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ALL INCLUSIVE NEWS AND ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE FOR VALLARTA AND RIVIERA NAYARIT

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t the Tribune we want you to have the best experience possible while you explore Puerto Vallarta, the Bay of Banderas and Riviera Nayarit. Here are some helpful tips for traveling. TIME ZONE: The entire state of Jalisco is on Central Time, as is the southern part of the State of Nayarit starting from San Blas in the north. BUSES: A system of urban buses with different routes can bring you from one end of the bay to the other and all the spots in between. If you’re going further than San Pancho, head to the main bus terminal to catch a ‘Pacifico’ bus. Current fare is 7.50 pesos and passengers must purchase a new ticket every time they board another bus. There are no “transfers.” TAXIS: There are set rates within defined zones of town. Do not enter a taxi without agreeing on the price with the driver first. Make a note of the taxi number in case you leave something behind. Drivers typically do not carry change.

UBER: New in 2017 to Puerto Vallarta, Uber is still experiencing some growing pains particularly in the state of Nayarit. Uber is about 25-50% cheaper than a taxi, but this is subject to change. The benefits of using Uber are set fares and the ability to follow up directly with your driver if there is an incident or you leave an item behind. MONEY EXCHANGE: Typically a bank will give you a higher rate of exchange than the exchange booths (Caja de Cambio). You will need your passport. Better yet, use your bank card to withdraw funds from any ATM. Note that ATM’s in the banks are the safest to use and charge lower fees. DRINKING WATER: While Puerto Vallarta’s water has been

awarded a certification of purity for the past two decades, the quality of the water tested at the source varies greatly from what comes out of the tap at the other end. So do be careful. If you want to be doubly sure, you can pick up bottled water just about anywhere. EXPORTING PETS: Falling in love with the street dog outside your hotel is easy to do and it’s also easy to bring them home with you too. The process is inexpensive and only takes a day or two. You need a certificate of health from a local vet among other things. For the most up-to-date information contact the Puerto Vallarta SPCA at spcapv@ gmail.com. COMMON SENSE: Just as you wouldn’t walk around your hometown drunk and belligerent, it is not acceptable to do that here. While Mexico is a tolerant culture, basic politeness is appreciated. Don’t pee in the streets. Don’t flash your money or expensive gadgets. Pay attention to your surroundings. Know where you are going. Pay your bills (and don’t forget to tip). And have fun! DRINKING AND DRIVING: First off – just don’t. The consequences are not worth it. Taxis or Ubers are cheap and plentiful. Fines are as much as 12,000 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 guilt is presumed until your innocence can be proven. This is a very difficult lesson to learn if you are visiting from the United States or Canada. Immediately contact your consulate for assistance.

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Mini Staycation in Marina

inally, a good wash of rain was had in Puerto Vallarta. It’s been a dry rainy season. It’s probably not a scientific measure, but I assume because my house didn’t flood this season, we’ve had less average rainfall. A recent Facebook memory reminded me that I was cursing the giant fireball in the sky this time in 2016, so perhaps it’s all relative. This week’s rain was a result of tropical storm Tara who blew in with a fury and stranded motorists all across the city as the streets flooded with the deluge. But I am not complaining. My house remained high and dry, and my garden is thriving under the weather. I recently planted a giant daisy bush – which I’m sure has a real name, but I don’t know it. And it has dozens of little shoots eager to become branches and then flowers and then provide refuge for hundreds of butterflies. This past weekend I was fed up with the humidity and thought some unlimited AC and a gorgeous beachfront pool would

make me feel better. Boy was I right! I took a mini stay-cation at the Westin in Marina Vallarta. I’m going to share a little secret which I think I’ve shared here before. If you’re on a budget and you want to try a new hotel, but you don’t really care which one – check out hotwire.com or better yet download the app because it comes with extra discounts. Put in your search parameters and voila – you’ll have a couple dozen options for a last minute hotel booking - including the Westin for about $50 a night. A few weeks back when my power was off, and I wasn’t feeling great I booked a hotel for two nights that was basic but clean and comfortable and on the water in the marina for only $30 a night. Boom – a mini vacation for under $100.

PROTIP: The site lists the exact amenities of the hotel you’re choosing and the Westin is the only 4-star resort that is also pet-friendly so I always know I’m going to get the Westin. While in Marina for the weekend we went for breakfast at Café Tacuba – Victor’s Place which has moved closer to the Marina entrance. As always the service was excellent, and the food was tasty. I walked by the Corazon de Niña Charity Shop. It’s also moved locations

- though only a few doors over. They weren’t open, but I peeked in the windows and saw a lovely headboardPROTIP: The site lists the exact amenities of the hotel you’re choosing and the Westin is the only 4-star resort that is also pet-friendly so I always know I’m going to get the Westin. Which is convenient because I need a new headboard... Next Thursday (October 25) is the first Thursday Night Marina Market. If you haven’t been, this market attracts a considerable number of vendors that range from unique, finely crafted items to mass-produced t-shirts and knick-knacks. I usually find a couple things I need – like freshly roasted hand-picked coffee from the hills of Nayarit or a strand of colourful pom poms and embroidered hearts – Trust me, you can never have enough embroidered hearts. There are some gifted food producers as well. This is my favourite time of year. The weather is lovely. The ocean is warm. The store shelves have aged cheddar once again. The energy is palpable. There has been a shift this week. Hold on to your bikini tops. They’re coming. I spotted a surge of pale-faced people in the ‘isles of Costco.’ And with their arrival comes all the events again! Check these pages for what’s up around the bay. If you have an event you’re hosting - let us know, and we will share it on these pages. The newspaper is up to 32 pages from our usual 24. Thank you to everyone who has kept us going all summer and to those who have placed your confidence in the Vallarta Tribune once again. We appreciate your trust. Support local. Say no to that straw. Tip generously. Safe travels, Madeline

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SUMMER 2018

Resort Daypass GUIDE

From simple hotels to luxurious resorts the Vallarta Tribune has collected all the available daypass details so you can relax poolside from Punta Mita to Mismaloya. You’re welcome.

2018 Best of Banderas Bay Winners

ay back in January the Vallarta Tribune ran its first Reader’s Choice Awards, presenting over 300 businesses with their Pata Salada award for being recognized as the best in their category. As we ramp up for the coming winter season and you’re making plans on what to do and where to go, consider using this resource for all the best of the best in Banderas Bay. Here are just a few of the 100’s of categories and their winners: Best Boutique hotel – Casa Karma

Best Florist – Flowers to Go Best Fundraising Event – What a Drag Best Spa – Metamorfosis Best Breakfast Restaurant – Fredy’s Tucan Best Coffee shop - Dee’s Coffee Company Starting in December 2018, the Vallarta Tribune will again run the Best of Banderas Bay Reader’s Choice Awards where you’ll be able to vote for your favourite bars, restaurants, tour companies, designers, entertainers and more.

See all the winners online at www.vallartatribune.com/ best-vallarta-2018/

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local Hospital San Javier Celebrates Breast Cancer Awareness with “Love and Learn” campaign

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an Javier Hospital started its “Love and Learn” campaign this October with a series of talks on the fight against cancer. Kicking off the month was the popular “Pink Wave Cocktail” event held at the San Javier Marina location and attended by dozens of guests wearing pink ribbons and enjoying cocktails, pink treats and great company. The raffle prizes did not stop - from gift certificates to scented candles the list of prizes was long. The “Pink Wave Cocktail” was organized by Pam Thompson and the directors of the hospital, including Director of San Javier Dr. Jaime Álvarez Zayas, Dr. Claudia de Moral and Dr. Adriana Ramírez who are experts in breast cancer. Invited guests included current patients and cancer survivors, as well as the general public. Director Álvarez Zayas explained that the objective of the campaign is to create awareness around cancer prevention, not only breast cancer but all types, as rates of cancer increase daily and with early detection there is a much higher chance of eradication and an improved

quality of life. Álvarez Zayas included that to reach a broader audience, the hospital added an art exhibit and competition in their programming. The second “Fight against breast cancer” art competi-

tion aims to promote prevention and awareness. The awards ceremony took place on Saturday, October 13 at Galerias Vallarta in the main concourse, where they’ll be on display until October 27. “They are

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really amazing,” shares Pamela Thompson when asked about the art competition. On October 18 from 6pm – 9pm there is a second Pink Wave Cocktail event at Lujo Lifestyles (#500 Lazaro Cardenas, Bucerias). Join Pamela and friends for an evening of more treats, pink cocktails and excellent company along with another great selection of raffle prizes. The Pink Brunch and Fashion Show at Bravos on October 28 is now sold out.

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Mammograms Part III

e continue through our October Breast Cancer Awareness month! The art exhibit/contest was a huge success (items are on display through Saturday, October 20, at the Galerias Mall.) The entries were absolutely stunning and thank you to everyone involved including Miriam, Public Relations Manager at Hospital San Javier Marina. A lot of work! I have been posting on my Facebook page the beautiful rocks that were painted throughout the summer but a small but mighty group of folks in Bucerias, called Bucerias Rocks. The details, the messages on the rocks are wonderful and it has been fun using them at our events and leaving some on my morning dog walk in hidden but visible places. I want to stay and watch, see who finds them. Thank you Bucerias Rocks! We continue with the final part of our interview with Dra. Claudia de Moral, our breast imaging specialist/radiologist as she responds to an article going around on social media. Please refer to the past two issues of the PVTribune! Dra. Claudia says: Tomosynthesis is 3D mammography. Breast tomosynthesis is an advanced form of mammography that uses a low-dose x-ray system and computer reconstructions to create three-dimensional images of the breasts. To the patient it looks and feels like a regular mammogram (with less compression), but to us as physicians it is like a video composed of millimetric images of the breast. It increases the possibility of finding invasive breast cancer by 40% and finds smaller cancers at an earlier stage, while reducing the need for extra images and/or unnecessary biopsies by 27%. So it is an even better, safer way

to get screened. All patients over 40 years should undergo an annual mammography screening, as is recommended by the imaging community. The suggestions may vary, but the ones that have proven to decrease breast cancer deaths the most are: - Start at 40 years - Do it every year - Provide your previous studies for comparison and/or stick to the same examination point - Get the best mammography you can afford - Continue doing self-breast exams once a month Thank you Dra. Claudia! The 3D Tomosynthesis machine is only available at Diagnosti-K on Francisco Villa. You can participate in our monthly mammogram clinics OR of course, we can make a separate appointment. Just let me know! As we finish up October and head into November we are already planning some great activities for “Movember” which is the month for Men’s Health, specifically prostate and testicular cancer. Watch for speakers programs, special clinics and a fun-filled afternoon “fiesta”, no charge, open to the public with games, music, tacos and beer! Everything will be in our November newsletter so if you are not on our email list and would like to be, please email me! Here’s to a luminous week!

