Issue 1071, October 12 - 18, 2017

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More flights into PVR

What’s Up at UDG-CUC

Feliz Cumpleaños

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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 Ambulance: 322.222.1533

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NAME PASS DATE CARNIVAL 3,200 04/10/2017 HOLLAND AMERICA 1,850 04/10/2017 PRINCESS CRUISES 3,080 04/10/2017 RESIDENCE SEAS 1,800 07/10/2017 NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE 2,240 09/10/2017 PRINCESS CRUISES 2,600 09/10/2017 OCEANIA CRUISES 400 09/10/2017 CARNIVAL 3,200 11/10/2017 HOLLAND AMERICA 1,850 11/10/2017 NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE 2,800 11/10/2017 DISNEY CRUISES 2,400 12/10/2017

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

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

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In the month of October Vallarta welcomes 46,323 passengers!

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escuing baby tlacuaches and fundraising for earthquake victims Fundraising continues for victims of the earthquakes last month. EL Arrayan, one of Puerto Vallarta’s best traditional Mexican restaurants is hosting an event where 100% of the funds will be sent directly to help the community in Ixhuatán, Oaxaca. They will be serving traditional pozole and live entertainment on Sunday, October 29 from 5.30 pm to 11 pm.

Tickets are 200 pesos or $230 at the door. There is a raffle with lots of prizes and other items for purchase. Tickets are available at El Arrayan, Monzón Brewing Co. & the Spanish Experience Center.

Things are starting to pick up around town. Incanto has re-opened with some new acts lined up for the fall. No Way Jose Restaurant is having their 9th season kick-off with a fundraiser for victims of the Mexico City earthquake on Saturday at 8 pm.

El Rio BBQ up Paso Ancho reopens this week. Best BBQ and a cool river to splash in – it’s a must see, must do spot!

The weather has changed. It’s drier with less humidity in the air.

Time to start power washing the algae off the walls. This was a

doozy of a rainy season.

Last night I had a baby opossum in my house. Poor thing was climbing up the screen door trying to get away from my four dogs. I put on my oven mitts and scooped it up and put it up high outside. Safe travels, little guy.

Opossums or Tlacuaches as they’re called in Mexico are North America’s only marsupials and are omnivores, eating ticks and other bugs like they’re Smarties (like M&M’s only better -for you non-Canadians). They’re quiet, shy, nocturnal animals that might look a little scary with their sharp teeth but they will play dead long before attacking. The little guy I rescued let me pick him up and move him with no complaints.

If you find one, don’t panic and hit it with a shovel. They’re endangered and should be protected and moved to somewhere safe from dogs. If it’s playing dead just move it to a quiet out of the way location and it will eventually rouse itself and move along.

That’s it for me this week.

Safe travels, Madeline

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The Uncommon Gift that Grabs the Heart

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o I dare say it? That the holidays are just around the corner? Thank goodness with online shopping we get a reprieve from packed malls, crowded parking lots, same old merchandise and holiday music.

The best part is that we can accomplish that and we can be sipping a margarita on the rocks and lounging at the beach.

Life is good!

Online or in person it is challenging to come up with an

original gift that will be remembered for a lifetime.

El Parque de los Azulejos offers a signed and numbered, Certificate of Authenticity, gift certificates for sponsorship tiles.

Sponsorships are available for Celebration Tiles, Business Tiles, Pet Tiles, Memorial Tiles, Performer Tiles, Name

Tiles and Celebration Benches.

What a wonderful gift for weddings, birthdays, holidays

and more. Looking for an experiential gift for your loved one?

El Parque de los Azulejos will also be offering 3-day hands on workshops where you will be learning and apprenticing from the master mosaic makers.

The classes will be held twice a month from November thru April.

All materials provided.

For more information visit www.tileparkpv.com and email us at info@tileparkpv.com

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new ‘New Thought’ group is starting here in Vallarta on the teaching and practice of the Centers for Spiritual Living, formerly called Science of Mind or Religious Science, founded by Ernest Holmes back in the 1920s. Recently arrived, Rev. Corina Scherer, is the Spiritual Director, and she has wonderfully great expectations. Those interested in New Thought are encouraged to support this center. Meetings will be on Saturdays at 12:00 pm-1:00 pm starting October 14th in the Centro Cultura Cuale Auditorium on Isla Cuale.

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Aeromexico Brings Back Overnight Flight To PVR

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he new route offers travelers increased connectivity through Aeromexico’s network within the country, as well as to North, Central and South America.

Starting on November 2nd, Aeromexico will once again offer their daily 6:00 am flights on the PVR-MEX route, and the 7:00 am flights on their MEX-PVR route with arrivals and departures at Puerto Vallarta’s “Lic. Gustavo Díaz Ordaz” International Airport.

