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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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et’s see… last Friday I went to Sayulita to drop off the newspapers and it was a ghost town compared to the Christmas holidays. We found parking the first time around! (A February miracle!) And the road going into town looks nearer to completion. So, if you were pondering a day trip into town, rest assured there is space for your umbrella on the beach and seats at your favourite lunch spot. And the shopping.

I’m usually in and out pretty quick with my husband and he cannot handle window shopping; so I see the most beautiful pottery, woven textiles and clothing as we zoom past. Definitely not the way to enjoy this town of treasures! From Puerto Vallarta, it is a fairly easy bus ride.

Catch whatever bus gets you to the Sam’s – Walmart shopping centre in front of the cruise ship terminal and catch a Sayulita bus. It will say it on the front window and usually, there is someone directing people to the correct bus. Once you’re on it’s an entertaining 45 minutes to an hour ride. Cost is under 40 pesos. Buses run to Sayulita from 5:30 am and the last returning bus is around 10 pm.

Confirm with the bus driver.

Saturday I headed over to Art VallARTa to see my friend Rebecca who makes the Original Friends

Prison Dolls. She was in town with her gorgeous Frida dolls and I saw at least three heading to new homes.

If you’re not familiar with these dolls, they have an amazing history – check them out online at www. prisondolls.com. They are true works of art that are often the only financial means these women have while incarcerated.

The Fearless Frida show was well attended and the art was, of course, wonderful. If I had a spare $1500usd I would have bought a Tony Collantez painting. Such exceptional talent in this town of ours.

I received an email from Daniel Oliveros, director of the Puerto Vallarta Chamber Orchestra, who wrote to tell me about a One Night Only special fundraising event for the Orchestra happening at Incanto featuring the award winning Cellist, Donald Moline on March 6. Cocktails and appies then a live performance all for only $800 pesos. While we are still a week out from the event, I want to let you know now because seats are limited to 70 and this is a rare opportunity to enjoy this calibre of music in such an intimate setting.

Incanto.com to purchase your tickets.

Finally, the Tribune is blessed with some entertaining writers, some who write diligently each week or bi-weekly and others when inspiration strikes them. This year we’ve had two articles submitted by Byron Ayanoglu. One on the charms of

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Chacala and another on the culinary delights of La Manzanilla. This week he waxes poetic about a little-known barrio, Palo Seco. I live just one colonia over from Palo Seco and his tale makes me want to pack up and move. Except I’m never, ever, ever, moving again.

Whether you get the chance to cruise the streets of Palo Seco or not, Byron's words ring true for so many of the colonias throughout Mexico and if we just stopped for a second and used our senses as they are meant, these are the sights and sounds and smells we would each enjoy. I suspect we have another story or two from Byron yet to come.

Enjoy the accompanying photos submitted by Algis Kemezys who has been contributing his images and words for the past couple years.

It’s his smile-lifting picture that graces our cover this week.

As always, I am grateful for all of the people who come together week after week to help me put together this newspaper. It is very much appreciated. If you read or see something you enjoy please send them (or me)

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an email. The Vallarta Tribune is the only weekly newspaper distributed from Mismaloys to Sayulita each week, 52 times a year. It’s through our contributors and advertisers that we can bring you these stories and all the great information that makes your time here that much richer.

In closing just a couple friendly reminders: don’t poke the turtles or the dolphins. Practice saying, "Sin popote, por favor!" (No straw, please!)– because the world doesn’t need more plastic in the ocean,

and support local businesses. The baggers in the stores work ONLY for tips. The kids use the money to pay for schooling (which is not free, despite what you might think) and for the seniors it’s often their only source of income because Mexico doesn’t have a universal Social Security program. Ten or twenty pesos while likely nothing for you, it is a meal for them.

Mexico is beautiful and exciting, explore it with love.

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The Life In Palo Seco

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ive and a half hours of stopping at every tree from La Manzanilla heading north, the bus finally released me downtown-Vallarta, a bit dazed and certainly overloaded with many suitcases full of all I need to pass a well-equipped winter.

I hailed a cab and gave him the address of an apartment I had found on the internet, in a Vallarta neighborhood only fifteen minutes away from the Malecon, the heart of this mega-resort city.

“You want Palo Seco?” he asked me, shaking his head. “¿Por que?”

“I’m going to live there,” I answered, suddenly unsure.

“Yes, yes, I know, but why?” he asked again as he put the car in gear.

I began to understand his double question marks (one inverted, one upright) on arrival. By any standard, Palo Seco appeared a slum.

Dusty streets, barefoot children playing football in traffic, music pouring out of every doorway, colourful graffiti on the walls, houses under home-grown construction even as people are living in them, laundry flapping in the wind, itinerant merchants pushing carts of everything, from papayas to terminally used furniture, hawking their wares at top volume, and not one tourist anywhere. An eye-opener in a town full of foreigners lounging in spiffy high-rises with endless heated pools, a short distance from here.

The house I had rented sight-unseen, turned out to be spacious and comfortable, with one priceless feature: a first-floor balcony jutting out onto the street, where life happens for all to share in, and where I was instantly welcomed to become part of a family-style collage.

I’ve been sitting out here for two weeks to date, and I have first-hand evidence that this is no slum, but a very orderly, lower-middle class suburb, where the streets might be dusty, but they are daily swept of all garbage and then mopped with soapy water by those who live on the ground floors, just in time for the many children, dressed in blue & white uniforms (and shoes) to walk to school.

There are shops and cottage industries tucked into storefronts that serve the basic needs of the community, from garages that will get any old heap back on the road

to a tortilla factory that supplies what must be half the city from its premises right across the street from me, and just downstairs from my apartment the beautiful Lupita in her Unisex hair-dressing salon.

And the food, oh my goodness, the food.

Bolstered with a string of excellent butchers, fishmongers and grocers to stock my fully-equipped kitchen, Palo Seco also caters to my taste-buds through the usual taquerias and marisquerias, as

well as specialty kitchens with very temperamental schedules.

Birria (meat soup) and menudo (tripe soup) are available in a few spots all weekend, while the best are served in a place open only a few hours on Sundays.

For me, the jewel of Mexican soups is pozole, a concoction of hominy grits (elote) and meat in a zesty broth, that was invented in Oaxaca, where it’s ladled out of street carts late on weekend nights to feed drinkers who need

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to calm down before returning to their homes.

In Palo Seco it is made at its best by a home-maker on my street who sells it for a few hours on Saturdays (after 2 p.m.) out of her own kitchen, take home only.

So I bring a pot, she fills it to the brim and garnishes it on the side with vegetables, salsa and toasted tortillas. I rewarm it to enjoy on my balcony with a friend. A satisfying meal for two for all of sixty pesos.

Where there are many children,

there will be many teenagers, with exemplars of both sexes (and all the ones in-between) parading my street in excellent demeanor, orderly and polite.

These are of the same variety that go downtown to raise as much hell as they can without getting busted, but here where they live, with multiple relatives patrolling the action from balconies just like mine, they behave like lambs. How delightful!

There are noteworthy attrac-

tions in the immediate area. A seasonal amusement park, a decent library, a sensational cemetery with blue angels spreading posthumous joy, a lively farmers’ market every Saturday with a flea market attached where thousands of clothing items are interminably recycled.

The soul of the area, however, and its greatest attraction are its residents with all their many, everso-human interactions.

The week-long party culmi-

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nates on Saturday evenings, when tables and chairs are laid out right on the street, forcing cars to back up and circle around. Birthday party, engagement party, party for its own sake. The guests arrive in festive clothes, drinks and food are served, gossip and laughter right through, some younger kids cry until they are given their ice-cream before cake-time, and the musicians play in their oversized sombreros and their silver-studded pants late into the starry, velvet-

smooth night.

I drift off to a dreamy sleep with music in my ears and a deeprooted contentment that sheer cyber-chance led to my inhabiting this unlikely, altogether enchanting barrio.

Absolutely a recommended day-visit for anyone with any sense of adventure and eighty pesos to spare for the cab-ride from the downtown beaches. Just tell the driver to mind his own business if he asks “Why?�

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In Mexico, biologists find cave life that may be 50,000 years old

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n a Mexican cave system so beautiful and hot that it is called both Fairyland and hell, scientists have discovered life trapped in crystals that could be 50,000 years old.

The bizarre and ancient microbes were found dormant in caves in Naica, Mexico, and were able to exist by living on minerals such as iron and manganese, said Penelope Boston, head of NASA’s Astrobiology Institute.

“It’s super life,” said Boston, who presented the discovery Friday at the American Association for the Advancement of Science conference in Boston.

If confirmed, the find is yet another example of how microbes can survive in extremely punishing conditions on Earth.

Though it was presented at a science conference and was the result of nine years of work, the findings haven’t yet been published in a scientific journal and haven’t been peer reviewed. Boston planned more genetic tests for the

microbes she revived both in the lab and on site.

The life forms — 40 different strains of microbes and even some viruses — are so weird that their nearest relatives are still 10 percent different genetically. That makes their closest relative still pretty far away, about as far away as humans are from mushrooms, Boston said.

The Naica caves — an abandoned lead and zinc mine — are half a mile (800 meters) deep.

Before drilling occurred by a mine

company, the mines had been completely cut off from the outside world. Some were as vast as cathedrals, with crystals lining the iron walls.

This isn’t the oldest extreme life.

Several years ago, a different group of scientists published studies about microbes that may be half a million years old and still alive. Those were trapped in ice and salt, which isn’t quite the same as rock or crystal, Boston said.

The age of the Naica microbes was determined by outside experts who looked at where the microbes were located in the crystals and how fast those crystals grow.

It’s not the only weird life Boston is examining. She is also studying microbes commonly found in caves in the United States, Ukraine and elsewhere that eat copper sulfate and seem to be close to indestructible.

“It’s simply another illustration of just how completely tough Earth life is,” Boston said.

ASSOCIATION OF HOMEOWNERS IN CONCHAS CHINAS To all the members of the Association of homeowners in Conchas Chinas. according to the articles of the association and in accordance with the agreement that was approved by unanimous decision, the General Assembly will be held Thursday March 2nd 2017 at 18:30 at the palapa of the Condominio Club Alejandra on Calle Sagitario #379. First call: the meeting will be held with the homeowners attending requiring 51% of the voting members. (A voting member is a homeowner who has paid his 2017 annual fee.) If there is the need for a second call, the meeting will be held with those present, but the actions taken at the meeting will be valid only if they are approved by at least 51% of the voting members. Paid homeowners may give their proxy to a third party who must present the proxy and proof of 2015 paid fees. This assembly will have the following agenda:

ORDINARY GENERAL ASSEMBLY 02 MARCH 2017 ORDER OF THE DAY 1. LIST OF ATTENDANCE / CALL TO ORDER 2. NAME CHAIRMAN, SECRETARY AND VOTE COUNTERS FOR THE ASSEMBLY. 3. PRESENTATION OF 2016 BOARD OF DIRECTORS 4. PRESIDENT’S REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR JAN. 1 TO DEC. 31, 2016 5. REPORT, DISCUSSION AND APPROVAL OF ANNUAL INCOME AND EXPENSES STATEMENTS FOR JANUARY 1st to DEC. 31 2016.

6. DISCUSSION AND APPROVAL OF BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR JANUARY 1st to DEC. 31 2017.

7. MAINTENANCE REPORT (INCLUDING GARBAGE ISSUES) – DONALD SULLIVAN. DISCUSSION AND APPROVAL OF MAINTENANCE FEES FOR FISCAL YEAR JAN. 1st TO DEC. 31, 2017.

8. REPORT ON MEMBERSHIP AND DONATION PROJECT- JONI HENRY 9. PRESENTATION AND ELECTION OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR JUNTA VECINAL DE CONCHAS CHINAS 10. SELECTION AND/OR RATIFICATION OF THE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TO FORMALIZE MINUTES AT NOTARY PUBLIC. TARI LYNNE SIGMAN SCHOEN, PRESIDENT

Mexico Sets Condition for NAFTA Renegotiation with US

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ashington must acknowledge that the United States has profited from the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which President Donald Trump blames for massive losses of American manufacturing jobs, before Mexico will agree to renegotiate the pact, Mexican Economy Secretary Ildefonso Guajardo said on Tuesday.