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How Oxxo is cashing in Pemex Discovers on Mexican e-commerce Two New Oil Fields

troll the aisles of any Oxxo in Mexico and you will find the staples of convenience store sustenance: beer, cigarettes, enough candy to keep dentists at full employment. Look closer and you will see this convenience chain is a linchpin of the country’s e-commerce. The retailer, with more than 17,000 locations throughout Mexico, has cracked two of the biggest barriers to online shopping in the developing world: payments and pickup. Shoppers lacking bank accounts - more than 60 percent of Mexico’s population - can plunk down cash at their local Oxxo to make purchases from more than a thousand online merchants. Those who live in dangerous or remote areas where home delivery is complicated can then head back to Oxxo to retrieve their merchandise. The pick-up program, offered with Amazon.com Inc, operates in nearly 3,000 Oxxo locations, with plans to expand. Oxxo is in talks with other merchants to handle their packages too, said Asensio Carrion, Oxxo’s director of financial and electronic services. Oxxo takes a cut from both merchants and consumers on most transactions. It’s not rocket science. But analysts say Oxxo has seized on a lucrative opportunity to cement itself into the e-commerce supply chain in places where online shopping is not the seamless affair it is in wealthier countries. That makes it one of the few companies in the world with the leverage to go toe-to-toe with Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s billionaire founder. At a time when many brick-and-mortar retailers view e-commerce as a threat, Oxxo has found a sweet spot. “Mexico runs on cash. This is the huge advantage of a company like Oxxo,” said Enrique Culebro, head of Mexico’s internet association. That is good news for parent company Fomento Economico Mexicano, known as Femsa. Oxxo generates about 35 percent of Femsa’s revenue and is the “driver of the company,” said Jose Cebeira, an analyst at Mexico City brokerage Actinver. Femsa shares are up about 50 percent since the end of 2014. Not content with remaining a middleman, Oxxo is working on e-commerce efforts of its own. The company will test a home-delivery app next year, and is considering an e-wallet that would allow shoppers to store balances for online purchases, Carrion said. The small, irregular floorplans of Oxxo stores have already posed

challenges for Amazon’s package program, which is limited to small items worth up to 1,500 pesos ($79). A clerk at an Oxxo in Mexico City said her store only accepts goods she can tuck under the register to avoid attracting thieves. Banking On The Unbanked With around 125 million people and Latin America’s second-largest economy, Mexico is a magnet for online merchants. But to reach millions of Mexicans without bank accounts, they have been forced to get creative. Oxxo began addressing this challenge in 2012 after Mexican regulators allowed retailers to perform certain banking operations. The chain became a place where customers could pay household bills in cash. In 2013 it rolled out Saldazo, a debit card whose name loosely translates to “big payment.” More than 10 million cards are now in circulation. Next up was online shopping. “We’re good at cash in and cash out,” Carrion said. “But we saw e-commerce growing very fast, and we saw that we could participate in other parts of the value chain.” Tough Negotiator Companies that work with Oxxo say it knows the value of its scale and brand - and its terms are not cheap. Merchants on Oxxo Pay, for example, are charged a 3.5 percent commission per transaction. Consumers hand over 10 pesos. In contrast, 7-Eleven, with 1,900 stores in Mexico, typically charges lower corporate commissions, knowing it cannot match Oxxo’s vast network, a former 7-Eleven executive said. Meanwhile, some startups complain Oxxo takes too big a slice of their business. “Something has got to give,” said Federico Antoni, managing partner of ALLVP, a Mexico City-based venture capital firm. “The rent that Oxxo is charging in these industries is not sustainable.” But many Mexicans do not mind handing over a few extra pesos for convenience. Brandon Arellano, a 21-year-old marketing worker who lives in the capital, recently tried buying some video games online. When the merchant declined his debit card, he grabbed some cash and headed to the corner store to complete the transaction. “I didn’t want to waste a lot of time, so I ran out to Oxxo,” he said. Original: Reuters

exico’s state-owned oil producer, Pemex, on Tuesday said it had discovered about 180 million barrels of oil offshore. The reserves could boost Mexico’s oil output, which has been in decline since 2004. They were found in the Manik well, roughly 52 miles offshore in the Gulf of Mexico, and the Mulach well, about 11 miles offshore. Pemex CEO Carlos Treviño said

in a statement that the reserves were proven, probable, and possible, or 3P, meaning there›s a high degree of certainty that the oil can be extracted. The company will need $7 billion to $10 billion in capital, including investments in oilrigs and pipelines, to develop the newly announced discovery and others found nearby in recent years, according to Reuters. The offshore fields combined

could increase Mexico’s production by up to 210 million barrels of oil and 350 million cubic feet of gas a day, Pemex said. Mexico earlier this year became the first Latin American country to join the International Energy Agency, an industry watchdog. “The country’s energy sector is in a period of profound change, catalyzed by comprehensive energy reforms the government has been enacting since 2013,” the IEA said. These reforms include ending Pemex’s monopoly and attracting new players into the oil industry. Pemex’s discovery was announced just as the IEA urged larger oil producers to open the taps on output. Fatih Birol, the agency’s head, said at a conference in London on Tuesday that US sanctions on Iran and shrinking production from Venezuela could tighten the market even further. The cost of Brent crude oil, the international benchmark, has surged 27% this year as members of the OPEC cartel and their allies cut production to boost prices following the 2014 crash. Brent surged to a four-year high of nearly $86 a barrel last week. Original: Business Insider

Tlaquepaque and Compostela added to list of Pueblo Magicos With 10 new towns added there are now 121 destinations on the list of Pueblos Mágicos

here are now 121 towns on the list of those considered magical with the addition this week of 10 new Pueblos Mágicos by the federal Secretariat of Tourism. Located in central and northern Mexico, the new magical towns are Tlaquepaque, Jalisco; Compostela, Nayarit; Muzquiz, Coahuila; Nombre de Dios, Durango; Comonfort, Guanajuato; Zimapán, Hidalgo; Bustamante, Nuevo León, Amealco de Bonfil, Querétaro, Aquismon,

San Luis Potosí; and Guadalupe, Zacatecas. In Jalisco we now have eight Pueblo Magicos including the nearby towns of San Sebastian del Oueste, Talpa de Allende, Mascota, and Tequila as well as Lagos de Moreno, Mazamitla, Tapalpa, and the well-deserved Tlaquepaque. In Nayarit there are six Pueblo Magicos including Sayulita, Jala, Tepic, Mexicaltitlan, Acaponeta and Compostela. The magical town brand was

launched in 2001 to showcase tourist destinations other than beach resorts, explained Tourism Secretary Enrique de la Madrid Cordero, explaining that a total of 3 billion pesos (US $158.9 million) has been invested in improving the infrastructure in the designated towns. De la Madrid introduced the new additions — the 10 were selected from a list of 88 applicants — during the fifth annual magical towns fair yesterday in Morelia, Michoacán.

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What are the health benefits of nopal?

he nopal cactus is more commonly known as the prickly pear cactus outside of Mexico. It is native to Mexico and famous for its health benefits due to its high antioxidant, vitamin, mineral, and fiber content. What is nopal? Nopales are the pads of the nopal cactus, and can be cooked or eaten raw. Nopales or nopalitos are the pads of the nopal or prickly pear cactus. They are eaten as a vegetable and commonly found in restaurants, grocery stores, and farmers’ markets across the American Southwest and Mexico. They can be sautéed and used in many dishes, including tacos, scrambled eggs, or as a side dish with tomatoes and onions. Nopales can also be eaten raw. They resemble a green pepper when diced and are turned into juice, jams, or tea. Prickly pear fruit or the small, rounded, and often colorful part of the plant can also be consumed. Juice extracted from the fruit is a popular drink of choice for health-conscious consumers in Mexico. One cup of raw nopales contains approximately:

14 calories 1 gram (g) of protein less than 1 g of fat 3 g of carbohydrate 2 g of fiber 1 g of sugar 20 micrograms (mcg) of vitamin A 8 milligrams (mg) of vitamin C 141 mg of calcium 4.6 mcg of vitamin K The prickly pear fruit, which comes in a variety of colors, contains the flavonoids kaempferol and quercetin, which are antioxidants that have anti-inflammatory properties. In a study comparing three different juices from various colors of prickly pear — red-purple, whitegreen, and yellow-orange — the red-purple variety had the most antioxidants. Health benefits Nopal juice may help to reduce cholesterol and blood sugar levels. It can also be used for treating wounds. Both parts of the nopal plant — the nopales and the fruit — have been used in traditional medicine for disease treatment and prevention. The purported benefits of fresh nopal juice include lowering blood sugar, healing wounds, and lowering cholesterol. Human studies on the nopal cactus and its ability to treat or prevent disease are limited. Nevertheless, many studies have confirmed the antioxidant and anti-inflammator y properties of the plant. Diabetes Cactus plants have been traditionally used in Mexico for the treatment of diabetes. In a small study of people with type 2 diabetes, two groups

Banks to reimburse unauthorized charges within two days

exican banking institutions that receive cardholders’ notification of unrecognized charges will be required to make a reimbursement to the user’s account, no later than the second bank business day. According to the National Commission for the Protection and Defense of Users of Financial Services (Comisión Nacional para la Protección y Defensa de los Usuarios de Servicios Financieros: Condusef), the user must

notify of the unrecognized charge within 48 hours of being made, so that the refund proceeds. Banking and financial institutions recommend users to download the bank’s web app, and activate the alerts on their cell phones, so they can report any irregularity on time. The provision was published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (Diario Oficial de la Federación) and will come into force in 2019.

Nopal: Mexican Cultural Symbol with Medicinal and Agricultural Uses

of participants were given a high carbohydrate breakfast. One group consumed nopal with their breakfast, while the other did not. The group who ate the nopal had significantly lower blood sugar levels after the meal, as well as lower insulin levels, compared to the group who did not have nopal. People with diabetes benefit from including high-fiber foods, such as nopal and prickly pear, in their diet. High-fiber diets can improve blood sugar, lower insulin levels, and improve blood lipids.

opal, commonly known in English as prickly pear, is so widespread in Mexico that it has become one of the country’s main cultural symbols, yet the plant also offers multiple medicinal and agricultural uses. The cactus, which can grow in arid and semi-arid soils without the need for much water, has properties that help soothe diabetes symptoms and cleanse the colon, agriculture department official Sergio Martinez told EFE. This has sparked the interest of several countries, including France, which have carried out studies on the medicinal properties of nopal, he said. According to Martinez, Mexico produces 900,000 tons of nopal per year, and each Mexican consumes a yearly average of almost 5 kg (11 lbs). The prickly pear also has high yields, as each plant can generate up to 100 nopal pads. According to Martinez, in order to promote this plant at an international level, authorities must work with farmers to change their mindset and increase production. Farmers’ mind-

sets should be changed regarding the whole production and commercialization process, allowing them to adopt digital trading ideas to market the plant, Martinez said. The official pointed to the example of the Nopal Mexica cooperative, a supplier to Walmart. The nopal plant also provides important environmental benefits, as studies have shown that it can be used in soil restoration efforts. Another example of the multiple uses of prickly pears is an initiative launched by the firm Nopalimex, which has generated gas and electricity using nopal biomass. Miguel Ake, an engineer from Mexico’s National Polytechnic Institute, began research in 2017 on how to produce biogas with nopal through anaerobic processes. At a cultural level, nopal was part of the Aztecs’ world view, as it symbolized the heart of Prince Copil, who died in combat. His heart was thrown in a Tule pond and transformed into a nopal, where he was reunited with his mother Malinalxochitl, sister of the war god Huitzilopochtli.

Anglican Church Puerto Vallarta Formerly Christ Church by the Sea Worldwide Anglican Communion

“Celebrating conservative family values” Services Sunday 10:00 a.m. English-Traditional Holy Communion All faiths welcome-Casual Dress

How cool it is! Yes, we are now celebrating in our air-conditioned Chapel. Come join us! Fr. Jack continues to welcome people from all walks of life and denominations. Across from airport, northbound service road next to Sixt and Thrifty Car Rental Blvd Fco. Medina 7936, Puerto Vallarta Father Jack Wehrs/Lay-minister Fer Sandoval e mail: jackandshirley1@att.net Text 1 619 300 7377 Tel 044 322 130 5073

Web site: www.anglicanchurchpuertovallarta.org Complimentary parking at Sixt Rental Car

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Performers of famous series and anime films are present in Puerto Vallarta Original: Fernando SĂĄnchez Tribuna de la BahĂa

his past Saturday and Sunday was ComicCon Puerto Vallarta where some of the most important national and international singers and actors of anime in Latin America were present. It was an event for the whole family, especially for young anime and Manga enthusiasts who gathered at the Los Mangos Library, where many were dressed in their favorite characters from the animated television series comics and movies. The event included charcters from Comics, Anime and Science Fiction, a video game tournament,

Cosplay catwalk of characters, music and dance contests and more. Present were artist and singer Ricardo Silva who sings the opening of the Dragon Ball Z caricature, Melissa Gideon who played Bella in the film of Beauty and the Beast and Marc Winslow who is a singer of musical themes in several series including Phineas and Ferb. Also in attendence was Habib Gideon who is a singer of the theme of Zenki and Pato Lucas, Alma delia PĂŠrez actress and singer known for playing Mayor and Luis de Lille known for interpreting the theme of Dragon Ball, signing autographs and singing some of their interpretations in their animes.

