got the best lash grower in Vallarta,” Colleen says.

“Not Latisse or anything we can get in States.” Colleen has long lashes I love to hate. I’m listening and taking notes.

“Where?” “At Nutrisa, the yogurt place in Plaza Galerias and Caracol,” she says.

I’ve seen sushi in the Italiana Comida section of Soriana, and napkins beside toilet paper, but lash grower in a yogurt shop? I head to Plaza Caracol first, a great excuse to exercise my shopping addictions, stopping in several beauty tiendas. “Donde Yogurta tienda con lash grower?” I ask, no words any Mexican salesgirl can understand. I point to

my one inch disappearing lashes and hers, long and lustrous. “Hoy” I say indicating an inch. “Manana” I add, indicating three inches with my fingers. How hard is that to comprendo, today short and tomorrow long?

A 20-something salesgirl walks me quickly to their mascara section on the shelf.

“No Señorita, donde yogurta tienda?” She walks me outside and points to the right, a quizzical look on her lash-framed face.

Finding the Nutrisa yogurt store, I’m now begging for lash grower.

“Yogurta solamente,” they say with no beauty products in sight. Determined as a cat in heat, I jump in a cab and head to Plaza Galerias. Nutrisa is easy to find.

“Donde Lash grower,” I try again pointing to my lashes and theirs. An amazing spread of beauty products sits on a shelf across from assorted flavors of yoghurt.

Texting Colleen pictures of products, she suggests the bottle of oil-based lotion.

“Castor oil” really works,” she says. I buy a bottle and leave knowing they can’t imagine my lashes looking like theirs, but they’ve made me happy. (Trial: After swiping on oil and blurring the vision of my sensitive eyes, Colleen was gifted my bottle.)

On the eve of arriving overnight friends, we make a shopping list for our Foxy B&B. “I’ll get some eggs,” I tell Cal. “You can make one of your fabulous omelets for breakfast.” Another benefit of the Mexican culture, is finding mini supermarkets tucked in between bars and jewelry stores on every main street. I love the eclectic mix of produce and products, beer to beans, Ex-lax to electrolytes, cheese to condoms. “Por favor, I need fresh eggs,” I say to the mustached Mexican behind the counter. He leans forward indicating he wants me to repeat my

request. “Eggs,” I say. “Huevos.” “Fresca.”

There’s a pause. Straightening up in a macho pose he begins to smile. “Huevos frescos? Si, Senora, I have,” he says, a familiar glint in his eyes. We both erupt in laughter as he puts a dozen eggs in a plastic bag. “I’ll be back soon,” I say. “Thanks for the warning,” he laughs.

I know I’m missing a lot by not speaking and understanding Spanish, having spontaneous conversations, and talking to the woman in the little house whose doorway I pass every day. Next year I’ll take Spanish lessons, but for now it’s Shameless Spanglish.

Virginia Fox is a Writer, Performer, Producer and Storyteller. Her free flying fictional stories share a slice of life with a humorous twist. She is working on an anthology of her fondest memories, “Moon Lady’s Wild Rides.”

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Fun on the Riviera Nayarit Cat Morgan www.rivieranayaritfun.com Cat@RivieraNayaritFun.com

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ey Everybody! February is the peak month of high season, kicking everything up to high gear!

The North Bay area and the Riviera Nayarit are filled with fun events. Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. Take out your loved ones for dinner as there are so many delightful culinary specials to choose from! Take the time for the special people in your life every day.

SAN PANCHO CELEBRATES ENTREAMIGOS Nonprofit celebrations fill the air in San Pancho. Entreamigos celebrates their 11th anniversary party which will be held at the new elegant La Patrona Polo and Equestrian Club on Monday, February 6th, beginning at 6pm.

The Entreamigos are committed to children, education, the environment, the community of San Pancho and so much more.

They are amazing! Your ticket price of 1000 pesos or (50 usd) includes: complimentary Mexican traditional drinks and tastes, delicious 3 course dinner, raffles and prizes, paddle drop auction, live music,

dancing and more.

Your ticket also includes access to the “Tastes of Mexico” tequila and other Mexican drinks specialty bar. There will also be interesting non alcoholic beverages served.

