Vallarta Tribune - Issue 1182 Nov. 28 - Dec. 3, 2019

EDITORIAL

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LOCAL VOICE

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Turkey Introduced to Turkey From México

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Welcome

Welcome to Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit

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t the Vallarta 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 and the southern part Nayarit are on Central time – if you’re heading further north than Lo de Marcos, Nayarit, remember the time change so you don’t miss your flight.

BUSES: A system of urban buses can bring you from El Tuito in the south to San Pancho in the north and all the spots in between.

Fares vary according to distances travelled, but the base fare is 10 pesos. If you’re going further than San Pancho, head to the main bus terminal to catch a ‘Pacifico’ bus.

TAXIS: There are set fares within defined zones of town. Do not enter a taxi without agreeing on the price with the driver. 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 cheaper than a taxi usually.

GETTING AROUND: In many places such as Centro Vallarta and Nuevo Vallarta there are paths for bikes and pedestrians. Please be respectful of these designations.

MONEY EXCHANGE: The most hassle-free way to exchange money is to use your debit card in the ATM to withdraw pesos.

Exchange houses offer higher rates and banks are remiss to change dollars to pesos if you don’t hold an account with them. Best to use ATM’s that are affiliated with a reputable bank located in well lit secure areas.

TIPPING: In general you should tip 10-20% in restaurants and bars. Taxi or Uber drivers – 10-20 pesos. The person who bags your groceries or helps load your car – 10-20 pesos. Don’t forget to tip

CALLING IN MEXICO

your maid, bell boy, masseuse, the band, the entertainment on your tour. And by all means, tip more if you want, wages are extremely low in Mexico.

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.

Don’t wreck your holiday – buy bottle water.

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.

The process is inexpensive and only takes a day or two. You only need a certificate of health from a local vet and check with your airline for additional requirements.

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, politeness is paramount. 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 very expensive. You can go to jail and your vehicle impounded.

There are many checkstops on the weekends, and you will be asked to take a breathalizer test 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 often 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.

Director Noemi Zamora noemi.zamora@cps.media Editor Neil Gerlowski neilg@vallartatribune.com Sales Team editor@vallartatribune.com Designer Cynthia Estela Andrade Gutiérrez cysandra@gmail.com

Nov. 28-Dec. 3, 2019 (UPDATED AUGUST 2019)

LOCAL CALLS WITHIN MEXICO All calls within Mexico can now be dialed using the 10-digit telephone number (usually a two- or three-digit area code plus an eight- or seven-digit number) from a landline or cell phone, eliminating the need for prefixes, such as 01, 044 or 045. In Mexico, most cities use a three-digit area code, notable exceptions being CDMX, Guadalajara and Monterrey.

LONG DISTANCE CALLS WITHIN MEXICO Same procedure as above applies.

LONG DISTANCE CALLS TO MEXICO FROM ABROAD If you are making a long-distance call to Mexico from abroad, simply add the country code (52) to the 10-digit number as described above.

CALLING TOLL-FREE NUMBERS (The following procedure predates the August 2019 update. We are waiting for specific information regarding toll-free calls within Mexico and to numbers elsewhere.)

Some toll-free numbers work from Mexico to the US and Canada, but many do not. Those that do work are often not toll-free. You need to dial a different prefix. To call the following toll free prefixes, dial as follows: 800 numbers Dial 001-880-then the number 866 numbers Dial 001-883-then the number 877 numbers Dial 001-882-then the number 888 numbers Dial 001-881-then the number

INTERNATIONAL LONG-DISTANCE CALLS FROM MEXICO US & Canada: Dial 001 + Area Code + Number Elsewhere: Dial 00 + Country Code + Area Code + Number

FIRE DEPARTMENT: 322.223.9476 AMBULANCE: 322.222.1533 IMMIGRATION: 322.224.7719 CONSUMER PROTECTION: 01.800.468.8722

Emergencies: 911 Red Cross: 065

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In port this month NAME NORWEGIAN CRUISES ROYAL CARIBBEAN SEVEN SEAS HOLLAND AMERICA ROYAL CARIBBEAN NORWEGIAN CRUISES CARNIVAL CARNIVAL NORWEGIAN CRUISES PRINCESS CRUISES HOLLAND AMERICA NORWEGIAN CRUISES

TOURISM OFFICES Jalisco: 322.221.2676 Nayarit: 322.297.1006 CONSULATES American Consulate 24 hrs 01-332-268-2100 Canadian Consulate 322.293.0098 322.293.0099 24 hrs: 1.800.706.2900

In the months of November and December Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit welcomes 75103 passengers! ¡Bienvenidos!

PASS DATE 3,883 28.11.2019 2,435 28.11.2019 490 01.12.2019 1,404 03.12.2019 2,435 04.12.2019 2,240 04.12.2019 4,980 05.12.2019 2,680 05.12.2019 3,883 05.12.2019 3,080 06.12.2019 1,404 09.12.2019 2,240 11.12.2019

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3,883 12.12.2019 4,980 17.12.2019 2,240 18.12.2019 3,600 18.12.2019 3,883 19.12.2019 2,600 24.12.2019 4,980 24.12.2019 2,240 25.12.2019 3,600 25.12.2019 3,883 26.12.2019 3,080 30.12.2019 4,980 31.12.2019

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Editorial

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Editor’s Note Neil Gerlowski

editor@vallartatribune.com

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n our multi-cultural city of Puerto Vallarta, holidays of many diverse origins are celebrated con gusto and often adapted to take on local flavors and characters of their own.

Thanksgiving, as scheduled in the USA, is an especially important holiday here as it is typically the first big week for tourism in our region. Most of our Canadian amigos enthusiastically accept a second chance for a turkey feast following their earlier October celebration. And many nationals have long embraced the occasion too, especially those who have family members living beyond Mexico’s northern border.

Most local pizza ovens become commandeered by turkey chefs in preparation for this special occasion. Centerpieces upon Vallartense tables this week often feature anthuriums, bromeliads, heliconias, and other flamboyant flowers that would have knocked the smocks off the Plymouth Plantation Pilgrims had the Mayflower only taken them farther south.

Lobster's Claw (Heliconia rostrata)

The day after Thanksgiving often finds us enjoying turkey tacos and other creative and savory Pilgrim-Mex fusion dishes while many of those north of the border shovel snow and trudge through Black Friday shopping lines in crowded malls.

Vegetarians can celebrate Thanksgiving with a twist as well.

Having so many mouthwatering options to choose from means the smell of turkey need not prove an irresistible temptation: - Butternut squash stuffed tamales - Poblano chile soup w/avocado - Cornbread and fennel stuffing - Chipotle pumpkin pie Feasting is best enjoyed when it brings people together to recollect and create new memories.

The Plymouth Plantation Thanksgiving of 1621 was enjoyed not just by the pilgrims, but with their Wampanoag neighbors.

While the historical record informs us that tradition has since romanticized the actual situation between these two cultures at the time, the fact remains that they did indeed come together under peace in celebration of the bounty they were all able to share.

Here in our melting pot of Puerto Vallarta, where natural tropical bounty meets the conveniences of the modern world, and a fascinating diversity of people weave their stories together, Thanksgiving is indeed a perfect holiday to share.

With heartfelt thanks to our Vallartense community,

King Massasoit and Plymouth Colony Governor John Carver smoking a ceremonial pipe to seal a treaty in 1621.

Neil Gerlowski

Pilgrim Edward Winslow provided the only known description of the 1621 Thanksgiving:

Editor, Vallarta Tribune

“[Our] harvest being gotten in, our governor sent four men on fowling, that so we might after a more special manner rejoice together … [There arrived] many of the Indians coming amongst us, and among the rest their greatest King Massasoit, with some ninety men, whom for three days we entertained and feasted”

Local Voices 06 Puerto Magico – The Tour!

Marcia Blondin

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ast Thursday, I went to meet owner/developer Dean Regehr and his PR Director, Gael Bucquer, at the site of Puerto Magico, the new cruise ship terminal. Parts of the building are open and thriving with the completion of the project due in three or four months. But, passengers off the cruise ships will be coming through the new (gigantic) complex starting December 1st. Lots of retail space, for now, is covered by drywall, so nobody strays into a construction zone.

Honestly, the place already exudes Vallartense warmth. The attention to architectural detail is

everywhere. I felt the same on my tour as I do when wandering around Centro Historico in Guadalajara. It would have been far less expensive to make square windows and doors, but Jalisco was built on archways of Cantera stone.

Puerto Magico is going to be a welcoming place for families in Vallarta to pack up the kids and head there for the day. There will be spaces for children to play completely secure and supervised while mom and dad have dinner.

The ‘play area’ for the kids sounded like nothing I have ever even seen.

Maybe they’ll put aside some hours each day for adults to try out the 3-D stuff!

Parks will be made and a new

five or six-meter-wide Malecon to meander and stop for ice cream and look at the ships. Over 130 retail stores will surely capture attention, and it sounds like they will run the gamut from souvenir shops to storefronts that exist nowhere else in Jalisco.

Tour companies like Vallarta Adventures have their offices in the new building. People will gather there, get their tickets, and jump on the next boat to Yelapa. One stat that astounded me: last year, 800,000 people used the facility just to go on tours!

I have heard some rumblings (from downtown business people) that the folks on the cruise ships were going to be enticed to NOT

Nov. 28-Dec. 3, 2019

leave the port and head into Vallarta. Quite the opposite is true. The new Puerto Magico will have new places for busses to park and easier access to pick up passengers to take them to town.

The project has built the Port Captain a modern new office. The old one will eventually be torn down, and something fabulous will go up in its place.

What this gorgeous property will do is put the most beautiful face forward, reflecting the City of Puerto Vallarta. Passengers leaving their ships will be impressed by welcoming hacienda-style buildings filled with fun places to shop.

Dean Regehr has a chocolate store operated by a chef who gives classes in the art of chocolate-making that only takes an hour or so to finish. Homework will be divine. We sampled some caramel-filled chocolates with sea salt. Go and get some!

This is the first port of its kind

in Latin America in that it is built on a theme. The theme is Jalisco; the focus is Vallarta.

My thanks to Dean and Gael for taking the time to show me this new ‘icon’ of the city. It is breathtaking so far; I am looking forward to having dinner while overlooking the most unique view, attending the planned music festivals, and artisan gatherings.

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Local Voices

Nov. 28-Dec. 3, 2019

How the Turkey was Introduced to Turkey—From México Neil Gerlowski, Editor, Vallarta Tribune

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hen Hernán Cortés, his conquistadores, and their indigenous allies took Tenochtitlán in 1521—a full hundred years before the pilgrims of Plymouth celebrated their first Thanksgiving—they encountered vast tianguis (open-air markets) with an outstanding variety of exotic fare from throughout the Aztec Empire. Among the domesticated animals associated with their captive’s extraordinary cuisine were axolotl (a salamander), xoloitzcuintli (a dog), iguanas, quail, and what the natives called wueh-xōlō-tl. These would have all been found grilled on comales, stuffed in tamales, wrapped in corn tortilla tacos, and cooked in soups and stews.