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Paradise and Parenting Leza Warkentin

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I am the preschool coordinator and nursery teacher at the American School of Puerto Vallarta. I am also both unsurprised and not a bit sorry that this list of my favorites is mostly about places to eat. If you can live in Vallarta without appreciating some of the good eatin’ around here, you have to be at least half Vulcan.

Marriage in the High Season

he wild thing about being married to my musician husband during high season is that we live in the same house, but at different times of the day. It’s sort of like living with a ghost because things are all moved around when I get home from work, but no one is there. Like, I could have sworn I left a sink full of dirty cereal bowls as I ran out the door this morning, but there they are at 3:30 pm, shiny clean and lined up in the dish rack (I admit that I really like this ghost). During the off season, we spend every day together. He makes food, does the laundry, and splits the various parenting duties with me. He also practices a LOT of guitar. And when I say a lot, I mean that I am not sure if there’s a song from any rock era that he hasn’t tinkered over. I never thought I’d get tired of listening to “The Way You Look Tonight”, but here we are. He obsesses over the garden in a very telling, I Wish I Was Making a Living sort of way. He would cut the grass with scissors (I know this because it’s happened), but I pay our neighbor to cut it with his weed whacker. September arrives and he begins teaching his after school students once again. In October, when the tourists start filtering back and slowly fill the air with the sweet smells of Coppertone, My Man is ready for them with their favorite tunes. He’s got the car serviced for travel all over the bay, he’s got his equipment fixed and cleaned up. Once he gets the call, he is gone and we are back on opposite schedules once again. It gets a little lonesome. I miss the school uniforms folded and put into the closets (although they still make it to the laundry basket in some paranormal way). I miss

the fussing over the avocado seedlings and the hedge flowers. I even miss how he cooks; a constant combination of beans, tortillas and cheese done in a variety of ways that the children prefer (and like to mention). Sure, part of my problem is that Mom is now ON at all times. I work, I drive, I provide counsel, I prepare food and I do it all over again at least five days a week. I’m tired by 7pm and yet there are (as Robert Frost so eloquently put it) “miles to go before I sleep”, because there are no clean uniforms. We’ve looked in the dryer and the clean clothes basket, so now I’m going to check the dirty clothes basket and hope we can get by for one more day with no obvious stains. But the biggest part is that I just want to catch my partner’s eyes and hide a smile as The Boy asks the tough questions (How many countries have had women presidents? What is the difference between a MacBook and a MacBook Pro? Why won’t you buy me either one?). It’s not as though he’ll have better answers than I do (Google it, Google it, and because no thirteen-year-old should have better technology than his parents), it’s just nice to have the solidarity. I want to sit down and have a meal with all four of us, so that we can talk about everyone’s grades with his simple, calm take on a low grade (again) in Mexican history. I want to talk to him about our daily life when we are both sitting down and one of us is not yelling at the other through the door. Being a realistic person some of the time, I understand that this is our life, one that we chose over sixteen years ago, and that these challenges are common in many families. I think it’s pretty great that we miss each other, and that we’ve got a connection that lasts in the midst of the chaos called life with kids. Last Saturday I told him that I

needed to go to Costco. He said he’d like to come, and we left our son in charge at home for a couple of hours. We talked in the car, and we laughed. We spent more than we normally would on groceries,

because we threw in a bottle of wine and some strawberries so we could share them when he got home around midnight. As we hauled our groceries into our house and grinned at each

other over what was probably history’s least romantic date, I realized that marriage very often looks exactly like this. It’s messy, and busy, and sometimes not as much fun as we’d like. But it’s love.

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Sustainably Yours

Emily Magewski

Marcia Blondin

emilyannmajewski@gmail.com

marciavallarta@gmail.com

n case it comes up over cocktails some chilly evening, October 9th was the day the jackets came out in force. I was on the streets long before dawn and there they were, jackets, sweaters, long-sleeved shirts and the ones in summer gear stood and hugged themselves waiting for the bus to arrive - hopefully with the A/C turned OFF! It will be another month before the toques, boots, and parkas show up; and they will. From this writing, there are ten days to the official end of the rainy season. The new benchmark moved from the 15, which is today, to the 25th of October in honor of Hurricane Kenna in 2002. I met a couple of new people this week. One of whom I was delighted to meet finally – Vallarta’s mayor! Señor Arturo Davalos Peña is the first Presidente in the history of this city to be elected mayor twice. That speaks volumes of his integrity and character. I introduced myself to him at the Grand Opening of “Savvy & Well” in Nuevo Vallarta. I asked Gabrielle Tenney, the owner of this new venture, how she managed to get the mayor to cut the ribbon at the ceremony. Seems the families go back years and years in Vallarta. And, as always, an excellent marker of who a person is – he gives Good Hug. Same party, the other new friend I made was Jorge Robles who picked me up to go to Nuevo Vallarta and kindly drove me home many hours later as well. I am so happy there are young people like Gaby and Jorge in Vallarta, they are full of good, powerful energy and so keen to make the world better and it is merely by the two of them being in it. Some old friends I had not seen for ages – Alison Normanton and Palmira Reyes, both as radiant and beautiful as they always are. Julie Guerrero and partner (No Way,) Jose were there with a huge bouquet of lilies for Gaby’s birthday. Look

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EMILY MAJEWSKI was a sustainable landscape designer and consultant for 15 years prior to moving to Mexico in 2011. She and her husband live off grid and are dedicated to helping increase the sustainability of homes and gardens in our region.

Pinterested in Sustainable Living

for the article about Savvy & Well elsewhere in this issue. If you are down around the Municipal Flea Market head over to Lemongrass on Augustin Rodriguez and see this gorgeous Boutique. It was a winner in last season’s People’s Choice Awards. One second in that shop and you’ll know why it won! BabelBar was overflowing again last weekend with great music and happy expat crowds. BabelBar is becoming downtown’s neighborhood hangout. They have delicious food, and when they have entertainment, it is always the best in the city coming out to play. Check the “Live Music Calendar” in every issue of the Tribune to see who is playing at this very cool part of the Isla Cuale. My sister Patrice arrives two weeks today. WooHoo! Be kind to everyone and hug who you can in the chilly mornings, From Here.

t’s interesting to observe Tiny Houses trending in sustainability circles. The romance of radical simplification and downsizing is accentuated by the “Pinterization” of society. This is where today’s visually-oriented, short attention spanned, oh let’s say it, Millennial generation revels in an endless supply of pretty pictures. Maybe it’s an Airstream wreathed in lilac garlands and Tibetan flags. Maybe it’s a baby angora rabbit in a tea cup where the source supposedly weaves their organic baby diapers with its fiber. Whatever. But with Tiny Houses especially they are always perfect, with no sign of occupancy and have all the elegant precision of fine Japanese carpentry. There is a romance to extremes, much like the age old fascination with mansions. Perhaps the population has traditionally gravitated towards grandeur because they were dwelling in Tiny Houses by default and didn’t know they were being ‘sustainable’ or ‘fashionably

rustic’. While developing the patch of land where we live and ultimately our house, our family was up close and personal with Tiny House Living. And by tiny house I mean a ’77 Shasta camper towed down. If you Millennials don’t recognize what a Shasta is, it’s because you WON’T find it on Pinterest! This experience was like a 4 year college education in Cramped Quarters 101. We named our house “The Panini Maker”. A lot of folks dream of living offgrid but the dream remains a dream because they never quite make the leap from ‘town living’ to ‘country living’. Maybe they think they can use town as a base while picking away at their rural paradise, but it never quite works out that way. They are two comfortable where they are. It is too easy looking at the pictures on Pinterest, mug of cocoa in hand. And that comfort forever delays real progress on their ‘Pinterest Fantasy’ in the real world. Well, I’ll tell you a secret on how to make your fantasy manifest: just do it. You’ll be as uncomfortable as all hell and that discomfort will propel you

into making it happen like a Boeing engine. If this process, for you, involves camper living with a family, believe me, you will never look at those Tiny House pictures the same way again. You will have a whole new comprehension of “right sizing” your lifestyle – not too big but also not too small. I used to joke that my office was only 8x11…meaning the 8” x 11” stack of papers on the countertop. Although this memory now has the rosy glow of a joke, back in the day the joke was not funny at all. Perhaps this is a musing on today’s visual society. I’ve read that never before in history have people logged more hours watching food being prepared (think: cake shows and foodie blogs!) and never less time actually preparing food themselves. We so often substitute direct personal experience with being spectators. Because of this our understanding of sustainable living is limited to pictures of violet jam and ducklings. I have a book that presents “organic living” in this exact manner: little ‘how to’ blurbs and lavish photos. How to flavor vinegars, choose goat breeds, how to make lavender sachets, how to shop local – all in a paragraph or less. There is nothing about keeping flies out of that sullied cloth diaper collection or how to extricate the endangered gila monster gnawing on your chicken’s neck without killing either of them at one in the morning in the rain. Forget the lavender sachets, how do I sun dry laundry when its 100% humidity, a storm is rolling in (again!), I remember that the loaf of bread is just ready for the solar oven but I’m missing the solar part and the toddler starts wailing? Anyway, I will never look at pictures of sustainable living or Tiny Houses the same way again. But I’ve had authentic experiences with both and wouldn’t trade those memories for anything. At the end of the day, the modern human of the developed world is on a quest for the Holy Authentic: an authentic sense of place, authentic experience, authentic nature, authentic materials, authentic techniques, authentic food, authentic culture, terror, etc. But many want authenticity without discomfort. Well I got news for you: authenticity sometimes means unpleasantness. Having spent 4 years living “uncomfortably” on a patch of rural land in Mexico, I feel connected to it in a deeper way. It’s not a honeymoon, fairweather relationship; it’s a marriage with history, warts and all, minus the air conditioning. That’s love and authenticity. It’s sustainable living beyond Pinterest.

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Busing Banderas Bay Bruce Howells

busbanderasbay@gmail.com

Bruce is a retired Canadian, who along with his wife Velma, took a “mulligan” on life and escaped the cold of Canada and settled in the Vallarta area. Fulfilling a retirement dream of not driving anymore, Bruce will use public transportation to tour the bay and tell his tales here. Tips and itineraries welcome.