Raffles may be paid in cash, credit card or the following day at Entreamigos.

For more information on purchasing tickets, or directions to the new Polo Club location please call Nicole Swedlow at Entreamigos info@ entreamigos.org.mx 322 117 1677 Tickets are already 50% sold so purchase your tickets soon!

Thank YOU! San Pancho Music Festival The San Pancho Music Festival is celebrating its 17th Year! WOOHOO! The festival began in 2001 in the backyard of a local resident, and has since grown into one of the most popular music events on the Riviera Nayarit featuring over 25 groups and 100 musicians each year.

There is no cover charge, and these musicians play for the love of playing!

This fun-filled 3-day music festival will be held Friday, February 24th through Sunday

February 26th in the Plaza del Sol from 5pm to 11pm each night.

This music fest features a nice variety of regional, national and international artist on two stages.

This means that there is continuous entertainment for our delight!

There are all kinds of foods and beverages available for purchase around the plaza plus some vendors showing and selling their wares.

There is some seating that is on a first come first serve basis, but it is recommended to bring your own chairs. Blankets are great as well for the front rows.

Please visit the website for the schedule.

Thanks to Chris Parsons for the task of updating the website schedule, and to the entire board directors for all you do to make this happen. Gracias!! sanpanchomusicfest.wordpress. com/2017-schedule Bucerias Rhythm & Ribs Fundraiser / Manos de Amor Bucerias Children’s Orphanage The big Manos de Amor Rhythm and Ribs Fundraiser is coming our way on February 18, 2017 beginning at 6pm.

The Rhythm Roosters will be rocking the house for the entertainment this year.

There are no entry fees. Tickets are available for purchase of food and beverages.

Entre Amigos Extends an Invitation to its Gala Fundraiser Dinner

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he funds will go towards the projects the non-profit organizes to benefit San Pancho’s children and teens, including the Library and the Children’s Program.

Entre Amigos has extended an open invitation to its annual Gala Dinner, which celebrates the past and the future of this non-profit organization located in San Pancho.

The entity is dedicated to community development, education, the arts and environmental care among other factors that help make a better world.

This elegant event will be held at the renovated La Patrona Polo Club in San Pancho on

Monday, February 6, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. Guests will repair to the Polo Lounge, where they will be served a three-course meal accompanied by fine tequila. A raffle, prizes and live music will all be part of the fun evening.

The funds raised will be dedicated to the different projects this non-profit organizes for local children and teens, including the Library and Children’s program.

For questions and comments please write to info@entreamigos.org.mx.

Additional details are available at Facebook Entre Amigos. Tickets are on sale for MX$1,000 or USD$50.

There is also the yearly 50/50 drawing. Gary from Bucerias won a bundle last season!

The bake sale is on with delicious baked yummy goodness to take home or eat there!

They always request baking items to be donated for the bakers to create their culinary delights.

They start baking on the 14 and would appreciate any donations the week prior to that (the week of Feb. 7) If anyone would like to make a cash donation those are accepted as well.

Please drop off your items at Manos De Amor or call or email Karen McKenzie at: 322-227-8349 or email: redmck@gmail.com Thanks everybody!

Esquina 22 Bar and Lounge in Bucerias is now changing their Thursday music venue to Saturdays.

Last Saturday I met a girlfriend for dinner.

We really enjoyed the new band Cuba da Bossa.

They will be playing every Saturday night.

Drop on by!

Thanks so much for tuning in this week!

The FUN continues! For any questions or comments please email me at Cat@RivieraNayaritFun.com.

If you’re interested in advertising with the Vallarta Tribune please email me at CatPVTribune@Gmail.com Have a super week everyone! AHO!

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SEX PLEASE WE’RE SIXTY AN AMERICAN FARCE

by Michael Parker & Susan Parker

COMEDY DINNER THEATRE FOR CHARITY DATES: FEBRUARY 28, MARCH 1, 5, 7, 8 2017 TIMES: 4 evening performances, 1 matinee on Sunday, March 5 LOCATION: Restaurante Langosta DIEZ, La Cruz Centro DONATION TICKET PRICE: front row table reserved 800 MXN, general table 500 MXN, theatre seating 250 MXN PROCEEDS GO TO: benefit Amigos de La Cruz de Huancaxtle, A.C.