Guajardo, who is in Toronto for a conference on the future of relations in North America along with Foreign Relations Secretary Luis Videgaray, said that without such an acknowledgment by the US government, talks on revising NAFTA would get off to a bad start.

The Mexican economy secretary said he did not expect talks on renegotiating NAFTA to begin “before the summer.”

Guajardo admitted that the negotiations would “not be easy” and would definitely not include quotas or tariffs.

Trump threatened during the campaign to walk away from NAFTA, saying it was a destroyer of American jobs and benefited Mexico, although he later said he would seek to renegotiate the trade agreement.

NAFTA, whose members are the US, Mexico and Canada, took effect on Jan. 1, 1994.

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ne of the many things my partner and I love about PV is visiting the art galleries, always a pleasure with the array of talented artists who work or exhibit here. When first visiting Galleria Dante a few years ago, we were captivated by the magical paintings of Yvan Genest, and then came to know this incredible artist. He and his delightful partner Monique spend six months here and the other time in their native Montreal. Yvan had a humble start as an artist, but today the works he produces in his studio near the Rio Cuale are admired and collected by people in many countries.

We were excited to learn that Yvan and Mo are collaborating to produce a beautiful new book highlighting Yvan’s work over his 30-year career. To raise the $50,000 dollars needed to produce this limited-edition book, they’ve launched a month-long Kickstarter campaign to crowdsource the

funds. Last time I checked, they were off to a great start and we were pleased to pledge support for this project, which means we’ll get our own signed edition of the book and other goodies.

I encourage your art-loving readers to check out Yvan’s campaign and to make a pledge at one of the various levels at https://www.kickstarter. c o m / p ro j e c t s / 14 6 15 4 4 5 2 6 / genest-3-decades.

Barbara Leimsner Ottawa, Canada

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Investors flock to buy a piece of Mexico’s leading tequila-maker

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ver the course of more than 200 years in the tequila business, Jose Cuervo will have been responsible for a fair few moments of giddy pleasure.

Last week, it got one of its own thanks to a successful initial public offering (IPO). It was eight times oversubscribed and raised 18.6bn pesos ($920m) in exchange for 15% of the company.

Jose Cuervo, which is based in the western state of Jalisco, is one of the country’s best-known brands, and has been run by the same family for 11 generations.

It dominates the Mexican tequila industry; sales in 2015 came to 18.5bn pesos. It also holds an assured place in the history of mixology: the original margarita cocktails were purportedly made with Jose Cuervo tequila.

Long considered a candidate for flotation, it eventually published a prospectus in September 2016.

The IPO was delayed, though, seemingly to allow the company to take stock of the impact of Donald Trump’s election victory in November. Since then the peso has dropped over 10% against the dollar, and Mr Trump’s desire to rework, even to rip up, the North American Free-Trade Agreement, and perhaps impose a border tax on Mexican exports to America has sent tremors through the Mexican economy.

Jose Cuervo has attributes that make it particularly alluring to investors anyway. It controls its supply chain from end to end which makes it easier to manage

costs . And in 2015 it made almost two-thirds of its revenues in America and Canada, so, with the majority of its costs in pesos, it has a natural hedge against the weakness of the Mexican currency.

The tequila industry has a particular advantage too when it comes to coping with the impact of a possible border tariff. Appellation-of-origin rules mean tequila can only be made in Mexico. So unlike, say, auto-parts manufacturers, tequila-makers run no risk of losing business to foreign competitors. American drinkers could, of course, choose to quaff more bourbon if tequila’s price rises on the back of a new tariff. But the recent growth in the market for expensive tequilas, which can be sipped and savoured for around $50, suggests that buyers may not be overly price-sensitive.

Furthermore, global sales of the agave-based spirit are rising.

According to IWSR, which provides data to the wine and spirits industry, the tequila market will grow by 2.9% a year until 2020. That pace is second only to whisky.

Thanks to money from the IPO, Jose Cuervo is now also in a better position to diversify. It already owns Bushmills, an Irish whiskey, and could look to invest in other parts of the industry, such as gin and rum. It could also explore ways to expand its Asian sales. For the Chinese, the spirit may lack the status of posh cognac or whisky, but consumption is growing. Shanghai slammer, anyone?

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here is still time to view the paintings and sculptures at the MAXA exhibit at Galerias Vallarta – right in the main entrance to the Mall.

This is the first public exhibit coordinated by Francisco Partida in Vallarta; it certainly won’t be his last.

Opening Night of ‘Rhythms of Life’ at the Boutique Theatre was wonderful! Despite the power outage that had all the preparations, hard work and rehearsals in jeopardy for the show to take place –lights were magically restored ten minutes before show time - the eight pros walked onstage and sang their best.

There are three shows remaining this week – Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The diverse choices of music are fun – drumming on plastic stools and the gals using their bodies in a unique Bluesy style; traditional – “Deep River” was simply beautiful and their encore was a huge surprise: “Smile” morphed from melancholy into a finger-snapping, delightful piece

that left everyone in their seats at the end of the show, grinning like Cheshire cats – lovely concert – bravos to Vallarta Vocalista Ensemble all around.

Olas Altas Farmers’ Market

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Nestor’s cheeses are available at the pizza and baked goods, all just steps father encouraged him to start his own Dr. Fulfer followed in owner. In 2010, he followed business, knowing that he could no Olas Altas Farmers Market on Satur- away from the famous Los Muertos his grandfather’s footsteps his dream to practice in a Beach. longer work as a guide. who first served in WWII foreign country and along You can also find That is how Don Queso and went on to chiropractic with his wife Michelle and in Bucerias. To schedule steps away from the famous musical instruments, PV was born in June of school in the 1950s. Erik their daughter Sofia, moved an appointment in PV call Los Muertos Beach. You soaps, jewellery, meat 2014.

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t’s better to be a “misfit” than a “one-size-fits-all”” actress Mandy Hale once exclaimed, and that seems to be the philosophy of Johnny’s Diner, the Old Town restaurant that specializes in Southern American fare.

Basilio Badillo in Old Town is the street that people think of first when it’s time to go for brunch, and one of the constants of the neighbourhood is Johnny’s Diner. Instead of catering to everyone, Johnny’s Diner adopted a small Southern town diner feel, with a menu focused on old fashioned American cuisine.

It’s where you’ll go when you want biscuits and gravy or an inch thick pork-chop with your breakfast.

We all know that one of the must-haves of any self-respecting brunch menu is the Eggs Benedict, and Johnny’s Diner does theirs with biscuits and a side of crispy hash browns.

Other classics you’ll find on the menu include pancakes with eggs and crispy bacon, over-sized waffles, and of course, the burger.

If you’re looking for something a bit more rib-sticking (read: hangover curing) try the Johnnydic-

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tine, a thick pork-chop over biscuits, smothered with a plate licking white gravy. Take that, last night’s tequila!

Coffee arrived quickly to the table – a real Americano with espresso and hot water, served with cream or milk. Coffee drinkers will agree that it’s a rare treat in this city to be given the choice between milk and cream.

The fact that someone at our table (no names, please) ordered the Johnnydictine – and an inch thick pork-chop takes time to cook, probably delayed our meal by a few minutes. But it was a wait well worth it! Our table also ordered Oatmeal (served with fresh fruit and berries), Eggs Benedict, and pancakes with bacon and eggs. Everything was made with care and attention.

The gravy smothering the golden pork-chop was thick like Mississippi mud (that’s a good thing!), the Hollandaise was light and fluffy, and the bacon was the right amount of crunch without stepping into burnt territory.

With a breakfast and brunch menu down to a science, proprietor Steve Hernandez has successfully established Johnny’s Diner as the neighbourhood “misfit” that won’t disappoint.

The De-evolution of Parenthood We often think of parenthood as a gradual evolution of skill. Although sometimes it seems more like a process of de-evolution.

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e start out as parents in a sort of boot camp situation, where we find ourselves performing incredible feats of physical endurance in a state of sleep deprived confusion.

Just ask my husband, who spent the first five years of our family life wrestling our babies in and out of those confounded one-sie pajamas after playing guitar until 4am and getting up at 7:15am, when I left for work.

But I think we can all agree that parenting evolves over time. If we actually survive the boot camp phase, things start becoming a certain kind of normal, and we start growing into our roles as Family Dictators, Sock Scrubbers, and Bread Crust Cutters. We begin to know what to answer when the six thousandth “why?” is asked (ask your father), what to say when they keep calling you long after bedtime (the monsters moved from under your bed to mine, I can’t get up anymore), and what to make for lunch (something involving melted cheese).

But in some cases, I do believe that parenthood also involves a de-evolution of sorts.

Like, as though the creature that was crawling around in the primordial muck had its legs suck themselves back in and all the cells morphed back into a single cell, and it just had to lay there and wish it was back in college without any responsibilities.

I had this epiphany as I stood in line on February 13 at 8pm, standing behind about 1,300 other parents who forgot about Valentine’s Day altogether until a good friend mentioned to them at tae kwon do class that they had finally gotten all their child’s treats together for the class party the next day.

When my children were in preschool, I remembered THE YEAR BEFORE to ask family and friends in Canada to buy those cute themed Valentines and bring them down so that THE FOLLOWING YEAR we would be ready for the big day.

Then, practically the day after New Year’s, we’d begin carefully choosing a Valentine for each special child in their class and filling out their names.

The night before, a homemade heart-shaped cookie would be attached to the personalized card and we would deliver them in a kid-decorated box to the classroom, all smiles and self-deprecating “oh, it wasn’t much work at all!” or “it makes the kids so happy, and that’s what it’s all about!” What a line.

Fast forward seven years and I’m playing tug of war with the other tired moms in the grocery store for the last bag of heart-shaped ring

pops. I finally managed to grab three bags, did the quick math to make sure I bought enough for both kids’ classes, spent another fifteen minutes in line with the other shamefaced parents, and got myself home in time to realize that I had done the math wrong. I COULDN’T ADD TWO CLASS GROUPS TOGETHER. And apparently I am the one who insists that I have given birth to two college-bound human beings.

So then it was nearly 9pm and I found myself standing in the aisle of our local pharmacy, wondering if the extra kids would be satisfied with a special Valentine chewable vitamin, reflecting on the fact that I’ve been a mother for twelve years now and am still unable to get my act together.

Not only that, my act is decaying significantly with each passing Valentine’s Day. Of course, in order to keep my self-esteem balanced so I am able to get up in the morning, I have to examine ways in which I have, indeed, evolved into a mother who sometimes knows what she’s doing.

So I made a little mental list of these things: I can: make macaroni and cheese without a recipe and for any amount of people under the age of 13 drive my children and their friends across town with one hand, the other removing digital devices from grabby fingers and gum from any length of hair get kids out of bed, fed, and dressed for school presentably in about twenty-five minutes while simultaneously making lunches and drinking three cups of coffee wake up in the middle of the night without screaming, despite opening my eyes to a face roughly three centimeters from my own, and calmly lead a still-sleeping child back to bed When I really think about it, we never really leave Parent Boot Camp. We just start having a little fun with it, making it our own, and calling it life.

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his Friday at 6pm will be the grand opening of a new art exposition at the Peter Gray Art Museum. This will be the first time this exhibit will be shown.

The opening is FREE and open to the public. The upcoming exhibition, held at the Peter Gray Art Museum, will feature a collection of 47 oeuvres that were selected to participate in the “2016 José Atanasio Monroy” Biennal; including the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners in both the Young Creators and the Consolidated Creators categories.

The event is organized by University of Guadalajara (UDG) through the Centro Universitario de la Costa Sur Campus (CUCSur) located in Autlán de Navarro, Jalisco.