Transportation Options

t has been a busy six months since we moved to Vallarta and we are impressed with the public transportation options available. There is an extensive network of bus routes, with all of them seeming to run thru the Downtown-Malecon-Old-Town areas. A trip to Puerto Vallarta is not complete without at

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least one bus ride. I have found the city cabs great if traveling from or to Old Town, the Hotel Zone, or the airport. Where cabs seem to fail is if you want to go somewhere that is not in a straight line thru the tourist zone. Very few cabs use GPS. I was subjected to a late night incident, where, after agreeing upon a price, the cab driver demanded more money when we were half-way

home. I tried negotiating, but, upon arrival at our house, he threatened to call the police. Not wanting an incident at two AM, I paid the extra money. I had read about this scam on Facebook. I recorded the drivers Sito (station), car, and plate number. At this point I made the decision to buy a Smartphone and use Uber. No cab was ever going to take advantage of me again; with Uber, you have proof of the transaction cost - with a cab, not so much. Next, the pleasant Uber surprises. Before pick up, you know the drivers’ name, type of car and plate number. Your ride is monitored on GPS; you can send a link to loved ones who can track your progress. Walking in the house after paying, (in Vallarta you can use cash or credit to pay) you have an email waiting, asking how your ride was. No more posts on FB trying to track down the unknown cab you might have left your belongings in. My wife usually mentions how clean the Uber vehicles smell. Not saying the cabs are dirty, but Uber vehicles are newer, nicer, and they use their GPS to transport you to your destination. After my first month using Uber, I received an email summary of my trips. Now I can remember where some of my money has gone as most trips involved music and refreshments! Uber is also cheaper than a cab, the irony being, by the time I tip the Uber driver; I have paid as much or more than I would have paid for a cab in the first place. One important thing to note is Uber is allowed to drop off at the airport but cannot pick you up. Many ride services and taxis are available, but, due to regulations, they are expensive. I saved 250 pesos by using the overpass and grabbing a cab across the street from the airport. Some cabs and Ubers will pick you up without crossing over but occasionally are harassed by the Transit police. You can catch a bus heading into town outside the airport and a bus north across the highway via the overpass. It would be nice if enterprising porters were available to carry bags across the overpass, I would be happy to pay fifty pesos to have my bags pulled up, over, and down in order to save on over-priced airport fees. Unverified by my wife or I, but there is a highly recommended Taco stand located where you catch the affordable cabs and buses across the highway. Welcome to Mexico! One final transportation option; friends with big hearts and cars!

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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 FREE SPANISH CLASSES We invite you to join the SUAM (Senior Citizens Program) free Spanish class. The Intermediate Level is every Wednesday from 9:00am to 11:30, Basic Level is every Friday from 11:00am till 12:30pm. Classes begin on November 7. For more information contact eleanorhawthorn@ gmail.com or ceciliasshibya@ hotmail.com. This is an opportunity for you to learn Spanish at no cost to you. Classes are held at the UdG CUC campus located on the road behind Home Depot going towards Ixtapa. You will pass two Pemex stations on your left and a Global Gas Plant on your right. There is an OXXO at the stoplight where you turn right. You will see six giant letters UDG CUC. Please join us. UPCOMING EVENTS Science Saturday will take place this Saturday at 10 am in the main auditorium. This free program is deisgned for children aged 3 to 16 years. This week Dra. Laura Alicia Aguilar will host and teach all about EL CACAO or chocolate. It will be as fun as it tastes. Everyone will learn and have a finger licking good time. On Sunday, October 28 at 8 am the UdG CUC will host The Black Lions Race with 2km, 5km and 10km races. For more info go to the UdG CUC web site www.cuc.udg.mx or email carreraleonesnegros@cuc.udg.mx

FREE MOVIES EACH WEEK Remember the university screens free movies every Wednesday and Friday at 1 pm in the main (air conditioned) auditorium. This week they will show a documentary film titled Mexico 2018. “The truth is not killed” (premiered in May) is the new feature-length documentary of Ojos de Perro vs Impunidad: It is a chronicle of the three bloodiest years of the struggle of journalism in defense of freedom of expression in Mexico. It presents the stories of those who fell and also of those who continue to struggle, of their fears and weaknesses, of their courage and strengths, of a passionate commitment with society that they serve, with the search for truth and with the refusal to be crushed by power. The filmmakers are the same as the documentary film “Mirar Morir, El Ejército en la noche de Iguala” and the short film “Afromexicanos, La Discriminacion Invisible” (Coizta Grecko, Juan Castro Gessner and Témoris Grecko), I encourage you to look at the UDG CUC web site each week to get the latest news about all the events taking place on campus. www.cuc.udg.mx RADIO SHOW IN ENGLISH Be sure to tune in to The Good Morning Wake Up Show every Saturday morning from 9 am to 11. 104.3 FM or on the web at udgtv. com/radio-puerto-vallarta/en-vivo

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Sheryl Novak

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Sheryl Novak is an expat Canadian who has owned a home in Mexico for over ten years. She is the owner of SOLutions Mexico and The Furniture Store by SOLutions Mexico. She is an expert on sourcing all styles of furniture for all sizes of budgets, in Mexico.

Sofa so good!

ofa beds are simply the best space-saving pieces of furniture on the market. A sofa be is available as a standalone unit or as part of a sectional. Today, you can get a sofa bed made with revolutionary new materials such as memory foam and anti-rust mechanisms. They have certainly come a long way from the days when you could feel the metal bars pressing into your back while you slept! We have one of these new sofa beds in our store in Bucerias. Customers who sit in it while it is in the sofa position cannot believe they are sitting on a sofa bed. It is medium firm making it great for relaxing. When we put it into the sleeping position, and they lie

down on it, we have a hard time getting them to get off. Here are some helpful tips to make sure you buy the best quality sofa bed for your money. If you are planning to use your sofa bed mostly as a sofa and only occasionally as a sofa bed, then it is critical that it be comfortable for sitting. A well-made sofa should be comfortable. It should be difficult to tell you are sitting on a sofa bed. Make sure you test it before you buy it. If it is not comfy to sit in, you won’t use it, and that defeats the purpose. If you rent out your home, you want great reviews to maximize rental revenue. That’s why it is essential to get a sofa bed with a good mattress – one that supports the back, shoulders,

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and hips. There are two different types of sofa bed mattresses. One option is a coil or spring mattress. If you purchase a coil mattress, look for one over 600 coils. Anything less will be uncomfortable. If it is a spring mattress, look for one with springs that are stress-relieving. By far, the best option is a memory foam mattress. Although they cost more, they are well worth the price. Memory foam mattresses offer consistent support, mold to your body, and quickly return to their original shape. They are also dust mite resistant and hypoallergenic. Some even cool and warm to regulate your body temperature. If your budget has a little extra room, invest in a memory foam mattress. Testing the bed is critical. The open and close mechanism is essential. If made with the right materials, it should glide in and out from sofa to sofa bed smoothly and without much effort. Test it out - open and close the bed three or four times. All motion should be smooth. Also, inspect the edges of inner mechanisms so that they are smooth – you do not want your sheets and blankets to be ripped.

What would you do in a medical emergency? SkyMed provides peace of mind: if you or your loved ones ever experience a critical injury or illness while traveling, SkyMed provides emergency transportation to your local hospital and medical care providers. In short…

SkyMed TAKES YOU HOME! Nothing else matters!

It pays to be prepared:your SkyMed Emergency Air Evacuation Membership Program pays 100% UPFRONT of your emergency air ambulance with medical personnel on board, taking you ALL the way back to your home in the U.S. and Canada. “If returning to the U.S. or Canada in the event of a serious medical emergency is important to you, then we invite you to register for one of our upcoming events in Puerto Vallarta” “ Can you afford to shell out thousands of dollars upfront if you or your loved one needs to get back to your home hospital? If the answer is no, then you can’t afford to miss this presentation! “ Enjoy Happy Hour with drinks and snacks and take advantage of the discounts when buying select memberships at one of SkyMed’s group presentations.

First Event of the Season Center Courtyard Palapa Ave. Francisco Medina Ascensio 2015 www.christchurchbythesea.org mypvchurch@gmail.com

Friday, October 26 Happy Hour 4 - 6 pm Las Adellitas Avenida Fluvial #234, near Costco

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SPCA of Puerto Vallarta

Tech’n Stuff Mobile apps for the elderly

By Janice Gonzalez

ickets are now on sale for our annual fundraiser “Evening Under the Stars” to be held on Saturday, November 24, in The Iguana Restaurant & Tequila Bar in the stunning boutique hotel Casa Kimberly. Remember 100% of the proceeds go to the animals as Janice Chatterton underwrites the entire evening. Lots of great items will be available as part of the live and silent auctions. And please consider donating items for our silent auction or raffle. It would be most appreciated. Our work with the rescues is totally supported by your donations. Contact us at spcapv@gmail. com for more information and to purchase your tickets. Tickets are 2950 pesos each. The mission of SPCA de PV is to help fund and promote sterilization, adoption and healthcare efforts for companion animals in the Puerto Vallarta area, with the goal of eliminating the euthanasia of healthy and adoptable animals.

Aldo Rocha

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Born and raised in Mexico City, Puerto Vallarta has been home to Aldo for over 10 years. An expert in sales and digital marketing, he is the Innovation Manager for CPS Media. As Mexico becomes more sophisticated, Aldo will share new tech and tips on getting most out of your technology. Email him with topics you’d like to see discussed here.

Benefits of social media for seniors

T To see our animals available for adoption, visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/spcapv. There are photos as well as individual albums of our rescues which include a bit of their background. Please be aware that our adoption fee within Mexico is $2,000 pesos. Contact us at spcapv@gmail.com to obtain an adoption application. 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.

he benefits that social media can provide range from making it easy for us to be connected with our loved ones, to be informed about everything that happens in the world. Logically, anyone can use it. However, in the case of older people it has some added benefits. Avoid loneliness: through social media, especially Facebook and Skype, older adults can get in touch with family and friends who do not live nearby or who, for different reasons, such as a health problem, cannot visit as often as you would like. It is true that physical contact is more rewarding, but social media gives us the chance to talk live, see each other’s faces, share intimate moments without leaving home. Contact with old friends: it is very common among older people who, when looking back, remember old friends and colleagues with whom they have lost contact. Today, thanks to social media, just by typing the name of the person you can find someone, send a message and resume contact. You never know - maybe that childhood friend can be your inseparable companion again. Be informed of what interests us: thanks to social media, we can learn more specific topics, more related to interests and tastes and even follow alternative media, more specialized, or follow characters related to political, sports or cultural information that we are particularly interested in. Enhance leisure: we have the possibility to be part of a fishing group, to receive special offers of trips, to find specific courses, to learn about destinations that have always caught your attention ... just by putting a word of these in the search engine of the social media, there are many possibilities to enhance your social life. And, why not, you can also find a couple or make new friends with similar tastes to yours. Encourage family relations-

hips: although some say that the Internet, and in particular social media, isolate us, the truth is that for older people can be of great help to enhance their family relationships, especially with their children or grandchildren, since It is very common that they do not live nearby or the contact has been reduced due to the current pace of life. In your social profiles you can follow the day to day of your loved ones, see their photos, comment on their publications ... On the other hand, if you are not yet familiar with social media, you have the perfect excuse to ask one of them to help you to start and break that generational digital gap, so you’ll have a nice time together, and once you start using them, you’ll have the option of asking again and asking for help. “Seniors are more active mentally thanks to social media” Enhancing your activity is one of the main benefits of using social media for the elderly. When they begin to use them, they not only avoid feeling alone, but they are more integrated into society, leaving aside the isolation that involves not knowing how to comment on a Facebook post or share a photo on Instagram as other adults do. its environment. It is a very effective way to break the barrier that prevents them, in certain cases, from being connected to the present. I must add that learning to navigate social media, discover new uses every day, search, contact, write, read, etc., through them, also enhances mental activity, something very beneficial and necessary to prevent diseases such as dementia. In fact, a study by the University of California confirmed that the largest adults who search the Internet or are undertaken in the world of social media (for them completely unknown) can activate regions of your brain and boost your memory and ability to reasoning.

