Issue 1066, September 07 - 13, 2017

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PV Mosaic Project Needs Help

IMN Enforcing Visa Restrictions

Calculating Disaster Losses

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Remembering Connie

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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 display 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

Immigration: 322.224.7719 Consumer Protection: 01.800.468.8722 Tourism Offices Jalisco: 322.221.2676 Nayarit: 322.297.1006

Ambulance: 322.222.1533

Ahoy Cruisers!

Consulates American Consulate 24 hrs 01-332-268-2100 Canadian Consulate 322.293.0098 322.293.0099 24 hrs: 1.800.706.2900

In port this month

In the month of September Vallarta welcomes 13, 800 passengers!

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will not complain about the rain.

I want to, and being Canadian, it’s basically in my genes, but I won’t. The southern tip of the Baja was ravaged last week by Hurricane Lidia and reports have been slow getting out. While most of the resorts and Cabo San Lucas itself did not receive the brunt of the storm, many lives and businesses were lost. Perhaps overshadowed by what has happened in Texas these past few weeks, the people of Los Cabos and surrounding areas could use our support.

Fundacion Solmar is a local on the ground NGO that will direct any funds you wish to donate to the areas most needed www.solmarfoundation.org, and there is a gofundme which is nearing its $25k goal. You could help it get there: www.gofundme.com/lifeafterlidia Locally we have another weather system on its way, but it should pass before this goes to print. I hope you all stay dry and safe.

Last weekend, friend and fellow contributor James Nash whisked me away for an afternoon of wine in the pool at Mantamar. It’s such an elegant space and one I don’t get to very often. Did you know there are a number of beach clubs and resorts that will let you use their services for a fee?

Mantamar and Sapphire, located next to the Blue Chairs resort and

beach, are both relatively new (in the past few years) and they charge a day pass rate – please visit their Facebook pages for all the details.

You can also walk into Hotel Tropicana across from Sapphire. It’s not as swanky, but it’s very affordable and great if you have kids. Los Arcos by the pier also offers an almost beachfront pool with day pass rates.

Many of the bigger resorts also offer day passes, some of which include the all-inclusive amenities and others that are a la carte. The Marriott in Marina Vallarta is a local’s favourite. The Sunday brunch and all day pool pass at the Sheraton is another popular spot. Further to the south, you can enjoy the all-inclu-

sive bar and buffet at Barcelo.

Starting Wednesday this coming week are the festivities around Independence Day (week). We are tight on space, so I’ve included the Wednesday only activities here and will publish the full event calendar next week. Wednesday looks to be a great day for kids and families with games, three-legged races and other festivities happening at Hidalgo Park, along the Malecon, at Los Arcos and in the central plaza. I hope you’ll get out to enjoy these events. They are an excellent way to experience Mexican pride in their country.

Safe travels!

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n celebration of Puerto Vallarta’s 100th birthday next year, Natasha Moraga, founder of Mozayko Vallarta is launching her biggest project to date, and she needs your support to make it happen.

You’ll recognise Nat’s work in the recently completed Puerto Vallarta sign that greets you as you drive south from Nayarit.

Ceremony to honour the sacrifice of the Children Heroes of Chapultepec in 1874 Plaza Pitillal / 9 am Tourism Rally Malecon / 9 am Children Games: Giant Snakes and Ladders, Loteria and more!

Hidalgo Park / 9am Waiter’s Race - individuals and teams Start at Rosita Hotel / 6pm Three Legged Races - individuals and teams Start at Malecon / 7 pm Kermes Plaza de Armas / From 6 pm - 11 pm 35th Anniversary of the Municipal Banda Los Arcos on the Malecon / From 7 pm - 8:30 pm Dance of the Reboso Main area in the Presidencia / From 8 pm - 11 pm

New public art project needs your support

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She also did the very large wall on Albatros Street in Marina Vallarta by the American School and the mosaic wall in Old Town at the elementary school. Natasha’s next project is to mosaic tile Lazaro Cardenas park. Areas of the park will be reshaped and transformed in a functional and organic way.

Covered with beautiful and colourful tiles, she will turn the popular park into an open-air art gallery.

Natasha has all the permits; now she needs the funding, there is no government funding available. Similar to her previous projects, patrons can donate funds and buy individual tiles. All financial support is welcome.

Learn more at www.tileparkpv. com. You can contact Natasha directly at info@tileparkpv.com.

The honour of the first tile sale goes to: Liney Cornejo at Hotel Emperado. Felicidades!

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INM Continues to Increase Enforcement of Restrictions on 6 Month “Tourist” Visas & Taxable Income

By Steven M. Fry

3. We must report that income from Mexico & pay taxes on it.

A recent first-hand report from or people who do not track multiple expat forums from a popular expat forum described around Mexico, there are some dramatic new shifts in enforsome real-world updates that are cement of INM immigration & SAT worth noting regarding both ~ taxes tax regulations: on Mexican sourced income~ and “A couple, which has been on “tourist” visas. “coming and going on 180 day Since their 2012 rule changes, tourist permits (FMMs)”: techINM has been gradually cracking nically not a “tourist permit”, but down on foreigners’ abuses of permission to be in Mexico, but “tourist” 180 day Visitante visas. not to work in Mexico, for a short INM’s general policy is that if we period of up to 180 days] for are frequently living in Mexico, several years” got off the plane even part-time, and that if we are recently, “they were then asked to working in Mexico (especially if step into the interrogation room we are renting out our Mexican and to hand over their phone and property for income), then we laptop, along with the password really must for their email.“ 1. Get a Residency Visa …

“They hold an on-line job from either a Residente Temporal or outside of Mexico. They were Residente Permanente Visa questioned about where they 2. If we have Mexican sourced live, how long and what was income, we must register with their source of income. The agent SAT/Hacienda by getting an RFC then discovered an email on the number computer that was an exchange and regarding a VBRO email. It was

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a rental confirmation for a house that they manage for a Canadian friend. The money went into a Canadian account but as far as he was concerned they had income in Mexico. ” “The lecture they got included three main points. They had been residing in Mexico on FMMs intended for Tourists. They would need a Resident Visa to stay in Mexico. They were not permitted to work in Mexico. ´Managing´ Mexican property is a lucrative activity. Lastly they would be responsible for paying tax on the rental income. [Although given a 30-day tourist permit, if they wished to return, the immigration officer said they would need “to visit a Mexican Consulate and apply for residency.”

