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Welcome to Puerto Vallarta

and Riviera Nayarit Here is some advice to make your trip a little easier and more enjoyable.

TIME ZONE: The entire state of Jalisco is on Central Time, as is the southern part of the State of Nayarit starting from Guayabitos in the north.

BUSES: A system of urban buses with different routes can bring you from one end of the bay to the other and all the spots in between.

Current fare is $7.50 pesos per ticket and passengers must purchase a new ticket every time they board another bus. There are no “transfers”.

TAXIS: There are set rates within defined zones of town. Do not enter a taxi without agreeing on the price with the driver first. Price is per trip not person.

MONEY EXCHANGE: Although you may have to wait in line for a few minutes, banks will give you a higher rate of exchange than the exchange booths (caja de cambio). You will need your passport. Better yet, use your bank card to withdraw funds from any ATM machine. Note that ATM’s in the banks are the safest to use and generally charge lower fees.

DRINKING WATER: For the year 18 in a row, Puerto Vallarta’s water has been awarded a certification of purity for human consumption.

The quality of the water tested at the purification plant varies greatly from what comes out of the tap at the other end. So do be careful. If you want to be doubly sure, you can pick up bottled water just about anywhere.

EXPORTING PETS: Falling love with the street dog outside your hotel or a puppy on the Malecon doesn’t mean they can’t come home with you.

The process is fairly inexpensive and only takes a day or two. You need a certificate of health from a local vet among other things. The time of year that pets can travel in the cargo section of the plane may be your biggest challenge. For the most up-to-date information contact the Puerto Vallarta SPCA at spcapv@gmail.com.

COMMON SENSE: Just as you wouldn’t walk around your hometown drunk and beligerent, it is not acceptable to do that here. While Mexicans are a forgiving bunch, basic politeness is appreciated.

For the guys, peeing in public is a major faux pas and if you are caught, can get you tossed in jail or an expensive fine. Pay attention to your surroundings. Pay your bills. Be courteous. And have fun!

DRINKING AND DRIVING: First off – just don’t. The consequences are not worth it. Taxis are cheap and plentiful. Fines are as much as 10,000 pesos. You can be taken to jail and your vehicle impounded. There are many checkstops on the weekends and you will be asked to blow if they suspect you have been drinking.

LEGAL SYSTEM: Not knowing the law is not an valid excuse in Mexico or anywhere. If you find yourself caught in a legal situation be aware that guilt is presumed until your innocence can be proven.

This is a very difficult lesson to learn if you are visiting from the United States or Canada in particular. Immediately contact your consulate for assistance.

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Calling in Mexico Calling phones in Mexico can be tricky as it is different than in the US or Canada. There are different codes you need to use depending if you are calling landlines or cellular phones and if they are local or long distance.

Long-distance calls from within Mexico For national long-distance calls (within Mexico) the code is 01 plus the area code and phone number. For international long-distance calls, first dial 00, then the country code (for the U.S. and Canada the country code is 1, so you would dial 00 + 1 + area code + 7 digit number).

Calling Cell Phones (from a land line) If you are calling from a landline within the area code of the Mexican cell phone number dial 044, then the 10 digit number including area code. Outside of the area code (but still within Mexico) dial 045 and then the 10 digit phone number. Cell phone to cell phone only requires the 10 digit number.

Phone Cards Phone cards (“tarjetas telefonicas”) for use in pay phones can be bought at newstands and in pharmacies in denominations of 30, 50 and 100 pesos. Pay phones do not accept coins. When buying a phone card for pay phone use, specify that you would like a “tarjeta LADA,” because pre-paid cell phone cards are also sold in the same establishments.

Calling Toll-Free Numbers Some toll free numbers work from Mexico to the US and Canada, but many do not.

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

PEACE Animal POISONINGS: The unpleasant older woman with the dyed purple-red hair stood on her terrace looking down at the six cats I was feeding in a green area two blocks from my home in Centro.

Her middle-age male friend or relative shouted at me in Spanish that he was "going to do something about this because there were too many cats fighting at night."

The six cats, three females and three males, had all been sterilized at PEACEAnimals clinics.

They were all young, pretty and very friendly and affectionate.

They had all had owners before being discarded.

One of the males had had an eye torn out in a cat fight. I took him to Dr. Tamayo, who sewed it shut.

When I returned from two weeks in Guatemala, Anna Laurita, DavannaYoga owner/ instructor, who subs cat feeding for me, said she hadn´t seen the grey and white two male cats while

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I was away. She hoped someone had adopted them. I didn´t think so.

A neighbor confirmed days later that he had found the one-eye cat´s body. Presumably his male cat friend had also died of poisoning someplace nearby.

They were very sweet cats and both died a horrific death. Rat

poison is extremely lethal and needs to be outlawed.

There are thousands of homeless cats and dogs living in Puerto Vallarta. Rescues and adoptions treat the symptoms of a disease.

The disease that needs to be treated is non-sterilization of cats and dogs. Too many animals here are born to suffer.

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ast weekend I managed to get some of those chores done that the rain from a few weeks back had put a damper on.

The thing with chores in Mexico is that there is usually something much better to be done. Like lounging on the beach, drinking margaritas, talking about the chores that need to be done.

It’s not hard to give up and save them for another day either.

This country is designed to thwart running errands, filing paperwork and generally getting thing done and avidly promotes beach lounging. For example, we’ve been living with a holey fence so we needed chicken wire to keep the dogs from running away, again.

We set off for the ferreteria. At 3pm on a Saturday. EVERY SINGLE hardware store we could find was closed. Now if that’s not a sign that you should be going to the beach, what is?

We held tight until 4pm when the stores would open again only to find that most ferreteria’s don’t sell Alambra de gallero. A little more driving around (Puerto Vallarta to

Ixtapa and back) and we eventually find one that’s both open and stocked. Traffic on Saturday afternoons is brutal. We were justifiably exhausted. So, we decided to call it a day and head to the beach, for a sunset snorkel.

Sunday morning we managed to get to the birria place before they were sold out. The best birria in town is hands down Doña Chato by the church in Los Sauces. Apparently the menudo is good too but, ummm no thanks. Get there before noon or you’ll miss out.

Stuffed like pigs, we rolled home and could have opted for some lazy Sunday Netflix but we stuck to our plans and managed to put up the fence, chop back the ever eager vines and bougainvillea, and get in another snorkel at the beach with a couple of tasty micheladas.

If you can break away from your chores this weekend, try to hit the Riverfest at El Rio; great food and great music for an even greater cause. Maybe I’ll see you there!

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f you needed an excuse to eat ribs until you burst well here it is. The fourth annual Riverfest is this Saturday, March 7th being held at my favourite rib joint, El Rio up in Paso Ancho. Riverfest 2015 will run from noon to 7 pm with seven live bands, delicious food provided by El Rio BBQ and Barcelonas Tapas, a silent auction, 50/50 draws, and more along the banks of the River Cuale. If you haven’t been to El Rio before, the location is stunning; a great swimming hole and impressive cliffs in the heart of the jungle.

Plus the food is great too!

Entertainment includes Kim Kuzma, Chris Kenny, Regina Zerené, The Texas Embassy Blues

Band, Los Chuyz, The Zippers, and The Gecko Band. You’ll be up dancing all afternoon- Don’t forget to bring a swimsuit to cool off in the river!

Gate is 80 pesos. All proceeds in support of Pasito de Luz. Located in El Pitillal, Pasitos de Luz is a marvellous daycare facility for children with special needs. This non-profit organization provides children with various handicaps with a caring and loving environment, along with treatment for individual rehabilitation, nutritional meals, physical stimulation and therapy.

For more information visit PasitosDeLuz.org.

SPCA “The Farmers’ market was as busy as it’s ever been this week!

The new delivery of Tee shirts is selling well, as are the new mugs, cozies and bumper stickers.

Harris Sarney donated a big bag of dog food - Thank you Harris!

P. V. resident, Marion Franc, donated $700 pesos PLUS $500 pesos especially for the care of Prince, whose sad story was in last week’s newsletter. Thank you Marion. It’s a huge help. Thanks also to Dennis Briggs for a generous $60USD donation.

The calendar pages are now sold out for 2016 calendar. Mark will have that underway soon.

We had lots of offers to help transport adopted & fostered dogs travelling to the US and Canada.

Nicole Martin’s hot line must be in constant use! Many people want to visit the sanctuary. Thank you, Nicole for continuing to organize the “Sanctuary run”.

We had a full house of Market volunteers again this week. Big thanks to Michelle, Doreen and Mark. And, thanks for this great report from our terrific volunteer, Lynnette Fairclough.

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

Transporting Dogs to Canada and USA We have an ongoing need for help transporting dogs to the States and Canada. The SPCA will take care of all the details and cost of transporting the animals. All you have to do is show up at the airport

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in Vallarta and one of our volunteers will meet you with the animal and get it checked in for the flight.

Another SPCA volunteer will meet the plane at your destination and pick up the dog. Stop by our table at the Old Town Farmers Market and we will answer any questions you might have.

Tour the Sanctuary

You can come and spend a rewarding afternoon cuddling the animals at Puerto Vallarta’s SPCA Sanctuary. Our dogs and cats are awaiting “forever homes” and your help is needed to jump start their socialization. The goal is to get these animals adjusted and ready to interact in the real world. The majority of the SPCA animals either come from extremely abusive situations

or they have been abandoned.

Your love and attention can make up for that sad history.

During your visit, you can interact with the animals and even take a dog (or two or three) for a walk. You can also play with the animals, assist the vet or help with dinner time.

We have tours from Nuevo Vallarta and Puerto Vallarta so don’t hesitate to contact Nicole Martin at nicole@cupocity.com to make a reservation.

To see all the animals available for adoption, visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ spcapv.

Go to Photos where you will also find individual Albums for all the animals available as well as a bit of their history.

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The Amazing Cashetta Entertains at The Red Room

By Deb White

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f you're looking for a little 'out of the ordinary' entertainment, The Red Room has just the ticket for you. The Amazing Cashetta is a multi-talented entertainer who thrills audiences with a hilarious evening of comedy, singing, magic and psychic readings. Cashetta's show is playing at The Red Room on Tuesdays at 9:30 pm, Wednesdays at 7:30 pm and Saturdays at 9:30 pm until March 31st.

Cashetta was born Scott Weston in Little Falls, New Jersey. Growing up near Manhattan, her passionate desire in life was to be in show business.

Her dream was to have her own show in Vegas and that dream would eventually came true. She got her big break in the 90's when she landed a job at Lips, a Manhattan restaurant that featured drag entertainment. She became a female impersonator, stand-up comedian and jazz singer. As she looked for other

ways to stand out, she remembered being interested in magic as a kid, so she decided to add 'illusion' to her act. While working in Vegas as a makeup artist, she attended magic shows and studied the magicians. When she returned to New York she continued to study magic and three months later landed a gig at the Fez jazz club as a drag magician.

Cashetta got her name in the 80's while out with friend in a nightclub in NYC. Some partygoers asked her name. When she replied "Scott", she was told that she needed a more exciting name with a lot more cache! Her friend then came up with the name Cashetta and it’s served her well ever since.

She has delighted audiences for over 18 years with her outrageous wit, charm and crossover appeal. She remains one of America’s most beloved, unique and sought after female impersonators. As a Singer, Comic, Emcee, Magician and Fabulous Psychic Medium, she is a one of a kind entertainer, not to

be missed! Cashetta's cabaret shows have toured internationally and consistently play to packed houses.

She also frequently performs on cruise ships, in Vegas showrooms and at resorts worldwide for diverse audiences. She has opened for Cyndi Lauper and has shared the stage with such legends as Chita Rivera, Charo, Betty Buckley, Jennifer Holiday, Eartha Kitt and Patti LuPone.