This is the very first time the collection is exhibited.

Even better, CUCosta is going to be the first UDG Campus to showcase these works of art from Mexican

contemporary painters.

The opening is on Friday, February 24 at 6 pm. Admission will be free and open to the Puerto Vallarta community.

In a few weeks the 17th International Cinema Festival in Puerto Vallarta will begin. The Bay of Banderas community will have the opportunity to view films in seven different categories as well as meet with the directors, producers and of course the movie stars themselves. There will be an opening gala, Cathedra Huston movie and Literature programs, Presentations of (La Iguana de Oro) “The Golden Iguana Award”.

Last year’s winners were Ron Perlman, Victoria Abril, Giovanna Zacarias, Gerardo Lara, Arthur Seidelman, Fernando Lebrija, and Bianca Jagger.

This year - Festival promises to be bigger and better. We hope you will attend all of the events. A full schedule will be printed here

in the weeks to come.

NEW Culinary school to be built in Puerto Vallarta The Rector general of The University of Guadalajara, master Itzcóatl Tonatiuh Bravo Padilla, announced that a Gourmet cooking school will be built in Puerto Vallarta.

Total funding for this new part of the UdG CUC has been approved. The Gourmet School will allow them to incorporate the career of gastronomy and food service management. The school is being in downtown Puerto Vallarta and should open in late 2017 or early 2018.

Due to preparation for the 2017 FICPV, Cinema CUC will be postponed for the next few weeks. In a nut shell, no movies

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on Wednesdays and Fridays until I tell you otherwise. If you have been one of the many people who have been coming and enjoying

the free movies each week, I am sorry, but they will return soon.

And Remember: I speak two languages, Body and English.

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ocodiva’s Artisan Chocolates, one-of-a-kind fashions and accessories, pet treats, live music, a children’s crafting tent – you’ll find it all at Puerto Vallarta newest “buy local” market, Mercado Los Mangos.

We’ll be open this Saturday for another day of sunshine, community and new experiences that feature the talents of local producers. Choose from honey, yoghurt, fermented foods, sauces and dips, sweet and savory baked goods, bread, popsicles and this week’s featured cornbased products from Everything Corn (Taiyari).

Meet Taiyari’s Aleo and Anabel Mexico is known for its tortillas de maiz (corn tortillas) and no one makes them quite as fresh and colorful as Taiyari’s Aleo and Anabel.

They are a husband-wife team who grow red, yellow and blue corn on their local family farm. They sell handmade tortillas at the market and delicious quesadillas made from various Mexican stews.

“Customers from all over the world try our products and are very satisfied with the quality and service they receive,” says Aleo, who is happy to be at Mercado Los Mangos for its first season. He explains that as a local farmer, he is proud to offer foods that not only reflect a family and national tradition but that offer nutrition and flavor.

“Anabel and I have noticed a type of ‘cultural oblivion’ in the fields of Mexico,” says Aleo. “Production techniques have declined and foods are full of preservatives. There is a great need in this area for an awareness of and vision to harvest and consume better foods. That’s why we have created Taiyari, to reclaim our family tradition of growing corn and

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to return to the ‘adventure’ of growing and making high quality products.”

Be sure to stop by this Saturday to meet Aleo and Anabel. Ask questions, learn about their process, and scoop up as many stacks of tortillas and entrees as your shopping bags can handle!

You’re Invited Mercados Los Mangos is open every Saturday from 9:30 am to 2:00 pm through the last Saturday in May. It is located at Av. Francisco Villa 1001 in Colonia Los Mangos, just before the turn to Costco.

Interested in becoming a Mercado Los Mangos vendor? Pick up an application at the information booth on Saturdays. You will also find plenty of copies of the Vallarta Tribune and

P.V. Mirror.

Questions? Email mercadolosmango(at)gmail.com. For a complete list of library classes, events and services visit BibliotecaLosMangos.com.

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avid and Elizabeth Ruesga are almost at the front door of the Marsol Market.

David was trained as a goldsmith but as gold skyrocketed in price, David turned his talents to silver using semi and precious stones that make his table sparkle and shine. David can resize your rings on the spot and will design a pair of earrings, bracelets, necklaces, etc. if you don’t find exactly what you are looking for.

Everything is sold by weight and he will explain the difference to you in Spanish or English, between a .925 stamp and a piece that is stamp-less. David and Elizabeth are at the Marsol Market all year round with excellent merchandise and priceless smiles.

Jorge takes a break from selling on the beach every winter to join us Friday mornings for Market. He has a huge following of women that literally walk in the door, head straight over to ‘George’ (and calling out his name in order to find him quickly!) to see what’s new on his table laden with silver. Jorge has some huge pieces that defini-

tely need a person with attitude to wear them properly!

He has fans in droves and knows his clients so well he will take orders for ‘two of those and four of these’ and deliver them the following day on the beach; he knows exactly where and when.

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He is as unflappable as he is charming - just look for a gaggle of excited, chattering women surrounding a table and you’ll find Jorge!

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

ry one of Gloria Sue’s small potato salads and call it lunch; take home the large size and invite all your friends to share! A delicious, terrific midnight snack and a great match with her fried chicken.

Pat Wagner is chocolate crazy making flourless chocolate torte, chocolate fudge with cherries; with peanut butter; with white chocolate; chocolate with chocolate and truffles!

Freshly grated horseradish and jalapeno jam with an assortment this week of appetizers and spreads. Pat’s fabulous wine bags are on sale with the third bag going for only $30 pesos!

Pat also has tickets and info for the Corazon de Nina Benefit on March 5th…everything strawberry. There will be a fashion show, live music, food from Vallarta’s best restaurants, a cash bar and much, much more.

Come early if you are stocking

up on Ricardo Mazcal’s natural products to take home with you.

His snail creams disappear as fast as the blemishes and marks on your face!

Our Market space is busy Wednesday night with pop-up dinners with a new menu every week. If you have ever wondered where the great chefs of Vallarta go to eat, you will find them here on Wednesdays at 6:30. Contact miremaden@me.com Three Hens & a Rooster Market is open Wednesdays and Saturdays from 9 to 1 at Venustiano Carranza 466 in Old Town.

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Medical Matters Pam Thompson

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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

Insurance reimbursement tips!

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ere are a few tips that will make it easier for everyone involved. There are an enormous amount of people here who submit claims to their insurance companies for reimbursement.

Whether it is for an inpatient stay and their insurance did not pay directly, or outpatient services, i.e. an Emergency Room visit, a consult, diagnostic study or medications, we are always more than happy to assist and prepare the claims at no charge. That being said, after doing this for many years, I have come up with some helpful tips – for both you as the patient and myself as the “preparer”.

1. It’s a mess. I have had people bring bags and boxes of papers, all mixed up – receipts, reports, and physician notes. There have been times when I have had to put gloves on to sort through the mess as there are “unidentified materials” on the papers. Yuck.

2. Just the medical bills please. I really do not need credit card receipts for Bravo’s restaurant or Telmex. A semi-orderly fashion is preferred. When one fills a prescription at the pharmacy, be sure and

make a copy of the prescription and attach the receipt. One is no good without the other.

3. To factura or not to factura.

If you need a factura (usually only for Mexican insurance policies) you must request at the time of service AND have your factura information available for the receptionist. Please do not request the factura months after the service.

4. Doctor’s Receipt. If you need a simple receipt for a physician consult, request it be written on the physician’s prescription pad with your name, date and the reason for the consult by the physician. The flimsy little receipts on the pads you can buy at Office Depot that are given by many physician offices won’t fly with your insurance

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company. But ask for this at the time of service – not weeks later, please.

5. The usual important bits.

Include with the information, a copy of your insurance card (front and back) and a copy of your ID. All credit card receipts as well, preferably stapled to the actual corresponding charge.

6. Timing is everything.

Important! Please do not bring me everything a couple of days before you are departing the area and expect it to be done right away.

Allow plenty of time especially if there is translation involved and if I am going to need to hunt down more paperwork that is missing.

It’s true, I have been ridiculously behind in the preparation of claims lately due to a ton of other things taking up my time but I am plowing through them and I am happy to plow through yours as well if you have a little bit of patience.

7. Know what can be reimbursed. Many people who have a Medicare supplement (Medi-gap policy) do not realize that URGENT medical services provided here can be submitted for reimbursement with an excellent reimbursement rate! This means good reimbursement for an ER visit, bronchitis and things such as this but not for breast implants or a face lift!

So, in summary, we are happy to put together your insurance claim but we request a bit of organization on your part, pretty please. Just send an email and we can begin!

Comings and Goings Marcia Blondin

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On Thursday, the 23rd, the Vallarta Garden Club is having their monthly meet and greet and buya-membership-if-you-don’t-haveone-yet at Vallarta’s gorgeous Incanto on the river. There will be an important unveiling of the next project to make Vallarta even more beautiful so please drop by from 5 to 7 pm and show your support. There will be some nibblies and cash bar and feel free to donate.

Friday the 24th has Danny B appearing at the Jazz Foundation at 9:30 pm. Canadian Danny Balaka, rubs some serious shoulders with Hollywood actors and actresses and a couple of years ago “was awarded the title ‘Master Blues Artist’ by the Blues Hall of Fame” (thank you, Merv Buchanan). Danny B stands with Muddy Waters! Good enough credentials for me to be at the Jazz Foundation Friday night! Danny will be backed by Roberto Falcon and his band. I advise getting tickets pronto; he’s only here one night in Vallarta.

Saturday night. Are you ready to spend it with Tom Jones?

Dave La Fame is very nearly a clone! La Fame was incredible last season, selling out shows wherever he performed. Join me in welcoming Dave back to El Rio on the 25th.

The last day of February has Will Chalmers returning to do his Tribute to Neil Diamond at El Rio BBQ-Bar. For those who are still in town and tried to see Will’s performance on January 28th - we’ll see you Tuesday night!

This is important: Monday, March 6th will have Donald Moline, a cellist from the Chicago Symphony performing a solo concert at Incanto to raise money for the Chamber Orchestra of Vallarta. I will have more on this next week but for now, get your tickets quickly!

And Goings…

Samira had her hands full last Saturday night; the power was off in Paso Ancho where El Rio BBQ is located however, Kurt bought a generator after last month’s major power failure so she was good to go. Samira was in great form as Tina Turner – engaging everyone in the audience, running around in those fabulous spike heels on the sand, never missing a beat.

Sylvie Scopazzo was there with her band of L.O.C.A.’s, the dance floor was packed all night. I am not going to mention the unseasonable, cold rain because it really didn’t dampen anyone’s enthusiasm!

Music in Vallarta had a milestone happen this past Sunday night at Teatro Vallarta. The Val-

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larta Chamber Orchestra grew into a full-fledged, symphony orchestra – the stage packed with musicians, a grand piano, guest soloist and a full program

of American music! Was it on par with the Berlin Philharmonic? No! But, what it lacked (which was not much) the orchestra gave back with enthusiasm. There were guest musicians from all over the Republic, professionals, students, a composer in the midst on clarinet, Americans, Canadians, Europeans…over 60 of them – middle-aged onstage to the complete joy of everyone in the audience. And, the music – the utterly, non-Mexican music – was a gigantic challenge to this dedicated-to-the-max group of musicians who can hardly find places big enough to rehearse in, never mind, put on such a bravura performance. I am sorry that Teatro Vallarta was not sold out, however, it did prove the need to have a proper Concert Hall for extraordinary events like this. All we need is money, people! The director of the orchestra, young Mr. Daniel Oliveros, is branching out his musical fingers in new directions while still maintaining his important position as Conductor.

If you want to help, please attend the Fundraiser Cello Concert March 6th at Incanto.

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hree renowned Mexican artists will present a musical evening featuring opera and traditional Mexican songs, to benefit the cultural center Biblioteca Los Mangos presents “Viva el Canto,” a voice recital featuring favorite opera arias and traditional Mexican songs, to benefit its cultural and academic programs.