To buy tickets and for more information visit:

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Tribute Shows Continue to Dominate the North Shore Entertainment Scene

By Debbie White

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eople love seeing and hearing things that are familiar. This is one of the reasons why Tribute Shows are so popular. We enjoy hearing the songs of our lives that have been made famous by major artists throughout the years.

These are the songs that still make our hearts skip a beat!

Each new week, Luna Lounge Bucerias excites their audiences with outstanding, quality dinner shows! People just can’t get enough of all the fabulous entertainment offered at this North Shore venue.

This month, we loved Shania Live starring, the multi-talented Annette LaFond. With the look and voice of Shania Twain, this show was a total winner! Kathy Thompson was a big hit with her, Bette Midler Tribute, featuring the music and feisty persona of Bette Midler. The Neal Diamond Tribute show, Solitary Man, delivered two amazing, sold-out performances. Brittany Kingery wowed her audience once again with Hasten Down the Wind, a tribute to the music of Linda Ronstadt. And new to Luna Lounge was the fantastic The Everly Brothers’ Golden Hits Show starring John Sharkey and Michael Damekert.

Coming up on Thursday and Friday, February 2 and 3, Michael Dankert brings his incredible Roy Orbison Tribute, featuring favorite songs like, “Pretty Woman,” “Only the Lonely,” “It’s Over” and “Crying.” Both shows are sold out, so a third show was added for this past Monday.

On Sunday and Monday, February 5 and 6, AbbaMania comes to the venue with all the greatest hits from the international musical phenomena, Abba! You’ll love reliving all your Abba favorites. Both show are now sold out.

The Rod Stewart Show debuts at Luna Lounge on Thursday, February 9 and 10. Doug Varty presents the exciting songs of this music legend. Doug’s New Year’s Eve Brian Adams Tribute was a huge hit with the audience; so don’t miss his high-energy, professional tribute to Rod Stewart.

February 9 show is sold out.

International headliner, Dwight Blake performs Memories of Motown on Saturday, February 11.

Dwight has performed at Luna Lounge for several seasons and is always a favorite with his spectacular Motown sound. The February 11 show is sold out, but there are plans to add an additional show.

On Sunday, February 12th, the fabulous Amberly Beatty returns with When Girls Ruled! This show features the music and persona of stars like Patsy Cline, Brenda Lee, Connie Francis and more.

And you won’t want to miss Samira, who is back this season on Thursday and Friday, February 16 and 17 with her high energy show, Truly Tina. She’ll show you some action with her impressive dancing and singing of Tina Turner favorites.

The Dozen Divas Show takes the stage at Luna Lounge on Saturday, February 18 with a tribute to twelve amazing musical stars presented by Dorothy Bishop.

With quick costume changes and dead-on impersonations, you’ll definitely want to see this performance!

The Cher Show, Believe, debuts on Sunday and Monday, February 19 and 20, presenting Kara Chandler, who looks and sounds like the real Cher!

On Thursday, February 23, Dave LaFame returns as Tom Jones. The Tom Jones Show is outstanding entertainment and you’ll like the way Dave reminds you of this sexy star!

Danny B, Canada’s Master of the Blues, brings his entertaining show to the venue on Saturday, February 25.

And on Monday, February 27, see The Best of Bobby Darrin, starring Dave LaFame. You’ll hear all the hits and have all the fun of a Bobby Darrin concert!

Don’t miss any of the exciting tribute shows each week through the end of March. Every Tuesday and Wednesday night starting at 7 pm, Luna Lounge features the all-new Crazy Bitches (drag) dinner show with Miss Diva Divine and her gals!

Most dinner shows sell out quickly so visit lunaloungebucerias.com to book your tickets. For questions, send an email to: hugh@lunaloungebucerias.com.

Luna Lounge is located at Av. Mexico #27, Bucerías, Nayarit.