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“Savvy & Well”…is She Ever! Gabrielle Tenney opens new storefront

By Marcia Blondin

hen she was a child, her mother would hand her a basket and send her out into their garden to pick salad makings for dinner. Gabrielle Tenney has continued looking for food that fresh ever since. On October 12, 2018, Gabrielle stood proudly with her mother, Sara Ibarra Palomares, and Vallarta’s Mayor, Arturo Davalos Peña, to cut the ribbon to open “Savvy & Well” officially. Her dream finally realized and, on her thirty-first birthday. While Gabrielle’s company has been up and running this past year out of her home office in Puerto Vallarta, she has a new place to prepare and sell her products in Nuevo Vallarta. There is still work to be done on the building itself, and production and sales will contine at the old location until the building is finished. I first met Gabrielle at Incanto at Paco Ojeda’s PechaKucha presentation in late November 2017. Her passion for food – wholesome, fresh, and readily available in Mexico – was surpassed only by her need to share what she had learned. And not by just talking, but by doing. Last year it was teaching little kids how to prepare nutritious meals at Los Mangos Library. This year it is teaching the young and old at the Punta de Mita Foundation. As diabetes increases its hold all over the earth, Gabrielle’s resolve has grown equally: proper food can reverse the status quo. A year ago, during her segment of PechaKucha, she talked about making a positive impact on humanity and her plan to take her ideas and make them global. Her line of organic seasonings launches next week in the United States on Amazon.com and directly from her website. Tenney started Savvy & Well as a meal program in Richmond, Virginia, during an accelerator program at VCU. Today it has morphed into a seasoning line produced in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico where she has lived much of her life. The spices are available in boutique stores throughout the bay, including Lujo Lifestyles in Bucerias as well as online through her website, Amazon USA and Amazon Mexico.

Toasted and ground S & W’s high-quality ingredients impart a punch of spice in a pinch. All the authentic flavors are prepared without additives or preservatives. They are gluten-free, salt-free and do not contain animal derivatives. The goal is: make eating healthy delicious food a breeze so that families can spend more time together. Savvy & Well is a social venture where a percentage of profits are

used to help fund culinary education in communities that need it most. Diabetes and other diet-related diseases can be reversed by dietary changes alone. In Richmond, Virginia, Gabrielle worked with the Church Hill community, Shalom Farms and Edible Education. Now in Puerto Vallarta, she works with the Los Mangos Library and Punta de Mita Foundation to provide cooking classes to kids and adults who want to learn how

to create healthy, tasty food. Savvy & Well’s clients feel great knowing that their purchases help educate and improve the lives of people throughout North America. The mission of Savvy & Well is to empower people to take control of their health through education and quality food. They look forward to working with individuals and companies that share their values. Gabrielle’s line of seasonings is just the beginning. Her mother,

Sara, has acquired some land between El Tuito and the Vallarta Botanical Gardens. Together, their hopes are to plant that fertile ground with organic herbs and spices for the seasoning line. Keep your eyes on Gabrielle Tenney. She is young, vibrant, confident, caring, smart and has an excellent head for business that is geared to only making our earth a better place. And, she’s a helluva good singer as well.

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Streets Alive Memories of a Massacre

Tom Stickney

John Warren

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"Tom F. Stickney II is the Director of Instruction and Business Development at Punta Mita, (www.puntamita.com) He is a Golf Magazine “Top 100 Teacher,” and has been honored as a Golf Digest Best Teacher and a Golf Tips Top-25 Instructor. Tom is also a Trackman University Master/Partner, a distinction held by less than 15 people in the world. For more information please email: tom.stickney@puntamita.com"

John Warren is in charge of Publicity for the International Friendship Club (IFC). His articles describe the programs and charities that IFC supports, the sources of income of IFC and the social experiences, lectures and classes that members can enjoy. During the summer John writes about Puerto Vallarta.

Indian Shepherd to President

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ne of the hardest things about golf is that we play on uneven surfaces thus no shot is ever the same. In fact, the severity of the slope can have dramatic effects on the shots you hit and can cause you to miss the ball in directions you didn’t think were possible. In this video series I will show you the four different lies you will find when you play and how to adjust for them so you can find the ball closer to the pin next time around. When you set your shoulders with the slope you will add loft to the clubface and thus you will have to swing harder to make the ball go further however, it will land softer. When you have some room to the pin, I would suggest leaning your spine into the slope slightly, this will help you flatten the ball’s flight so you won’t have to work so hard to get the ball to the pin. Watch the video here! https://youtu.be/qvl5y78AIv4

hich Mexican from the past would you like to have dinner with? I’d choose one of the country’s most well-loved presidents, Benito Juárez and his wife, Margarita. He had an amazing life, he married well, sired fourteen children, defended justice and human rights, restricted the influence of the church, fought against Emperor Maximillian and, unlike many Mexican presidents, died of natural causes rather than from a bullet. Benito Juárez was born on 21 March 1806 in the small village of San Pablo Guelatao in the mountainous province of Oaxaca to Zapotec Indian parents. Distant from Mexico City and separated from it by almost impassable country the province of Oaxaca was a closed world. Its capital was a Spanish city, noted for books and culture but surrounded by an impenetrable indigenous mosaic. Twenty different languages, twenty distinct tribes, linked only by their peculiar brand of Christianity, shared the mountains and valleys of that Indian universe remote from Hispanic civilization. Benito’s parents died when he was three years old and he was taken in by an uncle who put him to work as a shepherd-boy looking after his uncle’s sheep high in the mountain pastures. In 1818, when he was just twelve, he quit that life and walked 60 kilometers to join a sister who was working for a wealthy family in Oaxaca. He decided that he had to learn Spanish. He was virtually adopted by Antonio Salanueva, who apprenticed the young Zapotec Indian to a bookbinder and two years later, when he was fourteen, enrolled him in the Catholic seminary. He took to any sort of education like a turtle to the ocean. In 1827 the Institute of Arts and Science opened its doors and he transfe-

rred to it and studied to become a lawyer. Although he didn’t graduate until 1834 he became politically active before that and was elected as a city councilman at age 25 in 1821. From shepherd to politician in thirteen years; not bad for a darkskinned Indian in those days! Benito’s sister, Josefa, worked as a maid for many years in the Maza-Parada household in Oaxaca and Benito had a close relationship with the family from the time he arrived in the city as a kid. In March of 1826 the Maza family welcomed a new daughter, Margarita, into the world and, seventeen years later, on 31 July 1843, Benito and Margarita were married. He was thirty-seven and twenty years older than his bride. The social dynamics must have been interesting in that time. Here was an Indian marrying a woman of almost totally Spanish descent.

Their children would no longer be considered Indian like Benito but mestizos; the children of an Indian father and a Spanish mother, not the opposite as in the vast majority of cases. The tongues in Oaxaca must have been wagging. The marriage was a happy one and lasted for twenty-four years, until Margarita died of cancer in 1871. He died of a heart attack a year later, on 18 July 1872, sitting at his presidential desk. He had an important political career. He served as Governor of the state of Oaxaca, was the Secretary of the Interior, President of the Supreme Court and President of Mexico from 1858 to 1872. He is so well respected by Mexicans that many places recognize his name. In the National Palace in Mexico City, where he lived while in power, there is a small museum in his honour. The former city of El Paso del Norte is now called Ciudad Juárez (he must be spinning in his grave about that one!). The international airport in Mexico City is called Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juárez and there is the Benito Juárez monument located at the Alameda Central park in the capital, which has been a meeting place for the start of marches and popular rallies for many years, including the student movement of 1968. He is the only president to warrant a national holiday every year. “The birthday of Benito Juarez” is celebrated on the third Monday in March. In Puerto Vallarta Calle Juárez is the major south to north traffic artery and bus route running through El Centro. Its main features include the Peyote People art gallery, the west side of Plaza De Armas and, a blast from the past, Woolworths. To share a meal and a bottle of wine with Benito and Margarita Juárez and to hear their stories would be a privilege indeed.

Benito Juárez monument in Mexico City

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Vibes & Vices: Gold Leaf Smoke Shop AJ Freeman

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ait, you’re not a cop or anything, are you? If you are, you have to tell me... okayfine that’s totally false, but it’d be a lot cooler if you did. All jokes aside, cannabis is medicine first and foremost, and from sickness of the spirit to afflictions of the physical form, I’ve found that a toke or two cures what ails me more often than not. Indeed, the medical community and governing bodies the world over are beginning to recognize the full potential of this mystic natural resource...if a plant with its properties were discovered tomorrow, it would be hailed as manna from heaven. Samara at Gold Leaf is a staunch advocate for the beneficial powers of this miracle herb, and recently celebrated six years of stellar service to the city with an anniversary party at her store in Emiliano Zapata. The event also offered an opportunity to attend an affair at a smoke shop and call it work, and so I donned an appropriate pair of socks and headed on down. The Vibes: Just past Insurgentes on Lázaro Cárdenas chills Gold Leaf, Vallarta’s foremost supplier of smoking sundries. For the evening’s event, streetside seating had been provided, which was occupied upon my arrival by a few familiar faces from my various social circles. Inside awaited the bassy techno selections of a local DJ, a very inviting sushi platter, and Samara herself, who I had to that point

never met out in the open. Still, I managed to gather from her Internet footprint and ownership of a coastal Mexican headshop that she was a pretty cool chick, and it was fun to finally make her acquaintance. “I mostly started the shop because I couldn’t find rolling papers in town when I moved here a few years back.” she mused as I munchied on a roll. “I’m really glad to see that people here have responded to us so well over the past 6 years, really made us part of the community. People really appreciate what we do.” Looking around at the animated assemblage of attendees, it was clear to see that Gold Leaf was attracting the right kind of clientele. Browsing the inventory of vapes, glassware, and water pipes, I pondered the social aspects of cannabis consumption over another serving of sushi. The Vices: Naturally, there were no officially sanctioned sessions of the sort we were celebrating--legislation in Mexico and some points north is years if not decades behind the will of the populace--but a spirit of sharing was definitely flowing through the air. Outside the shop, friendships were forged in the fires of communion. A volunteer vendor unaffiliated with the establishment offered free samples of CBD oil for educational purposes. I bit a...thing...offered to me by a complete stranger after being informed of its composition. Still don’t know quite what it was, but it felt right at the time....what

can I say, it was that kind of night. As for refreshments directly provided by our gracious host, a garrafon filled with some kind of party punch served as an effective remedy for dry mouth. Seems a bit strange that one can just put out a giant jug of drunkenness for the public with no issues of any kind but could be thrown in jail with murderers for possessing a plant, but we don’t have to talk about that right now. The festivities rolled on like yet another plate of sushi. I admired interior wall art by area visionary Emilio Bustamante and tried not to be too obvious about eyeing a particular employee as well. October’s edition of independent psychonautic periodical La Dosis were passed out to guests along with new stickers for my laptop. I made a few new friends, including one who was kind enough to look past my scrambled Spanish to see the enthusiastic soul inside. T-shirts were raffled off, and of course I won one because I’m just a lucky son of a mother and everyone has to deal with it. The high times extended well into the evening, and as I wafted into the night like a wisp of blue smoke, I couldn’t help but think I’d done more than visit a store...I’d connected with a community. I’m even sorry I ate all the sushi. Kinda. The Verdict: Gold Leaf Smoke Shop isn’t typically an event venue, it’s...well, exactly what it says on the tin. Still, with a staff of knowledgeable employees, an extensive inventory of ethereal essentials, and an owner dedicated to raising awareness of cannabis as a curative, it’s more than worth a visit for members of this singularly sociable subculture. Maybe I’ll catch you there. Info: Gold Leaf Smoke Shop Lázaro Cárdenas 379, Emiliano Zapata www.facebook.com/ goldleafsmokeshop/

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Summer Tax Blues 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 federal and state tax matters of U.S. expats in Mexico. He can be reached at tax@orlandogotay.com or Facebook: GotayTaxLawyer. This is just a most general outline, and is of course, informational only and not meant as legal advice.