This report describes the increase in several trends of the Mexican Government no longer tolerating foreigners breaking Mexican laws.

1. As Mexico’s INM, SAT

This includes operating rentals or even managing rentals, pet sitting, house sitting, etc.

5. People who intend to earn Mexican sourced income need to get visas that allow working in Mexico: Visitante con Permiso de Trabajo … Residente Temporal with permission to participate in lucrative activities (like working or earning rental income) … and Residente Permanente visas.

These visas must be applied for outside Mexico at your local Mexican Consulate … and yes, some Consulates (like Laredo, San Antonio, Chicago, Portland & Phoenix) are far more friendly~lenient in granting these visas than the Mexican Consulates in California, Houston, Boston, et al.

6. Foreigners who get visas that allow them to work must also register their work with SAT / Hacienda, reporting income using their RFCs. Note that the RFC’s generated by Mexican banks are generally not valid for use for reporting & paying taxes on Mexican sourced income.

/ Hacinda / Aduana agencies gradually get all their local office computers connected to national databases, individual government agents (including clerks) can now pull up our personal records of past entrances & exits from Mexico and our past import/export & income generating activities, including violations of Mexican law.

2. The report (and many other similar recent internet reports by expats & ‘tourists’) pretty clearly shows that some INM airport offices now are more closely scrutinizing foreigners trying to get 180 Day “tourist” Visitante visas when flying-into Mexico.

3. INM no longer presumes that foreigners are somehow entitled to automatically stay up to 6 months on a “tourist” Visitante visa simply because they exited & then returned to Mexico.

4. We can no longer assume that INM & SAT/Hacienda will not Original: YucaLandia/Surviving track down income foreigners get Yucatan. from lucrative activities in Mexico. © Steven M. Fry

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Paradise My Fitness and Journey

How about those disaster losses?

Parenting Leza Warkentin

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Orlando Gotay, Tax Attorney

I am the preschool coordinator and nursery teacher at the American School of Puerto Vallarta.

My name is Katy Saunders, I’m a certified personal trainer. My journey to become healthy and fit has been nothing less than an amazing life changing journey. I want to share with you that it is never too late to begin living a life of health, infinite happiness and well-being.

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Back to School 2017

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f I feel like being a normal kind of person, I make New Year’s resolutions on January 1rst, which I promptly ignore. However, most teachers don’t see much of a point in making a resolution when they are already halfway through what is, to them, the real year. Yes, teachers, like Ukrainians, find themselves referring to the beginning of the calendar on a date other than January 1. I become a brand new person on August 24. I don’t even mean that in a professional sense.

I completely reinvent myself at the end of every summer, thinking that somehow I will become super efficient, organized and full of energy in absolutely every part of my life as I begin the new school term. In other words, I will become the opposite of myself. I don’t really know what it is that turns the little, rusty crank of motivation inside my brain.

Maybe it’s the fresh paint in my classroom, that clean layer that covers up all the crayon and marker stains that lurk just under the surface. Maybe it’s the pristine reams of new paper, unmarked by a single, tiny, uncontrollably scribbling human hand. Maybe it’s the time on my hands as we wait for after school activities to begin. Perhaps it’s though my body has forgotten how it feels at 9pm after a full day of work and hours of commute to swimming and tae kwon do classes.

I know it is NOT the enthusiasm of my children, because they are not doing a whole lot to contribute to the back to school effort. They claim that this is because It’s hot all the way from the house to the car and then the car to their air conditioned classroom Uniforms aren’t cool in any sense of the word They already know everything anyway.

But I often visualize them sitting in their classrooms, participating in all of the wonderful math classes and science classes and all the things that keep them engaged and away from the Xbox. And then I know they will appreciate the education that

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we are providing for them. And, let’s face it, even if they don’t, it really doesn’t change anything.

Regardless, I’m a whole big ball of energy and motivation these days, and I mean that sincerely, because once again I am coming out of a summer of eating my mother’s pie and fruit crisps, so “big ball” just about sums it up.

Here you have my top New Year’s Resolutions. Happy New Year to all of my fired-up teacher friends. Happy New Year also to all the parents out there, who are the only ones popping the champagne on School Year’s Eve. My children will have beautifully presented, nutritionally sound packed lunches every single day this year. Or at least half of the days this year. Or at least either beautifully presented OR nutritionally sound, half the days of this year. Or they will learn early on to make their own gosh darn lunches. I will wake up each morning at 5am to exercise, by which I mean, hit the snooze button from 5am to 5:45.

Then search the YouTube video that says “full body workout in ten minutes” but click on Stephen Colbert’s monologue instead. I will plan our after school meals and meal prep on the weekends. Or at least make sure we order pizza only one night a week, and think a lot about the meal prep when I’m sitting at the beach on Sunday afternoon. I will be in a fantastic mood every day after school, and be completely unaffected by the six hours I just spent with five-year-olds who need to know urgent things at all times.

My children will come in my classroom door at 2:30 and be greeted by their mother who will want to immediately know exactly what injustices were committed against their persons that day.

I will keep my bed a calm, welcoming place with lots of soft pillows into which I will dive every day at 3pm until such time as I am mentally capable of helping with math homework.

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Air Fitness B&B!

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ir Fitness B&B, is there such a thing?! In literal terms, not at the moment, not as far I know! But what would be better than paying extra for a fitness B&B? Making our own of course.