Tel. 329-298-324

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The Agency Opens Punta de Mita Office

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he Agency announced the official opening of its new Punta de Mita office, located next to The W Hotel.

The opening marks the continued expansion of the Beverly Hillsbased brokerage around the world, bringing the total to three international offices, following the 2016 launches in Los Cabos and Turks and Caicos. The news from abroad comes as The Agency continues its expansion stateside, with offices set to open this year in Palm Springs, Calabasas, Phoenix, Malibu and Pacific Palisades.

“The Agency established an international reputation by building a strong culture of collaboration and a world-class team throughout the L.A. area, a prime market on the global real estate stage,” said Mauricio Umansky, CEO and Co-Founder of The Agency.

“Our expansion into Punta de Mita will play a significant role in the development of the area’s upscale properties, which are among the most luxurious in the world.”

The Agency Punta de Mita will be led by Managing Partner Alejandro Aldrete, a longtime real estate

veteran with years of international sales and negotiating experience.

Aldrete will lead The Agency Punta de Mita network of six agents, including Alejandra Wulff, who will direct the sales team. The Wulff family has a deeply rooted history in the area, with Alejandra Wulff’s grandfather among the original pioneers in the development of Puerto Vallarta.

The Agency Punta de Mita team will specialize in luxury homes, vacation leases, concierge services, and event planning.

The team will work closely with the One&Only Mandarina and The W Punta de Mita Residences.

The area’s exquisite beaches, lush tropical landscape and aquatic adventures put it on the map as a popular weekend escape, vacation destination, and private residential community.

“The Agency is more than a brokerage; we’re a lifestyle company offering a range of global services,” Aldrete adds. “Our expansion into some of the world’s most coveted vacation destinations allows us to better serve our clients as a one-stop shop for all of their real estate needs.”

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WHAT’S HAPPENING AT TESCALAMA Happy Hour: Everyday from 5:00-7:00pm 2x1 National Drinks, Half Price Pizzas on Wednesday Live Music: Zoe Wood every Thursday 7-9pm SPORTS! SPORTS! MORE SPORTS!

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Events Calendar Have an event you want to promote? Email the details: Where, When, Who and What by Monday 5pm to Editor(at)VallartaTribune. com to be included in that week’s paper.

All events can be found online at www.vallartatribune.com/events NOW ADD YOUR EVENT ONLINE – FREE ONLINE LISTINGS! February 7 Free Malecon Sculpture Tour.

Meets every Tuesday morning at 9:30am in front of the Millennium Sculpture by the Hotel Rosita on the north end of the Malecon. Meet local artists, learn more about the vibrant artistic community we have in Puerto Vallarta.

February 7 Purr Project Fashion Show Daquiri Dicks, Old Town PV – 10:30am February 7 IFC Home Tours - Visit 4 stunning Vallarta homes. Leave Sea Monkey Restaurant on the Malecon at 10:30am - 3 Hours. $600 pesos www.toursforvallarta.com February 8 Champagne brunch at The Iguana - Casa Kimberly. Spring fundraiser for the SPCA. Contact spcapv@gmail.com for more details.

February 8 Charity Bingo at Nacho Daddy Cards on sale at 3pm – Bingo starts at 4pm Live music by Stolie from 3-4pm Fundraising for Pasitos de Luz and Colina Spay and Neuter Clinic

February 14 Free Malecon Sculpture Tour.

Meets every Tuesday morning at 9:30am in front of the Millennium Sculpture by the Hotel Rosita on the north end of the Malecon. Meet local artists, learn more about the vibrant artistic community we have in Puerto Vallarta.

February 14 IFC Home Tours - Visit 4 stunning Vallarta homes. Leave Sea Monkey Restaurant on the Malecon at 10:30am - 3 Hours. $600 pesos www.toursforvallarta.com February 15 Purr Project Bingo Margarita Grill – Basilio Badillo 5pm Fundraiser for the kitties of Vallarta. 3 bingo cards $100mx February 15 IFC Home Tours - Visit 4 stunning Vallarta homes. Leave Sea Monkey Restaurant on the Malecon at 10:30am - 3 Hours. $600 pesos www.toursforvallarta.com February 21 Free Malecon Sculpture Tour.