The ‘Disappearing’ Passport

’ve written before about passport nonrenewal and “seriously delinquent” tax debt. When the provisions took effect in 2015 the IRS, Treasury and State Departments “set up shop” for this. The Tax Court, one of the places where one can petition for review (the other being “regular” federal court), created new procedures for “passport” cases. To review, “seriously delinquent debt” is tax debt owed to the IRS— tax, penalties or interest, if the total is in excess of an amount, currently $51,000, on which a lien has been filed. When there’s “seriously delinquent debt”, the IRS notifies the taxpayer and the State department. Once State receives notice it will not renew a passport (except perhaps in life or death situations) and may even revoke one. As of August 31, 2018, a total of 272,656 taxpayers have been certified as seriously delinquent. That’s an astonishing number. So far 17,000 have been taken off the list, but that’s still quite a few, plus new additions. This is happening, folks. A new cottage industry now stands. Passport nonrenewal may be unpleasant to stateside dwellers, but could be an unmitigated disaster to a resident of a foreign country. Imagine going for passport renewal just prior to renewing a Residente

Temporal permit and learning you won’t be getting one. In one fell swoop, you have no passport, and you may also become illegal, or “lose time” in Mexican residency clock. Yes, nonrenewals can have serious collateral consequences. The surprise may arrive the day the consulate tells you it won’t renew. Why learn then and not earlier? Does the IRS have your correct address? Some may think that the “ostrich” approach helps and will not update address information with the IRS. If the IRS will send a passport notice where you won’t get it, it does you no good, and the passport still does not get renewed. Make sure the IRS has a current address for you. If you file returns yearly, address updates are automatic. If for other reasons you don’t file, a form is available for address updates. Running the clock on IRS collections is not viable for expats. The moment you reside outside the U.S., the collections statute of limitations stops. Debt will not disappear by itself. Installment plans, offers in compromise—and paying outright—are some of the ways to get off the list. Congress wants you to address the debt, and passport nonrenewal is but the latest stick.

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Mark Your Calendar for the 8th Annual American Express Punta Mita Gourmet & Golf

San Pancho community centre Entreamigos is open again! A letter from Entreamigos Dear Community, e are very excited to start another season full of experiences, learning and opportunities. The summer is over and it is starting to feel cooler again as we open our doors to kids, visitors and our community. We are pleased to greet you again, dear friends and neighbors, to those of you returning to town soon and to those who stayed during the low season. We are very excited about everything that is coming up in this new cycle and we hope to introduce you to the new members of our team during your next visit to the center and at our upcoming events. We would like to announce that Glenda Ponce, who has been part of the Entreamigos Leadership Team for the past several years, will change her role in the organization to focus more on administrative and legal coordination. All Entreamigos programs will continue to operate under the leadership of Frieda Fredenhagen and Sarah Kaminshine and the coordination of our incredible department heads. Every day of the week there are classes for children and teenagers held at the center. Classes include: Percussion: Musical exploration in body and mind! The kids will learn to read music and also improvisation and other techniques, playing and improvising. Art: Experimentation with diverse materials and techniques to develop creativity to the maximum. The classes will be inspired by stories of artists from different parts

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of Mexico, the world and moments of history, seeking to generate curiosity in children and building art skills for a lifetime. Hula Hoop: Fun and dynamic way to exercise physical and emotional skills. Once acquired the ability to keep the ring at the waist, kids will begin to memorize choreographies with different rhythms. The different positions will help the kids to improve their balance. Magic Garden: Compost, orchard, nursery, plants, fruits, flowers creativity and curiosity. A fantastic world awaits to be explored, to awaken the imagination and discover all the secrets of the earth. Aerial Dance: Knowing the different ways of playing with the fabric, students will learn the basics and even some tricks, exercising with this circus art. Bebeteca: This class is intended for children and babies from 0 to 3 years old, accompanied by an adult. This fun opportunity seeks to encourage the enjoyment of songs, games and reading. Entreamigos 311 258-4377 info@entreamigos.org.mx entreamigos.org.mx

Mark your calendars for the most exclusive and delicious event of the season. From November 29 to December 2, 2018, Punta Mita Resort, Four Seasons Resort Punta Mita, The St. Regis Punta Mita Resort and the Riviera Nayarit Convention and Visitors Bureau, will present the 8th American Express Punta Mita Gourmet & Golf. This is an exceptional culinary offer with innovative mixology and world-class golfing. The American Express Punta Mita Gourmet & Golf Classic marries the sophisticated worlds of culinary excellence and championship golf in one of the most beautiful destinations in the world: Punta Mita. Guests are invited to experience an unparalleled four-day extravaganza featuring the best of local and international cuisine, phenomenal wine, festive gatherings and world-class golf. This lavish event of culture and sport, originally designed by The St. Regis Punta Mita Resort, brings together esteemed chefs, famed sommeliers, tequila masters and epicurean personalities from around the globe, who congregate to showcase their exceptional talents while guests compete in The Punta Mita Cup, a two-day golf tournament on the property’s prestigious Jack Nicklaus golf courses. “Part of the magic of Punta Mita (in addition to its natural beauty, its people and almost perfect climate), is the variety of events that take place throughout the year and the American Express Punta Mita Gourmet & Golf is undoubtedly our favorite event. Once again, we will bring the best of the world of gastronomy, golf, and at the same time we confirm our support for Lorena and her foundation,” explains Carl Emberson, Marketing & Operations Director Punta Mita. To kick off the event, on Thursday, November 29th, Mexico’s most famed golfer, Lorena Ochoa, considered the best Mexican golfer of all time, and of the youngest women to be distinguished as a member of the Hall of Fame, will face off against Craig “The Walrus” Stadler, for the traditional Punta Mita Golf Challenge, followed by the inaugural cocktail party at The St. Regis Punta Mita Resort presented by Aeroméxico, the official airline of the event. On Friday, November 30th,

golfers will take to the two Jack Nicklaus Signature golf courses, overlooking beautiful Banderas Bay, while non-golfers enjoy culinary experiences in beautiful settings throughout Punta Mita. In addition, attendees can enjoy for the first time this year, the American Express Platinum House®, an exclusive space for wine tastings and cooking classes in American Express unique style. In the evening, guest chefs will delight attendees with exquisite menus with their distinctive touch in an unforgettable culinary experience. The tournament continues “Day Two” with more food, drink and play on the Pacifico and Bahia courses. The golf tournament concludes the Punta Mita Cup Prize giving Luncheon on Saturday, December 1st to award the winners, followed by the not to be missed Tequila Patron’s beachside closing Gala Dinner at Kupuri Beach club later that night. Additionally, as part of event tradition, an online auction will be held to benefit the Lorena Ochoa Foundation “Ayudar Es Posible”, open to bids on exclusive experiences, luxury products and stays at St. Regis and Four Seasons properties worldwide. “I am happy to be able to participate one more year in this wonderful event. The American Express Punta Mita Gourmet & Golf celebrates the best of golf and gastronomy in the best scenario of the Riviera Nayarit: Punta Mita. My deepest gratitude to

Carl Emberson and the entire Punta Mita team, who have given me their unconditional support to help the children at my foundation for five years.” Lorena Ochoa Prices of packages range from $708 to $2170 per person. All packages include the dining options. For more details about the American Express Punta Mita Gourmet & Golf, please visit puntamitagourmetandgolf.com or contact events@puntamita.com.

entertainment 23 Lady Zen Returns For High Season and Hannah Brady’s ‘Golden Era Evening’ now at Incanto

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ady Zen is an internationally known award-winning lyric poet, author, and singer. Based out of San Miguel de Allende, she creates commissioned art as director, performance artist, and vocalist. She is a visionary force, possessing the powerful vocal agility of a mezzo-soprano and the prowess of vibrant storytelling. Her popularity soared over the summer here and she now returns to Incanto. Shows begin November 12 at 7pm. For more information and online tickets, visit their all-new website. Now playing in Incanto’s theater, internationally known vocalist Hannah Brady takes you on a musical journey featuring classic jazz, swing, and a dash of Broadway in ‘A Golden Era Evening’. Familiar favorites include I’ll Be Seeing You, Lost and Found, People, and a few other musical comedy gems that will have you reeling with laughter. Hannah will be accompanied by Andres Piedra on piano. Saturdays at 8pm.

Local singer-songwriter Cheko Ruiz presents: ‘The Music of the Gipsy Kings’ on Sundays at 8pm in the air-conditioned theatre. Several new musicians have joined the group including singer-songwriter Zoe Wood, percussionist Danny Renteria, with Emmanuel de la Rosa on bass guitar. Exciting, high energy versions of your favorite songs from the iconic Grammy Award-winning group. Naked Boys Singing! Conceived

and directed by Robert Schrock, this musical comedy revue had its New York premier twenty years ago and ran for over twelve years to become the second longest-running musical in off-Broadway history. This year also marks the 20th anniversary of the world premiere in Los Angeles in 1998. It stars six young actors who sing and dance au-natural, with music direction by Bob Bruneau and Jean-Guy Comeau. The all-Latino ensemble features actors/singers Max Albertos, Mitchell Guzman, Joby Hernandez, Fidel Rebolledo, Renzo Sotelo, and Luis Villanueva. Opening night Oct 31 at 7pm. Local artist Armando Reyes’ ‘Life Drawing’ Art Workshops are now on select Wednesdays at 4pm. Some art supplies will be provided, and you can bring your own. There will be a nude model to draw and the artist will share his talent and expertise. Participation is encouraged but not required. Beginners welcome. Your first drink is included. See Incanto’s website

calendar and facebook page for more details and information. Visit Incanto’s website www. IncantoVallarta.com. Voted “Best Live Music Venue” in Vallarta in

2018. No cover charge in the piano bar. Located at Insurgentes 109 at the Rio Cuale. Hours: 4pm-11:30pm Tues. - Sun. Phone: 322-223-9756. Casual dining. Closed on Mondays.

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Remembering Diá de la Raza at Babel Bar Christie Seeley

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abel Bar’s wonderful tribute to Diá de la Raza featuring music from Mexico, Spain, Cuba, Peru and Argentina as well as the Mediterranean was held on Sunday, October 13. Music was plentiful as the scene moved seamlessly from stage to stage making the most of the day by presenting many talented groups from noon until 6:00 PM. The day began with Tongo on traditional Andean pipes, voice and guitar. They really set the mood for what was to follow with their

varied and energetic repertoire of traditional Peruvian pieces like El Condor Pasa by Daniel Alomía Robles to a very exciting rendition of Moliendo Café, a popular piece by José Manzo Perroni of Venezuela. Next up were Zoe Wood and Eduardo Leon (Zoe and Leon) who honored both Eduardo’s Mexican heritage and Zoe’s love for Mexico. Showing their versatility they paid tribute to one of Zoe’s favorites Trio los Pancho (from the epoca de oro of the 40’s

and 50’s) with a medley of the heart rendering romantic pieces, Amorcito Corazon and Sin Ti. Eduardo’s voice and guitar stood out with their inspired rendition of the traditional Huapango piece Cielo Rojo written by Juan Záizar from our own state of Jalisco. Suite Sounds followed with Nacho Flores and Magali Uribe playing guitar and violin. Magali’s sweet and moving vocals were marvelous and when she picked up her violin she and Nacho soared. Nacho, a true master on guitar, Arabian Oub, Bazouki and Mandolin treated the crowd to solos that mesmerized. Together they performed a particularly moving rendition of Concierto

Aranjuez. Following were Paolo Urcelli and Sylvia Basurto (Laboquita Vallarta) doing their poignant Argentine collection including the beautiful tango Volver by Carlos Gardel, lyrics by Alfredo Le Pera. Diego Mateo and Nacho Flores of Moruno performed their wonderful Mediterranean music to an enthusiastic crowd ending with an Israeli piece, which Diego prefaced by emphasizing the need for unity in a world of conflict, and expressing the theme for the day that music unites us all and brings us joy. The program ended with the return of Laboquita, with flamenco dancer Sol doing a collection of flamenco pieces that thrilled the

audience. The crowd was large and fun was had by all. An ever-changing audience filled the picturesque patio and garden on the Cuale River where they enjoyed great food, drinks and music all day long. Congratulations to Babel Bar for a very successful event. They are located at Aquiles Serdán 437 on the island and they promise many more delightful events in the future. Meanwhile they will keep us entertained with a regular schedule including Suite Sound on Sundays, Moruno on Thursdays, Zoe and Leon on Friday from 1-3. If you have not already, be sure to pay them a visit. You will be happy you did.