The fundraiser will take place at the Sheraton Buganvilias Resort & Convention Center on Thursday, March 9, at 7:30 pm, and will feature soprano Yael Jiménez, tenor José María Aguirre, and pianist Hector Acosta.

“We are thrilled to present this very special event,” commented Gabriela Garcia, President of Los Mangos’ Board of Directors and event organizer. “I first heard Yael sing in Vienna some months ago, and was moved by the quality of her voice. When I learned that she was from Sonora, I decided to find a way to bring her to Puerto Vallarta and share her talent with all of us here, for a good cause.”

Soprano Yael Jiménez began her musical studies in Sonora,

furthering her vocal training at the Richard Wagner Conservatory of Music in Vienna. Throughout her career, she has appeared on several European stages. Tenor José María Aguirre lives in Puerto Vallarta, where he is renowned for his broad repertoire that includes, opera, traditional ballads and jazz.

They will both be accompanied at the piano by Hector Acosta, who studies at the Arizona State University, where he served as coach for several operatic productions in 2006 and 2007. He has participated in many music festivals internationally.

During the event, guests will enjoy a diverse repertoire that includes arias by Franz Schubert, Giuseppe Verdi and Wolfgang

Amadeus Mozart, along with favorite songs by Mexican composers, such as Manuel M. Ponce, Consuelo Velázquez and Maria Grever. A cash bar will be available during the performance, and ticket holders will be able to enjoy a discount, should they choose to dine at the hotel either before or after the concert.

Tickets for “Viva el Canto” costs $380 per person, advance purchase, and $450 pesos at the door, available at Biblioteca Los Mangos (322-224-9966) and Cassandra Shaw Jewelry (322-223-9734).

For more information about Biblioteca Los Mangos, please visit their website, www.bibliotecalosmangos.com.

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South Side Shuffle Block Party

By Steven Miller

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even years ago a group of Puerto Vallarta merchants created something called the South Side Shuffle. The merchants were the owners of some of our finest shops and galleries, all located on a two-block stretch of Basilio Badillo on the south side of town.

The South Side Shuffle quickly became a hit with locals and visitors alike. By popular demand it was scheduled twice a month, on alternating Fridays. To this day it is generally considered to be the most fun shopping extravaganza on the Mexican Riviera. On Friday, February 24 (from 6pm to 10pm), Vallarta will be celebrating the third Shuffle of the new season, and it promises to be the biggest and best yet.

All of the seventeen participating businesses will be offering complimentary cocktails. As well as a few fun surprises, creating the kind of festive atmosphere everyone can enjoy. Although this two-block stretch (200’s and 300’s) of Basilio Badillo (and the half block of Constitucion

Street adjoining it) has some of the finest shopping in Mexico, the new and improved South Side Shuffle has several great additions, especially in the area of entertainment.

Joining the Shuffle this year are two of Vallarta’s premiere entertainment venues.

The first is Nacho Daddy’s & The Boutique Theatre: a blues nightclub, Tex-Mex Restaurant and dinner theatre all under one roof. Then, up the street is Act II Stages, presenting an entire panoply of international performers of every stripe.

In addition to some of the best shopping and entertainment in town, the Shuffle can also boast four fine restaurants: Di Vino Dante, with its incredible wine list; Puerto Nuevo, with its wonderful seafood; Basilio Beber y Comer, with its great blend of Italian and Mediterranean cuisine; and the aforementioned Nacho Daddy’s with its terrific Tex-Mex kitchen.

One of the greatest things about the Shuffle is its compactness. All seventeen businesses are located on a two-block stretch of Basilio Badillo,

and a half block of Constitution Street.

Everything is close, so walking to every business is not a problem. But time is.

There is so much to see, four hours is really not enough. So, for folks with specific interests, we have tried to squeeze all seventeen businesses into a few categories to help you decide where to focus your attention: GALLERIES: Ambos Galeria, Art Vallarta II, Galleria Dante and Kathleen Carrillo Galleries.

JEWELRY STORES: Cassandra Shaw Jewelry, Cerroblanco Gallery, Shazel Jewelry.

FOLK ART AND COLLECTIBLES: Banderas Bay Trading Company, Lucy’s Cucu Cabaña, Peyote People.

ENTERTAINMENT: Act II Stages, Boutique Theatre, Nacho Daddy’s.

DINING: Basilio Beber y Comer, Di Vino Dante, Nacho Daddy´s, Roberto’s Puerto Nuevo.

FASHION: Colecion La Bohemia, Tonalli Tienda.

All the businesses on this magical stretch of Basilio Badillo and Constitucion streets have

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My Life People of Puerto Vallarta In Vallarta Everything you need to know about Patricia Lyman

By Lois Ellison

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What’s Next?

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aybe this is the year you’ll take the plunge and buy a condo or home here in the Banderas Bay area. Whether you plan to live here fulltime or parttime you may be wondering what happens after you are handed the keys.

Well, the first thing you should do is get yourself a briefcase or large pouch. You see, for the next few months, you will need to carry around reams of paper and documents in order to satisfy various officials and entities that you are who you say you are. Mexicans are big on paperwork and verification.

Just how big, is something you will soon learn.

Depending on how much time you plan to spend in Mexico, it might make sense to apply for Residency status. Those pesky FMT’s (tourist cards) are only good for 180 days.

Sure you can leave and return the following day to receive a new one, but if you have no compelling reason to leave, why do so?

Assuming you wish to become a Resident and have applied at the Mexican Consulate in your home country, you will need to visit the Immigration office a couple of times in order to complete the process.

You can pay someone to assist you with this but we chose to do it ourselves and it wasn’t that difficult. All you need is your pouch of documents, some passport sized photos and an enormous amount of patience. We all know that patience is a virtue, but here in Mexico it is an absolute requisite for maintaining your sanity.

If you no longer maintain a residence in your home country, you may need to get a Jalisco drivers license. This is not as hard as it seems. Don’t forget to bring that briefcase and your proof of residency. The official who served us discovered an error in my Residency card which sent me back to Immigration. Multiple times in fact, but that’s another story. When we took the written test, there were only ten questions (in the past there had been twenty). These are drawn from a pool of one hundred ques-

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T All you need is your pouch of documents, some passport sized photos and an enormous amount of patience. tions which you can find online.

Of course they are in Spanish but translations are available online and you can bring a translator with you or ask a friend to help. As for a driving test, we didn’t need to take one, but some people do. As with many things here, it depends on who is on duty on any given day.

If you’ve bought a condo, your water and gas are most likely included in the HOA fees.

Sometimes maid service is included too. If not, you will have to find your own. You will also need to set up electric and internet services.

CFE provides the former. Take your briefcase and set up the account.

If you think you can second guess what documents they want, believe me, the one thing you leave behind will be the one thing they ask for.

We get our internet from Telmex and they require you to have a land line phone.

Even for both services, it is incredibly cheap: roughly $20 USD per month at today’s exchange

rate, with really good speeds in most neighborhoods. As of 2015, you can use your Telmex landline to make international calls for free.

Owning a home vs. a condo may mean hiring a gardener, a maid and maybe a cook or handyman. This takes you into the complex world of Mexican employment. In that case, you might want to consult a lawyer and probably hire an accountant.

Relying on the advice of well-meaning friends could land you in a labor dispute or lawsuit.

It really isn’t as ominous as it sounds. A lot of the things you will need to do aren’t much different than the things you’d do if you moved to a new area your home country. If you find yourself in a situation where Spanglish doesn’t get your point across, talking louder and getting irritated won’t help the situation.

Put on your biggest smile, try some hand gestures, and be patient. Oh yes, don’t forget to take your briefcase.

heirs is a storybook romance; for seventeen years, they have spent every day together: “We are with each other 24 hours, 7 days a week and we never grow tired of one another.” With the recent passing of Valentine’s Day, it seems apropos to share the love story of Tricia Lyman, the founder and administrator of the all-encompassing Facebook Page: “Puerto Vallarta: Everything you want and need to know.”

Seventeen years ago, at a Real Estate Conference in Chattanooga Tennessee, Tricia met Mike, the love of her life. While out dancing with friends, Tricia felt a light tap on her shoulder.

Little did she know that the man standing behind her soon would be the man standing with her.

Three months after meeting, Tricia packed her things and moved cross-country to be with her newfound soul mate, Mike Lyman.

Mike and Tricia have been married for sixteen wonderful years. Their love is evident; they quietly chuckle when describing happy memories. They laugh when talking about their wedding anniversary (New Year’s Eve); they say the whole world celebrates by throwing a big party, “fireworks and all.” During the interview, they sit closely together; Tricia leans into Mike while Mike’s arm gently and casually rests upon her shoulders.

Before retiring and leaving the USA, Tricia and Mike both worked as Real Estate Agents; Mike with

his own Real Estate Brokerage company. When they met, Mike told Tricia how, on his own, he had built an entire log home (including cutting and peeling each individual log). Tricia says this is when she fell for him,“hook, line and sinker.” Little did Mike know that Tricia had always wanted to live in a log home.

Tricia describes Mike as her greatest supporter.

“What I love most about him is that he is really true to himself.” Mike is a self-described ‘back to the earth’ guy, a hippy in the 1970’s who once “rejected the establishment.” Mike is a soft-spoken man who appears to carefully choose his words—he is a thinker and was a national merit finalist, scoring in the top two percent of the SAT! (He also has a degree in Wildlife Management). I ask both Tricia and Mike what they would have chosen to “be” had they not worked in real estate.

Mike states “an artist” (making metal and wood sculptures), while Tricia states “a civil engineer” (she enjoys numbers as demonstrated in her meticulous monthly record keeping). Both love to have fun and you’ll find them playing Trivia on Monday afternoons at Nacho Daddy’s.

Before settling in Puerto Vallarta, Mike and Tricia went “country shopping” for the best place to retire. They lived in, analysed and compared several different countries including Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru, Nicaragua, Panama and of course, Mexico.

They still travel (have been to 16 of 32 states in Mexico) and

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Puerto Vallarta exceeds their list of expectations: “there are fabulous food choices, great entertainment, glorious sunsets, beautiful natural surroundings, culture, convenient airport, stable government, good health care, and easy commuting (which was vital, given in the USA, they lived way out in the “boonies”).

Tricia dedicates six to eight hours to her Facebook Pages (another one is Vallarta/Banderas Bay Buy & Sell). Being a facebook moderator can be tough.

Bill Bell, the administrator of the Facebook page “On the Road to Mexico” recently requested members avoid political posts because he and his family were receiving multiple death threats.

I asked Tricia how she deals with difficult comments; she responds: “I don’t take it personally.” She follows several other groups, which arose in response to her own page. There, she reads hurtful comments about herself such as: “Tricia the Nazi.”

She tells me people would be surprised to learn she is incre-

dibly sensitive and that “people can rapidly cut me to the quick.”

Tricia is understandingly protective of her site. She guards against commercial postings but will allow personal recommendations. The most difficult thing is to not “play favourites with friends.”

If they post something against the rules, she immediately shuts it down. I ask if it ever frustrates her when people post questions that could be easily answered by a quick Google search. “No,” she says, “because people tell me the page is being faster than Google”.

Tricia believes people want warm human interaction versus cold, lifeless Google facts.

Crisis management and rumours are her biggest challenges in moderating the page.

Last year, when gas stations were set on fire, Tricia was constantly on guard for false rumours. She states she is very sensitive to the damage this could cause locals, given their livelihood and reliance on the tourist industry.

Tricia describes her experience with Hurricane Patricia (interestingly enough, her name-

sake) when she and Mike had just returned from Europe, and she saw people who were not living in Vallarta posting false information about the hurricane. She tried to keep a lid on it by writing: “We are here and nothing is happening.”

Even though moderating a Facebook page can pose some challenges, it has also enriched their lives.