Meets every Tuesday morning at 9:30am in front of the Millennium Sculpture by the Hotel Rosita on the north end of the Malecon. Meet local artists, learn more about the vibrant artistic community we have in Puerto Vallarta.

February 21 IFC Home Tours - Visit 4 stunning Vallarta homes. Leave Sea Monkey Restaurant on the Malecon at 10:30am - 3 Hours. $600 pesos www.toursforvallarta.com

February 7 IFC Home Tours - Visit 4 stunning Vallarta homes. Leave Sea Monkey Restaurant on the Malecon at 10:30am - 3 Hours. $600 pesos www.toursforvallarta.com

February 22 Charity Bingo at Nacho Daddy Cards on sale at 3pm – Bingo starts at 4pm Live music by Stolie from 3-4pm Fundraising for Pasitos de Luz and Colina Spay and Neuter Clinic

February 9 Casa Connor Open House New facility donated to Pasitos de Luz 9:00 am to noon Return transportation provided from Sam’s Club at 9:00 am

February 22 IFC Home Tours - Visit 4 stunning Vallarta homes. Leave Sea Monkey Restaurant on the Malecon at 10:30am - 3 Hours. $600 pesos www.toursforvallarta.com

February 13 Medical Matters. Annual day long conference with seminars on health and wellness open to the public. Hosted by Pamela Thompson.

More information forthcoming.

February 28 Free Malecon Sculpture Tour.

Meets every Tuesday morning at 9:30am in front of the Millennium Sculpture by the Hotel Rosita on the north end of the Malecon. Meet local artists, learn more about the vibrant artistic community we have in PV

February 28 IFC Home Tours - Visit 4 stunning Vallarta homes. Leave Sea Monkey Restaurant on the Malecon at 10:30am - 3 Hours. $600 pesos www.toursforvallarta.com February 28 SEX PLEASE, WE’RE SIXTY Dinner Theatre at Langosta Diez Restaurant, La Cruz To benefit Amigos de La Cruz Contact Linda Randall for tickets raylin1970@ shaw.ca March 1 Purr Project Bingo Margarita Grill – Basilio Badillo 5pm Fundraiser for the kitties of Vallarta. 3 bingo cards $100mx March 1 Charity Bingo at Nacho Daddy Cards on sale at 3pm – Bingo starts at 4pm Live music by Stolie from 3-4pm Fundraising for Pasitos de Luz and Colina Spay and Neuter Clinic March 1 SEX PLEASE, WE’RE SIXTY Dinner Theatre at Langosta Diez Restaurant, Langosta #10, La Cruz To benefit Amigos de La Cruz de Huancaxtle, A.C. Contact Linda Randall for tickets raylin1970@shaw.ca More information at www.amigosdelacruz.org

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Farmer’s Markets

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ost Farmers Markets run from November through April, though a couple are all year round. Typically they start about 9am and end between 1 and 2pm. Each is a little different and all of them are fabulous!

PUERTO VALLARTA Saturday 9:00 -2:00pm Olas Altas Market Runs until April 29th in Park Lazaro Cardenas Saturday 9 – 1pm and Wednesday 9-1pm Three Hens and a Rooster Market Year round at Venustiano Carranza 466 in Emiliano Zapata Wednesday and Friday 9 – 1pm Marsol Friday Market by the Pier Year round at Marsol Hotel Lobby in Old Town.

Thursday 6 – 10pm Los Mangos Mercado Saturday 9-2pm Marina Vallarta Market Every Thursday evening until the end of April along the boardwalk in Marina Vallarta.

NUEVO VALLARTA Tuesday 9-2pm Riviera Nayarit Farmers’ Market Parking lot at the Business Center; Saturday 9-2pm Tianguis Artesanal Nuevo Vallarta in the Marina Nuevo Vallarta

BUCERIAS Wednesday 9 - 1 pm Forever Spring along Lazaro Cardenas

LA CRUZ

March 1 IFC Home Tours - Visit 4 stunning Vallarta homes. Leave Sea Monkey Restaurant on the Malecon at 10:30am - 3 Hours. $600 pesos www.toursforvallarta.com

Sunday 10-2pm La Cruz Sunday Market - over 200 vendors. The Bay’s largest market along the Marina Riviera Nayarit

March 3 Pre show Riverfest Live Music El Rio BBQ Bar 2:00 pm Hard Money, 4:00 pm Bob & Gilberto 50 peso donation at the gate.