The last on this list of animal delicacies is what much of the world now knows as “turkey,” although in Mexico, the common term for this animal (or at least its wild relative) remains “guajolote,” a word little changed from its original in the Aztec language of Nahuatl. So where did the confusion set in?

Spanish traders soon introduced this domestic bird (Meleagris gallopavo domesticus) to the Mediterranean, then dominated by the Ottoman Empire, founded by the Turkish ruler Osman I, little more than 200 years prior. The Turks and their Arabic subjects and allies had

Wild Turkey, Female and Young, from Birds of America

by John James Audubon, 1827. already been trading the guinea fowl (Numida meleagris), originally from Africa.

By the time domesticated turkeys were introduced to England, its name was associated with Turkey instead of Mexico, its place of origin. Other European names for the bird evidence further confusion with French, Polish, and Russian names associating it with India (where many first believed Columbus to have reached) and its Portuguese name associating it with Peru. In Spain, it became referred to as “pavo” for its association with Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus), which then became called “pavo real” (royal pavo) to distinguish it from the less colorful newcomer to the poultry markets.

Although the puritan pilgrims would find wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) in the forests they settled, these were far less accessible by way of their unrifled gun barrels than the domesticated birds brought with them from England, by way of the Mediterranean, of American origin.

Ironically, except for the Yucatán where it is featured in dishes like Relleno negro (black turkey stew), turkey has been largely replaced in Mexico by chicken as the staple domestic fowl in the national cuisine.

So as you feast on turkey this Thursday, you’re not only celebrating a US and Canadian tradition; you’re reviving an ancient component of Mexico’s culinary past.

Great American Cock, Male, from Birds of America

by John James Audubon, 1827.

08 ARTE VIVIENTE, Artist’s Cooperative

Local Voices

Nov. 28-Dec. 3, 2019

From Here

Marcia Blondin

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INALLY! Our Artist’s Co-op is Here! Announcing “Arte Viviente” Drum roll, please! After 20 months of looking for a home, dealing with all sorts of realtors, business owners, of so many close calls - elation followed fast by “what do you mean, you rented to someone else?” Anyway, the frustration is over, we have a home, and now it needs to be filled with fabulous art made by YOU! If you make anything by hand, we will have a look at it. Each piece coming into the Co-op will be juried. What we will not be is a resale gallery for items from China or anywhere else.

We want baskets, paintings, mirrors, furniture, sculptures, pottery, clothes, alebrijes, pinatas, shoes, bags, photography, artisan foods, jams, coffee, jellies, honey, condiments, spices; if it’s made by your hands, we want to sell it!

We are located in Centro Vallarta on the corner of Morelos and Pipila Streets. One block from the Malecon and two blocks from the Bay of Banderas.

The entire front of the store is glass, so we are highly visible by every car, truck, and bus coming into town. Right now, we are

Marcia Blondin

marciavallarta@gmail.com

Aside from contributing to the Tribune for several years, Marcia is a skilled artisan, specialized in repurposing jewelry and selling her creations at the Marsol Friday Market by the Pier. renovating, and yes, we could use some help with painting and cleaning.

We plan to be continually evolving, growing, and showcasing art made by the finest craftspeople of this city and environs. In season we expect to be open seven days/ week for sure, and with luck, we will have to be open every day in the summertime as well.

Our goal is to build our Co-op for our residents and ex-pats, tourists are also welcome.

If you love all of our various markets around the Bay, we plan to have the best that they produce and make their products available to you every day of the week. We hope to be open mid-December.

If you want more information, please send me an email: marciavallarta@gmail.com

Becas Vallarta Hosts Breakfast for Scholarships

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ecas Vallarta is a local non-profit organization that has provided scholarships to deserving students for over 57 years! This dedicated organization has helped thousands of students achieve their dreams and goals through education. Becas Vallarta will host a series of fun events this season.

Join us for breakfast on Wednesday,December 4th at 9:30 a.m. at De Cantaro Restaurant. In addition to the breakfast itself, there will be a silent action and a raffle. Tickets are $300 pesos each. There will also be a Christmas posada on Saturday, November 30th at 2:00 p.m. at Los Mangos library.

The posada is a great way to welcome the holiday season and a wonderful opportunity to meet the students. The posada is free of charge. Becas Vallarta targets students from economically deprived areas, who have good to excellent grades, but cannot afford to continue their education. Our organization provides scholarships to students in secondary school through university to help with the mounting costs for tuition, supplies and uniforms.

We invite you to join us for a delicious breakfast and a traditional Christmas celebration a great opportunity to help some of Vallarta’s finest students.

For tickets or more information please call at Suzanne Erikson at 322 221 55 99 or Lisa Colquitt-Muñoz at 322-210-2079.

The Movie of Your Life

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he Palm Cabaret opened its doors last week to start their 20th season in Vallarta.

And what a celebration it was. Starting off as they do each year by donating profits to a charity, RISE (Refugio Infantil Santa Esperanza) went home with more than 50,000 pesos.

The lineup for Opening Night was a mere tease of what is to come this season: the fabulous Miss Conception, the hostess with absolutely everything, took charge and introduced the stellar entertainment interspersing her duties with fab frocks and songs.

Spencer Day is back at the Palm, where he and so many other entertainers gained a foothold in the hearts of Vallartenses. Backed by local guitaristas Zoe and Leon, he sang one of my favorite songs of his, ‘Movie of your Life.’

Newcomer to the Palm, Lady Zen received a standing ovation for her rendition of ‘Diamonds are Forever,’ from the movie Goldfinger, made famous by Shirley Bassey. Luis Villanueva surprised me – in a good way – with his charming onstage presence and clarity of his voice. Moelle, for the first time, have a home for the season at The Palm. I love lead singer Fernanda’s delivery; she can be cheeky, sexy, downright sultry while always maintaining a youthful sincerity and a voice full of life’s promises. The band Piel Canela has been reconstructed and rocked the full house with flamenco/Gipsy Kings and Latin rhythms. The Palm may have to figure out where to put the dance floor! Bravo Adriana, Gustavo, Alex and Kevin, and one of the best sound guys in the city Santiago!

The Vallarta Garden Club had

its first meeting last week. What a terrific group of people who together form work parties and head out to make Vallarta even more beautiful. Their annual gala in January is something to behold.

It is their biggest fundraiser and sells out well before the end of the year. You can always go to their website and/or Facebook page for information on how to get involved and buy tickets to the event.

At the meeting at Incanto, Yvonne Kalman took the stage and invited Garden Club members to attend HER fabulous soiree that is taking place Saturday, December 7th, at 6 pm. Casa Yvonneka, where the party will be held, is a marvel of engineering rising from

the highway seven floors up to Hortencia street in Alta Vista and beautiful to boot.

Yvonne often has parts of her house overrun with cats and dogs – all rescued from the streets of Vallarta. She feeds, bathes, walks – whatever the animals need – vet bills get paid, and the animals are flown to homes in the United States. This event is to ensure she can continue her rescue mission.

The ‘Friends of Animals’ flew over 150 dogs to Washington state last year. If you are looking for a good cause and love giant prawns and filet mignon, I will see you at the party. Oh, and do come dressed as Frida and/or Diego – it is an added delightful part of the evening.

Thanksgiving Day is upon us. I will be joining Canadian and Mexican friends at El Rio BBQ/ Bar in Paso Ancho for their smoked turkey feast. I love El Rio. It is a super place to spend the whole day, eating, drinking, listening to music and dancing if you feel like it, and swimming in the river. At night it is magic. You will have to go next month for the evening Tribute concerts starting with ‘The Doors’ on December 21st.

If you are away and missing our warmth and beautiful beaches; perhaps it’s cold where you are, know that our Thanksgiving wishes are for you to join us in Vallarta as soon as you can. We will wait for you, From Here.

Local Voices

Nov. 28-Dec. 3, 2019

Curator’s Clippings Horticultural Tips Robert Price

www.vbgardens.org Robert Price, Founder and Curator of the Vallarta Botanical Garden

Nochebuena Poinsettia

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aybe because they’re so closely associated with white snowy Christmases, many visitors to Mexico are surprised to find poinsettias (Euphorbia pulcherrima) amongst our native plants. The natural range of poinsettias is from the state of Sinaloa (just north of Nayarit) and distributed southwardly into Guatemala. They are primarily associated with the Pacific slope, that is, the side of the Sierra Madres facing the Pacific Ocean, including the mountains around our very own Puerto Vallarta.

Wild poinsettias are so different from cultivated varieties that many people first think they’re a different species if they stumble upon one while hiking out in the woods.

They grow as slender plants to the size of a large bush or miniature tree. In wild plants, their bracts (the bright red showy parts surrounding their tiny, in comparison, unremarkable flowers) are more delicate and spindly.

Joel Roberts Poinsett, the first U.S. Minister to the new sovereign power that had recently declared itself independent from Spain as the Imperio Mexicano (Mexican Empire), held an immediate appreciation for the plant that would soon be named in his honor within the English speaking world.

It was later when Poinsett was then negotiating with the Mexican Republic (governments changed frequently in those days) that he was introduced to the plant and began sending specimens back to the United States.

Soon plant breeders succeeded in cultivating varieties with longer, broader, bracts in denser arrangements and a range of colors from fire engine red to

deep crimson. Later varieties would be developed with colors from nearly white to pink, yellow, and even purple bracts. These can either be solid, dappled, variegated, and otherwise patterned for a staggering diversity of presentations.

In Mexico, the poinsettia is known as Flor de Nochebuena, which literally means “good night” but is how we refer to Christmas Eve here. The name is not only based on the timing of its bloom coinciding with the Christmas season, but also because the pattern of its bracts are associated with the Star of Bethlehem.

The native Náhuatl (Aztec) word for the plant, cuetlaxóchitl, is said to either mean “wilting flower” or “flower of the excrement,” which, either way, is not nearly as poetic.

North of the border, one surefire way for your Nochebuena to wilt is to expose it to freezing

temperatures. In the Puerto Vallarta area, that should be the least of your problems. Here most prematurely struggling poinsettias suffer from overwatering, a habit I’ve advised against in past articles.

Remember, most plants appreciate an opportunity for their roots to just barely dry out between waterings. When in doubt, stick your finger into the soil, or insert a pencil if you’re afraid to dirty your fingernails. If you find your digit or writing implement clean and dry, it’s time to give it some water.

If however, the object of choice comes out damp and dirty, it is still sufficiently moist and not yet ready for another drink.

After the Christmas season, you may like to try keeping the perennial poinsettia alive with the hopes of coaxing it along for a second season, or more. Don’t be disappointed though if your rate of survivorship is less than ideal.