Today, I’ll help you turn any accommodation into a fitness boutique lounge with a few simple ‘bridge & booty’ moves Follow these next five great moves with me, and I’ll have us sculpting and growing some new super booty in no time. Think about ways we can mimic a man-made bridge using our body and how we’re going to benefit from doing them everyday.

Let’s begin with...

Downward Dog – Or ‘Downfacing Dog’, in yoga, similar to a bridge that arches up and over, and peaks at the top. This is a pose in yoga used to stretch out the hamstrings and calves, neck, arms and shoulders.

The Plank - From the elbows on one end and the ball of the foot on the other, lift the body and hold in a flat bridge position like on two land masses, or the Amaeca bridge from Puerto Vallarta to Nayarit.

The Upsidedown Bridge Start from the face up position.

You’ll need good flexibility and practice, or both. Place your hands above your head, with your palms on the floor, and push off from your hands and feet, raise your torso up until you form an arch. Try slowly pushing up, keep those glutes tight, and keep practising! I like to think of ‘Frisco’s famous arch on the Golden Gate bridge.

Warrior Side Pose - Or side plank, resting one elbow on a yoga mat or folded towel on the floor, from a 90 degree angle, raise your torso off the ground and anchor your lower body with your feet one stacked sideways on top of the other. Find this difficult? Try ancho-

ring from the knees, keep them bent with one on top of the other, alternate sides. Like a side jump at the skate park.

The Reverse Bridge Yes, it’s called a ‘Reverse Bridge’, it’s achieved by keeping your upper back and shoulders on the mat or folded towel on the floor, leading with your bellybutton, lift your buttocks up to the sky. This bridge gets you one step closer to that infamous Beyonce booty, if, you perform it consistently and often enough.

Single Leg Bridge – Keeping the same position as above, lift one leg into the air, hold for one second and slowly release for two seconds.

With some practice you’ll have this down in no time at all! Still hard?

Try lifting one leg and bending in the air at the knee. Do as many reps as you can.

Donkey Bridge – On all fours facing down with a yoga mat or folded towel kick one leg up to the sky, slowly count for two breaths down, repeat.

Stretch!- Did I remind you to stretch after each set, please don’t forget to do this. I don’t want to see you sidestepping down the stairs holding the rails, or squatting, but not sitting your office chair. Of course, don’t hate me afterwards! I still want to be your favorite person when it comes to fitness, knowing all well, I’ll be the best-loved who re-engineered your DNA, shaped your booty and saved you from tight muscles.

urricane Harvey and the ongoing flooding disaster made me think of friends and acquaintances that live and own property in the greater Houston area and even further out.

My heart goes out to them. I pray for speedy recovery.

Of course, it is important to know that for federal income tax purposes, some losses may be claimed as a deduction on your federal return—even if you live overseas.

To be able to claim a deduction, you must have first filed claims with any applicable insurance.

The amount of the loss for tax purposes is then reduced by insurance reimbursements you receive or expect to receive. Annual loss deductions are also limited by one’s adjusted gross income and by any value left in the property (salvage value).

The annual loss allowance has a “floor” of 10% of AGI. If your AGI was, say, $25,000, then the “AGI floor” is $2500. Only the loss portion exceeding that amount is deductible. Also, one must subtract $100 from the computation for each loss event. The Internal Revenue Code requires both the “per event” $100 and the “annual” 10% “haircuts” from loss computations).

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x attorney (with a Master of Laws in Taxathe U.S. Tax Court and other taxing agend him to devote part of his practice to the can be reached at tax@orlandogotay.com, Facebook: GotayTaxLawyer.

In the cases of thefts, the rule is similar. You must be able to substantiate the loss (for example, with police reports) and its extent (a good starting point is documents supporting what the item cost you).

For U.S. persons, casualty and theft losses in Mexico are deductible in one’s federal return with the general outline above. For personal (nonbusiness) losses, the deduction is an itemized deduction on schedule A of the federal return. No itemizing = no deduction.

For Mexico income tax, however, things seem to be even less generous. I understand that Mexico income tax law does not allow loss or theft deductions if the type of property affected was not income producing (originally deductible, usually by being used in a trade or business). In large storms or disasters, Mexico has issued special decrees easing the rules somewhat with regards to due dates of tax payments and tax compliance, to benefit affected persons.

Bottom line: A tax benefit may be available with regards to losses from casualties and thefts. Begin collecting documentation as soon as the loss occurs. IRS Publication 547, Casualties, Disasters, and Thefts -has all the details!

Michael Nolen is the host of ‘The Good Morning Wake Up Show,’ which is broadcast as part of the University of Guadalajara’s 104.3 FM radio station at the CUC campus in Puerto Vallarta. Every Saturday at 9 AM

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very Wednesday and Friday at 1 pm in the main auditorium full length films are screened.

On Friday September 8 we will be showing “One Last and We Will” starring Héctor Bonilla y José Sefami. It is about a seven-member Mariachi band that leave their small village for the first time to participate in a competition in Mexico City. The problems start when they discover that they require an eighth member to participate, so they integrate a young rocker and antics ensue.

On Wednesday Sept. 13 come watch the 2013 KINGS OF LEON concert filmed in Chile. The group has twelve Grammy Award nominations, including four wins. It consist of four brothers from Nashville TN. September 1st was an historical day at the UDG. The first four students from the Visual Arts Major received their degrees. Migue García Martínez, Alexa Samantha Gutiérrez Hernández, Andrea Andrade Salazar, and Dolores Adriana Mijangos Monroy. Dr. Edmundo Andrade Romo, Coordinator of the Degree in Visual Arts, was very happy to give them their diplomas.

We wish all of them the very best.