Proceeds to Pasitos de Luz

Friday 10-2pm Mercado del Pueblo on Revolucion Street in Sayulita. Great market with many venders available only here. Much is organic and local.

Tuesdays 10-2pm Mercado del Sol in San Pancho at the Plaza del Sol

March 4 RIVERFEST El Rio BBQ Bar noon until 6:00 pm Music festival - 6 musicians/ bands, exhibits, bbq buffet plus paella, silent auction, 50/50 and more. $100 pesos donation at the gate or $800 pesos advance patron tickets. All proceeds to Pasitos de Luz. Patron tickets at Olas Altas Market Saturday’s in February or contact Barb at condo211@yahoo.ca

SAYULITA & SAN PANCHO

LO DE MARCOS, GUAYABITOS, CHACALA AND LA PEÑITA Saturday 9-2pm The Tianguis Lo de Marcos is held on Luis Echeverría street Saturday 9-1pm The Chacala Cultural Market in the main Plaza. (Opening Nov.19) Monday 8-1pm Guayabitos Market on the main plaza in town Thursday 8-1pm La Peñita Market on its main plaza.

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How’s Life in P.V.?

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ave you ever thought about what it would be like to live in Puerto Vallarta for a week, a season or the rest of your life? And where you might like to live?

The Home Tours, run by the International Friendship Club (IFC) will give you a peek at some of the beautiful homes that are perched high in the hills of Conchas Chinas, clinging to the cliffs above Banderas Bay or nestled behind high walls and surrounded by gardens close to the market in the colonia of Emiliano Zapata.

The tours run every Tuesday and Wednesday mornings and start from the Sea Monkey Restaurant, located on Aquiles Serdan on the beach, at 10:30. Seating on our comfortable, air-conditioned buses is limited, so it’s best to buy your tickets a

day or so before online at www.ifctoursforvallarta.com or at our office which is at the northeast corner of Insurgentes where the bridge crosses the River Cuale.

For details about IFC go to www.ifcvallarta.com Tours last about three hours and require the ability to walk on cobbled streets and to climb quite a few stairs.

You will enjoy the commentary of our knowledgeable docents who will be able to answer all your questions about the homes, life in Puerto Vallarta and the International Friendship Club (IFC).

The tour costs $600 pesos and all of the profits are used by the IFC to support its cleft palate program and to provide financial help to 20 charities here in Puerto Vallarta.

SAVE, SAVE, SAVE!

By John Warren

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he good, old “Trib” has been supporting the International Friendship Club (IFC) for many years and its loyal readers know that the club’s three major goals are firstly, to raise money from membership fees by operating its famous Home Tours and by charging fees for lectures and lessons, secondly to give all of its profits away each year in support of twenty different charities and programs and thirdly, to have fun doing it. If you’d like to get involved in any of these activities the IFC would love to hear from you.

However, if you are too busy to be an active member of the IFC and you’d just like to save some money while you are in Puerto Vallarta, purchasing a club membership makes perfect sense for you. The club has many restaurants, as well as retail and professional businesses, which support the club’s goal of helping local charities and they, very generously, give either a 10% or a 15 % discount to IFC members. If you take a look at the IFC website www.ifcvallarta.com and click on the “Complete List” on the “Preferred Merchants” page you will see that there are about 70 restaurants listed there and each entry shows whether it will give you a 10% or a 15% discount.

Some of the most popular restaurants in Puerto Vallarta participate in this program including Los Muertos Brewery, Nacho Daddy’s, No Way José, River Café, Roberto’s, Sea Monkey, Si Señor and Trio Restaurant and I just picked a few from the bottom of the alphabet. Other businesses that give IFC discounts include Zapotec Art, Ocean Friendly Whale Watching Tours and Holistic Bio Spa. Checking that webpage above, I see that there are almost 70 restaurants and 15 other businesses.