Tricia easily and quickly identifies the ‘gifts’ of the page; for example, she has met many great people and has been invited into ‘the fold’ by Puerto Vallarta’s Chief of Police. She delights in learning how wonderful humanity can be and is surprised by how large the group has become. A big source of pride is seeing locals participate in the group; as they love to share information about their beautiful city.

Love her or not, there is no debating that Tricia provides a valuable service to the community. If she had to do it over, would she do it again? Tricia pauses to consider: “Yes, but next time, I would take more than an hour, to decide whether or not, I should start the page.”

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You can find Kimberly Rei at the Thursday Evening Market in Marina Vallarta, located just past the Abdallahy Art Gallery. Contact her online at kimberlyrei.com for more

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imberly has been in love with crystals and gems for as long as she can remember. So much so, that when she was in the third grade, she penned a book called Mr. Pachani’s Million Dollar Garden. Mr. Pachani in a moment of alchemical genius was able to make flowers grow beautiful crystals. It was a shame he had to die in the end, but he did pass on the formula, so it was still a happy(ish) ending.

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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 23 Canadian bestselling author Elinor Florence will present a slide show based on her new book titled My Favourite Veterans: True Stories From World War Two’s Hometown Heroes, at the International Friendship Club, 7 p.m. Admission by donation. For info: www.elinorflorence.com February 24 Cultural Center on the Isla Cuale – Art Exhibit. One night only Local Mexican and expat students showcase their art starting at 6:30pm.

Drinks and appetizers served.

February 25 American Legion Chili Cook-off – At El Rio BBQ in Paso ANcho, this day of chili and fun raises funds for the many American legion projects.

From 1-5pm live music, big crowd. $250 pesos gets you all the chili you can eat, an order of famous El Rio riblets and an agua fresca. Join the party! This is one of the years best events.

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 Vallarta.

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 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 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 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

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 March 5 Riverfest post show - El Rio BBQ Bar Mariachis 3:00 pm 50 pesos donation at the gate Proceeds to Pasitos de Luz March 5 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 March 6 Puerto Vallarta Chamber Orchestra fundraiser and I AM PV (Instituto de Artes Musicales Puerto Vallarta) Join Grammy Award winning Cellist Donald Moline for Cocktails and hor d’oeuvres on the Rio Cuale Patio with the PVCO student string quartet followed by solo concert with Donald Moline 5:30 cocktails, 7:00pm concert TIx $40 US or 800 MXP Available online from www.incantovallarta.com/ and at the venue on Insurgentes 109, Emiliano Zapata immediately before the Rio Cuale bridge 322) 223 9756 This is a rare and special opportunity to experience a world class Grammy award winning musician at a lovely, intimate venue. With a seating capacity of only 70 this event is sure to sell out, so make sure you get your tickets early.

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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!

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Olas Altas Market Saturday 9:00 -2:00pm Runs until April 29th in Park Lazaro Cardenas Three Hens and a Rooster Market Saturday 9 – 1pm and Wednesday 9-1pm Year round at Venustiano Carranza 466 in Emiliano Zapata Bohemio Artisans Co op.

Every Wednesday and Sunday 10-2 625 Lazaro Cardenas, Old Town.

Marsol Friday Market by the Pier Friday 9:30 – 1:30 pm Year round at Marsol Hotel Lobby in Old Town.

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

NUEVO VALLARTA

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

BUCERIAS

Forever Spring Wednesday 9 - 1 pm along Lazaro Cardenas

LA CRUZ

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

SAYULITA & SAN PANCHO

Mercado del Pueblo Friday 10-2pm on Revolucion Street Great local and organic market with many vendors available only here.

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

LO DE MARCOS, GUAYABITOS, CHACALA AND LA PEÑITA

The Tianguis Lo de Marcos is held on Luis Echeverría street Saturday 9-2pm The Chacala Cultural Market in the main Plaza.

Saturday 9-1pm Guayabitos Market on the main plaza in town Monday 8-1pm La Peñita Market on its main plaza.

Thursday 8-1pm

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This week at the Boutique

Last chance to catch Connie Francis tribute Still time for Broadway, Oscar Night Gala

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lues legend Tim Williams is returning to Puerto Vallarta with his one-man storytelling and music show, which you can’t see anywhere else but the Boutique.

The Canadian guitarist and singer will give two performances, Feb. 28 and March 14.

A newly formed professional vocal octet, the Vallarta Vocalista Ensemble, is performing at the Boutique, through Feb. 23, 24 and 25. “The Rhythms 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 (left to right).

Here is an unsolicited review: “I snuck into the dress rehearsal of the Vallarta Vocalista Ensemble this morning, and the world has to know something remarkable is about to happen in PV. This new vocal ensemble is eight professional, local singers, who have put together what we haven’t seen in decades here—a vocal ensemble that is truly professional quality, truly listenable concert.

The theme is an open motif that allows them to cover a lot of musical ground … so professional, I thought I’d died and gone to Manhattan.”

“Where The Boys Are: A Tribute to Connie Francis” has one more show. Mikki Prost brings back her standing-ovation tribute show at 7:30

p.m. Wednesday, March 1. Dinner is available at 6:30 p.m. Here’s what reviewer Gary Beck had to say about the show: “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.”

“The Best of Broadway” is a musical review, starring Puerto Vallarta performers, directed by Ralph Hyman. It performs Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, March 2-18.

Vllarta’s popular five-piece band Time 2 Play continues its Open Mic Night series the last Wednesday of each

Direct from Toronto...

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month, Feb. 22. Admission is just 50 pesos.

On Monday, March 13, “SYNG!”, the Banderas Bay mixed voice chorus, presents “Feel The Love,” a “joyous boutique of choral favorites,” as a fundraiser for The Boutique Theatre.

On Mondays, enjoy Fast Eddie’s Karaoke Party at Nacho Daddy, with your hosts Fast Eddie, and Catherine Beeghly. No singing skill or experience is required. Lots of opportu-

WesMex International Small Boat Regatta

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Friday, Feb 24, 2017, 9:30PM 322-113-0295

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nities for dancing are provided, all free of charge. Join your friends for surprise games, or pick up an inflatable instrument to join the “Rubber Band” of air musicians.

The Boutique Dinner Theatre offers exciting evenings of dinnerand-a-show options. The theatre is located upstairs at Nacho Daddy, 287 Basilio Badillo. Delicious three-course dinners are served at 5 p.m., with the shows at 6 p.m. For information call 322-728-6878.

he WesMex International Small Boat Regatta 2017, is scheduled again at Vallarta Yacht Club, on the 10-12 of March.

These sailors range in age from 8 – 65 years old on six different classes of boats.

Vallarta Yacht Club is honored once again to have the WesMex Regatta chosen by the FMV as one of five national regattas in the Mexican Sailing Circuit for the class associations of Optimist, Laser, Windsurfers, and 420s.

Also, for the second year, we are pleased to welcome the competitors in the 2017 Mexican Laser Masters Championship.

Now in its twelfth year, International WesMex Regatta 2017 will be a national qualifier for the Laser Youth Worlds Mexican Sailing Team to represent the country at the Youth Worlds Championship

this July in Nieuwpoort, Belgium.

WesMex is also a qualifier for the Optimist South American Championship scheduled for April, 2017 in Encarnacion, Paraguay.

An added feature of WesMex this year is the J70 and Hobie Cat fleets. These two fleets bring an entirely new dynamic to the event with speed and color on the water!

Over the past 12 years, this annual sailing competition has grown from its original 43 competitors, to nearly 300! This growth is due largely to the perfect sailing conditions of Banderas Bay, as well as the incredible support of the Mexican Sailing Federation (FMV).

We invite you to enjoy one of the best places to sail in the world, the beautiful Banderas Bay. The event is best viewed on the water or the beaches off Nuevo Vallarta.

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Stolie Returns, Dwight Blake gets ‘Intimate’ and Geo & Lobo unite!

ntertainer Dwight Blake presents An Intimate Experience at Incanto, showcasing many favorite artists for one night only on February 23 at 7:00.

Singer-songwriter Stolie returns with Influential Songwriters of the 60’s on Feb. 25 at 9:30. And Geo & Lobo begin a new musical journey together with Arte Puro March 1 & 7 at 7:00. Dwight Blake is an accomplished pianist/singer/composer who is passionate about music and loves entertaining. In this special one night only performance of An Intimate Experience he sings hits from favorite artists like Stevie Wonder, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Michael Bublé, Motown artists and many others. Dwight is gifted with a wide range vocally and is well-known for bringing heartfelt passion to his music.

He plays Thursday, Feb. 23 at 7:00. Violinist Geo Uhrich of Luna Rumba and famed flamenco guitarist Lobo (Wolfgang Fink formerly of Willie & Lobo) have created the new Arte Puro.

The blending of their musical talents produces the magic that two small wooden boxes can create. As Geo says, “I am more than thrilled to be asked to be part of this

musical journey. Lobo is a true artist and flamenco guitar wizard.

His percussive approach to the instrument combines rhythm and

melody and sounds like a whole band. I am really excited about the minimalist format and getting to the heart of the matter.” Geo has

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had much local success with Luna Rumba and Duende, and Lobo is well-known in Vallarta and has toured the world releasing eleven

albums.

Arte Puro plays March 1 & 7 at 7:00. After her sold-out debut, singer-songwriter Stolie will present Influential Songwriters of the 60’s on Feb. 25 at 9:30. She will highlight some of those great artists and their music, as well as making connections to their influences on the creation and adaptation of her original compositions.

Stolie also plays Happy Hour on Mondays 5:00 - 7:00 with a show at 8:00 in the piano bar.

Appearing on select dates is pianist Jean-Guy Comeau (JayGee) for Happy Hour 5:00 - 7:00 (the bar opens daily at 4:00).

NYC’s Michael McAssey combines comedy, catchy tunes and singalongs Tues.- Sat. at 8:00 & 10:00.

And American Idol finalist David Hernandez, accompanied

by Michael McAssey on piano, is currently appearing through March 5.

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.

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Three-day bonanza! You can’t miss Riverfest!

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he 6th annual Riverfest is being held on Saturday, March 4 at El Rio BBQ Bar from 12:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. with an added bonus of pre and post shows Friday, March 3 and Sunday, March 5. All proceeds go to Pasitos de Luz - a centre for disabled children.

Friday March 3rd - entertainment starts at 2:00 p.m.

Young and talented Hard Money followed by everyone’s favorite duo, Bob and Gilberto, at 4:00 pm. Donation at the gate - 50 pesos plus there will be a 50/50 draw. Saturday March 4th - gate opens 11:30 am and music starts at 12:00 noon. In order of

appearance, come and see this amazing talent - Kim Kuzma and Piel Canela, Stolie, Joker Trio Band, OliBlues Sylvie and The Zippers and La Trez Cuartoz all for $100 pesos donation at the gate.

Also enjoy a day full of fun including artisan vendors, silent auction of over 100 items, 50/50 draws, buffet including barbecue from El Rio BBQ, Barcelona’s Tapas paella and Italian from Pasta Fresca from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. Also performing are some of the Pasitos de Luz children at 2:00 pm.

You can even get your hair cut at the event by Alex Daoud from

Alexander A Salon, who donates all his proceeds for the day to Pasitos!

Sunday March 5th - Riverfest will end the weekend with El Rio BBQ Bar bringing back its Sunday Mexican Grill Buffet (1

pm - 5 pm), featuring its famous slow-smoked ribs, hand-made tortillas and quesadillas, grilled chicken and smoked marlin ensalada, with Chef Hollis at the helm.

At 2:00 pm enjoy Puerto Vallarta’s #1 Mariachi - Real

de América and at 4:00 pm the amazing Los Bambinos, Vallarta’s favourite brother band closing out the weekend!

Just 50 pesos donation at the gate!

Where Is This?

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ind 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: Clay pottery of all styles and quality are locally available for both everyday use and personal collections.