On September 1, enrollment began for more than 100 different degrees offered by the UdG. Anyone who wishes to enroll for next semester classes has until September 30 to do so. Contact www.escolar.udg.mx Every year approximately 25% of applications are received in the last three days, so please do it now, to avoid any complications. There are no extensions of any kind granted past the deadline. The only day for the admission exam will be on Saturday November 4. Classes begin on January 10, 2018. The SUAM classes began on this past Monday and over 300 senior students over the age of 60 enrolled in one or more of the more than 30 different classes. But it is not too late to enroll if you want.

Contact Erandy Cruz at 322) 226 2200 ext. 66290 or 66304.

And last but not least, there will be a UDG Social Service Brigade this Saturday, September 9 in Infonavit Square next to the San Jose Obreros church from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm at Av Las Torres 545, Infonavit, Puerto Vallarta.

The Brigade is a university program that is held once a month in a different community in the Puerto Vallarta area.

The University offers health care, legal advice, construction of public housing, psychological health, nutritional, financial and accounting services, and physical fitness.

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

The program seeks to create a greater social awareness among students and the community. For more information, please contact Mtra. Guadalupe María Gómez Basulto (322) 226 2200 Ext. 66263 lupita.basulto@cuc.udg.mx or Mtra.

Paola Cortés Almanzar (322) 226 2200 ext. 66339 paola.cortes@cuc. udg.mx And please remember: “When nothing is going right, go left”

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had a lovely breakfast with Sandra Cesca last week at Incanto. Her Puerto Vallarta Walking Tours will resume very shortly and will include special tours for those in wheelchairs.

Besides being a fine writer, and author of some cleverly put together guide books, she has some other irons in the fire. I will wait until she lets the world know what’s next on her horizon!

Then there’s Ray Vallarta launching his new business: Starboard Yachts. We (me, Ray and his fine dog, Tobias) had drinks at Signature overlooking the city on a rare dreary day. He talked about his chef, his crew, his two fabulous boats, his superb menus. To see Vallarta from the water is an outstanding treat – add being served the highest quality hors d’oeuvres along with champagne and fine liquors while the sun shines and the world quietly slips by - is heaven. Ray’s tours will be strictly private. Think about this if you are having family and friends coming this season: Your own luxurious yacht for however many hours you please, and, you can pick your yacht mates! Prices vary, of course, dependent on which boat, how many people for how long and all of those details, but knowing Ray, his incredible work ethic and how much he cares about what he does at all times, anyone booking a charter with him is booking a oncein-a-lifetime memory. As Ray says, Starboard Yachts is “the ultimate in luxury yacht tours.”

Had coffee at the Vallarta Cigar Factory with Mosaic Artist Nat Moraga who showed me her next project that starts next week! She and her brother will oversee (and, no doubt, do half the work) on a projected year-long (sit down!) 2.5 million peso project in Parque Lazaro Cardenas! If you liked their wall at the elementary school on Pino Suarez, imagine that beautifulness all over the Park! Benches will be rebuilt and contoured using recycled plastic bottles and beer cans (start saving them to help!) then the mosaic (p)art will begin.

The plan is brilliant, extremely well-structured and will provide a dozen jobs. Nat wants to be finished before Vallarta’s 100th birthday the end of May 2018 - you can make her wish come true by donating. While she has permits from the City in hand, it will be up to her and us, the public, to get it funded and done. The entire project will be videotaped from start to finish and made into a documentary film next year. If you see Nat at work, give her a cheer and some money and/ or order a tile and become a permanent integral piece of what could turn out to be one of the largest single art projects in the world!

Maestro Salvatore Rodriguez celebrated 38 years of playing piano last week. An oversold concert in Incanto’s Theatre had people sitting in aisles and walkways, everyone wanting to show their support for, and their love of, this amazing musician. He has accompanied some of Mexico’s finest singers and can play the loudest, raunchiest honkytonk or the haunting sweetness of Beethoven’s ‘Fur Elise’. I don’t know how long it takes him to memorize a piece of music and, he memorises all of it. Ask him to play your favorite song next time you have brunch at Incanto, chances are he will know it, by heart and beautifully.

From Ranchero to Opera, Salvatore never overpowers his singers.

He has a sensitive, intuitive and sympathetic touch on the keyboard he knows so very well. The stage was gloriously elegant, loaded with roses, lilies and crystal candelabra and El Maestro at ease in his ‘esmokin’. This wonderful celebration was emceed by Paco Ojeda, not in a tux but another Vallarta Maestro no matter what he wears.

On those two high notes, that’s it From Here.

La cocina James Nash A believer that a simple, flavourful meal shared with friends is one of our life’s true joys, a local resident of Vallarta, James (aka Jimmy) shares his knowledge and passion for the culinary arts, local architecture and real estate. Follow him on twitter @JamesNashPV

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his week we are talking about a staple of the Mexican kitchen that very possibly predates the Aztec culture. The tomatillo does have other names including tomate verde however often these names are slightly confusing given that the plant is not, in fact, a tomato at all.

This very versatile fruit can be used raw, oven roasted or grilled and adds a unique, fresh flavor to almost any salsa, soup or pico de gallo. The most traditional dish is, of course, a simple and very fresh salsa verde. There are two main ways to make salsa verde; one is bringing the tomatillos and a green chile of your choice ( jalapeno or serrano ) to a boil first and then blending while still warm together to form a sauce. The other is to use the ingredients raw.

To make either recipe you will want about eight to ten medium size tomatillos. Four hot green chiles (jalapeno or serrano), half a white onion, and two cloves of garlic. About a half a cup of roughly chopped cilantro and a teaspoon of salt. If you look online, almost all Mexican recipes will show you using the entire green chile, seeds and all. Let me just say, if you love it spicy, go for it. However, if you plan on feeding a mixed group I highly recommend using two of the four green chiles and only using the flesh. The seeds are flavourful, however they also contain much of the heat in the chile.