Here’s how to save some serious money.

Let’s say that a couple visits PV for 10 weeks and goes out for dinner twice a week. That means they buy 4 meals and drinks each

week or 40 in total. And let’s assume the average “evening” costs them $400 pesos per person. So 40 times $400 equals $16,000 pesos that they spend on eating out while they are here. If they eat at any of the 70 restaurants on the IFC list they save 10% (at least) of $16,000 or $1600.

The cost of a membership in IFC is only $350 pesos. So this mythical couple would save $1,250 pesos and wouldn’t have to participate in the club’s activities at all. However, they would be donating $350 pesos towards helping our local Mexican friends and neighbours. It’s a win-win situation.

Not only do IFC members save money with the club’s preferred merchants but also on activities run by the club. Members save $50 pesos on every bridge lesson they take and another $50 pesos every time they play social bridge on a Friday afternoon. A set of 4 Spanish lessons is discounted by $65 pesos and entry to the history lectures on Friday mornings saves members another 20 pesos.

If you are looking to save money and to make friends the IFC has a special deal for you. Every Friday from 5:00 to 6:00 members and visitors gather at the clubhouse for “Happy Hour” where you can meet old friends (some very old) and make new ones.

At around 6:00 this get-together morphs into the weekly dine-around. The club arranges for twenty seats to be available at each of two restaurants which are Preferred Merchants and the members and visitors continue the scintillating conversations that started at happy hour. It’s a great way to meet, eat and save.

The IFC’s primary focus is on helping Mexicans in the city and around the Bay of Banderas. As well as its own free surgery for children with cleft palates, which has been going for 30 years, the club supports orphanages (Corazon de Nina, Maximo Cornejo), rehabilitation facilities (Pasitos de Luz, Clinica Santa Barbara) , educational projects ( Biblioteca Los Mangos, ALAS-school of

song, Volcanes Community Educational Project) and others.

Please check out IFC’s Preferred Merchants, its classes and social activities and its Special Events on www.ifcvallarta. com or by visiting the clubhouse between

9:00 and 1:30 Monday to Friday. It is located upstairs at the northeast corner of Insurgentes where it crosses the River Cuale.

Remember that the IFC Home Tours run on Tuesday and Wednesdays. See separate article about them.

ADORABLE DOG IN THE SPOTLIGHT...

CORKEY

by Janice Gonzalez

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orkey is just the cutest little puppy just five months old. He is a Terrier mix and weighs 10 pounds now. He should remain a small dog. As you might imagine, he just wants to have fun! Corkey

is a playful little guy and gets along with all the other dogs and he is even good with the cats. Corkey has been neutered, dewormed and fully vaccinated. If you are looking for a sweet little companion animal, look no further. Contact us at spcapv@gmail.com for an application.

VALLARTA SHOPPI

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for shows & times visit

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Located across from McDonald’s

322-223-8014

...come play with us!

Tickets available -Vallarta Tickets -Theatre Box Office

287 Basilio Badillo in Old Town

31 de Octubre 107 Col. Centro Puerto Vallarta Malecon

Box Office Phone: 044-322-728-6878

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ING AND SERVICES Three Hens and a Rooster Market News

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eanut butter fudge? Chocolate is better? Light, dark, milk, cherry? Pick one kind or make a mix but get your order in pronto to Pat Wagner (ptwagner@ comcast.net) for Valentine’s Day. Besides fudge, Pat has special V-Day cookies and appropriate wine bags. And, if you don’t have anyone special in your life, remember to gift yourself!

Mama Vallarta, a.k.a. Gloria Sue, is Three Hens’ Jewish Mother personified, however – and she will be the first to admit - all of what you see and taste is not necessarily kosher.

Those few food items include a fabulous pasta salad with chunks of thick-cut, crisply fried bacon mixed in with the freshly shredded parmesan cheese.

Wonderful.

Gloria Sue is open for Wednesday and Saturday Market as well as Thursdays and Fridays.