The overnight flight offers travelers increased connectivity through Aeromexico’s network

within the country, as well as to select cities in North America such as New York, Montreal plus Bogotá, Colombia and Buenos Aires, Argentina, in Central and South America, respectively.

This is a very convenient flight for domestic travelers, as it allows them to fly to the Puerto Vallarta-Riviera Nayarit area early in the morning, enjoy a weekend stay and return on an early flight to Mexico City.

The details The daily flight will be operated with departures from Puerto

Vallarta to Mexico City at 6:00, 8:40, 12:31, 14:26 and 18:51 hrs.

The flights from Mexico City to Puerto Vallarta will depart at 7:00, 10:25, 12:35, 17:05 and 20:15 hrs.

An additional season flight is also programmed, which will begin operations on December 15, 2017 and will continue through January 15, 2018, effectively covering the tourist high season.

Aeromexico is among the top airlines bringing in the greatest number of passengers to the Puerto Vallarta-Riviera Nayarit area, for a total of more than 360,000 through July of this year.

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Medical Matters

Paradise

and Parenting

Pam Thompson

Leza Warkentin

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

I am the preschool coordinator and nursery teacher at the American School of Puerto Vallarta. I have been living and teaching in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico since 2000. I am a Canadian, with a Mexican husband and two Mexican-Canadian children. We are all patas salads!

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oday we had a wonderful “Breakfast With a Psychiatrist” gathering with our outstanding psychiatrist, Dra. Adi Dominguez. Dra. Adi has returned to work (part-time) after taking a few years off (having had twins!) and are we ever happy that she is back! She is mainly focusing on medications and medication adjustments. Many medications that are prescribed in the United States and Canada (psychiatric meds) are either not available here or have different names. The medications are strictly controlled here, much more so than north of the border.

She is doing very little therapy at this time and instead prefers her patients do therapy with one of the three preferred psychologists that she refers to. Her specialty also includes geriatric psychiatry so she is well-versed in Alzheimer’s and dementia.

One of the most important facts that I learned today was that for these specific types of medications, it is vitally important to purchase from a “regular” pharmacy and not the “similares” type pharmacies due to the strength of the medication. True, generics are ok and those can be purchased

E at any of the major named pharmacies (if there are even generics available) but the “cheapo” brands are at a lesser strength and for these particular cases, proper strength of course, is extremely important.

Some of the biggest chatter on the Facebook boards recently is about insurance. This is the time of year when many are returning for the winter months and it is getting down to the wire for purchasing that traveler’s insurance policy.

There are a vast number of policies out there. It is important that one understands the fine print of the policy and knows what is covered, what is not covered. You do not want to arrive for your winter vacation, have an emergency, be admitted only to find out that you purchased an insurance that only covers trip cancellation and lost luggage! Make sure your policy includes air evacuation as well.

If you have a question about the travelers insurance you have

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purchased, if it is accepted here you are more than welcome to contact us. It is far better to understand it before you leave home!

Many of our physicians appointment books are filling, especially the plastic surgeons and dermatologists. Botox and fillers seem to be the top requests so please do not wait until a week before you are going to return in the spring and send me an email thinking that you can get in at the last minute. Let’s make your appointment(s) now for those touch-ups!

As I do every “high season”, I am requesting that you do not text, whatsapp or email your physician. It doesn’t matter if they say “oh, send me an email” because the reality is, in most cases, they won’t answer or if they do, it will not be in the timeframe that you will like. I can always obtain an answer from them (at least from the ones I work with) so go ahead and ask me.

It is your responsibility as the patient to make the follow up appointment to review your test results and ask questions.

Phone and email consults should be chargeable items and I keep telling my physicians, do not encourage it and if you do, then don’t complain about it when your patients email you and you are inundated with emails with no time to answer!

A huge thank you to everyone who participated in our very successful Pink Cocktail event!

What a turn-out! We could not have done it without the wonderful donations!

Here’s to a very inspiring week!

very child has a story. Most of the time, it’s the story of his birth. But it doesn’t have to be. It’s a story that is told by someone who loves him most.

And, little by little, it’s a story that lays itself on a child’s heart, and whispers itself in his ear when he needs to hear about family, and love, and belonging.

Both of my children know their story, because their dad and I have told it to each of them many times. Sometimes they ask for it, but they hear it at other times because I want to say it out loud and see them smile knowingly.

My son’s story begins with a lunar eclipse and ends the next morning with his (then) blue eyes staring up at me, squinting and calm but asking “Are you my mama?” and my answer “Yes, that’s me.”

My boy’s story will be thirteen years old this month, and so I’m reliving this first scene where his life began. As a result, I’m getting sentimental and melancholy as opposed to feeling simply nostalgic like a normal person.