The salsa verde crudo (raw) is about as simple as it gets regarding whipping up a fresh salsa.

You add your tomatillos, peppers, garlic, cilantro, and onion to a good blender and pulse. You will most likely need to add a quarter or a half a cup of water to get the mixture moving which is just fine.

After the mixture is blended, you will add the salt to taste. Then set aside for at least thirty minutes to allow all the flavors to co-mingle with each other. Taste just before serving and add a touch more salt if needed.

Now believe it or not, the only

difference between this and the cooked version is that you can first bring to a boil and then simmer the tomatillos, garlic, and peppers together in water for approximately five minutes.

Alternatively, if you like a richer flavor, you can char the tomatillos and peppers in the oven, or in a cast iron pan. If you want to know more about this check out my past article on jalapenos to learn how to char foods.

While your tomatillos, peppers, and garlic are still warm, add to the blender with a bit of water and blend to a smooth consistency. Add the mixture to a bowl and then fold in your chopped onion, cilantro, and salt to taste. Let sit for thirty minutes, and the warmth will lightly cook the onion, and bring all the ingredients together.

Either of these two methods will give you a salsa that is great with tostadas, chips or to use as a sauce on grilled chicken or fish.

I encourage you to buy some tomatillos next time you are at your favorite market and give these a try.

Along with salsa verde, these can be used in pico de gallo by replacing one-third of your red tomatoes with chopped tomatillo.

Moreover, before I close of this article for those of you who want to try something a bit different, I suggest a watermelon and tomatillo gazpacho. This fresh and flavorful gazpacho is best as a light starter for your meal or even mid way thru a dinner to refresh your palet Check out next weeks article on the poblano pepper; it is, after all, going to be Dia De Independencia soon here in Mexico!

Until next time, Buen Provehco!

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Piel Canela and ‘Pearl’s Gurlz’ Drag Revue Returns To Incanto The season continues to sizzle with outstanding entertainment and an unprecedented summer season of full houses at Incanto

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iel Canela is one of the most popular and sought after music groups in Vallarta.

Featuring guitarists Eduardo Leon and Fernando Huerta González, they join the roster of outstanding entertainment in Incanto’s popular piano bar on Sundays at 7:30, starting Sept. 3. You know them from many venues and public/ private events in town, and for their incredible talent and affable personalities. Also on Sundays starting at 8pm in the piano bar, is Salsa Dancing and instruction by the handsome and talented dance instructor Francisco Ledesma. He’ll show you some hot moves and teach you how to dance salsa, or you can just sit back, relax and enjoy the show.

Music & comedy drag revue, Pearl’s Gurlz, returns to Incanto for an extended run every Friday beginning Sept. 8 at 8:30pm. As seen recently on the hit TV series, Bachelor in Paradise, the show stars Angelica, Diva, Maury & Ghia. These four legendary drag performers will lip-synch their most popular music and hilarious comedy numbers. The talent and glamour will be over-the-top, with incredible likenesses of your favorite stars and gorgeous costumes!

Incanto owner Tracy Parks hosts as Aunt Pearl, from ‘Greater Tuna’, as only ‘she’ can! Tickets are available at Incanto’s website.

Sylvie & Jorge of The Zippers play Classic Rock on Tuesdays at 8pm. Tongo plays Latin/

Cuban rhythms on Wednesdays at 7:30pm. Open Mic is on Thursdays at 7pm hosted by Tracy Parks with Chris Kenny on guitar.

Bingo with Pearl fundraisers are on Saturdays at 5pm, and Loteria with Pearl and Bev will be held every third Saturday of the month at 5pm. Proceeds benefit local organizations. Singer/songwriter Chris Kenny plays solo on Saturdays at 8pm, followed by Spanish guitarist/singer Gabriel Reyes at 10pm.

He also plays at an earlier time on Fridays starting at 7pm. Also watch for Movie Nights coming soon to the main theater. From the cafe, Chef Jorge will prepare a special Mexican Independence Day menu on Sept. 15, including traditional Chiles en nogada from a secret recipe.

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Leigh Thelmadatter is a profesor at Tec de Monterrey, Mexico City, Wikipedian, and semi-professional researcher on Mexican handcrafts and folk arts. She has a blog called Creative Hands of Mexico and is working on a book on Mexican paper maché.

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lthough best known for the beaches of Acapulco, most of the state of Guerrero is a world away from nightclubs and ‘Spring Breakers’. Poor, mountainous and with inadequate infrastructure, most of the state’s rural (and indigenous) populations still rely on the land and its gifts to survive. Such conditions allow many traditions to survive as well.

Although modern production is heavily influenced by European and even Asian influences, the lacquerware of Olinalá is one of the remaining pockets of economic activity with pre-Hispanic origins and used to exist in much of what was Mesoamerica.

The history of the craft is well-documented in oral tradition, as well as records dating back to the first centuries of the colonial period.

Like other handicrafts, it was developed to create wares for local use, generally utilitarian. One local variation was the creation of decorated gourds for holding liquids, carried by indigenous women on their heads. Another traditional use was the making of a large chest in which a bride brought a collection of goods meant for the new household. Some of these antique chests can still be found.

The making of very fine lacquerware, including pieces with gold leaf, can be traced to the San Francisco de Asís convent in the 17th century.

In the 1920s, the making of lacquered items here was documented by Rene d’Harmoncourt, but it nearly disappeared by mid century. By the 60s, only 20 or so master craftsmen remained.

Interventions by writers such as Carlos Espejel and Mexican government agencies in the 1970s worked to promote the work to the outside world and preserve techniques and designs. One artisan to greatly benefit from these efforts was Francisco Coronel, who worked to revive a sub-type of Olinalá lacquer called “dorado.”

For years, he was the only one producing this type and just about all artisans who do this work today studied under him. His work was gifted by the Mexican government to Queen Elizabeth II during a state visit in the 70s and later to Pope John Paul II. Coronel won the National Folk Art Prize in 1978 and the National Prize in Sciences and Arts in 2007.