Choose from the simple and inexpensive brown glazed dishes to the expensive and beautiful Talavera of the original blue on white patterns or today’s modern colors.

www.puertovallartawalkingtours.com

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Ol' Blue Eyes” Dan Lauzon's Tribute Philip Bauer to Frank Sinatra as Johnny Cash

By Merv Buchanan merv@uvs.com

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n the early 1940s, crooner Frank Sinatra was known as “the idol of the bobbysoxers”. He first gained popularity as a singer with the Harry James big band, but came into his own as a solo recording artist, starting in 1946.

Over the next five decades, he sold more than 150 million records, making him one of the top selling recording artists of all time.

In the 1950s, Las Vegas exploded as the “go to” place for gambling and entertainment. Its showrooms needed to hire name artists who would appeal to mature, adult audiences. Frank Sinatra fit the bill perfectly and he soon became a top attraction. He and top stars like Sammy Davis Junior, Dean Martin, Joey Bishop and Peter Lawford became known locally as “the rat pack”, often making impromptu appearances at each others shows.

The next four decades were very

successful for Sinatra. He starred in numerous television specials and movies, eventually taking home eleven Grammy awards. In an effort to exercise more control over his career, he started his own record label and production company and invested in real estate, night clubs and gambling casinos. He did some things right and some things wrong, but as he liked to say, “at least I did it my way”.

Toronto-based tenor Dan Lauzon, a popular figure in the Canadian entertainment scene, has also had a long and illustrious career as an actor, singer and big band leader. Now, at a

point in life when most people think of retirement, he has launched a second career to pay tribute to one of his greatest influences. “My goal is to preserve the memory of Frank Sinatra, one of the world's greatest entertainers, at his peak”.

Dan's tribute to Sinatra has become far more successful than he had ever dreamed. It has given him the opportunity to sing with some of the continent's greatest bands and also to perform as a solo artist in small, intimate lounges, supper clubs, on TV and on tours throughout the Americas and overseas. Songs in the show include “My Way”, “Strangers In The Night”, “Summer Wind”, “The way You Look Tonight” and many more.

“Ol' Blue Eyes” comes to Mexico for the first time for an exclusive engagement at The Luna Lounge in Bucerias, on Sunday, March 5. More information is available on line at www.lunaloungebucerias.com and here in The Vallarta Tribune.

Copyright 2017. No part of this material may be used in any way without the prior written permission of the author.

ADORABLE DOG IN THE SPOTLIGHT...

RIVER

by Janice Gonzalez

River is a gorgeous black Labrador mix about a year and a half old weighing 50 pounds. He is a high energy doggie so needs a family who enjoys spending time hiking and exploring the great outdoors. River is okay around other submissive dogs but is not good with cats. He does love his humans, that’s for sure, and is quite the snuggler. River has been neutered, dewormed and current on all his vaccines. Now we just need to find him that perfect home with a family who will love him. If that is you, contact us at spcapv@gmail.com for an application.

SPCA of Puerto Vallarta

By Janice Gonzalez e got this report from Mark McCoy at the farmers market: “The Olas Altas Farmer Market continues to be packed with lots of tourists and snowbirds. Several of our visitors at the SPCA table inquired about how to adopt an SPCA rescued animal.

Often the first step in the process is to make a reservation to visit our Sanctuary. We provide them with the information on how to schedule the visit which usually starts at noon on a Tuesday or Thursday. Everyone meets under a

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very large tree east of the Puerto Vallarta Costco building and we transport the visitors to the Sanctuary in our volunteers’ vehicles.

We usually house between 80 and 90 animals, most of which are available for adoption. When someone wants to proceed with an adoption we provide all the details of how to apply to adopt an animal and answer any questions our visitors might have.

Again, thanks to Bryan, Michelle and Doreen for spending their Saturday as an SPCA volunteer.” Thanks for the report Mark.

Come and spend a rewarding

afternoon cuddling the animals at Puerto Vallarta’s SPCA Sanctuary. Our dogs and cats are awaiting “forever homes” and your help is needed to jump start their socialization. The goal is to get these animals adjusted and ready to interact in the real world. The majority of the SPCA animals either come from extremely abusive situations or they have been abandoned. Your love and attention can make up for that sad history. During your visit, you can interact with the animals and even take a dog (or two or three) for a walk.

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or years, Philip Bauer worked as a salesman by day and a musician by night in his home town of Oklahoma City. Deep inside, he knew he was going to be successful, he just didn't know how.

But fate, like money, has a way of changing everything.

While playing in a local jazz trio, Philip began experimenting with impersonations of famous entertainers. And sometimes, just for fun, he would try them out on the audience. Turns out audiences got a big kick out of them, especially his take on Johnny Cash, so they became a regular part of the show.

Playing jazz, with an occasional interruption by Johnny Cash, was one thing. Making a full time career as a tribute artist wasn't part of the plan.

Until fate intervened. One night when Philip was in fine Johnny Cash form, someone in the audience recorded the show and uploaded it to YouTube. The result was something akin to “country music history”.

Overnight, e-mails and phone calls began pouring in requesting interviews and offering good paying personal appearances.

That was the push Philip needed. His salesman job was out the window and he was out the door - on his way to an exciting career as a world famous Johnny Cash tribute artist.

Since 2008, Philip has been on the road constantly. From Branson to Las Vegas, Chicago to Los Angeles, plus tours of Australia, Canada and Mexico, he has been working hard keeping the spirit of Johnny Cash alive. But his favou-

rite moment was when he was invited to appear on an episode of AXS TV's “World's Greatest Tribute Bands”, where he showed his mettle as a true world class entertainer.

Johnny would have been proud.

Philip Bauer certainly has the steely look and the gravelly voice of Johnny Cash.

But more importantly, he performs Cash's songs in the casual, seemingly effortless way that made “the man in black” such an important musical icon. Some of the songs featured in Philip's show are “I Walk The Line”, “A Boy Named Sue”, “Folsom Prison Blues” and “Ring Of Fire”. Every one a fitting tribute to J.R. Cash.

Philip appears in Mexico for the first time at The Luna Lounge in Bucerias on Thursday, March 2 and at El Rio BBQ in Paso Ancho on Monday, March 6. Details are available on the venue web sites and here in The Vallarta Tribune.

Copyright 2017, No part of this material may be used in any manner without the prior written permission of the author.

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.

To see our animals available for adoption, visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ spcapv. Go to Photos where you will also find individual Albums for all the animals available as well as a bit of their history. Please be aware that our adoption fee within

Mexico is $1,500 pesos.

To make donations via PayPal, select the “Donate” option on our Facebook page www.facebook. com/spcapv or on our website at http://spcapv.com/donate/.

You can drop off any donations for the SPCA at Hacienda San Angel located at Calle Miramar 336, above Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in El Centro.

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.

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Natural at Organic Love Restaurant

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or a lot of people coming to Mexico (and the beach) it means eating well and drinking abundantly.

Food and service is cheap compared to most places, so why not eat the steak dinner and have chicken nachos for breakfast?

We crave meat to satisfy the carnivore in us all.

But, if you really want to take your stomach along for your journey down south you should let it enjoy what is remarkable about this climate here.

I’ll let you in on a secret; It’s not the cows.

When you first taste a mango that you have picked from the tree and not one that has travelled a couple of thousand miles in a container, you will realize why you should try something a little different from what you are used to.

To eat organic, which is this popular modern concept, is really just growing stuff like it was done before we had engineers and chemists maximizing the yield from the fields.

In La Cruz, there lives a woman who truly believes in the organic

future, she cooks with vegetables and cheese that she buys at the local market on Sundays, all organic and handmade. She scours the aisles at the supermarket for organic products, preferably made in Mexico.

She collects the best ingredients the bay, the state and the country has to provide and transforms them into absolutely amazing food, comparable to the best restaurants in the most modern cities around the globe. And we have it right here in this sleepy little village.

In her restaurant and smoothie bar you can get a taste of the Mexican sun and the sweet deliciousness that only a tropical climate can give.

You can enjoy various breakfast plates including

eggs from a local farm that doesn’t feed their chickens corn because it might be GMO. For lunch you can enjoy her homemade bread. She found a Mexican supplier of high quality organic flour, so this bread is also made as natural as possible, and you can taste it.

This wonderful whole wheat bread turns into the most delicious sandwiches filled with different vegetables, both fresh and pickled.

Three days a week she offers dinner with a reservation and every week a new menu. So come on down to Organic Love in La Cruz de Huanacaxtle, located just in front of Philo’s Real Estate Office.

Who is this person that cares so much about you and the food you eat? Alef Alfa Astral!

Vallarta – Nayarit Celebrates its 11th Annual Wine Festival

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he wine glasses are ready in Puerto Vallarta from March 1-5 with ten of the regions best restaurants and five hotels set to celebrate the XI Wine Festival.

This year, the festival includes wine tastings, two Master Lectures, a Wine Expo, Wine Makers' Dinners and the traditional Gran Verbena Popular, and Mexico and Italy as guests of honour.

The participating restaurants in Puerto Vallarta - Nayarit are La Dolce Vita, La Leche, Portobello, La Terraza Di Roma, Le Kliff in Nuevo Vallarta, Portobello Bistro & Lounge and La Dolce Vita; In La Cruz de Huanacaxtle, Frascati and Don Pedros in Sayulita.

Also participating the Andrea restaurant in the Velas Vallarta hotel; Emiliano del Casa Velas; Luca of the Grand Velas Nuevo Vallarta, Vid a Vid in Vidanta and the Hotel Fiesta Americana Grand.

The first master Lecture will be presented by special guest Allegra Antinori who is from one of the oldest winemaking families in Italy presenting "The History of Vinos Antinori and Wines in Today's World" at 11:00 am on Thursday, March 2 at Hotel Friendly Vallarta.

The second Master Lecture will be "The Wines of Mexico and Their Popularity" at 11:00 am on Friday, March 3 at Hotel Friendly Vallarta.

Attendance at both lectures is free.

At 6 pm the festival continues with a series of pairings, tastings, training in wine service and its protocol and the presentation of special wines in participating hotels and restaurants.

Wine Tastings

On Thursday March 2 at 1pm at Velas Vallarta there is a tasting of five Tignanello wines, the eighth best wine in the world (2016).

Cost: 1,250 pesos. Limited availability.

A second tasting of five Mexican wines, same grape, same vintage, different winery will be held on Friday March 3 at Velas Vallarta at 1:00 p.m. Cost $ 250 pesos. Limited availability.

Wine Expo Enjoy a tasting of cheeses, sandwiches and charcuterie on Saturday, March 4. The Wine Expo will be held from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the Velas Vallarta Hotel, with the tasting and sale of the best Mexican wines and Italian wines at promotional prices.

Open to the public from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. Cost of tasting $ 200 pesos.

Wine Fest Gran Verbena Popular On Sunday March 5 from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm in the Plaza Lázaro Cárdenas, in Vallarta’s Old Town, this popular celebration includes tasting and sale of wines and gastronomy of the restaurants participating in the Wine Fest in a festive atmosphere.

Open to the public.

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about everything on our website at www.elmundoensutv.com. If you are interested in our device, that is completely portable, please contact us to offer a demonstration of the capabilities.

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

Tatewari Spa at Villa La Estancia Flamingos

MUSIC FEST REMINDER: San Pancho Music Festival Feb 24, 25 and 26. FREE EVENT! Hey everybody! Acting is so much fun! For the past two years I was acting in the Amigos de La Cruz plays but, somehow back then, I had the time to get to rehearsal! This year’s intriguing comedy dinner theatre is called “Sex Please We’re Sixty”, playing on February 28, March 1 ,5 (Matinee), 7, 8 at Restaurante Langosta Diez, which is located directly at the round-about in La Cruz.

A lot of work goes into a play; not only the rehearsals, but also all of the props, as well as wardrobe and makeup. This season Director Patricia Spencer kicks up the comedy with actors (in photo order) David Buchanan, Becky Grewer, Bob Puddy, Sherry Jacobs, Velma Howells and Marilyn Diduca.