Poinsettias, like many other major commercially grown plants, are propagated in enormous, near sterile facilities, which hardly provide preparation for the many challenges of the real world.

So, as with anything else you grow, plant with care and the greatest hope, but be prepared to handle disappointment with grace.

This way, you can appreciate pleasant surprises for what they are and not fret when nature is not aligned with your wishes. Planting for tomorrow is an investment that can bear fruit beyond your wildest expectations.

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Local Voices

Nov. 28-Dec. 3, 2019 for us all to do our part to make the world better!”

Taking on the presidential role as no one else stepped up, Line credits those who came before her for inspiration; Philo Hayward, Steve Cross and David Hibbard.

She says she’s learned most of the need from ‘being on the street’.

She thanks her teams; the winter team of visiting expats; Terry, Kathy and Garry and her summer team of resident expats; John and Will.

Line says her Spanish improves daily and Cecilio and his crew have taught her the most important lesson “No pasa nada” which translates to “Everything will be alright”.

The board members who continue with their love and support of La Cruz are Amy Welch, Patricia Spencer, Lynn Bailey, Berenice Eugenia Uribe Guijarro and Dave Albert.

All funds raised go back into La Cruz and the kids.

The Tree House Bar was selected because they bring the best music to La Cruz… and as Line says “because they are amazing!

They are truly the best venue for the Welcome Back Party!”

Fundraising for this event include ticket sales, an online auction, an onsite silent auction and a gorgeous piece of art that Nancy Hache and the Kids Klub Kiddos created and much more.

Tickets are 550 pesos per person. Purchase tickets for Saturday, December 7th.

Life in La Cruz

Cindy Bouchard

cindy@VillaAmoredelMar.com

Cindy, an expat Canadian, is the Chief Rejuvenation Officer and owner of Villa Amor del Mar, a Boutique Hotel, in La Cruz de Huanacaxtle. She and husband Chris are living and lovin’ in Vallarta–Nayarit. For info on La Cruz or if you desire… ‘A very special vacation’, contact Cindy@VillaAmorDelMar.com

La Cruz’s recycling Queen Welcomes back Amigos.

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ine Bureau is a warrior for La Cruz! When I asked why she does so much for her adopted homeland she told me her passion is kids and their kids; the future of La Cruz!

With the help of others Line has taken charge of creating a

refreshing new concept that isn’t as volunteer focused as previous years. Reserve your space now for Fiesta Mexicana where the Amigos de La Cruz board members welcome everyone back to high season in the most colorful way. As well as the ten-piece Huanacaxtle Musical band there will be fun games, prizes and lots of food. To be sure everyone gets served in a timely fashion there will be snacks on the table and stations where

you can get your own beverages.

Dinner will be served ‘family style’ offering delectable options such as Mediterranean quinoa salad, stuffed chicken breast, shrimp, grilled veggie skewers, grilled stuffed portobello mushrooms and more.

The dessert includes a presentation by local churro makers creating just for you! If all that sweetness isn’t enough you can dunk your churro in chocolate sauce!

Five years ago, Line took over the recycling duties when there were 30 containers (300 kilos of plastic). Today there are 135

(1200 kilos of plastic) and she’s adding more as I write. She and her team then took over cleaning and maintaining the section of highway going thru La Cruz. They do garbage pickup, trimming of the palms and bougainvillea’s, cutting the grass, maintaining the Glorieta - the circle at Coral and Langosta and general cleanup of our town.

Line says she enjoys looking after her ‘second garden’ but the connection and appreciation from La Cruz residents keeps her going!

She told me “Some days I come home crying of JOY. I delight in kids throwing plastic in ’Paloma’, my truck.

Other days, I admit, I cry in frustration but fortunately the days of joy are more abundant! I feel I make a difference now, but I can always do more!

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Nov. 28-Dec. 3, 2019

Your Cultural Insider Sandra Cesca

sandra.learn.vallarta@gmail.com

To read more about art and culture from Sandra’s travels, go to www.yourculturalinsider.com. If you are in Vallarta and would like to take a walking tour with her to visit some of these interesting cultural shops, then visit www.puertovallartawalkingtours.com.

The Miracle of Milagros

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o I was walking by this shop a couple years ago when I was attracted to the hundreds of wooden shapes hanging on the walls. They were covered with metal icons of every symbol you could imagine‌ from hands to hearts to animals to people praying, fish and eye glasses and other objects. I was drawn to a green heart with a marijuana leaf in the middle! What?

That's when I met Lupita and her husband Francisco who make these objects called milagros. She then proceeded to tell me the relationships she saw between all the icons on the heart I liked.

Turns out milagros, which means "miracles" in Spanish, have been used for over 4000 years as a way for indigenous people to express gratitude for health, home, and food, for blessings and answers to prayers. Thought to have originated somewhere in Europe, milagros were brought to Mexico by the conquistadors in the 16th century. It is said Hernan Cortez brought a solid gold scorpion icon with him after he was stung by one, not wanting to get stung again!

Today Francisco makes the metal icons using wax molds then hammers them onto the wooden forms to create amazing figures. Lupita has been able to use her sixth sense to interpret the meanings of these icons on any individual piece. You can even make one of your own and she will interpret for you.

So back to my green heart and the marijuana leaf! Seems I should consider using this herb to improve my skin lesion. And green is the color of the heart chakra which is connected to the lungs

and grieving. I had pneumonia a while ago after a dear friend died.

They are all connected Lupita tells me and are right there on my green heart. I have become good friends of Francisco and Lupita.

Compassionate caring people who have been doing this work for 31 years. I stop by every week just to see if something else calls me. You can find their shop at Calle Augustin Rodriguez #282 in Vallarta, a block west of the Central Market.

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Local Voices Paradise and Parenting

Nov. 28-Dec. 3, 2019

Health and Wellness

Leza Warkentin

Cat Morgan

Leza is a nursery teacher and preschool coordinator at the American School of Puerto Vallarta.

An Energy Medicine Specialist, Cat Morgan applies Quantum Physics with Consciousness focusing on creating Health and Wellbeing. Living on the Banderas Bay/Riviera Nayarit for 10 years, Cat also enjoys assisting folks with vacation and relocation as well as thoroughly enjoying the Banderas Bay lifestyle here in Mexico.

www.mommyinmexico.wordpress.com

Happy Birthday Gilberto

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n Sunday, December 1, my dear husband Gilberto will have an auspicious birthday. He probably would prefer that I don’t spill the frijoles about the number, so I’ll just tell you that it is only fifty percent of a century.

If you know my husband at all, and you aren’t bad at math, you will probably be surprised to hear this.

He really doesn’t look like he’s that age (that ends in a zero and begins with a number that rhymes with jive).

I’m awfully proud of him, because he does look younger than those years. He’s got great skin, thick, gorgeous hair, and huge, expressive eyes. Everything I wish I had, quite frankly. Jealousy is pushing me to publish his true age, buy some giant number balloons, or perhaps hire a sky-writing airplane. But I won’t, because someday (a long, long four years from now), he’ll be deciding how to celebrate my own half a century mark, and he may be tempted to steal a few of my ideas.

Gilberto is pretty much a classic introvert. He likes spending time off at home with his family, and requested a small family birthday dinner. But, even so, he is the kind of person that has already made an impact with his life.

Gil is an wonderfully talented musician. He has been a part of the incredible quality of live music our bay has to offer. I am always very proud of the contributions he makes here to the entertainment scene. I am happy that he is able to do what he loves every day, and I am glad that others have an opportunity to experience his gift.

But the impact he has made and continues to make with his life is so much more than just great music. He is guided by a strong belief system that leads him to love everyone around him, and to show that love

by helping others when they need it. And people have really needed it.

Everywhere he goes, he somehow finds sick people, hungry people, addicted people, sad people, lonely people.

To illustrate, on one of our first dates we came upon a child who was playing with his friend on his friend’s bicycle. He fell onto the exposed, broken bicycle handle. He stood up and grabbed his stomach, because he had punctured it open. Gilberto ran to him, scooped him up, and told a man driving by that he would need to take us to the hospital, which he did. In that moment, I decided this was exactly the kind of person I would be spending a lot more time with (I am accident prone).

After we were married for a few years, he went for a walk with my father. They were gone a long time.

When they came back, my father emotionally described coming upon a homeless man who was passed out on raw alcohol. He told me that Gilberto spent a long time feeding the man and talking to him, trying to find out where his family was. They gave him a pair of shoes (my dad’s).

I smiled and remembered exactly why I decided to hook up my wagon with his.

To be honest, I could fill a book with things he does for others. Every time he goes to work, he comes back with a story of someone he met, and the problems they shared with him, and ways he thinks he could help them. I have known this man for nearly twenty years, and there are few days that go by where he isn’t reaching out a hand to someone else, whether it is a person on the street, a student in his music class, or our own children at home.

For fifty years (sorry honey, I need to make a point), the world has been a better place because Gilberto Luna is in it. I feel so fortunate to have shared in eighteen of them. Please join me in wishing him many, many more.

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Boosting Your Immune System with Food

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s the airplanes arrive with x-pats and tourists, unfortunately, so do their viruses.

It’s important to boost our immune systems. One easy way to do this is with food and supplements which will help you to avoid falling victim to colds and flu this season. Washing your hands regularly and avoiding contact with sick people helps tremendously. How can two people can have the same exposure and one gets sick and the other doesn’t?

The difference is quite often their immune system.

What IS our Immune System??

It is a network in our body of cells, tissues and organs that work together to keep us healthy by fighting off harmful parasites, viruses, and fungus. Our immune system acts like a barrier between our body and the bacteria and viruses that can make us sick. When this system is compromised by diet, environmental and lifestyle, illness occurs.

Our amazing defense systems are two main parts: The Mucus Membranes which use white blood cells to fight infections before they get inside us: (nose, mouth and eyes), and our T and B cells that work together to create antibodies that fight off invaders and destroy infected cells. Our bone marrow and spleen are also key as they make white blood cells to fight infection, with our lymphatic system transporting lymph (which contains white blood cells) throughout our bodies. What an amazing team that all works together unconsciously to keep us alive!

FOOD is one of the easiest tools to boost and create a strong

immune system. When it comes to phytochemicals (the bioactive chemical compounds in plants) studies have shown that the more fruits and veggies you eat the better off you are. Our body requires specific nutrients for optimal immunity. Immune boosting vitamins and minerals are folate, zinc, iron, beta-carotene, B6, B12, C, D and E. Vitamins can be costly, however, the best boosters are found in the produce isle!

Kiwi: Great source of Vitamin C, folate, more potassium than a banana, and antioxidants alpha-Tocopherol and lutein.

Wash well and include the peel for high fiber and is fabulous for your microbiome.