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Life in la Cruz Cindy Bouchard

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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

La Cruz is ready for YOU for high season 2018

t’s always exciting to experience La Cuz come alive! Early October Chris and I explore our town by foot when most restaurants are closed. We poke our heads in doors and painting is going on, renovations are happening and cleanup is underway. I share today “What I know for sure”. As so much is happening please check websites and Facebook pages and make reservations if you can. Spontaneity has its perks so wander and explore too; who knows what you’ll find. I’ll share where to dine, music events and more… I’ve not come close to including all so wander and enjoy! Many tacos stands remain open all year, as do Oso’s fish market restaurant, Enrique’s Glorieta and the Marina Riviera Nayarit, which has two restaurants during the summer sharing the top, gorgeous view, floor. In the middle of November they will resume two levels with Frascati serving Italian on the second floor and La Peska specializing in seafood on the top. For now; La Peska is open for lunch and Frascati for dinner. The Black Forest restaurant; every Sunday serving 2 x 1 Schnitzel

Baden-Baden. Mid November they kick off their 20th anniversary celebrations with a German Beerfest. Celebrate Thanksgiving with a special 3-course dinner. I’m excited about celebrating the Double 20th Anniversary celebration on November 30th! Twenty years of the Black Forest Restaurant and twenty years of the Blonde Gypsies; Latcho and Andrea performing, both being the first foreign owned restaurant and entertainers in La Cruz. Masala has opened a wine store besides the restaurant, where they’ll have wine tasting every week serving and selling delicious Mexican options. The restaurant will have daily specials and music twice a week beginning Thanksgiving to the end of the season. They’ll have special menus for Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Eve and Valentine’s Day with live Music at every event! Organic Love reopens October 29th serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. Alef’s Organic Shop will offer take-away food, veggies, fruit, organic dairy and non-dairy options, preserves and an artisan bakery; all local, fresh and natural! She has beauty products and personal care “Equilibrio Armonico by Alef Gallardo” and a “Mexican Artisanal Boutique” clothes, jewelry and handcrafts with yoga in the little Studio.

Gloria is opening her store on Calle Delfin November 15th featuring her own clothing, art and jewelry creations. She’s also offering painting classes. The Green Tomato on the town square is hosting a Halloween Costume Party with prizes October 27th. For a fun day on the beach make your way to La Saranderia restaurant at Playa La Manzanilla. They’ve added early dinners, kayak rentals, music and always-great food. The Octopus Garden with its delicious coffee, gift shop, hostel and the Treehouse bar where events including home grown Tatewari return to create beautiful music. Lobo (formerly of Willie and Lobo) and Latcho & Andrea reunite for two remarkable nights of "Primal Groove" at the Octopus´s Garden on January 14th and February 4th. La Cruz Inn serves breakfast, lunch and dinner including music on Thursday with Tres Aires and Saturday with Matt Storch. They’ll have Day of the dead celebrations, Halloween parties/kid events, art events, exercise classes, American Thanksgiving Dinner and more Britannia Pub is open Monday and Thursday for cards and Tuesday for Open Mic. Amigos de La Cruz’s Welcome Back Gala: Get Your Hula On Fiesta. December 7th at Vallarta Gardens. The Marina is including so much including exercise classes, seminars, Spanish classes, writer’s groups, movie nights, sailor’s parties, fundraisers and El Día de Muertos; Build an Alter at the Marina Entrance. The La Cruz Market returns

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iro is back stirring up almonds and brown sugar in front of your very eyes! Just follow the exquisite aromas to our outdoor patio at the Marsol Friday Market. He has a super selection of colorful Mexican candies and a variety of un-sugared nuts including pistachios and peanuts. You are bound to see something you’ve never tried before. Ask for a sample and welcome back, Ciro. “Beach Booty” has uncovered an extraordinary piece of beach tile and had it encased in sterling silver. The photo cannot do justice to this unique piece of sea-history. It is something you will have to touch…and wonder how it could possibly retain the texture it does. Marcia has a close-out sale on brand new women’s plus-size clothing. Everything

must be gone before the end of October! She still has a couple of black holographic spider web earrings for Halloween/Day of the Dead. Many recently-made antique-silk collars for men and women and Mixtos, too. (Mixto earrings are definitely not suitable for shrinking violets!) Ricardo Mazcal’s latest addition to his list of natural herbal-remedies of supplements: Capsules to improve both your vision and cognitive capabilities. Ricardo will give

you 10% off your purchases when you return your containers to him: Saving the planet once piece at a time. The Marsol Market is having its first Bazaar of the season on Tuesday, October 30 from 10 am to 2 pm. If you have anything to sell, see Sherry Friday to reserve space. There will be some interesting Halloween costume possibilities… The Marsol Friday Market by the Pier is open year-round from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm.

ou know Erica Maree as a brand made of colourful and unique handbags and accessories made from bright oilcloth and indigenous embroidery. And now you’ll be able to find her gorgeous one of a kind products at her second location in the coveted Basilio Badillo shopping district. Erica Maree will open their second retail location on November 9 of this year. The new location will showcase the handbags and accessories they’re famous for as well as trending jewelry, fashion, and home décor. Erica Maree works hand in hand with skilled Mexican artisans around the country as well as in Puerto Vallarta and Sayulita to design and create unique hand embroidered handbags, fashion and other accessories including throw blankets and pillows. Buying a special piece from Erica Maree means you add the magic of Mexican oilcloth and traditional embroidery

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such as Otomi by the women of the Tenango Valley to your lives. Erica Black, founder of Erica Maree, is “over the moon” with her second

location on Basilo Badillo, a premier shopping street in Puerto Vallarta. She and her team look forward to becoming a part of the Emiliano Zapato and

“Old Town” shopping district with an offer to locals and visitors of a new boutique to

find unique one of kind Mexico-inspired pieces. The new store will be located at Basilio Badillo 314, Emiliano Zapata. Store hours are set from 10am to 7pm, Monday through Saturday. FEBRUARY 02-07-2019 Valle de Bravo/Mexico City Butterfly tour of magical wonder An utterly breathtaking natural spectacle

DECEMBER 10-17-2019 Merida/Uxmal/Chichen Itza/Becal “Experience the Archaeological Wonders of the Yucatan” DECEMBER 21-2018 Mascota/Talpa 1 Day Tour 7:am-7:00pm To benefit “Purr Project” A touching spiritual encounter JANUARY 09-11-2019 Tonala Original Special “Shop Till You Drop” Tour

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Charity Bingo starts again next week at Nacho Daddy

A Dinner & Show at Bambinos Trattoria The best Italian Food in Puerto Vallarta!

os Bambinos great, new restaurant is gaining popularity as the best Italian food in PV and at a great value! The four Morales Brothers joined forces with a veteran team of Italian Chefs, enhancing their Show experience with spectacular food for their Dinner & Show spectacular! Only this week, Los Bambinos extend the cordial invitation to enjoy their concerts at 2X1. This will apply for both General Admission and VIP seating, so be sure to call early to reserve your table. Refresh and delight yourself with Happy Hour at Bambinos Trattoria featuring perfectly prepared Margaritas and Daiquiris at 2X1. The featured dish of the week: Spaghetti Bambinos Pasta tossed with a tasty medley of shrimp, garlic and mushroom a red tomato sauce. The restaurant name-sake, this fabulous dish can be served upon gluten free pasta, if you so desire. This tasty selection is NOT found on the kids menu and is perfectly paired with our Casa Madero 3V wine. Los Bambinos concerts this week: The Beatles Monday night, 8pm keeps the good times rolling. As always, the brothers add their unique spin on the International rock selections, setting the wellloved songs into the Mexican musical landscape… for an exciting and upbeat show. ELVIS on Wednesday night, 8pm Announcing special guest Jorge Acosta for the. Jorge’s vocal style and intonation is naturally Elvis-like, with tasteful accentuation by Los Bambinos vocal harmonies, the show is a WOW! “It felt like I was really hearing Elvis Presley. Excellent!” -Commented Israel Gomez, a veteran musician here in PV. Join the group for a touching and fun evening while you dine,

drink, dance and relive this emblematic musical era. Fiesta Latina Friday, 8pm lights up the stage! This is the show for an exquisite mix of rhythms and beautiful vocals. It is a show just as spicy as it is sweet. Each song sweeps you away to a Brazilian Carnival or a romantic evening in an Old Mexican town square. Don’t be surprised if you hear your favorite Mexican tune set in a foot-tapping Cuban rhythm! Let Los Bambinos awaken your senses with vibrant music, and inspiring four-part harmonies. Bambinos Trattoria is a great place to enjoy fresh Italian Food, prepared by a team of talented Chefs. Open Monday- Saturday with a complete menu Bambinos Trattoria is located at Aguacate #314, on the corner of Carranza street in Old Town Puerto Vallarta (just before Mundo de Azulejos on Carranza). Bring friends and reserve your table early for the best seat in the house. VIP section available in front of the stage. Seating for each show begins at 6:30. Visa and Mastercard accepted. Information and tickets at www.losbambinosmusic.com or CALL NOW for a reservation (322) 222-4357, English spoken. Don’t miss this must-see show!

new season of Charity Bingo returns to Nacho Daddy Restaurant & Bar on Wednesday, October 31. Come in a Halloween costume for a free jello shot and best costume will win a special prize pack for the November 14 Bingo Charity. Supporting two worthwhile charities, Nacho Daddy Charity Bingo will be played every other Wednesday at 4:00 pm until the end of April to raise money for Pasitos de Luz and the Colina Spay & Neuter Clinic. Play for great prizes generously donated by local restaurants and businesses. To help round out the spirit of the games, Nacho Daddy offers Bingo players a variety of food and drink

specials from their yummy menu, so come out, support local charities and enjoy an afternoon of fun and fantastic prizes! Cards go on sale at 3:00 and the games begin at 4:00 pm. 2018-2019 Charity BINGO Schedule October 31, 2018 November 14 & 28 December 12 & 26 January 9 & 23 February 6 & 20 March 6 & 20 April 3 & 17 Remember that 100% of all monies raised from the games will help support Pasitos de Luz and the Colina Spay Neuter Clinic.

Artisan and Farmer’s Markets in Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit

very year at the end of October through the first week of November we welcome back the many artisan and farmer’s markets that pop-up around the bay and north through the towns of Riviera Nayarit. These markets represent local producers, artisans and entrepreneurs selling homemade food, organic products, arts and crafts, jewelry and more. They are an excellent resource for fresh baked treats, hard to find items and unique souvenirs. Here is an up to date list for most markets, if you know of another please email and we’ll add it to the list. Editor@vallartatribune.com

Friday

Marsol Friday Market by the Pier - 9:30 am -1:30 pm Open every Friday all year located on Francisca Rodriguez street Sayulita Mercado del Pueblo - 9am -2 pm – (Open Nov. 2) On Calle Revolucion before the bridge

Saturday

Olas Altas Farmer’s Market - 9:30 am - 2 pm (Open Nov. 3) at Lazaro Cardenas Parks, Old Town Three Hens & a Rooster Market 9 am - 1:00 pm (Open Oct. 27) at the Lions Club, Madero # 280 Old Town Tianguis Lo de Marcos – (Opens Nov. 3) Located at Main plaza

Sunday

Huanacaxtle Farmer’s Market - 9am -3pm (Open Nov.4) Located at La Cruz Marina

Tuesday

Riviera Market 9am - 2 pm (Open Nov. 6) Located in Nuevo Vallarta in the parking lot behind the Casino.

Wednesday

Bucerias Forever Spring Market - 9am - 1pm (Open Nov. 7) Lazaro Cardenas / Javier Mina - Opposite La Vida condos Vallarta ArtWalk - 6 pm - 10 pm (Open Oct. 31) Various locations.