Her television credits include The Today Show, Late with Conan O’Brien and the Outlaugh Festival – Wisecrack on Logo with Margaret Cho. Cashetta spends the summer and fall months in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware as a headliner at the Blue Moon. The Amazing Cashetta show is a lot of crazy fun! Be sure to catch this talented comic, singer, magician and psychic entertainer during the next month, while she performs at The Red Room.

Originally published on Vallartadaily.com.

Reprinted with permission.

THE JAZZ IS RED HOT AT THE RED ROOM CABARET BANDERAS BAY JAZZ ALLSTARS

MARCH 6 AT 7:30 PM The Banderas Bay Jazz All-Stars is Chas Eller on keyboards, Bryan Savage on sax & flute, Steve York on bass, and Lazaro Poey on drums. Individually these players have had successful careers back in the States, in Europe, in Cuba, and around the world. Now they are spending winters in the greater P.V. area, and have joined forces to create an amazing musical chemistry the likes of which this area has not seen before. Members of the group have played with Dr. John, Paul Butterfield, Kilimanjaro, Tom Coster, (Santana), the Amazing Rhythm Aces, Al Stewart, Marianne Faithful, Joan Armatrading, and more.The uniqueness of these four individual’s musical roots makes for a repertoire that covers the gamut of jazz, blues, and funk style.

LUNA RUMBA

MARCH 13 AT 7:30 PM Luna Rumba thrills audiences with their sonic tapestry of Latin Fusion, Gypsy Flamenco, Arabic Melodies, Cuban Rhythms, Celtic Riffs and even Latin Jazz. Their shows are a celebration of musical fusion, human diversity, creativity, warmth and virtuosity. Fiery violins, rumba-flamenco guitar, hot keyboard riffs and cool bass ride on top of the unstoppable polyrhythmic grooves created by the exotic percussion instruments and drums. If this weren’t enough, be prepared to hear vocals that will melt your heart and warm your soul.

BONNIE KILROE – CELEBRITY IMPOSTERS

MARCH 6, 8, 10 AT 9:30PM A professional and award-winning* entertainer for more than 15 years, the last 10 of which she has dedicated to her one-woman act – Celebrity Imposters – Bonnie has been singing and strutting her stuff to the enjoyment of local, national, and international audiences, in theaters, convention centers, casinos, cruise ships, and less exotic stages. The producer of her own one-woman-shows—Divas: Vegas meets Vaudeville, Country Queens and The Patsy Cline Tribute Show (among others)—this versatile performer is always coming up with new ways to thrill and delight.

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CASHETTA As a Singer, Comic, Emcee, Magician and Fabulous Psychic Medium, Cashetta is a one of a kind entertainer that is not to be missed! Tues & Sat at 9:30PM, Fri 7:30PM

MISS CONCEPTION - The Wonderful World of Miss Conception. An all live singing show with your favorite story book characters with a twist. Mon - 7:30 &9:30 PM, Thurs9:30PM

KIM KUZMA - Being her 10th year of performing in PV, Kim has learned to simply give what audiences want from her.

“Just Kim” is exactly that. Kim’s Acustico show features Kim and her fantastic 5 piece band. Acustico Sundays at 7:30 PM, Just Kim Wednesdays at 9:30 PM

ELVIS – Rob Knight holds the title of Pacific Northwest 2014 Division Champion as an Elvis Tribute Artist. Forever Elvis is reminiscent of his lively and passionate Las Vegas stage shows and concerts. Wednesdays at 4:00 PM

The Red Room Cabaret At Act II Stages

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Vegas-style Revue ‘An Evening at The Birdcage’ returns to The Palm Cabaret Back by popular demand, ‘An Evening At The Birdcage’, starring Joe Posa and Thirsty Burlington, returns to The Palm on Thursday, March 5th at 9:30 p.m. Hosted by Posa, as comedic icon Joan Rivers, the show is reminiscent of a Las Vegas revue, with a mix of spot-on impersonations of Cher (with live vocals), Barbra Streisand, Liza Minnelli, Judy Garland, and Michael Jackson, all with incredible likenesses and gorgeous costumes.

Posa and Burlington were a huge hit last year, as well as earlier this season at The Palm.

Joe Posa, a member of both Actor’s Equity and the Screen Actor’s Guild, has performed in venues in New York clubs such as Don’t Tell Mama, Rose’s Turn, The Blue Angel, The Triad and The Supper Club.

Posa is perhaps best-known for his highly regarded impersonation of the late Joan Rivers, having appeared with the comedy genius herself in Houston,Texas, as well as on CBS’s ‘The Morning Show’. As a member of Actor’s Equity, his credits include the International touring company of West Side Story. He also appeared on All My Children as Erica Kane’s double, alongside Susan Lucci.

Thirsty Burlington (aka: Scott Townsend) is regarded as one of the finest celebrity impersonators of the day. Early on, Townsend discovered an instinctive ability to impersonate Cher, including spot-on live vocals, as well as several others including Judy Garland. He takes his audience on an incredible ride of music and comedy, morphing into these iconic celebrities, playing to packed houses throughout the U.S.A. and Mexico. His character, Thirsty Burlington, is also the subject of a soon to be released film ‘Thirsty’ by Margo Pelletier and Lisa Thomas of Thin Edge Films.

‘An Evening At The Birdcage’ plays March 5 - 21 at The Palm. All performances at 9:30 p.m.

Also currently playing at The Palm is Vallarta favorite Amy Armstrong in her new music and comedy show ‘Diva Loca’ through March 31. Popular Argentinian duo Luis and Andrea of Bohemia Viva return March 2 - April 5. Latcho & Andrea - The Blond Gypsies also have two added show dates on March 21 & 31.

A full calendar of performances, information and online tickets are available at www.ThePalmPV.com. You can also find the Palm on Facebook at The Palm Cabaret and Bar.

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Meet the stars of GREATER TUNA, extended again at The Palm thru March 30, 2015!

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he local production of the classic comedy stage play ‘Greater Tuna’ has taken Vallarta by storm, with another extended run through March 30th. Meet the actors who play twenty different characters, with forty-two costume changes, in this season’s biggest hit at The Palm, which has now become the longest running show to ever play in Vallarta.

Tracy Parks has served as Entertainment Director for the past 4 years at The Palm Cabaret and Bar, where he co-stars (playing the original Joe Sears role) in ‘Greater Tuna’, alongside Chaz Weathers for its four-month run during the 20142015 season.

Tracy began performing in high school where he won numerous public speaking awards and theatre competitions. Later, in college, he continued to perform and founded the University of Oklahoma Speech Team and later coached them to national

rankings. Tracy also coached his brother, Terry Dale Parks (who is also a well-known actor), to a national championship in Prose Interpretation.

After moving to Chicago where he served for six years as Ticket Services Director for Lyric Opera of Chicago, Tracy acted in and directed several shows and founded OKRA Theatre where he and then roommate, Kelly Mantle (nephew of Micky Mantle and star of Ru Paul's Drag Race 2014 season), won a 'best of the year' mention from The Chicago Sun Times for their production of Lone Star and Laundry and Bourbon by James McClure. Tracy also performed in a children's theatre troupe and continued to coach high school and college theatre students to national recognition.

Shortly thereafter, Tracy fell in love with Puerto Vallarta during a short three-day vacation here.

After 10 years of vacationing here, he now lives in Vallarta

nearly year round and spends his time crafting new projects and shows for performances at The Palm Cabaret and Bar. Working with both English and Spanish speaking performers, Tracy is well known for attracting and developing high quality shows and top notch entertainers from within and outside of Mexico.

Chaz Weathers (who plays the original Jaston Williams role) was raised in a small town in California's Mojave desert.

At a young age, he showed a great interest in performing and would often memorize skits and poems to perform for friends and family.

He was great at organizing the neighborhood kids to put on puppet shows and magic acts which he'd perform in his front yard. As a teenager, musical theater summer camp was always his favorite. In college, Theater Arts took up most of his free time.

After college, life took him in

Forever Plaid opening next week

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orever Plaid opens in the Main Stage Theater March 10th under the direction of Alfonso Lopez and performed in English.

Relive an era when doo-wop was king, big hairdos were in, cars had enormous fins, and the harmonizing bands of the 50’s were all the rage. This hallmark jukebox musical comedy by Stuart Ross centers on a quartet whose dream of recording an album ended in a bus collision while on their way to their biggest gig. Now they’ve been miraculously revived for the show that never was.

You’ll be humming along with the great nostalgic pop hits of the 1950's and rollin’ in the aisles from the delightful patter of the original clean-cut boy band – The Plaids.

Featuring such hits as Sixteen Tons, Chain Gang, Three Coins in the Fountain, Perfidia, Cry, Catch a Falling Star, Day-O, Gotta Be This or That, Matilda, and Heart and Soul.

The Plaids get a chance to look back at their lives, and they discover that they didn't just have

wonderful lives; their lives were wonderful, because they lived them together.

Together they can achieve the unimaginable, the unexplainable.

Starring local performers, Elvis Martinez, Alfonso Lopez, Roberto Duran and Jose Maria Caudillo with Bob Bruneau at the piano.

Forever Plaid is produced by Act II Entertainment and Mary Amelotte .

The Main stage theater is located in the Act II Entertainment STAGES complex at Insurgentes 300 (corner of Basilio Badillo & Insurgentes) 2nd Floor, Zona Romántica Puerto Vallarta, Tel 322.222.1512

several interesting directions, including several years in the fine jewelry business and continued education in fine gems and Gemology. For eight years, he and his partners opened and operated a very successful restaurant and cabaret bar in San Diego, California, where Chaz began performing regularly.

Over the years, he developed a couple of different characters which he used as a vehicle to raise money for local charities.

Today, along with his partners, he owns a clinical research monitoring company and a few rental properties in Puerto Vallarta, where the three spend much of their free time and plan to retire when the time comes.

It was during the purchase of one of these properties that Chaz crossed paths with Tracy Parks, and they immediately became bosom buddies. During one rainy summer day in Vallarta, the two were delighting each other with jokes and stories when they each

began reciting lines from Greater Tuna. Finding out that each of them had held a longtime love affair with the show, they began discussing the idea of bringing Tuna, Texas to Puerto Vallarta.

So, ten years later….with a lot of rainy summers and sunny winters in Vallarta together, a little tequila (allegedly) and a wonderful friendship, Chaz and Tracy are back on stage for the first time in many years.

‘Greater Tuna’ will have you laughing all the way to the third smallest (fictional) town of Tuna, TX, where the Lions Club is too liberal and Patsy Cline never dies. ‘Greater Tuna’ is a big comedy about a small town, small minds and big hearts.

Written by Joe Sears, Jaston Williams and Ed Howard, the original production ran for more than 30 years all over the world and played two command performances for US Presidents in Washington, D.C. Now playing though March 30th.

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the expat’s oracle

By Marcia Blondin

He blogged about life in Mexico with useful, accurate information

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nother famous sister of a famous sister is coming to the Red Room. First it was Lorna Luft; this week Barbra Streisand’s sister, Roslyn Kind, arrives. Another new voice (for me) is Bonnie Kilroe.

Both Roslyn and Bonnie are here for a very short time so get tickets quickly. Bonnie is one of those rare entertainers: a female impersonator that is female. She is only my second! Why, oh why, do female impersonators not pack houses like male female impersonators? I’m just askin’!

Bonnie’s energy level is set on ‘high’ then she gets warmed up and it’s blast off time! Her costume changes are fast and furious and while she does some voice standards like Barbra and Cher there are some quirky appearances by Mae West (including vintage….really vintage, film footage) and Sarah Palin. Not sure those two names should be spoken in the same breath…. Get to her show March 6, 8 and 10th for something completely different.

Bonnie is very, very funny and supernice. I very much enjoyed her show.