The craft’s comeback did not make a significant impact on the town’s economy until the late 80s and 90s. Today, Olinalá is Mexico’s largest producer of lacquered items, with the majority of the people involved in the craft in some way.

Lacquer faces many of the same challenges that other traditional handicrafts do: principally competition from cheaper imitations and younger generations who look for easier ways to make a better living.

The items that are lacquered vary greatly here. Gourd cups such as those made for Aztec nobility for drinking chocolate can still be found, but they are overwhelmed

by European-inspired wood items fashioned into utensils, boxes, chests, screens, masks, toys (cars, helicopters, etc.), musical instruments and even entire bedroom or dining room furniture (made to order).

While there have been some concessions to the modern age in both materials and techniques, most artisans still honour the past. Individual pieces can take from weeks to months to make, but much of the reason for that is the drying times needed between stages. Wood pieces are made by carpenters who cater to lacquer artisans. The best pieces are made with a local tree called olinalué (Lignum aloes), valued for its pleasant scent. However, overharvesting has made this wood expensive, and most pieces are now

pine, which may be treated with the scented oil.

Lower quality pieces may use commercial oil paints, but traditional wares are treated and coloured with lacquers made by the artisans themselves. The best of these are produced from crushed chia seeds. The colouring comes from local earth pigments. No matter how the piece is decorated, all pieces get a base lacquer coat with defines the background colour.

Unlike other parts of Mexico, these background colours can vary more including white, red, dark blue and black. In traditional workshops, even brushes and other tools are made by artisans. It is a marvel the fine work that can be done with simple tools made from turkey quills, thorns and cat hair.

Olinalá lacquer subdivides three styles. The oldest and more technical is called “rayado” (lit. scratched). The other major style is called “dorado” (sometimes “aplicado”), possibly introduced by Franciscans in the 17th century. The name “dorado” (gilded) does not mean that the piece has gold leaf, but it is a nod to a time when pieces of this type could have it. The last style is called “punteado” or dotted.

This combines main elements applied through the rayado technique. But rather than leave the exposed background colour plain, it is filled in by painting tiny dots in the space. This is a 20th-century innovation which became popular starting in the 1970s.

Although most pieces are still traditional in form and decoration, there is innovation in some directions. New colours such as pastels have been introduced as well as new and modern design elements such as tigers. Artisans have also experimented with painting designs onto new items for markets such as bottles, handbags and jewellery. This shows the very strong influence that modern collector’s and tourist markets have on the craft’s evolution.

Just about everyone in Olinalá is involved in some way, but most labor anonymously in their homes for relatively little money. Pieces are rarely signed and if they are, it is by the person who made the decorative design. This work is usually reserved for adult males in the family.

Most artisans learn as children, apprenticeship style, but in the past few years, state and federal agencies have worked to provide training and other help to artisans in more formal settings.

As noted extensively in Part 1, getting to Olinala is not easy. One can buy directly from artisans there and get discounts from between 10% and 50%. But the real benefit is not financial but rather getting a sense of where the lacquerware comes from, the culture and people behind it and how it is made. For this reason, Olinalá does get visitors, even as far away as Europe because of its lacquer. (The town has several basic and inexpensive hotels.) But most people buy Olinala wares through retailers in Mexico and abroad. One notable place is a long-time stand at the gourmet San Juan Market in Mexico City.

My husband and I did consider returning to Mexico City by first driving to Chilpacingo, as the highway between there and home is a first class toll road, but several artisans and other residents dissuaded us, stating emphatically that the road to Chilpancingo was far worse than the one we used to arrive. Deciding that we preferred the devil we knew, we took their advice. There had been rain the night before and, believe it or not, made the road worse with new rockslides. Total travel time, without stopping to take photos….

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By Cindy Bouchard Cindy Bouchard, an expat Canadian runs a Boutique Inn, Villa Amor del Mar in La Cruz de Huanacaxtle. She and her husband Chris are living and lovin’ in Vallarta–Nayarit. If you want more info on La Cruz or desire… A very special vacation contact cindy@VillaAmordelMar.com

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nother light in La Cruz has gone out. It is with sadness that I share the passing of one of the wonderful people who have contributed to La Cruz, Connie Hollander. Last year, at approximately the same date, we said goodbye to Connie’s husband Landon. Now they are together again. Connie and Landon worked tirelessly in La Cruz, side by side promoting restaurants and others by way of a community wide party called ‘A Taste of La Cruz’.

Connie was also an active and enthusiastic member of both Amigos de La Cruz and the Beta Sigma Phi and she served on the boards of each at various times. Last year I shared much of their contributions in a tribute to Landon and you can find that at www.vallartatribune.com/ remembering-landon-hollander/ Julio and Rita of Masala Restaurant in La Cruz had this to say about Connie: So sad to hear this news, it’s a big loss for the community. We’ve known Connie since we’ve been in La Cruz. She and Landon always, always supported us. They were very good people, very kind and humble, God keep them in paradise. I remember they invited us to join in the festival ‘A Taste Of La Cruz’ which was a big kick for us. That’s when the community started to look forward to Masala.

My wife, all the Masala staff, and I were always so pleased with their support and friendly treatment. We are all so sorry for the big loss!

Shirley and Bill McGrath remember assisting Connie: We worked with Connie years ago to get a recycling program going at the Prepa.

We met with the principal and he was excited to add a program to the student committee working on environmental issues.

We remember successive meetings with someone from PEACE who had developed a school curriculum for a course

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on recycling and other environmental issues.

We also accompanied her on her rounds to recruit vendors for A Taste of La Cruz. Bill and I accompanied Connie to meetings with Delegado Angel and once at the health clinic regarding some Amigos funding for a new roof for the clinic of which Connie was part of those meetings. Connie was vigorous and very committed to helping the village in various ways.