You see, I never pictured myself as a teenager’s mom. I was always comfortable in the role of harried, messy mom of toddlers

and preschoolers. I must have spent hundreds of hours mixing up a million batches of playdough and picking the remnants out of the carpet at night. I knew all the songs. I had all the equipment. I finally learned how to work the seatbelts in the carseats. I read them all my favorite books from childhood, which became their favorite books too.

But I suspect that I might actually have a knack for being a teenager’s mom. For one thing, I am starting to look the part, with lines on places where I worry too much. For another, I have really taken to the sarcastic banter with The Boy, and don’t mind a bit of back talk as long as it’s successfully funny.

And here I am, ready or not, driving from school to home discussing politics with my nearly-adolescent son.

He is full of opinions that seem to be forming faster than he can shock me with them. I don’t know where he gets all this information.

I don’t know how he processes it into astonishingly inaccurate ideas.

He’s hilarious just like his grandfather (on my side, naturally), but unbelievably serious at the same time, and far too ready to take the weight of the world on his shoulders.

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In September, out of the blue, he decided to join the school musical, The Fiddler on the Roof, as a member of the stage crew.

I assumed he and a buddy were joining together to try new and creative ways of slacking off. I asked him who else would be part of the stage crew, and he told me he didn’t know, that he just wanted to help out Mr. Dunger, the music teacher whose class he enjoys. The teacher asked him to be in the Bottle Dance and he said sure. He picked up his rehearsal schedules and didn’t miss a single one.

Today I picked him up from a six hour rehearsal day, on a Saturday. He had missed a classmate’s birthday party because, as he said, he had this rehearsal and could not miss it. I took him to Starbucks for a treat and he sank into a comfy chair gratefully, long legs splayed out in front of him.

And that’s when I think it hit me like a shockwave: my boy is this separate person who is currently part of something I don’t really know anything about. I couldn’t stop staring at him because it was like he had changed overnight.

Not a blue-eyed baby. Not a brash, curly-haired toddler. Not a sticky, noisy preschooler. A teenager, one who has his own thoughts, his own opinions, his own nature. One who was now rubbing his cap over his eyes, waiting for a milkshake.

Not a baby. But I’m still his mama, and his story is still being written. I’m so grateful I’ve been a part of all these chapters in this boy’s life.

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From Here

Que Paso at UDG CUC Michael Nolan

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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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am being unmercifully teased and tantalized lately. Via email mostly and the odd encounter on the streets about this upcoming season. For example – take El Rio BBQ Bar and their line-up of Tribute Artists…starting with Rod Stewart. And Cher. Elton John and John Fogarty. Roy O, Neil Diamond and the fabulous Dahl Brothers from Canada doing the Blues Brothers from Chicago.

And, Impresario Merv Buchanan, who is responsible for putting these incredible talents together, has, of course, packed the Luna Lounge and El Rio for the last two seasons and has branched out further to include Guayabitos and Mazatlan.

Not all the acts go to all the places so you’ll have to stay tuned to the Tribune pages to see who is where…like maybe QUEEN at Incanto!!

And, Incanto’s line-up is already impressive with darling Spencer Day coming back for his

sixth season in Vallarta. Love that young man! Oh, and Well Strung who are just wonderfully freaking perfect in all and every way. And, yes. Extraordinary musicians.

And once Joe Jack’s move back to their newly renovated space on Basilio Badillo, Azafran, the latest resto concept from Michel Pascal Ferrari will open on Olas Altas.

Michel’s new Manager, Gerwin Rutten, originally from Holland, is delighted to finally be living in Vallarta after years of vacationing here. Stay tuned for lots more deliciousness and news of Azafran.

And good friends are coming soon! Don and Dave for Dia de Los Muertos; Wanda for five whole months after touring half the world all summer long; she’ll be needing a lie-down. And best of all, my sister Patrice arrives in November for an unprecedented long stay. So much to look forward to and today the sun is out so that’s it from me, From Here!

On Sunday, October 29 at 8 am the UdG CUC will host the Black Lions Race. There will be a 2K, 5K and 10K race. For more information go to the UdG CUC web site at www.cuc.udg.mx In order to help everyone sign up for the run, student representatives will be setting up a booth on the following dates at the following locations: • Friday, October 13 at Lázaro Cárdenas Plaza • Friday, October 20 at Marina Puerto Vallarta • Friday, October 27 at Galleria Vallarta Mall Remember we screen movies every Wednesday and Friday at 1:00 pm in the main (air conditioned) auditorium. All films are free admission and open to the public. On Friday Oct. 13 we will be showing Dracula by Bram Stoker. Released in 1992 Directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Gary Oldman and Winona Ryder.