I have a request to all impersonators male or female: if you are good enough to sing exactly like someone else, please give us ONE SONG in your own voice. Obviously that can’t work for everyone - Miss Conception, for example; however, think Michael Walters as Dame Edna and his jaw-dropping rendition of “Old Man River” in his richly coloured baritone.

Just a suggestion.

I finally saw Kim Kuzma’s new show that plays every Wednesday night at 9:30. It’s hard to say anything about Kim that hasn’t already been said. She is a delight to watch, bright and happy and so comfortable on stage; her energy calms everyone as she invites the audience to sing along, dance along, to many of her very favourite songs. She is without artifice of any kind. She loves what she does and that emanates from her like pure white light. She includes a few tunes from her amazing Acustico show that is packed every single Sunday night. And the rest of the songs? Well, they are “Just Kim”.

I also made a Banderas Bay Jazz Allstars concert last week.

I have seen them many times before but never in the Red Room and wondered could the space contain all that powerful sound? Oh yes, it can! What a delightful reunion we had after close to a year of not seeing one other. As I am not a jazz fan, I was totally blown away by

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housands knew him though not personally, benefited from his advice and recommendations about living in Mexico, and enjoyed his anecdotes and photos of life in his adopted country over the course of nearly 15 years.

This past week, the many expatriates and others who enjoyed reading about “My Life in Mexico” are mourning the death of Winston Rollins Brook, better known as Rolly Brook, an expert on all things Mexico and an oracle for information-hungry newcomers.

He passed away at the age of 83.

Brook covered a wide range of topics on his website, rollybrook.com, where he blogged about topics ranging from buying insurance and getting married to obtaining a visa and finding a home, and he kept the information updated. That helped put it near

the top of any number of Google searches that might be conducted by confused newcomers to Mexico, puzzling over immigration forms or wondering about their health care.

Not all the information was stuff people would go looking for, but it was interesting, such as photo-stories about butchering a pig and preparing carnitas, making piñatas and a day in the life of a taco stand.

Brook was also the co-author of a book, “Moving to Mexico,” designed to answer the many questions generated by such a move.

Following the announcement of Brook’s death on his Facebook page, the tributes have been pouring in, both on Facebook and on the message boards and forums where he was also well known. They’ve come from Mexican and expat friends and the myriad people who knew him but

A professional and award-winning* entertainer for more th she has dedicated to her one-woman act – Celebrity Impo and strutting her stuff to the enjoyment of local, national, an aters, convention centers, casinos, cruise ships, and less ex own one-woman-shows—Divas: Vegas meets Vaudeville, Co Tribute Show (among others)—this versatile performer is a to thrill and delight.

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these four masterful musicians who have been playing for decades and decades…just not with one another!

It sounds like they all grew up in the same house. Wrong. Not even the same countries! They met here, started playing together and they are so good that I once wrote that I would happily sit through 90 minutes of Jingle Bells if it was them playing.

As always, they end their concerts with Europa from Last Tango in Paris – soulful and very sexy. Just like the movie. Their next concert is March 6th; be there.

Cashetta is back with new magic tricks. I shouldn’t call them tricks, she is just magical. Her new MAGIC is so amazing. I think what I love about Cash so much is she is always gently kidding her audiences about her abilities like maybe she can pull the trick off or…maybe she can’t. And she really is physic and you don’t have to believe me just because I write it, believe me by seeing. Even then you won’t believe it but go anyway!

Jason Brock, star on the X-Factor, TV, films and more has bidden us farewell for now. Come back soon, Jason! As one man in the audience said after the Roslyn Kind show, Vallarta has come a long, long way in a very short time to offer the level of sophisticated performances it does. From an around-the-world tour with sister Barbra to our intimate Red Room, Vallarta is lucky to have such a consummate performer in our midst. The physical similarities between the sisters are striking – both beautiful, gifted and I can honestly say Ms. Kind is as sweet as she looks and she gives good hug.

There was not room for one more chair in the Red Room and everyone left smiling and happy to have been a part of the Opening Night of this special and lovely singer.

Welcome to Vallarta, Ms. Kind, we hope you will enjoy your stay as much as we love having you.

CASHETTA As a Singer, Comic, Emcee, Magician and Fabulous Psychic Medium, Cashetta is a one of a kind entertainer that is not to be missed! Tues & Sat at 9:30PM, Fri 7:30PM

had never met him.

Rolly Brook moved to Mexico from Los Angeles, California, in 2000 shortly after his retirement when he was “in serious need of a new adventure in my life.” He settled in Lerdo, Durango, found that new adventure and made thousands of friends in the process.

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peso and Russia’s ruble along with it to the biggest gains among major currencies this year, while New Zealand’s dollar and Argentina’s peso will turn into the biggest losers.

That’s the conclusion of economists, strategists and investors surveyed by Bloomberg. They see Mexico’s exchange rate gaining 11 percent by the end of 2015, with the U.S. Dollar Index rising about 3 percent and the ruble climbing 22 percent. Argentina’s peso is forecast to weaken 29 percent as New Zealand’s dollar drops about 5 percent. Even the euro, which today slipped below $1.20 for the first time since 2010, is seen falling another 1 percent.

With the U.S. economy forecast to grow at the fastest pace in a decade, Mexico’s exports to its northern neighbor and largest trade partner may benefit. That’s in contrast to the euro region and Japan, where stagnant growth and the threat of deflation dominate. In New Zealand, policy makers have stopped raising interest rates as inflation falls, sending the currency to a 2 1/2-year low last month.

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Insurgentes #300 (322) 222-1512 Basilio Badillo & Insurgentes facebook.com/theredroom Investors should be “very much focusing on divergences that we are going to have around the world,” Scott Mather, the co-chief investment officer at Pacific Investment Management Co., which oversees $1.9 trillion, said in a Dec. 19 interview with Bloomberg Television. “Dollar strength is going to be a theme well into next year and maybe even longer.”

Spilling Over Faster growth in the U.S. is spilling over to Mexico, offsetting the drag from lower oil prices. The Latin American economy is forecast to expand 3.4 percent this year, compared with an estimated 2.2 percent in 2014 and almost double the region’s average projected growth rate.

The peso will climb to 13.48 per dollar by year-end, according

to the median forecast of 40 strategists, after falling 12 percent in 2014 and touching a five-year low of 14.9842 today.

“Improvement in growth will place appreciation pressure on the peso,” Alejandro Urbina, a money manager at Silva Capital Management LLC, said by phone from Chicago on Jan. 2. “There are expectations for capital inflows” as the government opens up the energy sector to foreign investors, he said.

Other winners may be the currencies of commodity producers, which were hit by the 50 percent decline in oil prices since June. Brent crude prices may recover to $76 a barrel, from a 5 1/2-year low of $52.66 today, according to a survey.

Source: Bloomberg

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ourism Secretary Enrique Flores states that hotels are expecting 100% occupancy for the holiday. Semana Santa begins on March 29th and continues through to April 5. Currently hotel rooms are booked at 85%.

While most vacationers during Semana Santa are Mexican nationals, Flores expects the number of foreign tourists to rise from last year’s 14%.

Semana Santa is an extremely popular holiday period at beach towns around Mexico with many coming from the interior of Mexico to enjoy the two-week break in Puerto Vallarta.

The beaches, restaurants and clubs become very busy.

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housands of Mexicans who were deported from southern California after being forced to sign a “voluntary exit” can now return to the U.S. to apply for legal immigrant status in the country, following a settlement by a federal court in Los Angeles. The resolution came after the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) approached the court claiming that the U.S. authorities deceived the immigrants into signing a voluntary exit, forcing them out of the country without giving them a right to a proper hearing.

“It is historic, a huge victory for many immigrants who call the United States their home,” ACLU lawyer Gabriela Rivera told Efe. As a result of the settlement, the Department of Homeland Security will have to change their methods, provide immigrants detailed information about the consequences of signing a voluntary exit, as well as provide them the right to an attorney.

“Now we can start the process of reuniting some of the families

that could have legally stayed together in the U.S., but were separated by government practices based on misinformation, deception and coercion,” Rivera said.

The lawyer also said that those who do return would have the same immigration status that they had when they were deported to Mexico.

“There will be no legal status for those who return. They will only have a new opportunity to appeal their case before a judge,” she added.

Under the settlement, those eligible to return are ones who signed the voluntary exit in southern California (processed by the authorities falling under the San Diego or Los Angeles sectors) between June 1, 2009 and Aug. 28, 2014 and were deported to Mexico.

Another requirement is that the person concerned had legal options to remain in the U.S. when they were deported, and has to be physically present in Mexico while submitting their application for return.

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exico’s consumer price index rose 0.11 percent in the first two weeks of February, compared to the previous two-week period, bringing the inflation rate over the past 12 months to 3.04 percent, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography, or INEGI, said Tuesday.

The core rate of inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, rose 0.28 percent, with the core inflation rate over the past 12 months at 2.42 percent, the INEGI said in a statement.

The prices of fruits and vegetables fell 3.38 percent during the

period, compared to the previous period, while energy prices fell 0.08 percent.

Non-food merchandise prices rose 0.59 percent, while prices in the restaurant, landline and wireless telephony, and tourism services categories rose 0.35 percent.

In 2014, consumer prices rose 4.08 percent, a level just above the central bank’s target.

The Bank of Mexico has set an inflation target of 3 percent for 2015, with a 1 percent upper and lower band.

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he Chili Cook-Off features more than 19 recipes from a broad range of sponsors, including restaurants and individuals. This always popular event will be held on Saturday, March 14th from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm at El Rio BBQ Bar alongside the Cuale River in Paso Ancho.

It's "all you can eat" chili plus one order of riblets and fruit water for only $200 pesos per person. El Rio regular menu items are also available for purchase. Tickets can be purchased at the door or in advance from any of the event's sponsors, including Post 14 Hqd. at Steve’s Sports Bar on Basilio Badillo. You

won't want to miss this one!

Charities benefiting from the cook-off include Banderas Bay Women’s Shelter, Youth Sports, benefiting Torpedos American Football (Pop Warner 6 to 17), DIF New Life Home for Boys and Community Relations Projects of the American Legion. Doors will open at 1 pm.

Mariachis will perform from 12:30 to 2:00 then Mikki Prost, Murphy’s Dave Whitty & Matt Cooke and finishing the entertainment with Nacho Daddy’s Texas Embassy Blues Band.

There will be two classes of judging. Popularity vote by the attendees to determine 1st, 2nd

and 3rd place trophies and also professional judging to determine a "Grand Chef's Prize” trophy.

To become a sponsor and a participant in the cook-off, you must agree to provide at least 5 gallons of your special chili and bring your own heating unit. Call Dennis Rike at 322-138-8891 or dennis2rike@ hotmail.com to sign up as a participant or to get additional information regarding the event.

El Rio BBQ Bar is conveniently located alongside the beautiful Cuale River in Paso Ancho. If coming from the south or El Centro, turn right off the Libramiento just past the bridge and before the new large tunnel. If coming from the north, turn left at the river road past the large tunnel and before the bridge. If traveling by bus, you should take the R-04 Blue bus from Old Town (Lazaro Cardenas) to Paso Ancho. Free parking will be available. http://www.elriobbqbar. com/vallarta_bbq_location.html

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f you have not visited Mundo de Azulejos, (World of Tiles) on Venustiana Carranza in ZOna Romantica you owe yourself a visit to see how the Talavera pottery is made by local artisans.

This family business with over 25 years of experience was founded

by Mr. Benigno Ibarra in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco and has built a new generation of local craftsmen with improved quality, design and finish of the tiles they produce.

In this large store you will find a large array of Talavera tiles along with tile panels of scenes of Puerto Vallarta, which you can have custom made, tile signs to order, pottery in many shapes and sizes and a spectacular replica of a traditional Mexican tiled kitchen.

The World of Tiles has installed their tiles worldwide in places like: The White House of the United States, the Vatican in Rome, la Zarzuela in Madrid, in the Nation of Argentina and London among others and have received written acknowledgments.