I’ll end with Bernie Scott’s final and delightful memory.

Connie got up and started dancing; she was having fun and I took this photo because I had never seen her dance.

God speed Connie.

ey Everybody! Hurricane season is here bringing the heavy rains and flooding which adds more problems to the already low income season for so many on the Riviera Nayarit and Banderas Bay region. Many folks rely on the tourist season, and right now during the hottest and muggiest months tourists are far between.

September is known as the hungry month (Sept-hambre), and this is the time that efforts are doubled up to help feed families who are in need of assistance. I would also like to acknowledge the hard hit Baja recently received from Hurricane Lidia, as well as the flooding in Texas from Hurricane Harvey.

Many folks are in dire need of food and water, along with clothing and basic human needs.

There are many ways to give and help. The Red Cross is probably the best way to ensure your donations are used properly.

For Bucerias and surrounding areas in need, the John Ozzello Memorial Food Bank and Humanitarian Aid hand out monthly depensas; helping 480 families every month with rice, beans, maseca, oil, fideo, tomato puree, sugar and salt. If you are living around the Bay area now and would like to help feed the hungry you may drop off donations at YoYo Mo’s Pizza and Sports Bar, JD Tours in Bucerias, or you may also contact Sandi Nystrom on the John Ozzello Memorial Food Bank FBook, or look on their website at www.BuceriasFoodBank.com .

For those of you who are beginning to prepare for your return for the winter months, the John Ozzello Memorial Food Bank and Humanitarian Aid is looking for the following school supply items: coloring pencils, crayons, felt markers, Clothing (gently used all sizes).

Now that school has started the supplies are extremely limited. If you would like to bring an extra suitcase with donations, please send an email to Sandi Nystrom at: rsnystrom@hotmail.com and Sandi will

send you a letter which WESTJET accepts to bring an extra suitcase at no charge as it is for humanitarian aid.

THANKS WESTJET! The Food Bank holds fundraisers throughout the high season and has solidified some dates that you may wish to mark down on your calendars. Their official band is now the Gecko Band!

They will be playing events such as the Whale Watching fundraiser this coming season. Whale watching tickets are now on sale!

December 4, 2017 - Children’s Christmas Program Fund Raiser.

January 10, 2018 - 4th Annual HELP! A Beatles Tribute from 5-8pm.

A NEW LIBRARY COLEGIO SALZMANN BUCERIAS

This year the Colegio Salzmann in Bucerias are building their own small school library and are in need of books. If you can help bring gently used or new books in English or Spanish when you come and visit this season, or if you have books on the shelf to donate it would greatly help the new library along. Please contact Esly Samiento de Rodriguez on Facebook with any questions.

Thanks so much for tuning in.

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Adorable Dog In The Spotlight... OLIVER

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t was just heartbreaking when Oliver initially arrived at the sanctuary. This poor boy was suffering from one of the worst cases of mange we have seen. But now look at him! Oliver is a lovely mixed breed weighing a bit over 35 pounds and he is around 1.5 years of age. He has a medium energy level and loves his long walks. He is very good on leash.

Oliver just loves playtime with his humans as well as cuddle-time.

He is good with other dogs although his preference is calm females. Oliver doesn’t get along with cats, however.

He has been neutered, dewormed and vaccinated. He has come such a long way and now just needs that perfect family of his own.

If Oliver has touched your heart, contact us at spcapv@ gmail.com for an application to adopt.

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SPCA of Puerto Vallarta

By Janice Gonzalez nnouncing our newest business sponsor in the community. Welcome Ron Morgan and thank you so much for your donation. Thanks again to our friend Clare Leach for your tireless efforts helping raise funds for our sanctuary.

The SPCAPV has started a new opportunity for businesses to contribute and become sponsors. We thank all our sponsors who are dedicated to making a difference. If you are interested in helping, write to clare23leach@gmail.com to join us.

Ron Morgan Properties is a full-service innovative company specializing in real estate sales and rentals here in Puerto Vallarta. “We’re here to help you find your new or second home, your best rental options or your perfect office space in one of the most beautiful bays in the world.” Ron says, “SPCAPV has improved the condition of pets and animals and must go forward improving care and rescue requiring continual support of the organization.” OFFICE phone 322 222 6678. Vallarta Office Olas Altas #509 Pto. Vallarta www. ronmorganproperties.net.

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our sanctuary. If you are interested, 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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Three Hens & A Rooster Market News

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he 2018 Purr Project calendars are at the Three Hens Market!

See Pat at her Pandemonia Boutique to pick up the latest edition of this annual sell-out - the proceeds of which feed and care for up to 200 kitties at the Purr Project’s no-kill shelter. Cost is only $250 pesos.

While you’re getting your calendar, check Pat’s Boutique for her half-price sale on clothes and shoes for this Saturday only.

O Croissant, the wonderful French Bakery, will be taking the rest of September off for vacations. Look for their return October 7. Have fun!

Work is progressing on the wood furniture store across from Gloria Sue at the entrance to Three Hens Market.

Beautiful parota tables – stop in and have a look. Even though they are not officially open, the owners will likely let you in and answer any questions.

It’s never too late for cooling ties; see Bill Kelly at his Fab Fabric Fellows Boutique and stock up – they make

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great gifts. Don’t forget your dog!

Ricardo Mazcal is busy as ever filling orders for Snail, Day and Night Creams; roll-on pain relief, and his wonderful extracts of various herbs and plants. Ricardo’s “Maz Mix” is sound nutrition to mix with water…at about

25 pesos/day, an inexpensive and tasty way to get all the vitamins, minerals and amino acids you need

Clothing & Shoe Clearance: HALF PRICE! This Week Only ~ Throw Pillows Buy Two: Get One Free!

Three Hens & A Rooster Market

in your busy life.