In the year 1890, the young lawyer Jonathan Harker travels to a lost castle of Transylvania, where he meets Count Dracula, who in 1462 lost his love Elisabeta. The count, fascinated by a photograph of Mina Murray, Harker’s girlfriend, who reminds her of Elisabeta, travels to London “Crossing oceans of time” to meet her. Already in England, he will try to conquer and seduce Lucy, Mina’s best friend. If you like

old movies this is a must see. Two thumbs up.

On Wednesday, October 18, we are showing a musical documentary about U2. This world famous Irish rock band has performed in Mexico five times. First in 1992 on the ZooTv Tour in the Palacio de los Deportes.

Next in 1997 on the PopMart Tour in the Sol forum. In 2006 The Vertigo Tour was in the Azteca Stadium.

In 2011, the 360 Tour was again in the Azteca Stadium. And this year the Joshua Tree Tour was in the Sol forum. If you miss any of those concerts you can see them again, on the 18th at 1:00 pm.

On Saturday October 21 at 1:00 pm we are proud to presents Mutare, a modern dance program.

The University’s “Peter Gray” art museum is open Monday through Friday from 10 am to 4 pm. It is all ways free and open to the public.

We encourage you to look at the UDG CUC web site each week to get the latest news about all the events taking place. And be sure to tune in to The Good Morning Wake Up Show every Saturday morning at 9:00 am at 104.3 FM or on the web at udgtv.com/radio-puerto-vallarta/ en-vivo Final thoughts: “Our prime purpose in life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them”.

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birthday, fishmonger, plumber, or close friend, give them a big loving hug, and try to convey your hope for them to have a great year. It is the single most important gift you can give in Mexico!

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ver the past several weeks I have been either out celebrating or having people to my own home to celebrate at least six different cumpleaños for myself and friends. It struck me this past weekend just how different and important celebrating these days seem to be here in Mexico.

I guess it should really come as no surprise that a country that celebrates the dead, also celebrates the day you are born with a unique enthusiasm. I started to think back to my first birthday in Mexico when I was living in a colonia called Las Canoas. Now, this particular area on the edge of the river is home to some very hard working but financially disadvantaged residents. I had seen the warm embrace that others received as a gift on their birthday, but frankly, when I was the recipient I was taken aback.

The embrace was not shortlived, nor was it overly affectionate, it was instead one that seemed to convey hope and joy. Hope for a better year ahead and joy of celebrating having made it thru another year in one piece! My neighbors and my local shop owners all gave me this same warm embrace that was my first lesson in how I needed to adapt my own cultural standards to my new home.

Over these past weeks, I have been welcomed by my own friends to a surprise party, one that almost brought me to tears. I was truly surprised, but more so as the friends who arranged it all are here living in Mexico as refugees from Venezuela and are just eeking out a living for themselves. They cooked traditional food from home and organized a group of my close friends to help decorate their simple apartment. The spirit and love were overwhelming and reminded me of those first embraces I received here. Once again, hope for a better year was the message.

I have been to several very large parties lately hosted by some gracious folks who use their events to raise funds for charity. This past

week saw fireworks at the beach and a delicious food hosted by some new friends whose home sits just above the ocean and the seahorse statue.

A friend asked me recently about renting a villa for their party.

They had friends coming from out of town, and they wanted to make sure that all of their friends could celebrate their birthday with them but not have to worry about money.

I do not live in a Villa by any stretch, but the pool and space at my home have seen several cumpleaños over the past few months, and one more seemed to be a good idea.

When the DJ’s showed up with the professional equipment, I realized it would be a loud and long night of celebrating. However, my neighbor had a 20 piece mariachi band a few days before, and I was not too concerned about a bit of noise. We always welcome our neighbors to join us. A few more to a party here is the norm.

The thing is, is that no matter the size of the event, or the amount of money spent, the most important sentiment is in that darn hug and the wish for a happy day and a good year. Every event boiled down to that same thing I learned many years ago.

As you know, I am writing about food, real estate and the odd article on architecture, but my real writing is about embracing our new lifestyle and culture. So next time you find out someone is having a

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When Your Home is Destroyed

Legalizing Medical Marijuana

By Tom Swanson

Orlando Gotay, Tax Attorney tax@orlandogotay.com

Orlando Gotay is a California licensed tax attorney (with a Master of Laws in Taxation) admitted to practice before the IRS, the U.S. Tax Court and other taxing agencies. His love of things Mexican has led him to devote part of his practice to the tax matters of U.S. expats in Mexico. He can be reached at tax@orlandogotay.com, online radio at mixlr.com/orlandogotay or Facebook: GotayTaxLawyer.