MUNDO DE ZULEJOS products have lifetime durability, because they are made with ceramic and glaze which prevents chipping. The products do not contain lead and can be placed in the microwave, the dishwasher or oven. They will undertake large order and work to established deli-

very dates. You can hire them to re-do your entire home.

Talavera pottery has a fascinating history dating back to the eight centuries of domination of Arab culture on the Spanish.

Since 1484 the characteristic colors of Talavera were milky white, painted with blue, emerald green, yellow and orange and produced in a variety of shapes.

It was said that Talavera pottery stimulated the appetite, because it improved the taste of food with its brilliant purity. In 1575 these ceramics received royal patronage and were marketed throughout Spain.

A group of potters was sent to establish the pottery in the recently conquered Puebla de los Angeles in Mexico. The ordinances clearly specified the exact qualities the pottery should have such as size, thickness and quality of the mud-cast faience, the decoration and even how to bake the product.

This pottery is designated Talavera to be a true copy of that produced in the Spanish population of Talavera de la Reina.

Despite the time elapsed since the colonial period to the present day, the making of the crafts has not changed. From the clay used to the baking and glazing, there is an ancestral tradition in every piece of Talavera tile made by World of Tiles in Puerto Vallarta.

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nteraction, brainstorming and networking are the buzz words for the 9th Puerto Vallarta International Writers’ Conference and Book Fair scheduled for Biblioteca Los Mangos this weekend – March 6-8.

For anyone who writes, wants to write or just has an interest in literature this is an opportunity to brush shoulders, share stories and experiences and re-charge the batteries with an international group with similar interests.

Sponsored jointly by Puerto Vallarta Writers’ Group and the library, the event will help writers get

ideas from their brain to the printed page.

“It is my hope that writers who attend the conference will walk away with a new understanding of the writing process and a burning desire to run home, sit down, and begin a new story or a new book,” says Caleb Pirtle, the Texas writer of more than 55 books who will give the keynote address at 7 p.m.

Friday night.

This year’s theme is memoir writing and the agenda spans memoir writing, use of social media, song and poetry writing,

dialogue writing and consciousness in writing. Participants don’t have to be writers to attend. An agent and publisher will also be attending in search of clients and manuscripts.

Readers interested in meeting writers and/or just learning more about the writing process are invited too. The book fair from 12:30 onward on Sunday afternoon on the Los Mangos grounds will also offer an opportunity to meet authors and buy their books.

Registration forms and information are available by email atdrjane121@msn.com

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he third gay pride festival “Vallarta Pride” will take place from May 17 to 25, 2015.

This festival in honor of the LGBT community living and visiting our vibrant tourist destination is being supported by several local, national and international businesses under the theme of “Unity”.

It is now easier than ever to come enjoy and live the Vallarta Pride experience with the special promotions and travel packages that hotels, condos, tour operators and airlines are offering this year.

The Blue Chairs Hotel, Hotel Emperador, Hotel Catedral, Hotel Mercurio, Puerto de Luna, Rivera del Río and Villa Mercedes are all offering the 4th night free by booking 3. This promotion will run throughout Vallarta Pride.

The condos Andales on the Bay, Condo Carmen Alicia and Piñata Gay Guest House will also join this initiative offering the same deal.

Other accommodation deals include Casa Cupula and Olas Altas Suites (book 4 nights and get the 5th night free), Puerto Vallarta Beach Club (4th night free by booking 3 via http://www. equalitydestinations.com/ using the code EQDPV) and Puerto Vallarta Timeshare Rentals (Get 70% off resort prices when you book a week through http://www.sellmyti-

B mesharenow.com/).

Airlines have also joined Vallarta Pride with travel deals and offer a discount of up to 10% Aeroméxico (code B542D12A, valid only in national flights and form May 20 to 25, 2015), Alaska Airlines (code EC8368 and valid till May 29, 2015) and Delta Airlines (code NMKSE and valid form May 9 to June 2, 2015).

As nightlife entertainment cannot be missed during your Puerto Vallarta visit, Gay Vallarta Bar Hopping is offering 10% discount when booking using the code Vallarta Pride.

For more information on these deals and promotions, visit http://vallartapride.com/ en/hotels/ the official Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/ orgullovallartapride.

y special arrangement with the amazing Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS organization of New York, Casa Cupula will screen their most recent amazing Broadway Bares show Rock Hard, on Saturday, March 14th at 9pm at Taste Restaurant. Rock Hard, which took place in New York on June 22, 2014, raised almost $1.4 million USD. The event features 173 nearly-naked Broadway dancers performing an entirely original show with cameos by Tony Award winner Alan Cumming, and James Franco among others. Jerry Mitchell is executive director and choreographer.

Honoring iconic music moments and songs from Elvis to Pink, Aerosmith to Prince, the 24th edition of the burlesque extravaganza got a crowd of more than 5,000 people rocking, jumping and cheering for more during two performances at New York City’s Hammerstein Ballroom.

Of course the event ends with their famous Strip-a-thon, where the crowd donates to their favorite dancers for a good cause.

Taste will recreate a local strip-a-thon during the show to raise $$, which will be matched by Casa Cupula at 50%.

A unique event in Puerto Vallarta, shown simultaneously on two big screens, the dinner event will be to benefit SETAC, Puerto Vallarta’s LGBT community center. 10% of sales from the event will be donated to SETAC

Kathleen Carrillo Galleries Kathleen Carrillo Galleries, now at Calle Constitution 325 will be participating in the Southside Shuffle this coming Friday from 6-10.

Her new location is right around the corner from her Basilio Badillo upstairs studio and can be found in the Old Puerco Azul space right next door to The Banderas Bay Trading Company. Kathleen’s newest Giclee prints of “Climb to Gringo Gulch” have finally arrived and it is a signed and numbered limited edition Hand Embellished print. There are many prints that you can select from, and of course many of her newest originals will be hanging for the Shuffle.

Her latest Puerto Vallarta painting has just been completed and is to be documented for giclee prints that

The newest Puerto Vallarta work “Veranda Views” soon to be available as Giclees will be available next season. Kathleen will be painting on her latest Friends and Divas painting during the Shuffle and you might catch a glimpse of her at work if you are lucky. Be sure to ask Kathleen about the next European painting excursion to the French Riviera in May of 2016.

Her trips fill up fast so get your deposits in soon. Next seasons one day painting classes will be posted on her website soon, www.YourCreativeAwakening.com, and have been wildly successful this season.

They are her famous monkey see, monkey do workshops where you will complete a painting in one day!

These also fill up very quickly so be sure to keep checking for the dates and subjects that will be available for next season. Kathleen is a New York Artexpo award winning artist and will be participating in the art Spectrum Miami, December of 2015 during the Art Basel.

Ask her for details and guest passes.

Contact numbers are US 941 932 8543, Mex cell 044 322 141 8867.

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’m not here to tell anyone how to have fun. On a Saturday night, you are not likely to find me out clubbing, because I am already booked so far in advance. I hate to disappoint Sherlock and Watson or, quite frankly, the whole Netflix lineup in general. My pajamas get sad when I am not there and my special Canadian chocolate bars feel abandoned.

This is my version of fun, and it might not be yours. So feel free to take what I say here with a grain of salt.

Last Friday night I thought we could add to our fun repertoire by maybe playing outside the box a

little. This is sometimes a great idea (like when we ran off to San Blas and saw crocodiles at the last minute) and sometimes it’s not (like when I agreed to an Ice Bucket Challenge). But I’m often game to try.

Maybe you also noticed the fair set up in the hotel zone, glittering and sparkling with its seductive promises of DIVERSION! 100 PESOS! Let’s face it, 100 pesos for a good time isn’t an easy thing to find.

I decided to invite another mom with her two kids because folks should never be greedy about keeping all the fun to themselves.

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Plus, I dislike rides intensely and I wanted my kids to forget to ask me to go on with them.

When we got there at 6:30pm, the kids began their We Must Communicate Our Excitement Ritual by running around me in circles as I waited in line. I was already tired from a week of working with children who have similar daily rituals, and I should have realized then what this event was going to do to me.

When our friends arrived, we handed around the bracelets, had a whole group Excitement Ritual, and entered. What we faced upon entering was absolutely breath-taking.

Each ride had a line that snaked its way around it, lapping it several times.

The two boys, each wearing a shiny yellow fun bracelet, announced in that moment that they actually hated rides and would much rather play the games, none of which were included in the fun price of 100 pesos.

My friend and I quickly put our heads together and fleshed out a plan. Fun was not mentioned in the conversation. Economy was not mentioned in the conversation.

Survival was mentioned several times.

I took the boys to the games and she took the girls to the rides.

The boys won many wonderful things that I think are lost now. The girls went on three rides.

This is a miracle given the fact that many of the people lining up had very flexible ideas of what waiting for turns meant. I have a whole new level of respect for my friend.

When we got home at 10:30pm, I sent the children to shower and sat outside for a moment, head about as close to my knees as I can still manage at my current level of physical fitness.

I was hungry and discouraged

because I couldn’t justify waiting in line for 47 minutes for the elote con crema I wanted so very badly (Although I did wait 32 minutes for hotcakes for my children. Just one more way mothers sacrifice for their young). I can’t remember being more tired.

I can’t remember having less fun.

But sometimes, grace sneaks up on you in the most subtle of ways.

This time it came in the form of the elote vendor and his beautiful yellow cart. It spread itself over the kernels in the form of cream and mayonnaise with just a sprinkle of chile. And then it was bedtime, and I was ready for some fun that I could recognize. Thanks for waiting, Sherlock and Watson.

losses waiting to happen. But perhaps none is more egregious than Tesla- a crony capitalist con job that has long been insolvent and has survived only by dint of prodigious taxpayer subsidies and billions of free money from the Fed’s Wall Street casino.”

It appears that a more than a few people read the report as Tesla’s stock is taking a drubbing.

I wonder if Ole Irving Khan might have considered shorting it if he was a young man again?

HSBC has been fined again, this time for aiding and abetting tax evasion. Just a short couple of years ago the bank was fined one point nine billion dollars for money laundering. I think they did a brisk trade here in Mexico. Oh well, what else is new?

If one looks at the list of fines levied on the banks this last five years it will come as no surprise.

Fraud is at the top of the list and almost every major bank booked a settlement on that account; starting with Goldman Sachs and ending with UBS. They have been fined for manipula-

ting the overnight lending rate to rigging the price of gold and foreign exchange rates. I have heard Mexico described as the “Wild West”, but it seems to me it might more appropriately used to describe Wall Street or the financial industry at large. We don’t need Glass-Steagall back, we need Super Glass-Steagall.

These boys are out of control and we need something like a super hero to rein them back in.

The current administration is trying to impose some regulation

on financial advisers. They feel there is a conflict of interest when a retiree is sold a product that the advisor receives a kickback for.

Wall Street is up in arms about it, somehow they just won’t be able to do their job if they have to tell you, the client, that said mutual fund company, pays them for selling you their fund. Buyer beware and remember what Ole Irving said about protecting capital!

Bueno camino Irving and “Adios.”

Of Markets and men

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rving Khan, an investor who shorted the stock market crash of nineteen-twenty- nine, passed away at the ripe old age of one hundred and eight years old this past week. His very first trade was shorting a mining stock and he doubled his money doing it. He had weathered many financial crises and he shared his insights during an exclusive interview with Richard Evans of the Telegraph last summer.

It is a short interview and well worth reading if you enjoy investing and history. I will paraphrase a few lines.

He managed to borrow some money from a relative who was certain he would not see his money again, adding that, “Only a fool would short a bull market.”

It was one of Irving’s clearest memories and he said it showed how great enthusiasm in a particular stock or industry is usually a sign of great risk.