Garlic: Medicinally used for centuries and enhancing the immune system, garlic contains Alliin. When you crush whole garlic, it activates alliin which turns into the active compound allicin. Let it sit for 10 minutes to activate. Garlic also offers additional sulfur-containing compounds with healing properties.

Onions: Containing two major compounds: antioxidant flavonoids anthocyanin and quercetin, and alliin! Red and yellow onions are higher in quercetin, whish is known to have anti-inflammatory, anti-viral and anti-cancer properties.

The highest concentration is found in the outer rings. Cooked or

raw; perfecto!

Ginger: A medicinal powerhouse; anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and antimicrobial all protect against infectious disease. The compound Gingerol is most responsible for its anti-cancer properties, as well as the curcuminoids that are also found in Turmeric. Keep a root in the freezer. Grate in smoothies or stir-fry or add to your tea.

Probiotics (good bacteria in your gut), Prebiotics (feed the probiotics) and fermented foods play a huge role on almost every important function in our bodies and is great for digestion and upper respiratory infections. Super easy in supplement form! Also found in kimchi, sauerkraut, tempeh, miso, kefir and here in Mexico, Tuba!

Prebiotics found in jicama, chicory root, garlic, onions, leeks, leafy greens, bananas and the peel of kiwi.

Nutritional Yeast contains beta glucans that have power infection prevention and immune boosting properties by enhancing natural killer cell activity. It has a cheesy taste!

Berries: SUPERFOOD! High in antioxidants, VC, Ellagic acid (prevents tumor growth) So much good in berries! Eat Them!

Citrus Fruits are rich in antioxidants. Lucky for us here in Mexico, we have an abundant of fruit stands that make fresh squeezed orange and grapefruit juice! Limes are abundant and the ‘Little Cuties’ are in season! Smelling citrus also helps with reducing stress.

Other foods: Mushrooms, Apples (high fiber), sunflower seeds, red peppers (tons of C, E, beta-carotene) Vitamin D sunshine here in Mexico (an article unto itself!), and zinc are a few more suggestions to aid in health and wellbeing when it comes to your immune system.

Preventive medicine is located right in your kitchen. Vegetables also contain a lot of protein. (Where do you think animals get their protein from?) Shop and support your local Mexican mercado to find all the fresh vegetables you need to stay healthy. How easy is that? INJOY!

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Local Voices

Nov. 28-Dec. 3, 2019

Welcome Home

Sheryl Novak

sa.novak@solutionsmexico.com

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.

New condo? Here is the Vallarta furniture shopping checklist

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ave you just purchased or are planning to buy a new home in Riviera Nayarit?

If so, then your next step is to buy furniture and decor. Furnishing a new home means buying hundreds of items. That means hundreds of decisions. It is also a substantial financial investment. That can make the whole process overwhelming. The goal of my articles is to help you shop, save, and then relax. It is essential to know you have purchased wisely so your furniture will fall apart within one year from purchase.

It is easier to break the project down into smaller chunks to avoid becoming overwhelmed.

First, prepare a realistic budget.

The average cost to furnish a two-bedroom condo in Mexico is around MXN 400,000 (USD 20,000) plus IVA (tax). This budget

will ensure you have furniture that is well-made with the right materials and manufacturing processes that has a solid warranty. Some people think that you can go to large cities such as Guadalajara or Mexico City and get furniture for cheap. The adage that you get what you pay for is as true in Mexico as it is in the US and Canada. Do not fall for this myth that large cities have streets lined with stores that sell quality furniture for less. It is simply not true. By the time you add in your costs to get there, accommodation, shipping, and handling, you most likely will end up spending more than if you had purchased locally.

Besides, this is your new home away from home. Wouldn’t it feel better to support your new local economy and families here?

Shop for appliances. Developers often include some appliances in the price of the condo. Check which ones they have included and which ones not. Also, this is the time to find out the brands and their features. Before the developer orders the appliances, you may

have the opportunity to switch them out or upgrade if you prefer.

Once delivered, it is often too late to make any change without incurring additional costs.

Next, select and order blinds.

White blackout and shade roller blinds are used predominantly in newly built condos in the Bay of Banderas area.

There are other colors and styles of window coverings available should you prefer. In order to receive a quote, you will need to supply the floor plan of your unit, with its dimensions to the window dressing company. If your unit or a unit with the same floor plan as yours is ready, a window technician will go to the property and measure.

Determine the decor style.

Selecting this before you start shopping for furniture and décor items will make it a whole lot easier.

When you have a clear idea of the way you want your home in Mexico to look and feel, it gives you confidence in the selection of the pieces.

Do you prefer coastal, mid-century modern, Mexican contemporary, or eclectic? These

are the top décor styles in the area right now. Do you have a preferred color palette? If color and design is not your thing, worry not. There are a couple of stores in Riviera Nayarit that provide complimentary design assistance when you purchase furniture from them. Alternatively, browse images of rooms online to

find the style you like. Use it as your guide for furniture and décor that will create the same look.

Check out next week’s edition for more of our PV Furniture Shopping Checklist. If you would like the complete article or assistance furnishing your condo, email me at sa.novak@solutionsmexico.com.

Adorable Dog in the Spotlight: Meet Buddy!

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uddy is a handsome Labrador mix boy, about 2 years old, weighing 60 pounds. Buddy was found looking in the trash for food. He is a very sweet dog, initially a bit shy with new people and new dogs he meets, but if you are just a bit patient with him, he will quickly become your best friend and buddy! He is good with other dogs male and female but is not a fan of cats. Buddy has a mediumhigh energy level and likes to play with other dogs, but nobody on the street has taught him how to play with toys, so this will be something fun to teach him for his new family.

Buddy is neutered, healthy and fully

vaccinated and ready for that special forever home and we are accepting applications for his adoption. Contact us at spcapv@gmail.com.

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Local Voices

Nov. 28-Dec. 3, 2019

Things have been really busy at the Olas Altas Farmers Market these first weeks

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e sure and come by to visit us. You can find us there each Saturday from 9:30 am until closing at 2:00 pm. The market is located in Lázaro Cárdenas Park Be sure to come by and say hello. You can pick up one of our special “Kiss my Mutt”

t-shirts or our 2020 SPCA calendars, and new now we have beautiful Christmas greeting cards. All great stocking stuffers! All these items and a few other goodies can be yours for a small donation which helps support our rescue efforts. Your donations are always

welcome and needed!

We have scheduled tours to our sanctuary, by reservation only, on Tuesdays and Thursdays. If you have your own transportation, please let us know. To reserve a spot on a tour, contact us at spcapv@gmail.com.

We appreciate any donations you can bring for our rescues and if going to the sanctuary, please feel free to bring treats for the staff as they truly appreciate it. Those items we ALWAYS need include: collars and leashes; toys and more toys! both stuffed and hard plastic (no soft plastic as they

can chew off pieces and swallow); large towels; blankets; sweaters and coats; post-surgical cones (both the cone shaped and donut inflatable ones). Our rescues are

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now fed a total raw diet so please refrain from bringing any dog food or treats, but we do have healthy homemade treats available (at cost) for the dogs when you visit the sanctuary.

To see our animals available for adoption, visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ spcapv. There are photos and also individual albums of our rescues as well as a bit of their history. Please be aware that our adoption fee within Mexico is $3,000 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 the Olas Altas Farmers Market, or at Hacienda San Angel located at Calle Miramar 336, above Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in El Centro.

Get involved…rescue, adopt, foster, volunteer, donate or educate. You can learn more about the SPCA Puerto Vallarta by checking us out at www.spcapv. com/home or on Facebook.

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Hematology is the subdivision of internal medicine that is responsible for the study, diagnosis and treatment of all blood diseases and the associated organs in the production of it, such as bone marrow, lymph nodes, and spleen.

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’Your home away from home’’. D’Residences is a new luxury, boutique development from renowned Architect Octavio Lopez, creator of the famed buildings D’Terrace, La Cima, Paramount Bay and Avalon Residence and Spa. Perfectly located on a gentle slope in the heart of the popular ‘’Zona Romantica’’, these extraordinary residences are designed as true homes; with ample spaces and warm, comfortable details, making way for a lifestyle that will be enjoyed by a select few. This third floor unit located on the mountain side of the building, will be offering privacy and beautiful city and ocean views. The incredibly spacious and elegant residences feature a gorgeous covered terrace with a private splash pool overlooking the bay and town.

The amazing chef’s kitchen showcases a 12 ft. peninsula counter with bar seating and Antolini counter top (Italian Quartz), custom cabinetry and stainless steel appliances. The comfortable bedroom suites are havens of restful relaxation with spa-style bathrooms and marble accents. Other features include elevator with direct access to unit, heated splash pool, wet bar and barbeque on the terrace, Spanish Porcelain tile, indirect lighting details, separate zoned air conditioning, PVC windows and terrace doors and custom wood cabinetry throughout. Absolutely stunning in design and finishings this gorgeous property is just two blocks from famed Los Muertos beach and dozens of shops and restaurants that make this area so desirable. The common rooftop entertainment area sets a new standard of luxury entertaining options with stunning infinity-edged pool, jetted tub, bar/lounge , secluded pet “rest stop” and hi-tech surround sound system.

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Local Voices Biking Around Vallarta

Nov. 28-Dec. 3, 2019

Starting over in Vallarta

Ricardo Murrieta

Jennifer Mann

Ricardo Murrieta is the owner of Aequilibrium Bikes + in Puerto Vallarta’s Versalles neighborhood on Calle Vienna near its intersection with Francisco Villa. He’s also on the board of Vallarta En Bici, a local non-profit dedicated to promoting biking in and around Puerto Vallarta.

Jennifer Mann is a long-time business writer who has covered everything from the maker of Twinkies to Hallmark Cards who now makes her home in Puerto Vallarta.

jenniferwriter@gmail.com

ricardomurrieta@gmail.com

Accessories for Visibility

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aking sure you are seen is key for cyclist safety when sharing the road with motor vehicles. The more you stand out, the less likely you are to suffer an accident from a motorist.

Mountain bikers are especially notorious for striping down their bikes to be as light as possible for the trail and to move the superfluous accessories associated with road riders and commuters. To many of these single-track enthusiasts, safety reflectors aren’t just added ounces of unwanted adornment; they’re as silly as fenders and kickstands.

Yet if they can make the difference in preventing a vehicular accident, reflectors are more than worth their weight. And if they can save a life, it doesn’t matter whether your friends see them as cool or not. So even if you insist on stripping these off your bike when you hit the trail, take the time to reinstall them before sharing the road.

The basic setup for reflectors includes a red-tinted rear reflector, usually mounted under the seat, a front reflector mounted beneath the handlebar, and side facing reflectors mounted from the spokes of the wheels. Platform style pedals normally have built-in reflectors.

Other common mounting positions for reflectors include placing them upon fenders, racks, and luggage.