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never thought I would write about this, but I must. Recent disasters raise a very real scenario: your home in Mexico is destroyed.

The taxman comes as you receive insurance money for the loss of the house. US tax law considers this to be an “involuntary” conversion.

Imagine some type of “forced” sale.

Is the settlement taxable? If the home was your principal residence, and you lived it long enough, you may be eligible for the optional exclusion of gain on the sale of principal residences, just as if you had sold it (up to $500k/married $250k/ single). That exclusion is the same one people use when they normally sell their homes.

If you have gain in excess of the maximum exclusion (or if for some reason the exclusion does not apply to you) it may be either taxable right away or it can be postponed. It all depends on what you do.

If you acquire replacement property within a specific period of time, gain on these situations may be postponed to the day you eventually sell it.

Generally, that clock to acquire the replacement starts the day you get the insurance check. The two-year clock stops on the second

anniversary of that tax year. Replacement property must be of a type similar to the one being replaced.

Houses in foreign locations are not similar to those in the US, so plan accordingly.

Disaster areas proclaimed by the US President often get longer (three four or five year) replacement periods, but those are, as you may expect, only in the US. A Mexico disaster area would not benefit, leaving you with the default two-year period.

Mexico recently issued special decrees providing relief connected to the recent earthquakes. Aside from extensions of time to pay taxes, it also provides for an immediate deduction of amounts spent in the acquisition of new, fixed assets in affected areas, so long as the acquisitions are done by March 31, 2018, net of insurance payments received for destroyed properties.

The lesson here: a disaster may “unleash” the built in gain on your home (or other capital assets), at the worse possible time.

There is some relief from the “sale”, but you must know what to do. I pray you never have to resort to needing this relief. Stay safe out there.

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vent Planner Jim Lee presents Gospel Brunch at Incanto. This new monthly event will begin on Sunday, October 15 at 12pm. Guests will have a choice of two delicious entrees and one mimosa and can upgrade to bottomless mimosas for an additional charge. Speaker Val Delmar will share a short life experience that enabled him to truly be a “Yes I Can” person, and featured guest soloist Gina Pressley will perform two selections. She will also sing a special duet with Incanto owner Tracy Parks of Patsy Cline & Willie Nelson’s version of “A Closer Walk with Thee”, accompanied by Incanto’s resident pianist Salvatore Rodriguez, the ‘Mexican Liberace’. This is a special event in the upstairs piano bar. Tickets and more information are available online at Incanto’s website and at the box office.

Prepaid reservations are requested.

The Flute Ensemble of Puerto Vallarta, newly formed this summer, is pleased to announce their first performance/fundraiser at Incanto on Sunday, October 22 at 4pm. The group of six flutists, most of them student musicians, are as young as seventeen. Each plays with the Puerto Vallarta Chamber Orchestra or the Puerto Vallarta Youth Orchestra and or the Salty Paw Jazz Orchestra, whose founder and conductor, Victor Kris, is also a member of the Flute Ensemble. The group is led by member Andrea Jupina. They will present a varied program of short, bright pieces in three and four part harmony from various musical eras ranging from Vivaldi, Beethoven, Fauré and more. Part of Instituto Artes Musicales de Puerto Vallarta, which is a Mexican non profit organization, they are totally dependent on private donations. Proceeds will be used to buy equipment and educational materials. Flutists of any age who are interested in playing with the group should contact Andrea Jupina

at andreajupina@gmail.com Tickets are available online at Incanto’s website.

Paco Ojeda On Music presents another in his Movie Music lecture/ screening series, featuring the music of Dave Grusin. Grusin is well-known for composing numerous award-winning soundtracks to classic films including The Graduate, On Golden Pond, Tootsie, The Firm, and many more. Following an online vote, On Golden Pond will be featured in this presentation. Paco’s interesting and dynamic lectures are always entertaining and informative.

The lecture will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 17 at 4pm, and the film screening will be on Wednesday, Oct. 18 at 4pm in the main theater.

Incanto entertainer Chris Kenny (CK Productions), who has recently formed new band, ‘Mexicanada’, made up of four Mexicanos and one Canadian, describes it this way...

“Mexicanada is a Mexican word (not Spanish). The closest English translation is ‘The Mexican Way’.

Fixing things, making things, inventing things with the resources, tools and knowhow available at the time.

Mexicans poke fun, but also take pride in their own “Mexicanadas”. It is difficult to spend time in Mexico and not see some examples first hand!” Utilizing their unique sound and instrumentation, Mexicanada will wow you with a totally organic evening of wonderful musicianship, innovation and laughter. Predominantly in English, with a few Spanish tunes and Mexican twists, their material is unique and recognizable, but not overdone. Producer and lead singer Chris Kenny will provide her insights into examples of Mexicanadas, as well as hilarious stories of trials, errors and total misunderstandings resulting in a deeper insight into the humor and resourcefulness of Mexico’s people. Shows begin Saturday, October 21 at 8pm as a ticketed event in the piano bar.