During the depression he became an assistant teacher to Ben Graham at Columbia University and consequently a value

investor. He described how an investor’s first responsibility is to preserve capital. That means being patient and waiting for good companies to go on sale.

When he was asked about the current market he had this to say, “ I try not to pontificate about the market, but when my son and I look at the market today, we see very few instances of value, this is usually a sign of widespread speculation.”

David Stockman wrote a scathing piece on Tesla last week. Stockman was a U.S. Congressman and Budget Director for Ronald Reagan in nineteen-eighty-one. He was the youngest presidential cabinet member of the twentieth century.

It is titled Bonfire of the Money Printers Vanities and can be found at Contra Corner or Casey Research on the web. It is an absolutely fascinating piece and illuminates just how these and other highly speculative stocks come to life.

“The Wall Street casino is now festooned with giant deadweight

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his week’s Voice of Vallarta was jam-packed with talent and two really big disappointments that I want to get the hell out of my system before I review the good stuff…

This is for Karyna Rizos and Audi Rodriguez. (For those of you who do not know these names they were two contestants on Voice that did not show up for their performance nor did they alert anyone in the production that they would not be coming back…).

SHAME on both of you! Two potential winners of this contest simply quit and are eliminated in that process. I don’t give a damn what your reasons/excuses/ whatever complaints are, but listen to this: you both let us down.

Us is the audience – the same people week after week that saw you rise up and saw you fall flat on your face in failure.

Did we care? Damn straight we cared. That’s what audiences do: WE CARE! If either of you ever appear in a performance in Vallarta this reviewer will NOT be in your audience because I do my job as YOUR audience and you didn’t have the courtesy or respect to do yours, which is to fulfill your contract as a performer for Danny Mininni’s dream of bringing new talent to the stage gleaned from Voice of Vallarta.

I am beyond disappointed in your incredible lack of simple respect. Remember how small this town can be and apologize to us, your audience and your producer and your other cast members. Sorry, WAS your audience. Okay, rant done.

Disney week packed every seat in the Main Stage and was fittingly opened by Miss Conception – the epitome of Disney characters fleshed out and currently performing in the Red Room. Kevin – you are not only an amazing actor and singer but you were an outstanding guest judge with some truly sound advice for the contestants. Four

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perfect tens (five counting mine) went to contestant Ana Adame and the first standing ovation in this contest.

Ana has set a new level for costume/make-up/ and stage presence. I can’t wait to see what she does next time for Classic Rock AND duets. Well done, Ana! Judge Kharla Barrgan’s singing school-group ALAS performed. I was so happy to see the delightful Fernando in the mix learning how to sing. In key, I mean. We will see him in Voice – Third Edition, next year. Speaking of ALAS, they are having a fundraiser at Act II on March 14th. Do try and come and help this school raise some needed funds and enjoy a concert while you’re at it.

Forever Plaid opens on the 10th, Voice presented Jose Maria Caudillo, one of Plaid’s quartet, in one song from the show. OMG it is going to be so good! And, it will be in English. Four-part-harmony-English by four gorgeous young men. Did I say gorgeous?

And fabulous singers each in their own right and together?

Formidable!

The Palm was packed for Latcho and Andrea’s last concert for the season. They played with all their heart and fiery gypsy souls like they always do. They were celebrating their 33rd UNWEDDING Anniversary.

The key to a long, happy relationship, maybe? Congratulations to the Blond Gypsies and thanks for hours and hours of your magical music. There is a rumour brewing that the Palm just might have them back soon.

I will keep you posted!

Amy Armstrong continues to perform without her longtime friend, Freddy, but has added a couple of surprises to her new show including the return of Bohemia Viva who are finally physically well enough to continue their concert run at the Palm. They are exquisite.

The three of them sang during Latcho and Andrea’s intermission. Wow and wow and wow.

ell, as they say in baseball, it’s a ‘get away day’ for me today.

I am traveling back to Canada for a month, my other job at MexiGo! has me hosting a number of retire and travel to Mexico seminars across Western Canada; in such exotic locations as Medicine Hat, Saskatoon and Kamloops, among others. I am looking forward to drinking some craft beer and eating some Alberta beef, but you know I would rather be on the beach in Mayto than scraping ice off a rental car windshield in Edmonton. It’s a bit of a dog week in sports, the NBA and NHL are in the home stretch, but not quite into the final play-off push, the NFL draft is still two months away and pitchers and catchers are playing catch, but not ramping up spring training yet.

Lebron James did get kicked in the nuts by James Harden a few nights ago, I am an immature jerk so I thought it was funny, but other than that, not much to report from the NBA. All the fun has come out of the trade deadline day for the NHL because of the salary cap. This is a

shame; I remember as a kid loving the trade deadline. I used to pore over the old Hockey News weekly paper, memorizing the rosters of every team and I loved all the reporting on the trades. Nowadays I feel bad for those so called experts on their panels, sitting all day trying to break the news of a trade first, speculating on deals that never happen; it’s turned into a giant yawn fest. As I mentioned, I will be out of town for a few weeks. I ask that you keep an eye on things around the bay for me; spend plenty of time at the beach and please feel free to swing by my place to water my plants. (I asked my 13 year old to do this for me, but let’s be honest, I will probably come back to a house full of dead plants.)

Also, do not forget the American Legion Chili Cook-Off up at El Rio on March 14th, live music, cold beer and plenty of chili to sample.

Funds raised will support, among other things, Puerto Vallarta’s own American Football team, the Torpedos. What's not to love? See you in a few weeks Puerto Vallarta.

Nos vamos luego!

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Casa Corona: a gem in Gringo Gulch, 2 + bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, fantastic views to town, walking distance to the Malecon, great open space, perfect for a B&B. Contact: alfonso@tropicasa.com

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Fabien Madesclaire and Ariel O’Donnell Fabien@g3mex.com

TO THE GUADALUPANA

Choosing a Real Estate Agent in Puerto Vallarta

by JD McClure here’s a new work of art on the streets of Puerto Vallarta. It’s a new neighborhood altar for the Virgen of Guadalupe, located on the north wall of the new Casa Mascota Cultural Center, on Calle Aldama at the corner of Calle Juarez, in the middle of the city center.

On a modest cantera shelf rests a mosaic made entirely of handmade Mexican tiles, each piece cut, nipped and shaped to fit. The mural is framed in a pattern of cobalt blue tiles.

A full view of the “Guadalupana” is depicted. She was created by local artist Marianne Menditto, one of the owners of Colibrí Design, right down the street. Marianne says that it is a gift of thanks from

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G3MEX is currently looking for talented agents to become part of our team. If you love sales, and want to work in a welcoming and fun environment, contact Fabien Madesclaire at Fabien@g3mex.om.

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hat are the ingredients that go into purchasing a property safely and intelligently in the Puerto Vallarta/ Riviera Nayarit? How should you go about choosing a reputable real estate agent?

So you’ve been to Mexico a number of times, and you’ve decided that investing in a property in and around the Bay of Banderas would be perfect for your lifestyle, offering a blend of a beautiful climate, the ocean, mountains, and the types of recreational and social activities that suit your lifestyle.

One of the first decisions you’ll have to make is who to trust to help your in your quest to find your own little piece of paradise. Seeing that you may not have any personal or professional contacts within the local business community, you'll tend to rely on information that you hear from other people living hear in Vallarta. This is a great place to start, as who knows better than a current property owner the pleasures and pitfalls of ownership!

Find out who helped them purchase their property, and how the transaction went. Was their agent helpful, honest, and accessible? If so, you might consider choosing that agent to assist you in finding a property.

This is a crucial decision, as you will entrust a lot in the agent.

As a foreigner purchasing in Mexico, you’ll need them to guide you through the legalities of ownership; finding an attorney; drafting the contract and protecting your personal and financial interests.

In Mexico real estate licensing protocols are different. There are not the same sort of exams and licenses as in the United States or Canada, though the agent should be a member of our local Asociación Mexicana de Profesionales Inmobiliarios (AMPI). AMPI requires regular attendance at local meetings and provides conti-

nuing educational opportunities to local agents From the AMPI Website: “AMPI has published ethical and fiduciary standards that its members are required to maintain. Those standards provide some assurance that the often complex process of a real estate transaction is less likely to go awry through a lack of due diligence on the part of the real estate professionals.”

Go around and interview some potential agents. Find out about their background, training, education and how long they have been in business. You may even ask to speak with a former client to find our how satisfied they were with their interactions with the agent.

Too, find out which notaries and attorneys the agency works with, and see if you can find out about their respective track records.

Let the agent show you some properties that YOU want to see, not just the ones that are listed by

their agency. Beware of an agent that tries to isolate you. If they are resistant to letting you do your own research, say “adios” and move on.

If you’re interested in purchasing in a development, it is important to choose an agent who is not the representative for said development. That way you can be assured that the agent is negotiating in your favor, and that there is no conflict of interest. You want someone to fight for you, and not the developer.

We have some amazingly talented and experienced real estate professionals in Puerto Vallarta, so it shouldn’t be difficult to find one to suit your needs.

If you have real estate questions, or want to know about purchasing properties in the Bay of Banderas, contact Fabien anytime at G3MEX Real Estate Group email: Fabien@g3mex.com. Or visit us in our new office in Old Town on Calle Amapas, right near the Hotel Emperador.

her and her husband, who moved here from the shores of the Sea of Cortez about 4 years ago, looking for some peace and security.

They had a gallery in Puerto Peñasco for over a decade, selling Mexican art and folk art, doing creative tilework, and building beach homes. Between a rotten US economy and the open takeover of the region by drug gangs, they, like many others, found themselves looking for a new home.

They both feel that they have found it here in Puerto Vallarta and thought that a tribute to our patron saint was a good way to show their appreciation. It was a labor of love, that took Marianne over two months to complete and she really out-did herself. The gift is appropriate.

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n the 1930s, Mexico City artist Pedro Linares fell ill. As his story is told: “While unconscious, he dreamed of a strange place resembling a forest. He saw trees, animals, and rocks, even clouds that suddenly turned into strange animals. He saw a donkey with butterfly wings, a rooster with the horns of a bull, a lion with an eagle head. All of them were shouting one word, ‘Alebrijes.’

Upon recovery, he began recreating the creatures he saw in cardboard and papier mâché and called them Alebrijes.”

The Valley of Oaxaca had a history of carving spirit animals from wood. Linares’ account fit nicely with ancient Zapotec beliefs that each human comes into this world accompanied by an animal protector.

Under the tutelage of Linares, Manuel Jimenez, who literally lived in the shadow of Monte Albán, made alebrijes carved from copal. A creative cluster of artists was born. Now spread through multiple generations, alebrijes have vastly improved the economy in a number of Oaxacan villages.

Marie Thérèse Arango also had a dream. She dreamed of a place where one could go to see the best of Mexico’s artisan work. It would also be a place where the arts could be taught and the artisans supported.

Arango is the moving force behind Mexico City’s Museum of Popular Art. Digs collaborator Carol Hopkins and I were fortunate to visit the museum with this gracious, vibrant woman who shared her enthusiasm and personal knowledge of a number of pieces. The Museum of Popular Art is the place to go if you wish to see the very best of Mexican folk art. The best is very fine indeed. Currently, 350 artist communities from all over Mexico have their best work for sale in the museum’s gift shop.

We are enjoying a renaissance of Mexican folk art thanks to the Museum of Popular Art and National Fund for the Promotion of Arts and Crafts (FONART). It was founded in 1974 “to promote and protect traditional Mexican handcrafts.”

U.S. economist Tyler Cowen writes about the strength and mutual inspiration of “creative clusters” of artists in “Markets and Cultural Voices: Liberty vs. Power in the Lives of Mexican Amate Painters.” Though he writes about the amate barkpaper artists of the Rio Balsas area of Guerrero, it is equally true of many other areas where folk art is created.