Reflective stickers, glow in the dark stickers, and glow-in-the-dark paints are additional passive ways to increase the visibility of your cycle.

To increase your visibility beyond your bike, high visibility attire is also recommended. This includes clothing, helmets, and shoes with bright or florescent colors and reflective materials.

Moving on from passive visibility options listed so far are bicycle lights.

The Mysterious Banana Breads of San Blas

L These are a must for night riding, but high lumen lights are now available to increase rider visibility even in the full brightness of the tropical sun. White light front-facing lights are typically mounted to handlebars and/or helmets. Rear-facing red lights are most often mounted below the seat and the back of helmets.

Addition LED lights can go just about anywhere you fancy. It would be hard to overdo it.

Many light manufacturers include blinking light options for attracting even greater attention. There have been years of debate about whether such blinking can be distracting enough to cause accidents rather than avoid them, and consequently, legislation in some areas bans or restricts their use.

Daytime running lights are a standard feature in most modern cars. Thanks to improvements in lights and batteries over the last decade, these are now options for cyclists as well. Lamps that crank out 800 lumens or more are considered bright enough to increase your visibility even in full sun daytime conditions. These types of lights are usually sold in front and rear combination packs for the best value.

Considering how are nights are getting longer and our days are getting shorter here in Puerto Vallarta, lights are smart investments in your safety and make for excellent Christmas gifts for those you love.

Remember: keep Puerto Vallarta safe and friendly by always sharing the road with care and looking out for bicycles.

ast week, it was the mystery of the Pie Ladies of Yelapa why are so many as-American-as- apple-pie pies - pumpkin, banana cream, Key lime, and more - being hawked in an isolated Bay of Banderas village?

While speculation by an American who lived there in the late 1970s as a kid, led to the notion that another American, perhaps sometime in the mid-1970s or earlier, taught at least one local how to make American-style pies, the mystery remains.

Perhaps we’ll have better luck up in San Blas, a coastal village about 160 kilometers north of Puerto Vallarta, past the northern tip of the bay, on up the road a good bit.

The weird popularity of banana bread in San Blas was mentioned to me by my friend, Tom, who, when he was a kid, along with little brother Mat, were corralled by their parents into an off-white VW camper with a pop-up top for an awesome adventure.

It was 1969, and a new portion of the Pan American Highway had been completed, and, being full of wanderlust, the couple thought it the perfect excuse to wander off on an adventure.

That first year, when Tom was nine, the family traversed through Mexico and then to Central America, visiting all the countries in that neck of the world except what is now Belize, then British Honduras, and not on the Pan American Highway. Tom says he remembers it was illegal in Guatemala for women to wear pants and that JFK was beloved, and there was even a local brand of cigarettes called Kennedy… After their first foray south of the border, Tom’s

family, who lived in Monterrey, California, struck out for the border every winter, the off-season for the family’s charter and commercial fishing business.

Soon, it was San Blas to whence they returned each winter, spending their days fishing, swimming, snorkeling, learning Español, and living among the kind and gentle and good locals.

Today, go to San Blas, and it’s impossible to miss banana bread.

Perhaps the most prominent among the purveyors of banana bread being Pan de Platano de Juan Bananas, which beginning in 1973, started making all sorts of banana bread today studded with nuts, cranberries, coconut, even chocolate!

But where did Juan get his recipe for banana bread?

I’ll let Tom posit in his own words.

“I remember that my mom had given a loaf of banana bread to Antonio, the fishing guide we hired every year, to take home. We as a family were once guests at his home for dinner, and it would have been likely that June may have brought some then as well. His wife asked for the recipe, and June was happy to share it. This must have been 1972.”

“That evening at Antonio’s house made a profound impression on me. Their home was very modest with packed dirt floors and only two rooms. They shared a courtyard kitchen with three other households. In a prominent location in their main room, under a shrine to St. Guadalupe and some family photos, was a brand-new portable television. It had been given to Antonio by a gringo customer as a gift. They were very proud of the television, even though they never watched it. They couldn’t because they did not have electricity…”

“I find the whole banana bread thing puzzling and fascinating.

Perhaps June did unknowingly start something in San Blas or maybe banana bread, or pan de platano was already popular in the 1960s, and I was too young to notice such things…” But it all fits together rather nicely. One year after Tom’s mom started sharing the recipe around town, an enterprising Mexican entrepreneur named Juan started putting banana bread on the map to San Blas.

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Nov. 28-Dec. 3, 2019

Music & Sounds of the Sea Christie Seeley

vallartasounds.com

From Oakland, California to Puerto Vallarta… lured by music of guitars and sounds of the sea.

Support Our Musical Tradition in Puerto Vallarta!

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ow! A stellar performance

by Media Luna Saturday night at Los Bambinos Trattoria! Their new show is out of this world. It was such a privilege to be there! Maestro David Mendoza joined with electrifying violin; composer/singer Mauricio Zavala introduced his excellent new piece,

Hasta que Este Mundo Caiga; and Luis Badillo delighted us on bass and voice to round out this delicious musical treat! Brothers Caleb Cabrera Ceballos and Jair Cabrera, and cousin Gibran Cabrera are Media Luna! The Morales brothers of Los Bambinos were hosts of this unique show. It will repeat on selected Saturdays throughout the season! See them Sunday at Babel Bar and Tuesday at Incanto Cabaret Theater.

Talented local flamenco group Tatewari celebrated 13 years

together this month! These young men who grew up together in La Cruz de Huanacaxtle are celebrating thirteen years of a successful career here in the Banderas Bay area! Many of us know them from their performances at Cuates y Cuetes and other venues here in Puerto Vallarta as well as those in their hometown, La Cruz de Huanacaxtle. Their first international tour punctuated this year in September, where they enjoyed much admiration in the communities they entertained in Western Canada.

Several of our incredibly talented groups here in Puerto Vallarta are

now in their teens. The exciting Gypsy Rumba/Latin Fusion group, Media Luna, founded by brothers Caleb and Jair Cabrera, have thrilled listeners since 2014. Moruno, the exceptional Mediterranean and jazz manouche group—Nacho Flores and Diego Mateo—was also founded in that year. The Morales Brothers are known as Los Bambinos as they also began their careers at an early age.

They are famous for their great harmonies and interpretation of popular music from the 1970s and Latino favorites and even have a popular restaurant and venue, a great achievement at their young

age. These enterprising young musicians who have made their way from playing in the streets and cafes are now are playing well-known venues to enthusiastic crowds of dedicated fans.

All of them agree that it is essential to support and encourage young talent for the proliferation of great music in the area to continue.

An opportunity is coming up soon at a local music festival.

As part of the program, organizers offer an opportunity for young musicians to compete on any instrument they chose to encourage them to continue to pursue their studies.

There is even prize money provided to three finalists. If you know of any upcoming young stars you think may be interested, you can get more information on this at my website vallartasounds.com.

Registration is simple, and there are no costs involved.

Let’s all keep listening and supporting the music of Puerto Vallarta that brings us such an abundance of joy!

You can consult my website vallartasounds.com for a calendar of the events that I follow.

Mixtli Hosts Silent Auction Christmas Party for Vallarta’s Orphanages

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Mixtli Hosts Silent Auction Christmas Party for Vallarta’s Orphanages

uevo Vallarta, Nayarit, 2019 Mixtli, a social venture spice company, is hosting their second annual Christmas Party, December 6 from 7-11pm in our storefront in Nuevo Vallarta.

The location is Amado Nervo #54, Nuevo Vallarta, in front of the restaurant Los Alcatraces. We can also be found on google maps. This is a family event, open to the public that includes food, drink, live music and a silent auction for charity. There is a suggested donation at the door of $99 pesos or a toy donation.

All proceeds will be used to buy Christmas presents and create parties with candy house decorating, drum circles, piñatas and more for the kids to enjoy! (Volunteers are welcome) We hope to raise at least $25,000 pesos so we can buy gifts and bring food, drink and fun activities for the 25 kids ages 1-18 at the orphanage Maximo Cornejo and also the 15 kids at Albergue Vida Nueva in Pitillal.

The event will feature free food, drinks, live music and the big highlight which is the silent auction. We have gift certificates from restaurants including Bonito

Kitchen, The Green Place, No Way Jose! and Organi-k. Art from Tierra Huichol, tours to San Sebastian and the beaches of Sayulita and San Pancho by Puerto Vallarta Discovery Tours, local honey basket from Imperial Bee, Oaxacan Salsas from local business Salsas Pajarillas and more! We are so grateful for all of our conscious entrepreneurs and volunteers who have made this event possible each year.

“My parents were a party of Rotary Club growing up in New York and one of the best events was the silent auction. I was about 10 or 12, I really wanted this certificate for a hair cut and style at a hair salon. The value was $50 dollars and my dad said I could bid up to $40 and I ended up winning it! My 8 year old sister, Amanda, also remembers bidding and winning a basket of VHS Disney movies that we still have today! It was so fun and exciting that I love being able to organize it for families and friends here in my mom’s hometown of Puerto Vallarta.” – Gabrielle Tenney Ibarra, Mixtli CEO Find our event on Facebook to see more about our sponsors and

so you don’t miss the party! We look forward to meeting you!

Mixtli offers a seasoning line of 20 blends containing 5-14 herbs and spices that will help you save time and effort in the kitchen. We offer gift sets like Thank you Taco Sets, Taste of Mexico, Sweet Moments and more with digital cookbooks included making them perfect for special occasions. They can be found in boutique stores throughout the bay area as well as online through our website especiasmixtli. com, amazon USA, savvyandwell. com and at our boutique store in Nuevo Vallarta. Mixtli is a social venture where a percentage of profits are used to help fund education in communities that need it most. We donate throughout the year to Punta de Mita Foundation to provide education to kids and adults who want to learn how to cook healthy food and lead a healthy lifestyle. The mission of Mixtli is to empower people to take control of their health through education and quality food.

Thank you and have a great week! Cordially, The Mixtli Team

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Nov. 28-Dec. 3, 2019

Thoughts from the Tile Park Emily Murray

emilysbigadventure@gmail.com

Emily Murray writes about the stream of creativity at Puerto Vallarta’s Tile Park at Parque Lázaro Cárdenas in Puerto Vallarta.

The Magical Mind of Jaime Merengue

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ere at the Tile Park, it’s not really about the tiles. There’s a “why” about this project, and it can be summed up in one word if we must give it just one word: “You.” The Tile Park project is all about taking a rundown piece of Vallarta’s Old Town and bringing people together to declare their love for it, piece by piece. It’s all about

creating a place, for you and me, that tells the story of us. That has my voice and your voice, and they mingle in this place... and there’s a melody to the mingling… a song worth singing.

This week I’m totally honored to share with you a little about James, the sole artist behind one exceptional column in the Tile Park. James actually purchased 3 workshops, just to have a whole column himself.