Tom Swanson & Marianne Menditto Tom and Marianne have been living in Mexico since 1999 and are naturalized citizens. Tom is a retired architect and home builder. Marianne is an artist who works extensively with ceramic tile. They run Colibrí Design, where they sell artesanías, antigüedades and hand-made Mexican tile. Contact them at sales@ colibridesignvallarta.com

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ack in June of this year, entirely out of the blue, our president, Enrique Peña Nieto, dropped quite a bombshell. He signed a bill legalizing the medical use of marijuana nationwide. The bill had very quietly made it through the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate without debate.

The social and economic implications of such a change at first look seemed enormous. I envisioned a sharp uptick in “medical tourism” here in PV, as folks would come to sit on our beaches and legally get as high as a kite. Doctors would make a killing prescribing pot for ‘anything that ails ya’ as many do in California.

Mexico itself would become the new Colorado, with weed dispensaries crowding into all the border towns to share space with dentists, liquor stores, and discount pharmacies. And, boy oh boy, would Trump and Sessions be pissed.

But, like absolutely everything in this beautiful country, it’s not as it seems. Peña Nieto only legalized the ‘concept’ of medical marijuana.

He supposedly left the nuts and bolts of the new law and its regulation up to the Ministry of Health.

It is turning out that “medical marijuana” actually only refers to “pharmacological derivatives of cannabis,” not pot. Not only that, the drugs to be legalized cannot contain more than 1% THC, the active ingredient in marijuana.

That amount is so minute that it hardly rates much stronger than a placebo. At least that’s the way it stands right now.

Small amounts of pot and most other drugs like heroin, speed, and cocaine, have been legal in

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T Mexico for over eight years. The reason behind that was purely budgetary. Much like in the U.S., jails here were getting filled up with users. This is a new phenomenon for Mexico. Rural Mexicans and construction laborers have been smoking pot forever, and they grow their own.

In Sonora, if you could prove you were an albañil, a mason, you could carry around up to 30 grams of pot without falling afoul of the police. Nobody trafficked in it, except to export it to the U.S. Then, the mass deportations started. Hundreds of thousands of young men with American habits have been returned to Mexico. That and the U.S. imposed “Drug War,” which has cost us all so much, have allowed the mafias to prey off their own people, we now have a drug problem of our own.

By legalizing small quantities of drugs, the government has been able to concentrate its limited resources on more serious crime.

The downside of this policy is pretty obvious. If it’s legal to have it and legal to use it, someone is going to supply it.

The Ministry of Health has until the middle of December to officially submit its plans for legal medical marijuana, and things could look very different in the next few months. Recent polls show 80% of Mexicans being against the total legalization of marijuana, primarily because of the arcane teachings of the Catholic Church. But more so every day, Mexicans are getting sick of fighting America’s drug battles.

Since Trump, Mexico has gone from having a 65% favorable view of the US to a 67% unfavorable view. 95% loathe Trump. Like the NAFTA negotiations and Mexico having to pay for Trump’s wall, all things are subject to change. We’re definitely going to have us a wild presidential election next year, but that’s the subject of another article... and nothing is ever as it seems. Viva Mexico.

his “can’t miss” event on the world’s culinary calendar, brings together a select group of renowned national and international chefs.

The 2017 Vallarta Nayarit Gastronómica is ready for its 9th edition with the tagline “From the roots to the stars: a personal and collective journey.” Spain is the guest country bringing eleven renowned chefs, who altogether hold thirteen Michelin Stars and twenty-one Soles Repsol, as well as the winner of the 2014 Top España.

The event, organized by Grupo E-Consulting, will take place from October 29 – November 1 in the Riviera Nayarit and Puerto Vallarta, with the full support of the Riviera Nayarit Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) and the Puerto Vallarta Tourism Trust (Fidetur).

There will be four days of dinners and tasting and events on a nightly basis. The main host hotel is the Sheraton Buganvilias in Puerto Vallarta, where the cooking conferences will be held along with premium tastings and gourmet workshops. There will be alternate venues including the Hard Rock Hotel Vallarta and Villa Premier, as well as Tintoque restaurant, where they will hold gala dinners on October 30th and November 1st.

A particular highlight is the welcome cocktail, organized by the Riviera Nayarit Convention and Visitors Bureau, which will take place on October 29th at 8 p.m. at La Patrona Polo & Equestrian Club.