In almost every case these “creative

clusters” have been inspired and vastly improved by individual artists who have raised the bar for their community, showing that by excellent work they can provide a sustainable, or better, income for their family.

Some years ago Carol and I took a group to visit the home workshop of Alfonso Castillo Orta in Izúcar de Matamoros, Puebla. We watched master Alfonso painting Trees of Life at the same table as his wife, children, and grandchildren. Alfonso learned the craft from his grandfather. With the encouragement and support of wife Marta, he, unlike many other artisans, was able to devote 100 percent of his time to taking his craft to a level of fine art. Though Alfonso has died his work continues, as all five of his children continue in his

tradition. The workshop mirrors the craft it creates, for it is a tree of life.

Finding bits and pieces of pre-Hispanic pottery at Paquimé, a desert archeological site in Chihuahua, inspired subsistence farmer Juan Quezada Celado to master the ancient art and recreate its style of pottery. Soon he’d taught others in his family and community; another creative cluster was in existence.

By the 1990s, the much soughtafter Mata Ortiz pottery was found in folk art museums and fine galleries throughout the world.

The town of Mata Ortiz was brought from extreme poverty to become a tourist destination for its many collectors.

Throughout Mexico, with almost every craft, there are stories like

these. The secret is that as the craft flourishes, demand grows for finer pieces.

The individual artist can demand higher prices and devote more time to art instead of just worrying about how to feed the family.

If Pedro Linares could return to the streets of Mexico City on a Saturday in late October as the city prepares for Day of the Dead, he would think he was again dreaming.

In 2007, the Museum of Popular Art began the annual “Night of the Alebrijes” parade.

It has grown each year. It is now televised nationally and an estimated 6 million viewers tuned in last year to watch the event.

Giant, brilliantly colored, alebrijes much larger than anything created by

Master Linares ride on floats pulled by the teams that made them. Some of these papier mâché alebrijes are 4 meters (12 feet) high and 3 meters (9 feet) wide.

A combination of real and fantastical animals and humans, they are accompanied along a parade route from the Zócalo to the Angel of Independence by bands, mariachi musicians, clowns and a variety of performers. Mark your calendar!

Anthropologist and longtime Cuernavaca resident Charlie Goff can be reached at <charlie@cemanahuac.com>. Carol Lamb Hopkins, Cuernavaca resident, former teacher and school administrator collaborates on this column. Previous Charlie’s Digs are posted at charliesdigs. com. Original: The News

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he OTFM-TC has been a Saturday favorite for six seasons. And while our "producer only" market offers farm-fresh produce, artisan goods, home décor, fashions and accessories, our on-site International Food Court has won the hearts – and taste buds – of tourists and residents alike.

Stop by this weekend to taste what “make it, bake it, grow it” is all about! You're welcome to dine in (under the shaded pergolas on the eastern side of Lazaro Cárdenas Park) and enjoy live entertainment or take your orders to-go for more shopping fun.

El Taco Ranchero – If you love tacos, quesadillas, huaraches ad burritos, make a beeline for Angela Quintero’s El Taco Ranchero stand. You’ll find fresh tortillas, quality meats and all the trimmings. 322-133-0364 or lamancha90(at)hotmail.com Veggie Table – Sandra Tiznado delights patrons with her mouth-watering vegan entrées: hamburgers, al pastor, falafels and sticky buns. veggietable. com.mx, 322-178-5307 or stiznado72(at)gmail.com India Gate Restaurant – Each week, Andrea Hernández creates authentic Indian food cooked in

a punjab tandoor, a traditional Indian oven.

Treat yourself to their special blend of spices for an unforgettable culinary experience.

(Allende 124 restaurant in Centro Vallarta) Facebook, ah.indiagatemex(at)gmail.com or 322-105-8726 Jugos y Aguas Gloria – Gloria López Salazar selects fresh, locally grown fruit and mixes it with purified water, ice, and sugar to create all-natural aguas frescas (fresh waters).

Flavors include jackfruit, jamaica, orange, passion fruit, pineapple, rice and watermelon. 322-2293295 or lidethrlk(at)hotmail.com Narisa's Thai Kitchen – Narisa Moros shares the traditions of her homeland with her Thai Kitchen cuisine. She maintains the authenticity with hard-to-find Thai ingredients, including specialty herbs from fellow OTFM-TC farmer-vendor, Gustavo Avalos. 322-293-5983 or narijoe123(at)gmail.com Tamales y Empanadas Angel – María de Los Angeles Garcia de Zambrano’s tamales and empanadas burst with flavor. She uses long-time family recipes, local ingredients and several days’ worth of preparation to create these Mexican favorites.

322-222-0610 or zhalegalcounsel(at)gmail.com La Mexicana – Indulge in

Mónica Moreno's traditional Mexican food. It's served in clay pots, accentuating the flavors and bringing an unforgettable tasting experience to the palate.

322-225-2340 or monyck_28(at) hotmail.com Comida Taiwanesa – Li Wei Lin will wow you with his always-popular Taiwanese Food.

Each dish is vegan-friendly and perfectly matched to his refreshing green or red tea. 322-1521102 or cinramlim(at)hotmail.com Teosintle Pozole Verde Estilo Guerrero – Traditional Mexican green pozole – which is the typical dish from the state of Guerrero – is the order of the day with Elia Meneses popular recipe.

It's made in the Guerrero style, hearty and bursting with flavor.

322-222-7088 or edson.ballesteros(at)hotmail.com Mr. Pistaches – Oscar Fernández will treat you to the finest candied nuts in Puerto Vallarta. Sweet and salty, you'll have a hard time eating just one handful! 322-293-3028 or oscar_ fdez73(at)hotmail.com Sweets & Eats Be sure to save some room for the sweet stuff! We have all sorts of sweets and eats to enjoy: cakes, cookies, artisan chocolates, peanut brittle, sweet candied nuts, sticky buns, chocolate-dipped bananas and much, much more!

Live Entertainment Join us in celebration with live music from national and international musicians. Every Saturday, guest artists entertain us with upbeat harmonies and soulful serenades. You'll love the rhythmic energy that brings out the best in us.

Get to Know the OTFM-TC Join us this Saturday from 9:30-2 in Lazaro Cárdenas Park, Old Town Vallarta.

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We are a registered non-profit/ association civil organization that focuses on the “buy local” movement as well as entrepreneurial and community development.

The market is open every Saturday from November 1 through April 25. For updates, visit www.oldtownfm.com and “like” us on Facebook.

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in Bucerias with their horses and dogs.

This corner property has had

; the making of a perfect team. (I love it when Alain is behind the bar, he’s a great conversationalist!)

This Gastropub is friendly and cozy. The attention to detail in menu and service is notable. Best of all, the food is guaranteed fresh, flavorful and familiar. When you are there you feel the experience of life and work, the dedication to customer satisfaction, the passion for food and the sounds of joy in music or laughter and friendly chatter of the guests. The upstairs open balcony is nice for watch the town of Bucerias.

Esquina 22 Bar and Lounge is open from 4pm to midnight.

Plenty of imported beers you don’t often see and beer on tap rocks the house along with specialty cocktails. I have tried several… all delicious! Their menu is very comfortable and no-frills. Savour

Enlace Musical” from 8-11pm for March 6th and March 13th. Nohemi

a few renters- Bars and Restaurants over the years, with the most popular being the Shamrock Bar. Now, as co-owners and holding on to their dream, they decided to open Esquina 22 Bar and Lounge in July 2014. (If you did not know, esquina means “corner” in Spanish.) Both owners and operators, Arturo holds position of General Manager, Head Chef is Joaquin Lopez, and Alain takes care of the administration along with some occasional bartending

their twice baked potatoes, chicken breast with Dijon mustard potato wedges, amazing, juicy, dripping bacon cheese burgers and their real French Onion soup filled with onions, lots of gooey cheese with a nice slice of French bread….just like it should be! The last time I was there, my friend had the pork chop.

It was a thinner cut, but absolutely tender, perfectly spiced and delicious and it’s what I shall order next time!

Friday’s live music is “Duo

sings like an angel with Cesar on piano. On Wednesday’s catch “Cesar Medina” on vocals - guitar, 8-11pm. New music starting on March 27th. Stop on by the corner of Mexico Ave. ..Esquina 22 Bar and Lounge on the north side of Bucerias. You’ll be happy you did!

Non Profit News….It’s another WHO DONE IT? Dinner Mystery Theater in La Cruz! Join in the fun of sleuthing who the murderer is while enjoying a rib dinner with all of the fixin’s (vegetarian avai-

Fun on the Riviera Nayarit

By Cat Morgan

www.rivieranayaritfun.com

For any questions, comments or information about tours, rentals, restaurant and entertainment please contact me at Cat@RivieraNayaritFun.com or Cat@NewEnergyConsciousness.com

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n the Corner with Esquina 22 Bar and Lounge For the folks that live and visit Bucerias for the past 15-20 years may remember the first “Rosa Mexicana” restaurant; a popular gathering place for the growing Bucerias population that opened its doors in 1995 by Arturo Lopez Velazco. His parents arrived in Bucerias in the early 1950’s.

Born and raised on the Banderas Bay, his family’s dedication to agriculture inspired Arturo’s love of food. Arturo opened Rosa Mexicana serving plenty of tequila, complemented by Auturo’s lovely hospitality and some good eats.

Around that same time, back in chilly Canada, a successful young tri-lingual man by the name of Alain J M Chalut, who was a national champion ballroom dancer, university educated with an excellent job working for the federal government, came to Puerto Vallarta in February 1996 for a two week vacation where he gave it all up to make the dream a reality and stayed!

These two met March 19th, 1999. While Arturo was growing his business, Alain was in the process of building a restaurant by the Malecon in Puerto Vallarta. A match made in heaven, and it was not long before the Rosa Mexicano restaurant reopened as Los Ventanales. Arturo and Alain, now business partners soon became a couple, and later life partners.

Searching for more, Arturo set out to work as a chef in one of the major resorts in Nuevo Vallarta, and Alain as sales manager (now Director of Sales and Marketing) at Vallarta’s newest and finest beachfront resort. Artruo and Alain reside

lable) with your friends and the cast of The Amigos de La Cruz Players as they present: Murder, Mayhem and Green Marshmallow Salad on Tuesday March 17th and Wednesday March 18th at Philo’s Bar in La Cruz. Tickets are 300 pesos per person which includes your dinner.

The play begins at 6:30, and is general seating, so come early! If you come on the 17th, be sure to wear something green.

The setting is benign enough; a church supper. But, something is missing! The scandalous discovery that the beloved green marshmallow salad is..OH NO..not that!

Where did the pastor get to? Who has done the dastardly deed?

Tickets go fast for this event…and remember, this is a benefit for the Amigos de La Cruz so you can feel good about having fun! For tickets please call David at 329-295-5148 or Florrie at 329-295-5651 or at Philo’s Bar in La Cruz, or email LaCruzAmigos@Gmail.com .

Amigos de Bucerias Monthly Meeting will be on March 7th at Ixta Restaurant, 500 Lazaro Cardenas.

You do not need to be a member to attend, but can easily become a member for 250 pesos. Self-serve buffet breakfast at 9:15 for 100 pesos. The meeting ends about 11am. Confirm your breakfast by Thursday March 5th to AmigosDeBuceriasAC@Gmail.com .

Thanks for checking in this week!

Check out the allBucerias. com and allLaCruz.com community calendars for all the latest fun and entertainment! If you have any questions, comments or are looking for a summer or seasonal or long term rental please contact me at Cat@RivieraNayaritFun.com Gracias a todo…and have a wonderful week!

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In La Cruz

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If you would like more information about this sport and their upcoming competition, check out their new Facebook page at Perlas de Sayulita. If you have any questions about this team or would like to make a donation, email Sayulitacharra@gmail.com.