What an outstanding result! It

is absolutely perfect in its design and proportions. It showcases the artist’s clear eye for pattern and detail while keeping it sweet and whimsical with sunny colors and a nod to his beloved Mexico.

Though he lost his battle with lung cancer, he left us all with a story. One that he’ll tell us anytime we want, we just have to go there and hear it.

This is a little about James, as written by his partner Al, one of the many people who dearly loved him: JAMES MERRIGAN (December 25, 1958, to March 7, 2019)

60 years young, taken by lung cancer.

James was born in Santa Cruz, California, and moved to Portland, Oregon at a young age. He had a pretty normal childhood.

Early in life, James got married and became the father of two daughters and a son. He was a proud family man.

I met James back in 2000, and it would be a few years before our friendship would evolve into love.

He worked in the grocery business for nearly 30 years, mostly in produce for Albertsons stores. James was by far the hardest worker I ever knew, either at work or around the house.

In 2008, President George Bush issued a $600 tax incentive to all adult citizens. Nearly the same time a garage sale happened in the neighborhood. A young man was selling boxes of glass from his late father’s stained glass studio. For that $600 he bought two pickup truck loads of stained glass. He had no idea what he was going to do with that but knew he had something stirring. He began tinkering with an old saw that was in the garage. Soon he had made a glass and wood panel for the yard, using old fence boards and some stained glass.

That got him excited and he made more. Soon after that, he

put some of the panels out for our own garage sale. He sold them all! With the excitement of a child and faith of a saint, James quit his decades-long job and started making garden panels for color in the yard. These became really popular, so he took them to art shows around Portland. He was able to make a living doing something he loved. It was amazing how well he was received in the arts community, and that gave him encouragement.

James had no art background, barely a high school diploma, he was just a natural.

One day someone told him that his work was reminiscent of Frank Lloyd Wright. Jameses’ response was, “Who?” From that time, and for the next six years, things just really grew fast. He took risks and made commitments that he was unsteady about.

He loved making the garden panels, but more and more people were hiring him to do custom work.

He was able to do the work and still get in several weeks in his beloved Puerto Vallarta every year.

Never one to take a lazy day off, he got creative with washed-up tiles on the beaches and made interesting designs with them.

I can’t think of anything that thrilled him more than having the opportunity to work in the tile park and even tile his own pillar.

He’d never done that kind of work before but thought he was an expert.

Just as authors and painters sometimes use a different name for their artistic endeavors, so too did James, but only for the art he made in Mexico!

Here, he became the one and only Jaime Merengue.

Fearless dreamer, gifted artist, beloved friend, and partner.

Just a little about James.

Vallarta Tribune’s Graphic Designer Celebrates 20 Years on the Job

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his week, the Vallarta Tribune’s graphic designer, Cynthia Andrade, celebrates her 20th work anniversary with our publication, and 21 years as the graphic designer of our sister publication, La Tribuna de La Bahía, a daily local newspaper in Spanish. A week associated with Thanksgiving is a perfect time for us to thank Cynthia for her talent, hard work, and professionalism. ¡Gracias Cynthia!

Neil Gerlowski, Editor, Vallarta Tribune

Cynthia Estela Andrade Gutiérrez

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Local Voices

Nov. 28-Dec. 3, 2019

On The Water

Capt. Gregory Pilkington greg@FishTFC.com

FishTFC operates private bay tours, marine and whale encounters, and world-class sportfishing charters. For more information contact greg@ FishTFC.com or call +1 (435) 901-4564.

The Beat Goes On

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he Marlin and Sailfish are still on the bite, and now they are being joined by 30-130 pound Yellowfin Tuna out by Roca Corbatena. Could life get any better?

THIS WEEK’S BEST BET Big game season usually starts winding down in mid-December, so if you have big fish on your mind, now is the time to get out on the water.

We’ve been finding the fish about 8 miles west of Roca Corbatena. They aren’t too hard to find as they are mixed in amongst

the large pods of dolphins. Just look for flocks of diving birds and you will find Marlin, Sailfish, Yellowfin Tuna and Dorado (Mahi-mahi).

SPECIES FOCUS - YELLOWFIN TUNA Despite being one of the best Blue and Black Marlin fisheries in the world, the waters off of Puerto Vallarta are known as a top Yellowfin Tuna fishery.

The main reason for this is that Tuna brings a much higher amount at the market. And, unlike other more developed recreational fisheries like those in Panama, Guatemala or Costa Rica, local anglers haven’t realized the enormous economic value of catching and releasing Marlin and Sailfish yet.

While Yellowfin Tuna are one of the strongest fish pound for pound and taste delicious, they don’t put on the amazing display of acrobatics which avid destination billfish (marlin and sailfish) anglers will pay tens of thousands of dollars to chase. But, they do fight incredibly hard.

Yellowfin can be caught many ways. The most common way to catch Tuna is to tempt one with a live bait. This approach is by far the easiest method and therefore is a great way for novice anglers to get in on the action.

For the more advanced angler looking for more excitement and a bigger challenge, sight casting poppers or stickbaits to Tuna which are busting on the surface is incredible fun and gaining in popularity. There are few thrills in the fishing world which match witnessing a large Yellowfin explode onto a topwater lure.

Another thrilling method is to drop a weighted jig down to the tuna after they show up on the sounder/fish finder. Simply, drop the jig down below the level which they appear on the electronics and reel fast while pumping the rod up and down and get ready to hold on tight.

TOPLESS TIP Nowadays a great photo holds more importance than ever. To get the perfect shot of your priced Yellowfin Tuna, don’t let the fish hit the deck after it’s gaffed. Kill and bleed the fish while it is still in the water and then rinse the fish down.

Hold it in front of you and smile big.

As you can see in these photos, the difference is remarkable. The fish on the left was carelessly thrown onto the deck, while the one on the right was handled properly.

Tax Matters

Orlando Gotay, Tax Attorney tax@orlandogotay.com

Orlando Gotay is a California licensed tax attorney (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 federal and state tax matters of U.S. expats in Mexico. He can be reached at tax@orlandogotay.com Facebook: GotayTaxLawyer or WhatsApp at +17604491668.

Mindy’s Bank Account

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indy is a teacher in New York. In 1999 Mindy opened a Swiss bank account. It didn’t have her name; it just had an account number. Around the time of this story, the account had a balance of just under $2 million.

Mindy’s difficulties?

She never reported the account as required. When Swiss banks began furnishing information to the U.S. Treasury, she did not take advantage of a program designed to provide reduced penalties in exchange for future compliance.

Instead, she opted to quietly file amended returns and late foreign bank account reports (FBARs), hoping no one would notice.

Someone did.

The IRS assessed a “willful” FBAR penalty of 50% of the highest account balance for one of the years. In Mindy’s case, the fine came to $803,530.00. That’s some chunk of change.

She went to court and got taken to the cleaners. Why? Just about everything she said “strained credulity” –judicial speak for “we don’t believe a word.” She could not remember if she opened the account, where the money came from, the banker’s signature, her efforts to prevent investments in U.S. securities, a cash withdrawal, and on and on. The story is amazing. How a teacher manages to pile up that much cash is also unexplained and unaddressed. One can only wonder.

There is no mind-reading machine out there, so the best measure of willfulness is to look for tangible actions or omissions that suggest you knew and chose not to comply. Things that look like

efforts to conceal always look bad.

Shifty explanations make you look even worse. When she got audited, she initially denied there was an account at all. Then there was an account, but it wasn’t her money.

As more evidence came to light, however, she slowly amended and eroded her statements until she reached her final testimony: that she knew that the account and money were hers, and that she had met with bank representatives to manage it, and that she had withdrawn money. Bad. You can end up in this pickle quite by accident. Inherit a foreign bank account and not report it, … and that would be bad. A minor inconvenience (the original bank report) now risks becoming a “willful” FBAR penalty of 50% of the highest *yearly* balance on the account. Each year is a separate violation-- nothing prevents the IRS from assessing a penalty for each annual willful violation. It can add up real quick.

Don’t be like Mindy.

Please note: This article is just a most general outline. It is informational only and not meant as legal advice.

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Nov. 28-Dec. 3, 2019

The Healing Power of Plants Ricardo Mazcal

mazcalteotl@gmail.com

Ricardo is a fourth-generation herbalist from Nayarit and is available year-round at Marsol Friday Market by the Pier.

The Solananae (Nightshade) family: A Friend and a Foe

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ightshades are a botanical group of the Solananae family of the Dicotiledoneas which have a 98 types, and some 2700 species.

Nightshade vegetables are foods and spices that contain chemical compounds called alkaloids. These vegetables (which are actually fruits) are highly nutritious and diet staples in many countries.

Common edible nightshades include: Tomatoes, Potatoes, Eggplant, Bell peppers, Jalapeño peppers, Chipotle peppers. Spices from peppers, such as cayenne and paprika.

It is hard to imagine a world without tomato sauces that enrich the dishes of many cultures.

Tomatoes properly cooked have many health benefits. Tomatoes are the major dietary source of the antioxidant lycopene, which has been linked to many health benefits, including reduced risk of heart disease and cancer. They are also a great source of vitamin C, potassium, folate, and vitamins.

Peppers, in addition to their large variety types and flavor, contain capsaicin which is an anti-fungal agent Potatoes contain significant amounts of fiber. Fiber helps lower the total amount of cholesterol in the blood, thereby decreasing the risk of heart disease. They also contain potassium, vitamin C, and vitamin B6. Who can say no to a baked potato smother with butter and sea salt?

Nightshade vegetables contain small amounts of alkaloids.

Alkaloids can be dangerous in large doses. In fact, there are many

other plants in the nightshade family such as the Brugmansia and Datura species that are ornamental plants that are poisonous to humans.

Even though Nightshade vegetables contain low levels of alkaloids, edible nightshades might, to some people, be guilty by association. But some people also seem to think nightshades can encourage inflammation - the root of many health problems. There are no studies demonstrating this. Some diet plans exclude nightshade vegetables, claiming that people report feeling better when they don’t eat them. That doesn’t mean everyone should be cutting them out of their diet.

Food sensitivity is person-specific and can often be a symptom of another imbalance rather than a problem with Nightshade vegetables. If there is a value in reducing nightshades, it would most likely be for those with inflammatory or autoimmune conditions like inflammatory bowel disease, arthritis, and psoriasis.

Some diet plans exclude nightshade vegetables because of Leptin, a mild toxic compound linked to storing fat, found in the skin of Nightshade vegetables.

It is recommended to eliminate the skin and seeds of Nightshade vegetables.

If you think you have a sensitivity to nightshade vegetables, it is recommended cutting them out for a few weeks while keeping a close eye on symptoms to test for tolerance.

If avoiding nightshade vegetables improves symptoms, then determine the root cause of inflammation and likely improve tolerance to nightshade foods over time.