Thursday

Bucerias ArtWalk - 7-9pm - along Lazaro Cardenas (Open Nov. 8) Marina Vallarta Night Market- 6 pm -10 pm (Open Oct. 25) along the marina boardwalk

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THIS WEEK PUERTO VALLARTA SUGAR SKULL CLASS WITH NATHALIE HERLING— Make edible Sugar Skulls for your El Dia de los Muertos Altar in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Nathalie Herling will teach a workshop and offer you hands on instructions so you can make Mexican Sugar Skulls. This class will be for adults. Make Sugar skulls for all your future Day of the Dead celebrations. 2 Dates · Oct 24 - Oct 29. ART Vallarta (213 Calle Pilitas | artvallarta.com) YELAPA PHOTO HISTORY EXHIBIT OPENING ON MALECON— Inauguration of the exhibition of historical photographs of Yelapa from 1961 to 1984 taken by the photographer Lisa Law. The 35 photographs that will be presented at the Puerto Vallarta boardwalk are part of the 100+ photographs that will be included in the Museum of Art and Culture opening in December 2018. Fri 12 PM · Malecon De Puerto Vallarta INTRO TO PRINTMAKING: CALAVERAS— Join us for a fun art experience! Learn the basics of printing while enjoying the company of some new, cool people! $350 pesos for your first class and $300 pesos after that- 6th class is free! Fri 7 PM · Spanish Experience Center WORKSHOP: UZZIEL ALVAREZ FUENTES ALEBRIJE CONSTRUCTION WORKSHOP— Make your own alebrije with Master Alebrije Artist, Uzziel Alvarez Fuentes from Mexico City. ART VallARTa is very honored to have as October, Artist in Residence, the Master of construction Alebrijes, Uzziel Alvarez Fuentes from Mexico City. As part of his residency, Uzziel will offer one very special workshop in the art of making Alebrije traditional sculptures. This paper mache and construction tradition began with the works of Pedro Linarez in the 1910’s. This workshop will be a one-week half-day afternoon workshop where you will construct, build, prepare the surface and

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29 paint your own interpretation of a tabletop alebrije. This 5 day, Alebrije Workshop with Master Uzziel Alvarez Fuentes will start Monday October 22 and end Friday Oct 26. Class times are 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm. Cost for the full 5 day workshop is $2880 pesos. Basic materials will be included. ART Vallarta (213 Calle Pilitas | artvallarta.com) FEST OF THE SEAS— The Villa Group is proud to present Culinary Fests 2018, a series of gourmet festivals to be held at our luxury resorts in Mexico’s top destinations, including Puerto Vallarta, Riviera Nayarit, Cabo San Lucas, and the Islands of Loreto. Stay tuned for more information, visit: villagroupresorts.com/culinary-fests-2018. Events start Thu 7 PM · Villa del Palmar Puerto Vallarta. MEXICAN WINE & CHEESE TASTING NIGHT— Our most popular wine tasting: a selection of five boutique Mexican wines paired with five artisan Mexican cheeses. All wines are premium bottles and the cheeses are sourced from a local producer from Atotonilco El Alto, in the state of Jalisco. All cheeses are made using European techniques (think Camembert, Morbier, and Gruyere) but produced locally with a Mexican twist. This is an intimate event capped at only 9 seats. Secure your spot(s) as soon as possible, as they sell out quickly! For more info, please email hola@uncorkmexico.com or visit our website: www. uncormexico.com. Tuesday at 6 pm at Petit Hotel Villa Mercedes (Amapas 175) CHEF RUBEN’S MAGICAL MEXICAN SALSAS— Chef Ruben introduces a journey of different sauces of Mexico. Taking classic Mexican ingredients and by doing a variety of cooking techniques, he will show how you can get many different flavors, textures, and options for other dishes. You will help in the preparation and eat different salsas as we prepare them. Also learn how to make classic sopes with a filling and test all the

salsas that we have made to have some wonderful flavors. Beer, wine, local spirits and jugos are included. $45 USD per person. Wed. at 6 pm at ART Vallarta (213 Calle Pilitas | artvallarta.com) ONGOING EVENTS

ART CONTEMPORARY VISIONS: ART EXPOSITION—Art Exposition featuring Mexico City surreal artists Manuel Contreras and Heteo runs through 21/10/2018. Galerias Vallarta Shopping Center (Fco. Medina Ascencio 2920 Puerto Vallarta) LIFE DRAWING’ ART WORKSHOP: LOCAL ARTIST ARMANDO REYES— Join us on a new night, Wednesdays at 8pm in the theater. More information and online tickets. More info at IncantoVallarta.com. MALECON SCULPTURES 101— Enjoy a relaxed walk by the ocean while chatting about the sculptures on the Malecon and the local art scene, plus a delicious Mexican brunch or snack at a charming and very unique spot. A fantastic cultural experience with a local friend. Wed, Thu and Fri at 9:00am. Make reservations through Vallarta101 (facebook.com/welovevallarta | 01 322 100 2253) HANDBUILDING WITH CLAY AT ART VALLARTA— This class will take the beginner student through each step of coil and slab building. The instructor will familiarize you with terms ,tools and processes, supporting your creative vision. You will build simple projects from choosing your idea, applying techniques you learn, finishing with firing and glazing. Monday and Friday from 10:00am to 1:00pm and 1:30pm to 4:30pm; Tuesday and Thursday from 1:30pm to 4:30pm. 350 pesos plus Clay Kit (462 pesos). Art Vallarta Gallery (Calle Pilitas 213 | facebook.com/artvallarta) INTRODUCTION TO WHEEL THROWING AT ART VALLARTA— This is the next step after funda-

This listing features ongoing acts and events at bars, restaurants and venues.

VALLARTA Bambinos Trattoria (Aguacate #314) The Beatles Tribute on Mon at 8 pm ELV1S on Wed at 8 pm Fiesta Latina! On Fri at 8 pm Babel Bar (Aquiles Serdán 437, Isla del Cuale) Zoe and Leónides on Sat from 1 to 3 pm Suite Sound (Magalí Uribe and Nacho Flores) on Sun from 1 to 3 pm Captain Don’s (Honduras 126) Tequila Rush on Fri from 9 pm to 12 am Da Crew on Sat from 9 pm to 12 am Cuates y Cuetes (Francisca Rodriquez 101) Fiery Flamenco Group Tatewari on Wed from 8 to 10 pm Devils Bar Live (527 Morelos) The Zippers on Fri from 8 to 11 pm Soul Trip on Sat from 11:30 pm to 1:30 am El Bar at Food Park PV The Black Tequila on Sat at 9:00 pm Kelekai’s (Liberdad 516, Col. Playa Grande ) The Bay Roots on Sun from 2 to 5 pm Kelly’s Pour Favor (Lazaro Cardenas 245)

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The Change on Tue at 7:00pm 3:Tones on Fri at 7:00pm Soul Trip on Sat at 7:00pm Warique (Aquiles Serdan 280) Live Music on Fri and Sun from 7:00 to 10:00pm Que?Pasa (625 Aquiles Serdan) Bob Tandem & Friends on Mon from 7-9 pm Revolution Restaurant & Bar (Matamoros #235 Col. Centro) The Sunset Raiders on Sat at 8 pm Incanto (Insurgentes 109) Zen Hour is Tue - Sun at 4:00pm Red Suitcase Band on Sun and Wed at 7:30pm Zoe Wood & Eduardo Leon on Thu at 5:00pm Open Mic on Thu at 7:30pm Joan Houston on Fri at 5:00pm Luis & Fernando on Fri at 7:30pm Dennis Crow on Fri-Sun and Tue-Wed at 9:30pm George Gracia on Sun at 5:00pm Cheko Ruiz Gypsy Kings on Sun at 8:00pm Tongo on Tue at 5:00pm Edgar Roxha on Tue at 7:00pm Joby Hernandez on Wed at 5:00pm More @ incantovallarta.com

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mental building with clay. You will be guided in interactive instruction on the electric potter’s wheel; learning basic techniques, necessary for progressing as an artist in clay using the potter’s wheel. Basic finishing techniques in high – fire clay, glazing, firing and loading the kiln. 350.00 pesos plus clay (462 pesos). Monday and Friday from 10:00am to 1:00pm and 1:30pm to 4:30pm; Tuesday and Thursday from 1:30pm to 4:30pm. 350 pesos plus Clay Kit (462 pesos). Art Vallarta Gallery (Calle Pilitas 213 | facebook.com/artvallarta) OPEN CLAY STUDIO AT ART VALLARTA— Have a project you want to work on independently? Come take part working side by side with student’s from all classes and artists currently in the studio. No instruction is provided, but Rob will be present and available to help you out with equipment and basic needs. 350.00 pesos plus Clay Kit (if you need one). Monday and Friday from 10:00am to 1:00pm and 1:30pm to 4:30pm; Tuesday and Thursday from 1:30pm to 4:30pm. 350 pesos plus Clay Kit (462 pesos). Art Vallarta Gallery (Calle Pilitas 213 | facebook.com/artvallarta)

HARNESS THE POWER OF PAINTING WITH DOUGLAS SIMONSON— This class is for both beginning and experienced acrylic painters. Painter Douglas Simonson has 35 years of experience painting in acrylics and he will work with you in whatever area of painting you want to focus on, or he can help you decide on your focus. Class is every Friday from 1:30 PM to 4:30PM. Cost is $350 pesos per class. Easels, paints and brushes are available but bring your own brushes if you have your preferences. Bring your own canvas or purchase one at the ART VallARTa Art Supply Store located on the first floor. Drop-ins are welcome (based on space availability) or you can attend several classes for more in-depth study, or if you’re working on a more involved project. Art Vallarta Gallery (Calle Pilitas 213 | facebook. com/artvallarta)

FILM LA CRUZ MARINA FREE MOVIE NIGHT— In the VIP room at Marina Riviera Nayarit every Thursday at 8:00pm. CINEMA CUC— Free. 1:00 pm on Wednesdays and Fridays in the main audito-

rium at Centro Universitario de la Costa (Av. Universidad 203, Ixtapa | 322.222.1512 | www.cuc.udg.mx) CINE CLUB EL MUÉGANO: MARTES DE CINE— Enjoy movies at the Los Mangos Library Martes de Clássicos Cultural Center, Tuesdays at 7pm. 20 pesos. (Av. Francisco Villa No. 1001 | bibliotecalosmangos.com) CINE CLUB EL MUÉGANO: FRIDAY CINEMA CYCLE ON SOCIAL NETWORKS— Enjoy movies about Social Networks at the Los Mangos Library Martes de Clássicos Cultural Center, Fridays at 7pm. 20 pesos. (Av. Francisco Villa No. 1001 | bibliotecalosmangos.com)

HEALTH & WELLNESS BEACH YOGA— Bring your mat down to the beach for a gentle morning flow, every Wednesday at 9am at playa los camarones, in front of Barracuda restaurant. 70 pesos per person and children under 12 are free when accompanying an adult. Barracuda (Calle Paraguay 1290) SPIRITUAL PHYSICAL

& METALECTURE—

Journey of self discovery at the Center For Spiritual Living Puerto Vallarta. Each week offers inspirational talk using spiritual tools for personal growth, along with discussion and fellowship afterwards. An open and inclusive spiritual community, all are welcome. Saturdays from 12:00 - 1:00 pm at Centro Cultural Cuale (Aquiles Serdan #437)

OTHER BINGO WITH PEARL— Saturdays at 4pm. Drink specials, gift certificates, and cash prizes. Special guests Ballet Folklorico Tradiciones will perform. Incanto Vallarta (Insurgentes 109, Old Town Puerto Vallarta | 322.223.9756 | www.incantovallarta.com) FURNITURE SHOPPING TOUR— Looking for an easy way to get around Vallarta and/or Guadalajara to check out furniture offerings for your new home or condo in Mexico? Save time, money and stress with this tour. Call, email, or sign up on the “Tours” tab on our website. (044 329 298 6399 | furniture@solutionsmexico.com | solutionsmexico.com)

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