By Cindy Bouchard

Sayulita’s Escaramuza Team, Perla’s de Sayulita

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

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any of you might not be aware, but Sayulita has a talented Escaramuza team, called the Perla’s de Sayulita. These talented and committed women are skilled horsewomen, who ride sidesaddle ”montar a mujeriegas,” and perform beautiful choreographed routines.

This event was first recognized in 1992 as the tenth official event of charreada, otherwise known as the Mexican Rodeo. Previously charreada had been an entirely male dominated sport in Mexico, and now it allows a wonderful opportunity for the women.

Janet Quijano Bernal, current team captain, first began efforts to form the team 4 years ago, but in the last 6 months a new team has formed, and is very strong and ready to compete. “I started the team to promote charreria. I’m from the state of Higaldo, and it is where this sport was born. For me, it’s a tradition of my family and I didn’t see any Escaramuza charreria in Sayulita, so I wanted to bring it here and share it with others.”

The eight Sayulita horsewomen, who range from 13 to 50 years old, dress in full, elaborate skirts with ribbons, petticoats, and bloomers, and ride sidesaddle (losing 50% of their steering) at high speed.

The costumes they don trace back to the aristocratic nineteenth century when women could only ride during special processions or festivals.

This is a very competitive sport, though the women are tight knit and share a common love of the sport and their horses. Two of the Perla’s de Sayulita women compete in a high speed sliding stop, which requires them to ride their horses into the arena at a high speed gallop and then stop their horse in a controlled high speed slide within a chalk-lined area. The woman who has the longest slide, without crossing the

boundary, and maintains control, wins this event, and adds points to their teams score.

Following the slide, there is a high speed routine, where the Perla’s de Sayulita orchestrate complex patterns, and are judged based on precision and a highly detailed scoring system.

The routine has 12 parts and is performed in seven minutes or less or points are deducted.

“We now have a very strong team of girls and women who are committed to the time this sport and team requires. It is very time consuming. You can’t miss things…it’s a drill team. If women don’t show up, we have holes in our routine and it’s impossible to practice it. It is so fun and the women who participate all love it, so everyone is very committed,” Debbie.

Each woman pays for horse food, vet bills, their costume, and gasoline to haul the horses.

Another expense is paying for Georgina Blasco, who lives in Guadalajara, to visit Sayulita and coach the team. Janet also travels to Guadalajuara for instruction and training.

Team members are Janet Quijano Bernal, Deborah Bone, Osiris yakeline Cobarraurios, Dr. Marcia Alvarz Garcia, Kelly Lopez Gaxiola, M. Angelica Aguirve Partida, M. Irma Perez Rodriguez, Lorena Rodriguez, and Judith Santana.

The Sayulita team practices at the Sayulita rodeo grounds twice a week from 6:00 pm to dark.

Next week, Monday, March 4 and Wednesday, March 6 the team will be practicing. The public is welcome and encouraged to go watch.

They will be competing in Compostela on Sunday, March 15th so mark your calendars to come cheer on the Perla’s de Sayulita!

Original: www.sayulitalife.com

Characters: Esau, Mimi and Daniel… TATEWARI Anyone who’s spent any time in La Cruz will have had their senses delighted by the band Tatewari!

I adore their music and moreso enjoy the interaction between them. Mimi (who’s real name is Al) is the funny one, I giggle as he tries to get Daniel and Esau to smile throughout the performance.

Those of us who’ve seen them grow up playing music and have cheered them on have seen them evolve into not only great musicians but phenomenal young men!

Esau, a phenomenal flamenco musician, studied under a ‘maestro’ in Spain a few years back becoming even more amazing than he was before. Music is his full time gig and you can see him play in various forms; alone, as a duo with Mimi, with the Tatewari group and he also performs on stage in Vallarta theatre groups.

Mimi, one year younger than Esau, recently graduated as a Civil engineer working nights playing with Tatewari, practicing between… that’s commitment!

He’s so busy with Tatewari and his duo performances with Esau, that for now he’s made a career with his music rather than engineering.

Time will tell which he chooses or if he’ll do both but I hope he keeps playing music as its most definetly a gift to all! So much talent so little time! Speaking of talent, watching/ listening as Mimi riffs on his guitar is a religious experience!! Over the last few years, he’s also learned the flamenco guitar, oh my, this music, his talent takes my breath away.

Daniel, one year younger than Mimi, with his solid guitar work, provides a firm "bass" upon which Tatewari builds the mood. His are the strings, which hold Esau and Mimi on course during their not-tobe-missed live performances.

What most don’t know about him is that he’s ALSO an amazing chef!

Studying at the Universidad tecnología de bahía de banderas, he must have been one of their star students as I’ve had many meals prepared by Daniel and everything is divine! His style is what I call fusion but he also creates meals in the traditional way too and he’s amazingly professional, running his team like an orchestra. Always appearing calm there are many times he does his duties and then

goes to a gig with the guys!

Tatewari means 'grandfather fire' in the Huichol. The trio play the genre of Flamenco and its variants; composing their own material and production at their concerts. They are exemplary artists with vision.

They donate their time and music to many causes, which the public adores and appreciates! Their motto and goal: "To convey the feeling and passion of flamenco through practice, study and sacrifice using traditional musical instruments".

Be the first to hear their latest music at the CD release party for their “Why isn't it?” album. Join them Sunday, March 22nd at Falconi’s pizza in La Cruz. Tickets are 100 pesos. Enjoy original music, the genre of Jazz and traditional Mexican music all fused with some flamenco flavor. For tickets, contact Falconi’s pizza (on Calle Sierra) or cindy@VillaAmorDelMar.com For the full story; check out my blog at http://www.villaamordelmar. com/blog/

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IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERS Emergency Phone Numbers The police station or the fire department is 060. For Non-Emergency calls, dial (322) 290-0507 for the Police Dep & (322) 224-7701 for the Fire Department.

Ambulance Services Red Cross Ambulance: 222-1533 Global Ambulance: 226-1014

Hospitals Ameri-Med Hospital: 226-2080 Cornerstone Hospital: 224-9400 San Javier Hospital: 226-1010 Medasist Hospital: 223-0444 C.M.Q. Hospital: 223-1919 I.M.S.S. Hospital: 224-3838 Regional Hospital: 224-4000

Other Important Phone Numbers American Consulate: (322)222-0069 or 01-333-268-2145 Canadian Consulate: (322) 293-0098 Motor Vehicle Dept: 224-8484 Consumer Protection (PROFECO): 225-0000 Immigration Office: 221-1380 National Telegraph: 224-7970 Electric Company (CFE): 071 Water Company (SEAPAL): 223-1516 Municipal Services: 223-2500 Tourist Protection: 223-2500 Ministerio Publico: 222-1762 Animal Protection: 221-0078 Wake-Up Service: 031

Emergency Phone for Sayulita Dial 066 from any standard land line. Dial 080 from Mexican cell phones. To report suspicious activity in Sayulita, please dial 045-322-141-5994.

All the towns have some type of weekly market. In Banderas Bay and Riviera Nayarit we are blessed with many excellent farmer’s, artisan and co-op markets. Most are open from 9am – 2pm unless stated.

Bucerias Tianguis - Year-round Sundays In the arroyo La Cruz Sunday Mercado Sundays At the La Cruz Marina Bucerias Market - Monday Artwalk Plaza Guayabitos – Mondays year-round In the main plaza Nuevo Vallarta Farmers Market –Tuesdays San Pancho Market / Tuesday in Main Plaza La Cruz Tianguis Year-round Wednesday Below the glorietta La Penita Tianguis – Thursday year-round In the main plaza Marina Vallarta Market – Thursdays In the main plaza Marsol Market to the pier - Friday Sayulita’s Farmer’s Market downtown Friday Tres gallinas y un gallo - Saturdays 466 Venustiano Carranza Old Town Farmers Market – Saturdays Lazaro Cardenas Park Lo de Marcos Tianguis – Saturdays In the main plaza

Emergency Numbers for Bucerias & La Cruz Numbers for the Police Department in case of emergency are 291-0049 and 291-0666.

Emergency number: 066 Police, Bucerias & La Cruz: 298-1020 Civil Protection (Fire, Ambulance): 291-0295 Ambulance, Santa Rosa Clinic: 298-0157

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events calendar

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Would you like to promote your event across Banderas Bay to over 6,000 weekly readers? Non-profit and charity events receive complimentary listings. Maximum 50 words. Contact Editor@ vallartatribune.com deadline is Tuesday noon.

March 6-7: 23rd Banderas Bay International Regatta Known as one of the biggest cruiser's regattas in the world, the Banderas Bay International Regatta brings together serious racers and cruisers for a week of yacht racing and nightly entertainment. The event concludes in a fun awards banquet held on the beach at Paradise Village Resort in Nuevo Vallarta. BanderasBayRegatta.com

March 6-8: 4th Annual Vallarta Bird Festival The Banderas Bay Region is home to over 300 species of different birds. The Festival is hosted by the Vallarta Bird Conservancy.

Four action packed days of birding and natures walks with expert guides in unique habitats will be sure to satisfy even the most advanced birders, workshops and lectures from local and international authorities on many interesting bird and birding related topics will round out the festival. www.vallartabirdconservancy.org/ Saturday March 7 - 4th Annual Riverfest at El Rio BBQ Live music featuring Kim Kuzma, Regina Zerené, Los Chuyz, Chris Kenny, The Zippers, The Gecko Band, and Texas Embassy Blues Band. 12pm to 7pm $80 peso donation at the gate or purchase a VIP patron ticket in advance for $500 pesos.

All proceeds to Pasitos de Luz! Information at the Pasitos table at The Old Town Famers Market or email Barb at condo211@ yahoo.ca Tuesday March 10 IFC Annual Meeting – IFC Clubhouse. Open to the public.

Bar opens at 6 PM. Meeting starts at 7 PM. This will be IFC Election night with votes being cast by paid members.

Thursday March 12 Kirtan Chanting Classically trained local musician Raoul Diaz de la Garza will lead an hour of Kirtan chanting starting at 7:00 PM. Kirtan is call-and-response chanting performed in India’s bhakti devotional traditions.

No background or religious affiliation needed to attend, just a desire to learn and enjoy an hour of relaxing and enlivening chan-

ting! Doors open at 6:30. Donation for IFC charities: $50 pesos at the door.

March 12-15 Chacala Village Music Festi val This picturesque Nayarit beach town has band together to create an annual week-long celebration of music complete with singalongs and dancing in the street, as well as authentic Mexican food and spirits.

ChacalaVillageMusicFestival. com March 13-16 IV Beach Polo World Cup Recognized as the largest in the country, the IV Beach Polo World Cup, features several of the world's tops players competing in this luxury sport in Nuevo Vallarta.

PoloInRivieraNayarit. com Saturday March 14th from 1 - 5pm 3rd Annual Chili Cook Off at El Rio BBQ Put on by the American Legion $200 pesos per person Supports the Banderas Bay Women’s Shelter, Torpedos Puerto Vallarta Football Americano, American Legion Community Relations Projects Monday, March 16th St. Patrick’s Fundraiser at Murphy’s Irish Pub to benefit the Navy League and American Legion. From 12 noon to 5:00 pm with live music from 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm. Also available is a Raffle draw and 50/50. $200 pesos per person includes Buffet and 2 drink tickets.

Wednesday March 18th Charity Bingo at Nacho Daddy’s Card sales beginning at 5:30 pm and bingo at 6:00 pm.Raffle tickets for great prizes, final game is a cash blackout bingo with the winner taking home half the pot. All proceeds shared with Pasitos de Luz and Colina Spay and Neuter.

Thursday March 19 IFC Presentation - Creative Aging - A presentation and dialogue with Norma Schuh and Dan Grippo. Donation at the door: $50 pesos or 3 canned goods for community services. 7:00 PM April 23-26 Salsa & Mambo Festival For the third year in

a row the Salsa & Mambo Fest comes to Riviera Nayarit.