If you prefer to eliminate them, it’s important to make sure you’re still getting important vitamins and antioxidants from other sources.

There are ornamental Solananae family such as Brugmansia, a genus of seven species of flowering plants in the family Solanaceae.

They are woody trees or shrubs, with pendulous flowers, and have no spines on their fruit. Their large, fragrant flowers give them their common name of angel’s trumpets, a name sometimes used for the closely related genus Datura.

Datura differ from Brugmansia in that they are herbaceous perennials, with erect or nodding, rather than pendulous, flowers and spiny fruit.

Datura in Spanish is Toloache and in Latin America the toxic effects are used by women to control their man. It is said that when a man is totally in love with a woman, other women say that that state of love is due to the ingestion of a love potion (a tea or water containing Toloache=Datura) provided to her man to attract and retain his love. In Latin American

countries about 60 percent of woman have admitted using the power of the Toloache love potion.

The problem is that high doses of Toloache leads to hallucinations, tachacardia, neurologic problems and even death.

Brugmansia and Datura species are among the most toxic of ornamental plants, containing tropane alkaloids of the type responsible for the toxicity of the

infamous deadly nightshade.

For people, ornamental nightshades are a foe, liquids coming from ornamental nightshade flowering trees are toxic to people and should be avoided.

There’s no need to avoid nightshade vegetables, these foods are extremely good for you and offer many health benefits.

You can contact me for additional herb information.

Insight

Martin Rosenberg, PhD

martysanmiguel@gmail.com

Marty journeyed from Anthropology Lecturer at the Museum of Natural History, N.Y.C., President of Illinois’ CPA Society, CEO Tomorrows Software, film producer, and author of three books and many articles. As Director of Posters International Gallery in Puerto Vallarta, he is surrounded daily by creativity and European history. www.rosenbergcollection.com

Nostalgia

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t’s 8:30 a.m. at the café. An espresso magically appeared.

The moon is overhead. The sun is rising over the Sierra Madres and the Banderas Bay ocean is shimmering. Such beauty opens a floodgate of memories. Relationships, food, music, and travel vie for our mental attention. Sights, people, smells and emotions invade our senses.

When we connect our past to the present moment it can be enriching.

These going back mental images and thoughts evoke feelings of “wishing for the good old days.” Is nostalgia always good? Why do we compare the past to our present?

Should we create new memories?

We can bring them up for airing as if they happened yesterday. Our memory is amazing as it opens pages to a closed book. The past is inviolate and not subject to change.

How could I not want to recapture my childhood thrills of being at Coney Island, Brooklyn, N.Y.? The Cyclone roller coaster, parachute jump, steeplechase carousel and Nathan’s hotdogs smothered in mustard and relish.

There was bizarre entertainment and games of skill to win a stuffed toy teddy bear.

I went back some time ago, and wish I hadn’t. Closed rides, shuttered game stands and gang graffiti greeted my return. Going back physically is not a good experience. When memories are that sweet, leave them be. Coney Island today is in the developer’s hands. A new, cleansed of history, urban landscape including a few historic rides have risen. There’s no going back.

Reliving good times is a universal human trait. When the going gets challenging and we are anxious, as when considering

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retirement and moving to a new country, we are likely to desire a peaceful past moment.

Re-connecting to our past can have a positive effect. I am the same person today as when I played in a baseball league, souped-up my GTO to outrace the Fords, or lost in a tennis final at summer camp.

What has changed are the filters through which we see our world.

We only know what we experience.

Therefore even our memories shift in our lifetime. I can avoid dwelling on a present disappointment by mentally visiting a wonderful past memory. Give it a try when you want to change a negative thought or get re-energized.

Erica Hepper, lecturer at the UK’s University of Surrey, proposes that “Nostalgia is much more than mere reminiscing, it’s a feeling.

It often feels bittersweet-mostly happy and comforting, but with a tinge of sadness that whatever we’re remembering is lost in some way.”

If nostalgia is a happy moment it also makes us physically stronger and optimistic. Research has shown that we can make nostalgia work for us.

Another practical tool which is

easily accessed, and that brings continuity to the bumps in our busy lives.

The origin of the term nostalgia comes from the Greek nostos which means “to return home”; and algia, which means “to ache”.

In the 1600s the word was connected to mental illness and erroneously called a disease. Being a little homesick is hardly a cause for therapy.

A study published in Memory and Cognition reported that nostalgia from the ages 12 to 22 tend to be the years we rekindle.

Our image of ourselves is strongly developing in those years.

As we approach holidays, sentimental remembrances emerge. Loved ones, family reunions, singing and gift-giving connect us to our past though distance and loss may have occurred. Warm feelings are contagious to those around us. Hospitality and generosity often result when we visit fond memories. As the holiday lights and decorations go up around beautiful Puerto Vallarta, it is a reminder to share our abundance with others.

While revisiting the past I reminded myself not to get lost in closed history at the expense of the present. New experiences are essential to refresh our thinking, beliefs and creative energy. There are wonderful nostalgia building opportunities to move onto new experiences.

Take some measured risks, try a new restaurant every week, see a film that stretches the imagination, or go hear the Michael Jackson musical tribute show at Act 2 stages,. Tastes, sounds, and images ignite our passions and energize us. Also we are putting new nostalgia in the memory bank.

Going back to places and the memories produced is old news.

Take that historical tour through documentaries on YouTube, old photo albums and in your dreams.

Helping Chicos & Chicas

John Warren

john3984@me.com

John Warren is in charge of publicity for the International Friendship Club (IFC) in Puerto Vallarta. All money raised by IFC is used to help Mexican children living in this area

You’re Welcome!

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f you’re looking to meet new friends, learn Spanish, play bridge, find a new restaurant, or to volunteer to help Mexican kids, the International Friendship Club (IFC) welcomes you. The clubhouse/ office is upstairs above the HSBC bank, at the corner of Libertad and Insurgentes in el Centro. It’s open from 9:00 to 1:30 Monday to Friday.

If you’d like to meet new friends, then the IFC Happy Hour happens on Fridays from 5:00 to 6:00, where people do the social thing of mixing and mingling. Afterward, you might like to hook up with a few people and walk to a restaurant that may be new to you but has been checked out by a club hostess/ host. They will make sure that your evening with new friends is an enjoyable one.

If you enjoy living in Mexico and realize that the best way to communicate is to be able to speak a few words or tell whole stories in Spanish, then come to the Spanish classes. They happen every Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday and cater to every level of competency, from learning to say “Hola” to heights that I can only dream of.

Bridge, for some retirees and those just on vacation, is an important form of mental challenge, relaxation, and another way to socialize. If you’d like to learn the basics as well as some more advanced techniques, Tom Hibbs, the IFC’s affable bridge instructor, will let you into the mysteries of re-doubling when you are vulnerable. Tom’s classes happen on Mondays from 9:00 to noon. Social bridge is played on Fridays from 2:00 to 5:00. Everyone is welcome.

If you’d like to volunteer to help the IFC raise money to help the local Mexican kids, the IFC can use your help. Running the club takes a

lot of people doing a lot of different things for just a few hours a month.

The club’s major fundraising engine is the famous IFC Home Tours. The tours need people to sell tickets, collect money, write name tags, be docents on the buses, find the homes, and more. Tours happen on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings for a couple of hours.

Volunteers are needed to be the face of the IFC during office hours. Our “receptionists” provide information about the club and sell tickets to club activities. It’s a great way to meet visitors and to help them and other members.

IFC donates financial help to a diverse group of Mexicans in need. It provides anti-venom for scorpion stings to villages on Cabo Corrientes. It encourages kids to learn classical, Mexican, and jazz music by supporting three separate youth music programs.

The cleft palate program has been providing free surgeries and follow-up medical care to kids with cleft palates since 1985. All of these activities, and many more, happen because people like you step up to help: a little or a lot.

If you decide to check out the IFC website at www.ifcvallarta.com and follow that up with a visit, you will be welcomed. Please, come and see us.

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Vibes & Vices

AJ Freeman

cosmiccapt@gmail.com

AJ Freeman is an adventurous spirit, serial friendmaker, and general enthusiast. He lives his everyday life hoping to demonstrate the nearly infinite potential for discovery and wonder on this small wet rock orbiting a dim yellow star in the backwoods of the Milky Way.

The Living Room Bookstore and Cafe

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t the risk of audacity (who, me?), I will type that it might come as a surprise to some that I’m not exactly a formally trained writer.

Now, I can confidently identify parts of speech--nouns, adverbs, and the like--and I’m especially comfortable with my first language because, as my 6th-grade teacher Mr. Campbell can attest, I used to recreationally read the venerable dictionary turned out by the insufferable Noah Webster during class. This practice, meticulously curated in my formative years, has given me an intuitive, functional understanding of how to do this thing here with the words n stuff.

On the other side of the coin, I have only the most tenuous grasp of how to diagram a sentence…a phrase like “Clause as Predicate Nominative” makes my eyeballs switch shifts, and if you tell me my participle is dangling, I just might th--*voice in earpiece* excuse me--yeah this is AJ...oh, I wasn’t...

it was just a gramma...ah, okay... you’re right, sorry.

That last riff was preemptively cut short by Tribune brass, but we can safely wrap up the intro by saying that in performance speak, I’m way more showman than technician in the writing realm; my affinity for language and the written word stems from spending large chunks of my three short decades nose-deep in some book or other... so naturally, the siren song of a setting such as The Living Room serenaded me from its seaside station in the city’s Marina district.

The Vibes: Family legend says I learned to read around the age of two, astonishing other passengers on bus rides and family errands by reading street signs and advertisements out loud after what had to be truly tireless training from both parents at home.

My memories of being a toddler are fuzzy, but I’ve been reading everything that would stay in the same place long enough for as long as I can remember for sure, so sure...I believe it and you can too.

And so, I floated through the front door of The Living Room that

afternoon eager to embark on the boundless quests of intellectual discovery that can only come with a few free hours and a room full of books. Shop owner Kelly came out of the cafe toward the back of the house, past a set of salon seats in a rich #2E5090 Bluetiful (a shade which matched the highlights in her hair) and into the reading area to greet me with a smile as wide as daylight.

“I just wanted to create a space in this neighborhood where people could come in and feel comfortable while enjoying a good book,” she explained as she led an excited tour of the premises. “I want to build a community around books and the people who love them.”

Oh, I certainly do love them.

The Vices: In the time of Gutenberg--just six or 7seven people ago, considering the current maximum human lifespan of about a century--a book was a rare and precious work of art that the average peasant may never have laid a filthy medieval finger upon.

The Church, by far the richest entity in Renaissance Europe, could afford to finance the great

works of art that endure in human culture today, constantly commissioning sculptures, paintings, frescoes, and other ostentations crafted with the finest materials in the hands of the most skilled craftsmen of their time.