Making History According to organizers Carlos Elizondo and Consuelo Elipe this event is “making history,” as this is the first time there will be chefs representing this many Michelin Stars and Soles Repsol together in one culinary event, positioning it not only as the best in Mexico and Latin America, but within the top ten on the world stage.

“Every year we’ve directed our passion towards bringing together the most relevant figures in the culinary scene so we can celebrate four days of authentic camaraderie, pooling together all the knowledge and experience from chefs, sommeliers, and speakers in an effort to be faithful

SPCA of Puerto Vallarta

By Janice Gonzalez

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t’s getting close to the start of high season here in Puerto Vallarta. We are hoping that some of you would consider participating in volunteerism while you are here. We are actively recruiting volunteers in two specific areas.

First, we need some personnel to help us staff the weekly tours out to the sanctuary. Many visitors to Vallarta are quite interested in spending time at the sanctuary and we encourage visitors. This would enable you to make some new friends while you have fun with the rescues awaiting their forever homes. You must have your own car for transportation.

Second, there are several “markets” that are held around town during the high season. We have had much success in previous years and would like to continue our involvement. These markets are a wonderful way to meet more members of your community as well as give a lending hand to our rescue organization.

We look forward to all our friends arriving back in town. If you would be interested in volunteering some of your time or want more details, please contact us at spcapv@ gmail.com.

The SPCAPV has started a new opportunity for businesses to contribute and become sponsors.

to our objective of being a seminal event for professionals, students and lovers of gastronomy,” said Elizondo.

“I believe that through this type of events the destinations can project themselves onto the international stage by promoting their attributes, in this case, the excellent gastronomy available in the Riviera Nayarit and Puerto Vallarta,” said Marc Murphy, Managing Director of the Riviera Nayarit Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Of note is the fact that Spain was once again invited as the guest country and Guanajuato is on its fourth consecutive year as guest state, with Chef Ambassador David Quevedo and Tradi-

tional Cooks, Consuelo Venancio and Lourdes Camarena, on hand in representation. Jalisco and Nayarit will host the event, and for the first time the state of Morelos will also be on the program.

Among the novelties for this year is a stellar panel of known figures in the tourism and culinary industries, including journalist and speaker Pedro Ferriz de Con, as well as the tourism secretaries from Jalisco and Nayarit and the directors of the offices of tourism promotion of the Riviera Nayarit and Puerto Vallarta, among others.

For the entire list of participating chefs, private events and the complete program visit: www.

VNGastronomica.com

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.

We expect to have our regularly scheduled tours begin again in November.

In the meantime, we currently have limited tours of 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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Goldie is very food motivated so you shouldn’t have trouble with her training.

She is fine with most other dogs but can be selective when choosing her friends.

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or the first time in our history, Three Hens was inundated by rain last weekend. The thunderstorm cleared about an hour before closing time; to those clients who came looking for vendors who could not make it to market through the storm and for the vendors who managed to be open with very few clients to sell to – next Saturday will be better for all of us!

Ricardo Mazcal introduced a new Aztec/Nahua elixir called “Yolixpa” which translates to “Medicine for the Heart”. Composed of 22 aromatic medicinal herbs in a base of mescal, Yolixpa is meant to be taken as an aperitif before and after meals to aid in digesting food. Ricardo will have his aperitif available in three different sizes. Ask for a taste!

Monica is also preparing fabulous drinks by the bottle. This delightful Italian by way of South Africa now makes her home in Vallarta and is bringing a taste of Italy to us by way

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Three Hens & A Rooster Market of Limoncello. This is so delicious that Xocodiva uses this Limoncello in their decadent chocolates!

Gloria Sue is back with great fried chicken and super salads; she is easing back into her old space in the middle of the Market just on Saturdays;

great to have her back! And Mr. Bill one of the Fab Fabric Fellows returns this week. Be there!

Three Hens & A Rooster Market is open every Saturday from 9 am to 1 pm at Venustiano Carranza 466 in Old Town Puerto Vallarta.

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ith our Winter Market just three weeks away, regular vendors are sprucing up their wares and creating new and exciting products for our visiting snowbirds and new expats.

Juan Manual was back last week with a table full of wire and stone daemons and faeries and fanciful ‘objects’. Delightful creatures!

Blanca was back as well, with her line of therapeutic masks.

And, she brought her husband who makes mini calzones!

These warm Italian treats will be available all season long. Take an assortment home.

If cupcakes, zucchini bread, cinnamon buns and Bailey’s cake were not enough – La Dulce Vida is introducing fresh pumpkin pie that will be available by the slice or whole pie until after American Thanksgiving!

This pie is made completely from scratch that had husband James hitting many stores and markets searching for fresh pumpkins to keep wife Andrea busy baking.

The result?