The all-star lineups of international and national artists dance over to Marival Resort & Suites for the four day festival. SalsaMamboFest.com April 30-May 3 V Punta Mita Gourmet & Golf Classic The 5th annual Punta Mita Gourmet & Golf Classic combines golf with gourmet meals and cooking courses taught by distinguished chefs at the most luxurious resorts in Riviera Nayarit.

The "Punta Mita Cup" is a two day golf tournament played on the signature Jack Nicklaus' courses, Bahia and Pacifico.

PuntaMitaGourmetGolf.com

Galeria Pacifico will presenting an exhibition of sculptures on SaturdayMarch 7th from 7-9pm on what would be the 95th birthday by deceased master Ramiz Barquet. There will also be a showing of a collection of paintings created by the artist’s widow, Mrs. Nelly Barquet.

Galeria Pacifico- Calle Aldama 174,Centro.

March 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, 25 IFC Home Tours Visit 4 beautiful homes and support the IFC Cleft Palate Surgery Program and other local charities. Tours conclude for this season on March 25. Tuesday and Wednesday - On tour days tickets go on sale at 9 a.m. at Sea Monkey Restaurant, Aquiles Serdan on the beach. Bus leaves at 10:30 a.m. The cost: $500 pesos. Reservations can also be made ONLINE - www.ifctoursforvallarta.com.

May 17-25 Vallarta Pride Focusing on the theme of Unity, this year’s weeklong event is one of the best Pride events in Mexico. More information at vallartapride.com

VALLARTA TRIBUNE 829 Feb 25 - March 3, 2013

The Natural Beauty of OUR Mountain

Plants

2000

Mammals

80

Birds

300

Amphibians and Reptiles

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Butterflies

85

500

50% of these species are endemic to México.

We propose the area to be designated a

Natural Preserve Because for Vallarta,

Without the Mountain...

There is no future

charities

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March 5 - 11, 2015 www.vallartatribune.com

Non - Profit and Charitable Organizations For visitors to Puerto Vallarta who wish to support the less privileged in our paradise, this is a list of some of the many organizations that could benefit from such kind gestures.

If you would like your organization recognized here, please email details to editor@vallartatribune. com.

Acción En La Cruz aid residents of La Cruz de Huanacaxtle by providing provisions in exchange for community services performed.landon5120.wix.com/ accionenlacruz Alcoholics Anonymous: In English Puerto Vallarta Alanon Club - Basilio Badillo 329 recoverpv.com Amazing Grace Missions Assisting families in Magisterio & Progreso with necessities and job training and English. slw2014nv@gmail.com American Legion Post 14: raises resources and manpower to improve facilities needing building maintenance americanlegion14.org Amigos del Magisterio - Food delivered directly to workers at the PV dump, their families and schools in Magisterio and Volcanes. Also, food to New Beginnings, Pasitos de Luz, and Caritas. 100% of donations to the people, no overhead. amigosdelmagisterio.com;lysephilrioux@hotmail.com Asilo San Juan Diego Home for the Elderly - Contact: Lupita Sanchez Covarrubias 222-1257 or malupita88@hotmail.com or mexonline.com\asilosanjuandiego.htm Asociación Down - Assistance to persons with Down’s Syndrome – Contact: Ana Eisenring at 224-9577.

Banderas Bay Women’s Shelter - Safe shelter for women & children victims of domestic violence. compassionforthefamily. org Becas Vallarta, A.C. – Provides scholarships to high school and university students. Tax-deductible in Mexico and USA. Polly Vicars

at (322) 223-1371 or Buri Gray at (322) 221-5285. puerto-vallarta.com/amf CANICA - Centre for Children with Cancer. Provides aid for treatment and services including transportation to GDL. Contact Director, Evelia Basañes 322-123-5688.

Casa Hogar - A shelter for orphaned, abandoned, disadvantaged or vulnerable children. Luz Aurora Arredondo at 221-1908, Rita Millan (322) 141-6974. casamaximocornejo@gmail.com Centro Comunitario SETACGLBT – Services the GLBT community, including treatment and referrals, education, English classes, HIV testing and counseling. Paco Arjona 224-1974 Clinica de Rehabilitación Santa Barbara - Rehabilitation of the handicapped. Contact: Laura Lopez Portillo Rodriguez at 224-2754.

COLINA Spay and Neuter Clinic - Free and by-donation sterilization clinic in Old Town. Only open Sundays, Contact: cez@rogers. com or 322-104-6609 CompassionNet Impact – Transforming the lives of people living in chronic poverty. Job creation, education, emergency & more.

Tax-deductible. Cell: (322) 133-7263 or ric@4compassion.org Corazon de Nina A safe, loving, home-environment for 20+ girls rescued from high-risk situations.

Donations & volunteers always welcome! Totally self-funded. www.corazondenina.mx Cruz Roja (Red Cross) Handles hospital and emergency service in Vallarta. It is the only facility that is authorized to offer assistance to injured people on the street.

Contact: 222-1533, 222-4973 Desayunos para los Niños de Vallarta A.C. Feeding programs, education programs, day care centers for single mothers. 2234311 or 22225 72 Discapacitados de Vallarta, A.C. (DIVAC) association of handi-

capped individuals dedicated to helping one another. Ivan Applegate at 221-5153.

Families At The Dump: Supporting families living in the landfill or garbage dump thru education and sustainable opportunities. familiesatthedump.org Fundacion Punta de Mita LDG. Ana Lilia Medina Varas de Valdés. ana@fundacionpuntademita.org Tel. (329) 291 5053 Friends of PV Animals Volunteers working to enhance the lives of shelter animals.

For info and donations visit friendsofpvanimals.com Grupo Ecológico de Puerto Vallarta: Arq. Luz del Carmen Pérez A cayro_13@hotmail.com grupoecologico.com Horizonte de Paz: Shelter for men of all ages who are troubled with alcohol & drug addiction.

Donato Schimizzi: 322 199 9523 or Roberto: 281 0644 dschimizzi@yahoo.com La Brigada de la Basur:a A weekly meeting of neighborhood children to clean Vallarta Streets.

Contact Que?Pasa 223-4006 Mexico Ministries & Mission, Inc. raises funds to the poor in

Vallarta. Contact Fr. Jack+ 044 322 229-1129 christchurchbythesea.org Navy League - assists in the transportation of donated medical supplies from the U.S., organizes work groups to paint and repair facilities, www.vallartanavyleague.org.

New Life Mexico - Challenging Child Poverty with health and education programs. Philippa Vernon pvp@newlifemexico.com Paraíso Felino AC Refuge and Adoption Centre for cats and kittens in the Bay of Banderas. Luis Donaldo Cel. (322) 120-4092 Pasitos de Luz - substitute home for low income children with any type of handicap, offers rehabilitation services and more. 299-4146. pasitosdeluz.org PEACEAnimals - Free mobile spay/neuter clinic operating 48 weeks a year, primarily in Puerto Vallarta. Tax-deductible. peaceanimals.org Pro Biblioteca de Vallarta Raises funds for Los Mangos Public Library. Tax-deductible Ricardo Murrieta at 224-9966 Proyecto Pitillal, “Busca un Amigo” - Association created by underprivileged mothers of

paralyzed children.

Contact: 299-4495.

Puerto Vallarta Garden Club: Beautify and protecting the environment. vallartagardenclub.com PuRR Project - A no-kill cat shelter, a natural un-caged environment. www.purrproject.com Roma’s Kids - Educate the children of the Volcanes and surrounding area: Math, English and computer programs a priority. 100% goes to the kids. kids.romamexico.com The International Friendship Club (IFC) - Supports the Cleft Palate Surgery Program & families in need. 322-222-5466. ifcvallarta.com Toys for Tots Vallarta - Distributes toys and constructs playgrounds for Puerto Vallarta area during the Christmas holiday period. Jerry Lafferty 322 221 6156 or lourdes.bizarro@marriotthotels. com.

Vallarta Saludable (Healthy) – Healthy living through organics, stevias, cooking workshops, serums reversing dialysis and reality show.

NAOTF.org Suzy Chaffee suzynativevoices@aol.com

The Navy League of Puerto Vallarta Projects Completed 2013-2014

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royecto Pitillal Busca un Amigo Day Care Center Repairs, painting, raised wall & installed sidewalk.

School for the Deaf - Lighting, Fans, Window Protection.

Boca de Tomatlan Jr. Sr. High School - Water Supply & Repairs to Boys and Girls Bathrooms.

Santa Barbara Rehabilitation Clinic - Tile roof installation and painting. *DIVAC Association for the Handicap - Painting. *Playgrounds San Vicente del Mar and Guamu-

chil - Restoration/repairs. La Aurora Recreational Park - painting repairs and adopted for total upkeep and maintenance.

Caloso Plaza - painting and repairs to the playground. *Children’s Cancer Screening Center - Painting, roof repairs, window replacement and playground installed. *DIF Senior Home and New Life Home for boys in Coapinole - painting, repairs and electrical installation.

School for the Deaf - building addition in partnership with Punta Mita Foundation and Club Rotario aka Charlie

Brown. 45,000 PESOS AWARDED CONSTRUCTION TO START MARCH 1, 2015 Torpedos Football Americano Fundraising - maintenance on the field and donating toward scholarship.

Fundraising for the Banderas Bay Women’s Shelter Installed water and electrical service for a youth community center in San Ignacio. *In partnership with Vallarta Navy League If you are interested in additional information contact Dennis Rike or www.americanlegion14.org/

brain teasers

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SUDOKU medium easy

March 5 - 11, 2015 www.vallartatribune.com

Challenge your brain! Sudoku is easy to play and the rules are simple. Fill in the blanks so that each row, each column, and each of the nine 3x3 grids contain only one of each of the numbers 1 through 9.

Number Blocks

hard

Word Search

What’s a number block you ask?

The numbers in each row add up to the totals to the right. The numbers in each column add up to the totals along the bottom. The diagonal lines also add up the totals to the right. Some of the numbers are missing. Try to fill in the missing numbers between 0 and 12.

Can you find the hidden words? They may be horizontal, vertical, diagonal, forwards or backwards. BIRDS ALBATROSS, BUDGIE, BUZZARD, CANARY, CORMORANT, CRANE, CROW, DOVE, EAGLE, EMU, FINCH, FLAMINGO, HAWK, HERON, JACKDAW, KESTREL, KOOKABURRA, LAPWING, LARK, NIGHTINGALE, OSTRICH, OWL, PARROT, PENGUIN, PIGEON, QUAIL, RAVEN, ROBIN, SANDPIPER, SEAGULL, SPARROW, STORK, SWALLOW, TERN, TOUCAN, VULTURE.

1. Green - Moola - Dough 2. Playing - Time - Greeting 3. Punch - Hair - A Volleyball 4. High - Balance - Laser 5. Human - Rat - Relay 6. Cat - Dog - Gold 7. Toad - Foot - Bar 8. French - Eskimo - Hershey 9. Area - Fire - Zip 10. Gray - Red – Timber

Commonym 12 Answers 1. slang for money 2. types of cards 3. they can be spiked 4. beams 5. races 6. fish 7. stools 8. kisses 9. codes 10. wolves

What’s a commonym you ask? A commonyms is group of words that have a common trait in the three words/items listed. For example: thewords; A car - A tree - An elephant.. they all have trunks. These will make you think!

Wuzzle 12 Answers 1. Better safe than sorry 2. Wheel of Fortune 3. Hard times ahead 4. Black eyed peas 5. Jumbo Jet 6. Minimize

Commonym

Wuzzles

What’s a wuzzle you ask? A wuzzle is a saying/phrase that is made up of a display of words, in an interesting way.The object is to try to figure out the well-known saying, person, place, or thing that each wuzzle is meant to represent.