Three Hens offers organic brown eggs, homemade sausages, honey, jewellery, paintings, freshly made entrees and desserts galore. Live entertainment, haute and tattered couture, shoes, wall hangings, coffee and peanut brittle, herbal remedies, massage therapy, tarot card readings, a household furniture bazaar, a boutique full of fabulous fabrics for your home – all of these less than six blocks from the beach!

Three Hens and a Rooster Market is open Wednesdays and Saturdays from 9 to 1 at Venustiano Carranza 466.

2 x 1 on all Food from 4 to 6 pm with this ad

A true neighborhood bar!

The “CHEERS” of PV with daily specials, all the sports, live music, pool table, events and much more!

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Aquiles Serdan # 625 Col. Emiliano Zapata Phone: 223-4006 michael@quepasavallarta.com quepasavallarta.com

Marsol Friday Market by the Pier

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omfortable clothing that looks and feels good is important everywhere and particularly here in the Tropics when it can get downright steamy. If you wear t-shirts (and who doesn’t?), check out “Born Rite Streetwear and Better Dayz Clothing Company” at the Marsol Market. Owner Karina will have you looking sharp and making a statement wherever you are.

Ricardo Mazcal, fourth generation herbalist, is building a huge client base at the Marsol Market. His no-nonsense/address-the-issues-head-on/way to do business is booming. He has decades of his family’s research and development projects in healthy, plant-based supplements and topical creams and lotions behind him and next time you see him, look closely – he is 75 years old!

Proof standing in front of you his products work safely and surely and they are not expensive.

Of all the pastries, cakes and cookies available in Vallarta, Kim does those and more AND she makes angel food cake! but only when temperature and humidity levels allow. That means enjoy it now and often…it won’t be around much longer. Another great reason to spend winter in Vallarta!

The Marsol Friday Market by the Pier is open from 9:30 to 1:30 pm.

OLD FURNITURE, NEW BEGINNINGS WE PICK IT UP AT YOUR DOOR!

LET YOUR DONATION OF GENTLY USED FURNITURE / HOUSEHOLD ITEMS HAVE A HUGE IMPACT THROUGH US! WE MAKE DONATION AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE, PICKING IT UP AT YOUR DOOR AND ISSUING A RECEIPT ON THE SPOT. IT HAS NEVER BEEN EASIER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY! YOUR DONATIONS ALLOW US TO PROVIDE A SAFE, STABLE, LOVING HOME FOR 24 GIRLS - ALL FROM HIGH RISK SITUATIONS INCLUDING ABANDONMENT, ABUSE & EXPLOITATION - WHEREIN THEY NOW HAVE A SENSE OF PERMENANCE, ACCESS TO SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ALL LEVELS OF EDUCATION PLUS ONGOING COUNSELING, MEDICAL/DENTAL ATTENTION AND MORE

BY DONATING, YOU ARE HELPING US CHANGE THE COURSE OF HISTORY ONE GIRL AT A TIME!!

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The Iconic 70’s Beetle

By Algis Kemezys Photos Algis Kemezys

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ince I arrived in Mexico this year, the old original Volkswagon Beetle has been catching my eye. You see, I will always have a warm spot in my heart for the original VW Beetle because it was my first car as a teenager growing up in the seventies. It was a Bird Blue Super Beetle!

Now a Super Beetle was made a bit more cosmetic than the standard models with the larger trunk so the tire laid down flat, a curved windshield and an extended dashboard that was padded; which added so much more character to the vehicle.

Along the way the VW Beetle was acknowledged as the car for dependability. It

also offered rather good gas mileage; which was about 28 mpg.

So when Woody Allen featured it in his film ‘Sleeper’, the Beetle was immortalized for all time.

Now, 41 years later I am so pleased that the VW has continued it’s journey onto the annals of car history by finding so many of them still in use around Mexico, and particularly here in Puerto Vallarta.

So for better or worse, here are some of the survivors from that time period, when automobiles were made to last or be repaired easily and economically.

In the end, I wonder just how far this model will drive into the future because I am certain it will go further than many other models that became popular during the seventies.

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