For a wide range of food, clothing, art work, jewelry and more in an easy-going, friendly atmosphere, join us every Saturday from 9 am to 1 pm at Venustiano Carranza 466 in Old Town Puerto Vallarta.

V. Carranza 466 Saturdays 9 to 1 Contact Pat Thunherst Wagner at ptwagner@comcast.net

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he Marsol Friday Market welcomes award-winning artist Carrie Eckert who will be spending the next couple of months in Vallarta. Her work is often three dimensional, found art – her collage/assemblage pieces are found in galleries in California.

She creates miniatures of her large canvasses, protects them with resin then builds a necklace around each pendant using semi-precious stones and gold or silver wire and even makes the bezels.

Carrie also has prints of her large pieces that she embellishes with paint and found objects.

Make sure to look carefully at Carrie’s wonderful shrines. She will accept commission work so come and visit her

soon and get your orders in pronto.

Order a non-birthday/non-anniversary cake this Friday. Why wait for someone else’s special day to eat cake?

It’s Thursday (or Friday) so eat cake!

Talk to Andrea about your delicious cake idea for the most important person in your life: YOU. Then pick it up on Friday at the Marsol Market, take it home and indulge yourself.

Nowhere is it written you have to share. La Dulce Vida will exceed your expectations; oh, and Andrea will also make birthday cakes.

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Johnny Depp American Actor

By Fred Jacobs ohnny Depp was born on June 9, 1963, in small town Kentucky. Johnny’s father was a civil engineer and his mother, a waitress. Johnny’s family, including his three brothers and sisters moved around a lot when they were young-over 20 places, before settling in southern Florida.

When Johnny was 12 years old, his mother gave him a guitar. Music became an immediate passion for him, and Johnny even began playing in various garage bands.

At 15, his parents divorced, and he dropped out of high school to become a rock musician. He tried to go back to school two weeks later, but the principal told him to follow his dream of being a musician.

Johnny then joined a local band called The Kids, which had some decent local success. The band headed to Los Angeles in search of a record deal, but the group split up before signing. Johnny was a good networker, and he collaborated and co-wrote songs with the band Rock City Angels.

Johnny married the sister of the bands bass player. She was a makeup artist, while Johnny worked a ton of odd jobs, including as a telemarketer for pens, to make ends meet. His wife introduced him to actor Nicolas Cage, who encouraged him to pursue acting.

He would divorce his first wife after only two years of marriage.

The acting route seemed an easier road for Johnny. His first film role was in the horror film “A Nightmare on Elm Street” (1984), in which he played one of Freddy Krueger’s victims. Johnny then landed a small role in Oliver Stone’s Vietnam War drama “Platoon” (1986).

But his actual breakout role came on the small screen in 1987.

Johnny landed the lead role on the TV show “21 Jump Street”. He starred as a police officer who goes on an undercover operation in a

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comedy “Benny and Joon”, in which he played an eccentric and illiterate silent film fan who befriends a mentally ill woman and her brother, and it became a sleeper hit and earned Johnny a Golden Globe for Best Actor.

Next, in 1993, he co-starred with Leonardo DiCaprio and Juliette Lewis in “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape”, a drama about a dysfunctional family, which got good reviews and did well at the box office. Johnny’s final 1993 film was the surrealist comedy-drama “Arizona Dream” opposite Jerry Lewis and Faye Dunaway, which opened to positive reviews.

In 1994, Johnny reunited with director Tim Burton, playing the

title role in “Ed Wood”, a black and white biographical film about one of history’s most inept early horror film directors. While it got good reviews, it bombed at the box office, not even covering the costs of production.

Johnny redeemed himself in 1995 starring opposite Marlon Brando in the box-office hit “Don Juan DeMarco”. In 1997, he co-starred with Al Pacino in the crime drama “Donnie Brasco”, where he played an undercover FBI Agent who infiltrates the mafia in New York City. The film did very well at the box office.

In 1999, Johnny received his star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame and again teamed up with Tim Burton to star in the supernatural horror

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high school. The role propelled him into teen idol status in the first year of the series. Johnny would stay on the popular show for four of its five seasons.

In 1990, Johnny starred in the Tim Burton film “Edward Scissorhands”, co-starring with Dianne Wiest and Winona Ryder. Critics raved about the film, and the box office success established Johnny as a leading Hollywood actor. This also began his long association with Tim Burton.

Johnny was now at a point, that he could pick and choose his next films carefully, and did not appear on the big screen for two years when he appeared in three films in 1993. First in the romantic

film “Sleepy Hollow”, which was a box office hit. In 2003, he starred in the Disney adventure film “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl”, which was a major box office success, taking in over $650 million US worldwide. He earned widespread acclaim for his comic performance as pirate Captain Jack Sparrow and received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor.

Johnny has said that Sparrow is “definitely a big part of me” and that he also modelled the character after The Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards. The Pirates film franchise has led to four sequels in 2006, 2007, 2011 and 2017 taking in over $4.5 billion US worldwide for the five films! It also spawned a whole Disney Park section, dedicated to the theme.

In 2005, Johnny again teamed up with director Tim Burton to make the fantasy film “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”. The film was a huge hit taking in almost $500 million US worldwide. In 2007, Johnny again joined with Burton for their sixth film together, this time playing the murderous barber in “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”. The role gave Johnny another Oscar nomination.

The next Depp-Burton collaboration was “Alice in Wonderland” (2010), in which he played the Mad Hatter alongside Helena Bonham Carter and Anne Hathaway. While Johnny says in interviews, that he is slowing down his work onscreen, retirement is not yet imminent.

Later this year, he will appear in a remake of “Murder on the Orient Express” alongside Penelope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Dame Judi Dench, and Michelle Pfeiffer.

While Johnny’s dream of making it in the music industry did not make it past the hobby stage, his road to acting success has always brought us interesting and “worth the wait” performances.

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