Bypass the turkey and all the trimmings and head straight for the pumpkin pie and whipped cream!

Carrie will be with us until mid-November, sharing her wonderful Fridas and fabulous jewelry.

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

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Johnny Carson Top Comedian Part 2 – Rise To Cultural Icon

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hen we left off last week, Johnny Carson had gone from teen magician in Nebraska Kiwanis Clubs, to a stint in the Navy, to popular local New York TV and radio host. In the early days of television, most broadcast channels signed off the air after the 11pm news. NBC started an experimental program called “Tonight” with Steve Allen as the host.

“Tonight” was successful, and when Steve Allen moved on to his primetime comedy/variety show in 1956, Jack Paar replaced him as host of “Tonight”. When Jack Paar was planning on leaving “Tonight” in 1962, NBC exec’s were looking for a replacement.

Johnny’s success on “Who Do You Trust?” led NBC exec’s to invite him to take over “Tonight”, but Johnny turned them down. Johnny feared the task of interviewing celebrities for 105 minutes daily that late at night. Bob Newhart, Jackie Gleason, Groucho Marx, and

Joey Bishop all also declined the “Tonight” producers.

Exec’s finally convinced Johnny

to take on the challenge and he took over the show on October 1, 1962.

It was a bumpy first year for Johnny,

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finding his footing on the new format and time slot. With the help of his side kick Ed McMahon, Johnny soon got into the groove of the show.

For almost 30 years, Ed McMahon introduced The Tonight Show with a drawn-out “Heeere’s Johnny!” and would be the onscreen sidekick of Johnny. During the early years of Carson’s time hosting “Tonight” when the show ran 105 minutes, Ed actually hosted the first fifteen minutes of “Tonight”, which did not air nationally.

The show was originally produced in New York City, with occasional weeks in California.

It was not live in the early years, although during the 1970s, NBC fed the “live taping” from Burbank to New York via satellite nightly.

On May 1, 1972, the Tonight Show was moved from Thirty Rockefeller Plaza, New York, to Burbank, California, to be closer to popular stars that could then appear on the show.

After July 1971, Johnny cut his weekly schedule down from five shows a week to four nights, with Monday shows hosted by a guest host each week. Shows were videotaped in Burbank at 5:30 pm, fed from there to the Central and Eastern time zone stations via satellite. In 1980, at Johnny’s request, the Tonight Show was cut from its 90-minute format to 60 minutes.

Even with Johnny’s work schedule becoming lighter, the Tonight Show remained so successful that his compensation from NBC continued to rise.

By the mid-1970s, Johnny Carson had become the highestpaid personality on television, earning about $4 million a year (about $14 million in today’s money).

The Tonight Show launched the careers of many performers, especially comedians and musicians.

For a comedian appearing on the show, getting Johnny to laugh and being invited to the guest chair were considered the highest honor.

Most notable among these were David Letterman, Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld, Jeff Foxworthy, Ellen DeGeneres, Joan Rivers, David Brenner, Tim Allen, Drew Carey,

and Roseanne Barr.

Johnny’s effect on popular culture was not limited to discovering new talent. In 1966, Johnny popularized Milton Bradley’s game Twister when he played it with actress Eva Gabor on the show. Not widely known at the time, the game skyrocketed in popularity after the broadcast.

Johnny’s personal life was anything but a calm home life. A total of four wives and three messy and public divorces would become material in many of Johnny’s shows.

Johnny once said about his failed marriages, “My giving advice on marriage is like the captain of the Titanic giving lessons on navigation.” Johnny had three sons with his first wife.

After 30 seasons and more than 4500 episodes, Johnny retired from The Tonight Show and from show business on May 22, 1992, at age 66. You’d be hard pressed to name a single star, who did not appear on his show at some point over the years.

His final shows were a major media event, often emotional and stretched over several nights. In tribute to Carson as the “King of Late Night” and his enormous influence, several networks that had late-night variety talk shows “went dark” for the entire hour as Johnny did the final show.

Johnny was a heavy smoker for decades and, in the early days on Tonight, he often smoked on-camera. It was reported that as early as the mid-1970s, he would repeatedly say, “These things are killing me.” On January 23, 2005, at the age of 79, Johnny died in Los Angeles of respiratory failure arising from emphysema. In keeping with Johnny’s well known shyness in real life, no public memorial service was held.

Countless stars of the past 40 years, owe their fame to Johnny Carson, and countless fans owe a thank you for a late night laugh at the end of a long day.

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

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shop and pick up a copy of the Tribune at the Friday Marsol Market, the ‘Three Hens and a Rooster Market, Venustiano Carranza 466, on Saturdays’ and at the Amigo’s de La Cruz table at the La Cruz Sunday Market.

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