Behind the scenes - Rick Byam and Bub Schmidt built the set with Line Bureau and Linda Byam doing the painting and artwork; all volunteers! All proceeds go towards the Amigos de La Cruz association, who help so many locals as well as fund the recycling and trash pickups. Ticket prices vary, all in pesos, with Front Row Reserved at 800mx, General for 500mx and Theatre for 250mx. www.AmigosdeLaCruz.org La Cruz Kids Club / “Kids for Tacos” Saturday, February 25 3:00pm to 5:00pm at La Ballena Blanca, located directly across from the La Cruz town plaza. Saturday they will have the Cruising Kids making and serving tacos. All the kids will learn to set up tables, make and serve tacos and clean

up. Thank you La Ballena Blanca (the White Whale) for allowing the cruising kids to learn and work together! Parents, bring your kids to prep at 3:00pm. Join in on the fun: 4:00pm-5:00pm to feast and support the La Cruz Kids Club (look for them on Facebook!) Thanks to Katrina Liana for heading this up.

Let’s support the Kids!

Another great Fundraiser building a Volleyball court for the kids at the Skate Park in La Cruz!

February 25 at 6pm there is a fundraiser from the promoters at the La Cruz Sunday Market / La Cruz Skate Park at Oso’s Fish Market.

Enjoy a three course dinner and drink for only 400 pesos. Tickets: HuanacaxtleAC@Gmail.com Thanks so much for tuning in this week. All of the nonprofit organizations always need funding.

If you can’t attend a function and want to donate monies contact your favorite nonprofit organization.

They really do need all of the help they can receive. I only promote the nonprofit organizations that are transparent with their financial reports. Thanks to everyone that helps the less fortunate here on the Banderas Bay and the Riviera Nayarit. I did not have enough room this week to write about the “small business”, but shall attempt this again next week, so stay tuned!

If you have any questions please email me at Cat@ RivieraNayaritFun.com, or if you would like to see your Riviera Nayarit business advertised in the Vallarta Tribune contact me for quotes at CatPVTribune@Gmail.com.

Create a great week everyone!

AHO!

Top 10 For Romance In The Riviera Nayarit

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his past Valentine’s Day has left the Riviera Nayarit in a haze of love, thanks to all the couples who walked along the beach hand in hand, camped under the stars, enjoyed an adventure tour together or simply gazed at one of our unforgettable sunsets.

There’s no getting around the fact, though, that love has plenty of legends here in the Riviera Nayarit, like the sad story of the Loca at the San Blas pier… Read on for a list of the Top Ten Romantic Things To Do in the Riviera Nayarit for ideas on how to create your own love story!

10 The Playa del Beso in Los Ayala Its actual name is Friederas, but many know it as the Playa del Beso, or the Kissing Beach. It’s a hidden beach, gorgeous and very private. You arrive by skiff or walking with your loved one down a mountain path parallel to the shoreline.

Actually, right where the waves break there’s a cave you can access (with care) and find another secret romantic niche.

9 Bucerías’ Kissing Lane This narrow lane in the heart of Bucerías has painted murals and an arch with that reads Paseo del Beso—but it wasn’t like that 20 years ago, when it was a simple walkway between the downtown area and the residential zone, perfect for stolen kisses. That’s how it got its name and now it’s a must-see for couples in love.

8 Sunset cruises around the Bay The sunsets in the Riviera Nayarit are among the most beautiful in the world, which is why one of the

most romantic activities is taking a cruise around the bay, with a glass of wine in one hand and a chocolate-covered strawberry in the other, watching the sky awash with color as the sun goes down.

7 Luxury beach weddings A beach wedding is the dream of just about every couple, and nearly every hotel in the Riviera Nayarit offers their own version of the ideal ceremony.

There’s no doubt you’ll find the perfect place to say “I do” in style.

A great option, for example, is the Hotel Villa Varadero in Nuevo Vallarta, recognized by Bodas.com. mx and its readers as one of the most highly recommended in their 2016 Wedding Awards.

6 Photo sessions at La Escollera in Nuevo Vallarta One of the most gorgeous backgrounds for a romantic photo session, whether it’s for a wedding, just to celebrate your love or for your honeymoon, La Escollera at the Marina Nuevo Vallarta is it. It has been a favorite of couples seeking to capture their love on camera for years.

5 Unforgettable honeymoons As with weddings, the options for an unforgettable honeymoon in one of the Riviera Nayarit hotels are plentiful. The best part is the hotels themselves put together amazing “honeymoon packages” such as the Harmony offer by the Hard Rock Hotel Vallarta. Inspired by Colin Cowie, this one includes worldclass amenities fit for rock royalty.

4 Relaxing couples’ massages Another topic with multiple options is the couples’ massage, with

dozens of high-end spas in the destination, each one with its own unique service. In this case, we recommend the Tatewari Spa at Villa La Estancia Flamingos, one of the favorites in the region for its originality and first-class services.

3 Playa del Amor tours at the Islas Marietas Tour There are many stories swirling around the Islas Marietas, one of them about a forbidden love, but today it doesn’t matter much whether your love is forbidden or approved: any couple can tour the Playa del Amor, swimming together through the cave to access it.

You can also paddleboard to the outer islands or dive underwater to see the colorful fish and coral reefs.

2 Romantic moonlight dinners There are dozens of spots along the coast of Nayarit that are perfect for a private couples’ dinner, so it’s a little hard to pick just one place. However, La Roca at the Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita is a knockout.

This natural attraction is made even better when they set up a private dinner by the water’s edge, with a view of the sunset while the stars wait their turn to shine.

1 Proposals by the sea We have the endless options for a beachfront marriage proposal.

In this case, we let ourselves be influenced by a celebrity, Christina Aguilera, who received her engagement ring at Imanta’s Observatory, the only place in the destination where you can request complete and utter privacy for this special moment. It also has a small Jacuzzi available as well as other amenities, should they be required.

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Living In La Cruz Cindy Bouchard

cindy@VillaAmordelMar.com

Luna Lounge Keeps The North Shore Rocking

By Debbie White

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his past week at Luna Lounge in Bucerias was another blockbuster with more incredible tribute shows. Samira returned this season on Thursday and Friday, with her high-energy show, Truly Tina. It was some action with her impressive dancing and singing of Tina Turner’s mega hits! And on Sunday and Monday, we saw The Cher Show, Believe, as Kara Chandler debuted with the look and sound of the real Cher! This show was a total crowd pleaser!

Every Tuesday and Wednesday night starting at 7pm, Luna Lounge features the all-new Crazy Bitches (drag) dinner show with Miss Diva Divine and her gals! These shows are in high demand, so book ahead of time.

On Thursday, February 23, Dave LaFame returns as Tom Jones. Last season, The Tom Jones Show was fantastic! This week, you›ll once again hear songs like, “Delilah” and “She’s A Lady.” You’ll love the way he reminds you of this sexy star! Dave is a fabulously talented performer and all the swooning ladies are always fun to watch!

Don’t miss Saturday’s show, as Danny B, Canada’s Master of the Blues, brings his entertaining show to the venue on February 25. Having performed with some of the greats of the Blue’s genre, Danny B is a Blue’s star, extraordinaire! In 2014, he was awarded the title, “Master Blues Artist” by The Blues Hall of Fame, an American Heritage International organization.

And on Sunday, February 26, Will Chalmers returns with his The Neal Diamond Tribute show, Solitary Man. We’ll, once again, enjoy all the favorites like, “Cracklin’ Rose,” “I Am, I Said” and “Sweet Caroline,” just to name a few!

The Best of Bobby Darrin, starring Dave LaFame, debuts on Monday, February 27. We’ll hear the greatest hits and have

all the fun of a Bobby Darrin concert! Coming up in March are more fantastic shows! The Legend of Johnny Cash debuts on March 2, featuring the incredible music of the ‘man in black.’ Philip Bauer will take us on a journey through the music of this master.

On March 4, Award-winning Tropic Rock artist, Brittany Kingery presents an encore performance of her show, Blame It On Mexico. As a Vallarta headliner and international recording artist, Brittany is a crowd favorite!

On March 5, Dan Lauzon stars as Ol’ Blue Eyes... Frank Sinatra. He›ll take us back to the days of the smooth crooner, with songs like, “Fly Me to The Moon” and “Strangers in the Night.” With the look and voice of the original, this show is a winner.

And don’t miss Soul Man: The Blues Brothers on March 9 and 10.

Direct from Germany, this breathtaking show starring another set of ‘Blues Brothers’ will amuse and entertain with the personas and music of those lovable brothers from the classic comedy! Jeff Fairchild and Ken Levine tour the world bringing these lovable characters to life!

Each Wednesday through March is an exciting new show as Luna Lounge ventures north to Guayabitos to present The Tom Jones Show, in conjunction with The Piña Colada Restaurant. You’ll see: The Neil Diamond Show on March 1, The Johnny Cash Show on March 8,The Crazy Bitches Drag Show on March 13, The Jerry Lee Lewis Show on March 22 and The Garth Brooks Show on March 29.

Go to lunaloungebucerias.com to purchase tickets or see Linda Gibbs at Casita De La Peñita to pay cash for tickets.

Visit lunaloungebucerias.com to book your tickets or send an email to: hugh@lunaloungebucerias. com if you have any questions. Luna Lounge is located at Av. Mexico #27, Bucerías, Nayarit. Tel. 329-298-324

Learn to sail in Mexico

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he International Sailing School in La Cruz teaches experts and novices alike and luckily Banderas Bay has the best winds and weather combined with their fabulous instruction.

The laser sailors who come to train include Masters and Olympians. The most recent event was the Laser worlds in April 2016.

Champions from around the world competed with the best of their class. It was a fun filled month requiring much organization with the worthwhile result that so many new people now know about our paradise; Vallarta-Nayarit!

Offering all-inclusive Laser training in Puerto Vallarta, with renowned coaching for all levels at ISA … and as they say, “Providing the best laser training camps on the planet.” They achieve this by providing great accommodations, delicious meals, new equipment and world-class coaching.

Vaughn Harrison spearheaded the school, wanting a seasonal sailing location for people from colder climates that want to improve upon their sailing skills. La Cruz ticked all of the boxes; Accessibility.

Climate; really nice wind.

A place where clients would be fully immersed in sailing without the nagging challenges of paying bills, cooking, cleaning, commuting, traffic… and of course, top notch coaching.

Max St-Maurice, came to visit Vaughn, whom he knew from coaching sailing together in Canada. He was here for a weekend and returned to Colima (where he was interning), quit his job, got out of his apartment and moved here a week later. He was committed!

Colin, initially, was searching for a way to improve his laser racing skills and sought out the best program that included; elite level coaching, warm weather, an organized and professional overall structure and good sailing conditions, i.e.; reliable wind and

waves. He attended a clinic and progressed immensely. After returning for more training and getting to know Vaughn and Max; they asked if he’d like to make a move from client to partner. He says “I couldn’t have been more thrilled.

The role was a great match to my professional background and the key aspect was that of company culture – we all race boats, surf, and have a similar “vibe” that lends to a like-mindedness which I believe is a requirement in a close working relationship, particularly in such a niche industry.”

The three have put together an amazing team. With so much talent and success behind them, their latest venture, ‘Learn to Sail’ came about because “People who weren’t world class laser sailors were asking, to learn how to sail”. They put together a program where you can eat, sleep and breathe sailing for three full days and become an

independent sailor. The predictable winds allow novices to learn on a comfortable boat (Colgate 26) designed for teaching.

Here in La Cruz, you’ll sail in daily afternoon sea breezes with sessions timed for training in flat or wavy waters; light or heavy air; while one of the top coaches will help you raise your game. You will move through the key sailing skills you need to progress and become independent and confident as quickly as possible. All the while, you’ll be enjoying one of the most renowned and spectacular sailing venues in the world. The ISA guys goal with this offering is that they hope you’ll discover why so many have called this the best place they’ve ever sailed.