Even this endlessly enriched organization found books to be in short supply in the dawn of moveable type...an extremely wealthy parish might be fortunate enough to claim ownership of a single Bible, long the only printed book in English (which explains it still appearing on bestseller lists after all these years). Indeed, the transformative invention known as the modern book took about 150 years to reach every populated continent after the first pages rolled off the presses.

Today, in mind-boggling contrast, these once-priceless treasured lined the walls of The Living Room; the vulgar wealth of an ancient king’s tomb reborn as a public park for the mind.

Like the pineapple, such a collection of texts from practically every genre imaginable represents a luxury once wholly inaccessible to the masses evolved into a basic element of mankind’s shared inheritance to those who give history its due consideration.

These things and more Kelly, booktender Sergio and I bandied about over refreshing glasses of ginger lemonade. “I gravitate toward spiritual books, they speak to me...reading them helps me see the world around me more clearly, helps me gain perspective.”

A book that I recently read by the title of “1491” had a similar effect on me...it was a paperback I borrowed from my buddy Sean a while back that explored a more accurate image of life in the Americas in the pre-Columbian era. Inaccurate images of primitive

savagery and vast woodland expanses untouched by human influence are discarded like the propaganda they are, replaced by documented details of advanced agricultural techniques, systematic hunting practices, and highly developed animal husbandry.

Great societies such as the Olmec, Maya, and Mesoamerica’s Triple Alliance as well as northern native peoples mastered their landscapes with the unmistakably human touch, developing techniques and technologies that modern engineers are still working to understand.

Even the egalitarian societal structure of indigenous tribes served as inspiration for the former Pilgrims and future Revolutionaries to light a torch of liberty that would burn (slowly) for centuries afterward...haven’t you always thought it seemed a little off that these random, largely illiterate villagers dreamed up a whole new vision of government in their spare time after living under absolute monarchs continent-wide for like the last 500 years?

I gushed at even more length about the book in between bites of a cheese bagel spread thickly with homemade sun-dried tomato flavored cream cheese (you were right Shannon, it tastes exactly like a pizza bagel!), extolling its instructive virtues and novel connections while lamenting the fact that I couldn’t loan it to her... can’t lend the borrowed, them’s the rules.

Serendipitously, another copy of the book somehow appeared in stock at The Living Room the day after my visit and Sean encountered a hardback “1491,” making the book officially mine to lend. This really happened, and a triple-verified social media post stands as public record so there.

The Verdict: It sounds childrens’-cartoon cliché to speak of the magic contained within books...but, as with “the power of friendship,” it can often ring true... it definitely did after my visit here.

My love affair with books has been lifelong, and I would venture to say that most aspects of my personality stem from the interminable volumes of perspective I have taken in through reading. I can surely see myself spending many an afternoon hanging out in The Living Room...maybe I’ll catch you there.

Info: Av Paseo de la Marina 245, Marina Vallarta https://www.facebook.com/ TheLivingRoomPV/

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Live Music Calendar This list features bars and restaurants that may have live music and ongoing acts. We do not take responsibility for misinformation. Listings are published free of charge but are subject to space availability.

Email editor@vallartatribune.com to update or add your listings.

Nov. 28-Dec. 3, 2019

Local Farmer’s Markets There are regular markets called tianguis that occur in many neighborhoods throughout the week where you can usually buy produce, clothing, and household items. The markets and events listed here represent local producers, artisans, and entrepreneurs. Unless noted with an asterisk (*), most run from the first week of November through April.

FRIDAYS

VALLARTA

NUEVO VALLARTA

Aloha Bar (Plaza Parabien #16) Thur: Dr. Groove 10 pm

Eddies (Boulevard Nayarit 70) Weekly - Live music 6:30 - 9:30 pm

Captain Don’s (Honduras 126) Fri: Tequila Rush 8 - 11 pm Sat: Da Crew 8 - 11 pm

BUCERIAS

Chasers Sports Bar (Avenida Mexico 570A) Fri: Gecko Band 8 - 11 pm

Encore Restaurant and Lounge ( No. 51 Lazaro Cardenas ) Live Jazz - Thurs, Fri, Sat 7pm Armi Grano and Gerry Palken on keys

El Oasis de Holi (River mouth by La Isla Mall) Sat: Dr. Groove 6 pm Gringo Loco Cantina Francisco I Madero 403 Col. Emiliano Zapata Tues: Dr. Groove de 7 a 10 pm Thur: Classics 581 de 8 a 11 pm Sat: Paranoia de 7 a 10 pm Kelly’s Pour Favor Saloon and Cookhouse (Lazaro Cardenas 245) Mon: Hoochie Coochie Men 8 - 11 pm Wed: Tequila Rush 8 - 11 pm Thur: 3Tones 8 - 11 pm Fri: Dr. Groove 8 - 11 pm Sat: Soul Trip 8 - 11 pm Murphy’s Irish Pub (484 Morelos, Malecon) Mon: La Trez Cuartoz 3 - 6 pm Wed: Martin Ruiz Gonzalez 6 - 9 pm Thur: The FREAKS and Adriana 10:30 pm - 1:30 am Fri: La Trez Cuartoz: 10 pm - 1:30 am Sat: The OTHERS 10:30 pm - 1:30 am Sat: Adriana and the Freaks 10 pm Que/Pasa (625 Aquiles Serdan) Tues: The Change at 7-10 pm Sun: Sylvie&The Zippers 7 - 10 pm

Drunken Duck (Avenida Mexico, Centro | Bucerias) Wed: The Gecko Band 9 pm Sun: The Gecko Band 5pm

*Marsol Friday Market by the Pier - 9:30 am -1:30 pm Open all year, located on Francisca Rodríguez at the Marsol Hotel lobby, off Olas Altas Sayulita Mercado del Pueblo - 10 am -2 pm On Calle Revolución before the bridge

SATURDAYS Olas Altas Farmer’s Market - 9:30 am - 2 pm at Lázaro Cárdenas Parks, Old Town Three Hens & a Rooster Market - 9 am - 1:00 pm Lion’s Club, Francisco I. Madero #280, Old Town Tianguis Lo de Marcos - 9 am - 2:00 pm Located in the main plaza

SUNDAYS Huanacaxtle Farmer’s Market - 9 am -3 pm Located at La Cruz Marina

TUESDAYS

LA CRUZ DE HUANACAXTLE Ana Bananas Bar and Grill Sun: 4 pm Rusty Debris and Amigos (Americana, country, old-time) Mon: 7 pm Soul Trip (classic rock, blues) Tues: 7 pm Sweet and Spicy (rock ‘n roll) Fri:7 pm JAM (Jo-Jo, Alex and Marty) (rock and dance music) Britannia (Coral, La Cruz) Tues: Open mic with The Turn 7pm La Cruz Inn Thur: Tres Aires 5:30pm Sat: Music in the street with Matt 4pm OSO’s Oyster Bar ( La Cruz Marina) Sat: The Remedy 7 pm

Roxy Rockhouse (Ignacio L Vallarta 275) Nightly music after 11 pm with the house band

Tree House Bar and Grill Wed: Decadas 7 PM Thur: The Renteria Brothers 7 PM Fri: Coyote Country 7 PM

Starwings (Avenida Fluvial 223) Wed: Black Mamba 9 pm

SAYULITA & SAN PANCHO Don Pato (Marlin 12, Sayulita) Live music nightly

View these listings and more online at www.vallartatribune.com/eventos/live-music-calendar/

Riviera Market 9 am - 2 pm Located in Nuevo Vallarta in the parking lot behind the Casino.

WEDNESDAYS Bucerías Forever Spring Market - 9 am - 1 pm

THURSDAYS Marina Vallarta Night Market- 6 pm -10 pm - along the marina

Evening Under The Stars SPCA Fundraiser

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e invite you to join us for our annual “Evening under the Stars” Gala on Saturday, November 30, 2019.

This year’s venue is the romantic Oscar’s Restaurant, surrounded by natural beauty at the tip of Rio Cuale Island.

Our guests will be treated with cocktails and passed appetizers, beginning at 6 pm; followed by a three-course dinner at 7 pm. The Open Bar will feature a number of tasty house-drinks, and there will also be a cash bar for those who would like to try the restaurant’s extensive Tequila selections or other specialty cocktails.A traditional Jalisco Mariachi band will provide entertainment. Our Silent Auction will offer guests the opportunity to bid on many beautiful items. The exclusive Live Auction, hosted by world-famous charity auctioneer, John Curley, will feature a few very unique things for those of you looking for something especially memorable.

Please consider donating

items for either our Silent or Live Auctions.

We would genuinely appreciate your support! All of our rescue work is funded 100% through private donations and the hard work of many volunteers. If you would like to help by donating an item, please contact us at spcapv@gmail. com Our mission to rescue abandoned and abused animals in Puerto Vallarta has led to the rehabilitation and adoption of approximately 200 animals a year! Your generosity helps us continue to provide these beautiful babies with a sanctuary, medical care, and love until a permanent home can be found for each of them!

At only 2,000 pesos or 120 USD per person, tickets to this event sell out very quickly!

We have limited seating available, so get your tickets now.

For tickets or more information, please contact us at spcapv@gmail.com

Nov. 28-Dec. 3, 2019

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The Marsol Friday Market by the Pier Marcia Blondin

O Tel. (322) 222 2675, (322) 222 5402, w Celular: 322 175 0412

LUNES-VIERNES: 9:00am - 7:00pm (Monday to Friday)

mundodeazulejos@hotmail.com www.talavera-tile.com

ur fifth year begins at the historic Marsol Hotel by the Pier. As in the past, we bring unusual, often unique products to Vallarta’s tourists and residents.

Many of our vendors return year after year: Barbara Peters with fine art, pickled beets, and jewelry; Kim with baked treats for humans and dogs that literally drag their humans to her table!

Sherry Vallarta with home dĂŠcor advice and also the hostess of our monthly

bazaars; David and Elizabeth Ruesga, our resident silversmith/designers of jewelry that cover all price points, and Ricardo Mazcal, our herbalist who has never

MARSOL FRIDAY MARKET

BY THE PIER EVERY FRIDAY CADA VIERNES 9:30 am - 1:30 pm

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met a malady he can’t treat.

Marsol offers food, cotton clothing for men, women, and kids. We have leather handbags and purses; canvas beach bags – some of them hand-painted. We have decorative tiles, a chef who will cater to your house parties, and beach cover-ups you will live in even when far away from the sea.

We have wine/gift bags, fabulous antique/collectible jewelry, sea glass, and a TV guru.

Organic coffee grown high in the mountains of Chiapas, hand-picked, and shipped to Vallarta, where it is roasted in a wood-burning oven and ground to perfection by Ausel whose family has had the plantation for generations.

Husband Alan makes peanut brittle from a 100-year-old recipe that he sold door to door as a child growing up in Louisianna.

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

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