Check out their impressive resumes, their team and all the options at http://internationalsailingacademy.com/ and/or http://learntosail.mx/

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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.

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Woody Allen Comedian, Author, Film Maker Part One - The Early Years

By Fred Jacobs

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oody was born Allan Stewart Konigsberg on December 1, 1935 in Brooklyn, New York. His mother was a bookkeeper at her family’s delicatessen and his father worked as a jewelry engraver and a waiter. Woody has said his childhood was not a happy one, as his parents did not often get along.

Woody attended Hebrew school for eight years while also going to public school. Unlike Woody’s onscreen persona, Woody actually was more interested in baseball than books in school. He had a very good arm, reportedly. Woody also impressed classmates with his talent for card and magic tricks.

To earn money while in school, at the age of 15 Woody started to write jokes for an agent he knew, who in turn sold them to newspaper and magazine columnists.

At the age of 17, he changed his name legally to Haywood Allen.

Woody was soon earning more than both parents combined.

After high school, in 1953 Woody enrolled at New York University, studying communication and film.

Ironically, he dropped out after failing the course “Motion Picture Production”.

He quickly learned that the classroom was just not for him, and would learn better through self-study.

Woody also started sending jokes to various Broadway writers to see if they’d be interested in buying any. One of those writers was Abe Burrows, coauthor of Guys and Dolls, who wrote, “Wow! His stuff was dazzling.”

Burrows then wrote Woody letters of introduction to Sid Caesar and Phil Silvers, among others.

As a result of the jokes Woody mailed to the writers, he was invited at the age of 19, to join the NBC Writer’s Development Program in 1955. Woody quickly got a job writing on “The NBC Comedy Hour” in Los Angeles.

Then he began writing scripts and jokes for “The Ed Sullivan Show”, “The Tonight Show”, and specials

for Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett and other television shows.

By this time, Woody was earning $1,500 a week with Sid Caesar. In 1962 alone, Woody estimated that he wrote twenty thousand jokes for various comics. Woody would also write for the “Candid Camera” television show, and eventually started appearing in some episodes.

After writing for many of television’s leading comedians and comedy shows, Woody was gaining a reputation for being a “genius”. He even begin writing for Bob Hope, who called Woody “half a genius”. Woody had tremendous focus and his daily writing routine could go as long as fifteen hours.

Whatever assignment he got from a comedian, they often would use 8 out of 10 of Woody’s jokes. Woody also tried his hand at standup comedy. From 1960 to 1969, Woody performed as a stand-up comedian to supplement his comedy writing.

When he began performing his own work as a stand-up comic, Woody has said he was much more selective, typically using only one out of ten jokes.

Woody has said to prepare for a 30-minute standup show of his own, he probably spent six months of intensive writing.

A compulsive perfectionist even early on.

The subjects of his Woody’s own standup jokes were rarely topical, political or socially relevant. Unlike other edgy standup comics of the day, Woody stayed away from current events such as civil rights, women’s rights, the Cold War, or Vietnam.

Woody developed an anxious, nervous, and intellectual character for his stand-up act, which was unseen until then and a move that secured regular gigs for him in nightclubs and then on television.

Woody first appeared on the “Tonight Show” in November 1963. He released three comedy albums of his live nightclub recordings: “Woody Allen” (1964), “Volume 2” (1965), and “The Third Woody Allen Album” (1968).

Woody would also get his own TV

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show beginning in 1965, called “The Woody Allen Show”, where he would mix humor with interviews of famous people.

Next week, we’ll look at Woody’s rising star as a playwright

and look at Hollywood’s reception of this awkward comedian.

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

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Huggers Needed

By John Warren

Give a child a few hours of your time and watch how they blossom. This orphanage can use your help.

If you love children and you would like to help children in Puerto Vallarta you might think about giving a few hours of your time to those who live at Casa Hogar Maximo Cornejo (CHMC). It doesn’t matter whether you speak Spanish. The language of love is universal.

Maximo Cornejo is a cross between a group foster-care facility and an orphanage. Children are brought there from three sources.

City police will rescue kids from violent homes or pick them up on the street and arrive at all times of the day and night. Social workers employed by D.I.F., the social services branch of the government, will bring children in and so will parents who find that they are simply unable to care for their child for a short time and just need help getting over a financial or relationship problem. Every single child comes from a dysfunctional or disintegrating family.

Sr. Maximo Cornejo Quiroz founded it. He was the developer and owner of many of the buildings facing Los Muertos Beach and built the Tropicana Hotel there in 1948.

He became very wealthy over the years and when he set up the Casa Hogar Maximo Cornejo in 1993 he established a trust that donated the land and buildings and a fund that pay the staff’s salaries in perpetuity. However, the other operating costs, which cost $36,000 pesos a month have to be met by obtaining donations from visitors, residents and local businesses and

organizations.

The International Friendship Club (IFC) has been supporting CHMC for many years with monthly donations and earlier this month a member of the IFC’s Charity Liaison Committee, Marilyn Hall and her husband, Ron, visited the facility to make sure that the IFC’s money was being spent appropriately. Before she retired, Marilyn was a professional social worker who taught in an American university and also operated a group home for girls in the USA, so she is well aware of the correct policies and procedures that should be followed in an institution like CHMC and whether the children are being well cared for. She was impressed by the way that this sanctuary for children is run by the Director, Sra. Luz Aurora Arredondo, or “Mama Aurora” as she is known to the kids.

The goal of Casa Hogar Maximo Cornejo is to ensure that each child develops into an adult who will be a productive member of society and, to do that the staff and the board make sure that the nutritional, educational, psychological and the physical needs of the kids are met.

CHMC is lucky enough to have a doctor and a dentist available to provide their services to the kids for free.

All of the children at CHMC attend schools outside the facility and the institution must pay for the education costs of their large family.

There are 43 children living there at the moment and, although some of them are too young to attend

school, all of the others must have their registration fees, uniforms, shoes and supplies paid for.

What’s it like to feel abandoned as a newborn baby? To have no mother hold you, read to you, sing to you and give you that feeling of security as you fall asleep? What’s it like to have no father to play with to take you out to a game or just to watch TV with? It is a fact acknowledged by social workers and psychologists that children who have not had ample physical and emotional attention are at higher risk for behavioural, emotional and social problems as they grow up.

These kids need your help.

If you would like to help care for these children, who are all victims of dysfunctional and/or disintegrating families in Puerto Vallarta, you can do one or both of the following: - You can help them physically by going to Casa Hogar Maximo Cornejo at Carrtera a Tepic #1100, which is close to the bus station and airport, on the weekend or after 1:00pm during the week and volunteer to cuddle a baby or bond with one or several older kids. You can read to them, play games, teach them English, teach them to dance or to do drama. How you help is limited only by your imagination.

You need to take with you and bring back home again any toys, books or music that you’ll want to use in your time with them.

- You can visit the website www. maximocornejo.org and contribute financially through a credit card or PayPal

Hidden Gems for you

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f you’re interested in seeing some gorgeous homes that are hidden behind high walls and massive doors the IFC Home Tours, run by the International Friendship Club, has the key to some of them for you. One of the four homes visited by each tour could be the Hacienda Mosaico, located close to Plaza Caracol in an area that belies the existence of an oasis with a pool, gardens and an eclectic collection of art. Another home could be the gorgeous home on Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez, about five blocks inland from the Stone-Eater statue on the Malecon or others along the bay or in Mismaloya.

The owners of these homes graciously allow them to be shown because they believe in the work that IFC does in supporting the

educational, cultural, medical and social needs of Mexicans in this area.

All of the money raised by the club is used to support its cleft palate program for kids and to help about 20 charities and other programs around the bay.

Tours leave the Sea Monkey restaurant, located at Aquiles Serdan and the beach, on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 10:30am and the tickets cost $600 pesos.

Seats on the luxury buses are limited so its best if you buy them before the tour at www.toursforvallarta.com or by visiting the IFC office, located above the HSBC bank on Insurgentes at the bridge.

Some homes require walking up stairs or along cobbled streets so good footwear and good knees are useful. Have fun!

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We reunite with our Lady of Guadalupe Mosaic

By Tom Swanson

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olibri Design relocates and reunites with their Lady of Guadalupe mosaic.

A few years ago, Tom and Marianne of Colibri Design were privileged to donate a ceramic tile mosaic of Our Lady of Guadalupe to the people of Puerto Vallarta.

They installed it on the outside of the Casa Mascota on the corner of Calle Juarez and Calle Aldama, in full view of the peregrinations that occur annually in early December as the city of Puerto Vallarta pays homage to their patron saint. Unfortunately for the town of Mascota, Casa Mascota closed, and they were forced to vacate the building. Tom and Marianne saw an opportunity and it seemed the Guadalupana (as Our Lady of Guadalupe is known here) was smiling down on them.

They were able to lease the building where Marianne’s work of art is located and they promptly moved their shop from down the street.

Now Colibrí Design is located at 599 Calle Juarez in the heart of El Centro, reunited with Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Also great for them and us, with all the new room they’ve been able to expand their tile and design services and now have a nice workshop, where they pursue projects and Marianne continues to create her mosaics, for commission and for sale.

And of course, they still have lots of high quality artesanias, antiques and collectibles from all over Mexico.

Colibri Design is a custom tile and mosaic design studio and collectibles shop located at 599 Calle Juarez in El Centro.

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Non - Profit and Charitable Organizations For visitors to Puerto Vallarta who wish to support the less privileged in our paradise, this is a list of some of the many organizations that could benefit from such kind gestures. If you would like your organization recognized here, please email

details to editor@vallartatribune.com.

You can find all of our local charities online at vallartatribune.com

Amigos de La Cruz de Huanacaxtle, A.C. contributing to the quality of life in La Cruz through cultural, educational, environmental and charitable assistance programs.

Tax Deductible. www.amigosdelacruz.org Contact Amy

& Progreso with necessities and job training and English. slw2014nv@gmail.com Welch amywelchpdx@ comcast.net Alcoholics Anonymous: In English Puerto Vallarta Alanon Club - Basilio Badillo 329 recoverpv.com Amazing Grace Missions Assisting families in Magisterio

American Legion Post 14: raises resources and manpower to improve facilities needing building maintenance americanlegion14.org Amigos del Magisterio - Food delivered directly to workers at the PV dump, their families and schools in Magisterio and Volcanes. Also, food to New Beginnings, Pasitos de Luz, and Caritas. 100% of donations to the people, no overhead.amigosdelmagisterio.com lysephilrioux@hotmail.com Asilo San Juan Diego Home for the Elderly - Contact: Lupita Sanchez Covarrubias 222-1257 or malupita88@hotmail.com or mexonline.com\asilosanjuandiego.htm Asociación Down - Assistance to persons with Down’s Syndrome – Contact: Ana Eisenring at 224-9577.

Hello, we are here, to ensure your well-being.

Banderas Bay Women’s Shelter - Safe shelter for women & children victims of domestic violence. compassionforthefamily.org Becas Vallarta, A.C. – Provides scholarships to high school and university students. Tax-deductible in Mexico and USA. Polly Vicars at (322) 223-1371 or Buri Gray at (322) 221-5285.

CANICA - Centre for Children with Cancer. Provides aid for treatment and services including transportation to GDL. Contact Director, Evelia Basañes 322-123-5688.

We have come to Puerto Vallarta now to offer you the best healthcare and well-being that our 45 years of experience can provide.

Casa Hogar - A shelter for orphaned, abandoned, disadvantaged or vulnerable children. Luz Aurora Arredondo at 221 1908, casahogar_maximocornejo@ hotmail.com Centro Comunitario SETACGLBT – Services the GLBT community, including treatment and referrals, education, English classes, HIV testing and counseling. Paco Arjona 224-1974 Clinica de Rehabilitación Santa Barbara - Rehabilitation of the handicapped.

Contact: Laura Lopez Portillo Rodriguez at 224-2754.

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