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Welcome to Puerto Vallarta

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

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 18th year 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.

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ear Friends, this is the time of the year we celebrate Thanksgiving Day. The Puerto Vallarta Women´s Association has many friends to thank for their support to our 27 children in the Cancer Center in Puerto Vallarta.

Luis Angel, a beautiful 9 years old boy, an honor student who loved sports is so lucky to have survived after being hospitalized for four months in Guadalajara. A tumor on his head has paralyzed the right side of his body.

He came back to P.V. and

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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for providing an opportunity for these children to survive.

You can join us at our first Thanksgiving Dinner, to benefit the Puerto Vallarta, Children with cancer on November 29 at Le Bistro.

For information: Please call Le Bistro At: 222-0283 lebistro. pv@gmail.com Le Bistro is located at Isla Cuale.

Or email auroradelatorrepv@yahoo.com You must buy or reserve tickets by November 19th. Thanks.

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needed a Wheel chair, which, was donated by our Friends at The International Friendship Club. His one room home was painted thanks to The American Legion who came to his aid, brought running water into the house, electricity, two fans, and build a roof for their kitchen.

These things were necessary for a healthier and safer environment for our beloved Luis Angel and his family.

Luis Angel continues traveling to Guadalajara 3 or 4 times a month for his Cancer treatment.

Special thanks to all our friends

inger Carpenter is coordinating the Pasitos de Luz representatives for bingo this year and is looking for volunteers.

You would need to be at Nacho Daddy's no later than 3:15 and finished by 7pm.

Dates through December-March Also looking for donations.

Call 322-151-8619 Email: gingercarp@hotmail.com

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Hello everyone,

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his week started with the government holiday for Independence Day but Friday November 20th is the actual day.

Watch for adorable school children dressed up in Pancho Villa and Adelita costumes.

Plenty of information on this historic holiday and its key players on page 21 in this week's paper.

We have packed rosters at all the theatres including a Ray Charles tribute artist at the newer Stage and Forum theatre in Nuevo Vallarta. This theatre offers quality performances year-round, servicing the north end of the bay. If you are looking for something different to do, check them out one evening. More information on the Ray Charles show can be found in page 20.

For those of you in Vallarta we have plenty of great acts at The Palm on Olas Altas street and at Act II in Basilio Badillo both in Old Town.

If you are looking for some world class Jazz and live music be sure to check the new Jazz Foundation on the malecon. There are some excellent artists performing there in the coming weeks.

This week is also the International Festival Gourmet with plenty of restaurants offering special guest chefs and limited time menus.

And not last but not least, we have the Rising Hop beer festival this weekend. Ultimately, there is no reason for you to hide away in your hotel, there are a million things to see and do around town.

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SPCA of Puerto Vallarta - Adopt a Senior Pet

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e just love our visitors to town and the sanctuary. They are all so very generous.

The Balsiger family recently visited the sanctuary and gave their tour guide, our imitable volunteer Robin McCaffry, a donation of 700 pesos. Good friends Suzanne Deaton and Darryl Rhoades donated $100 US. Thanks so much to everyone! And don’t forget to stop and see us at the Farmers Market each week.

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.

Are you ready to get involved?

Pack your bag for an amazing afternoon at the SPCA! Please bring water and any treats you might enjoy during your visit.

Sharing food with the animals is prohibited. We encourage you to bring your camera. Take as many photos as you like, and share them with us and your social media community. Your photos and videos can help these dogs and cats find their forever homes with people who will treat them with the

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love and care they deserve. Tours will be each Tuesday and Thursday leaving from the Costco parking lot at noon.

Please note that reservations are required and space is limited.

To make a reservation, contact us at spcapv@gmail.com. Please feel free to bring donations and treats for sanctuary staff as they truly appreciate it.

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

Go to Photos where you will also

find individual Albums for all the animals available as well as a bit of their history. To make donations via PayPal, select the “Donate” option on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/spcapv or on our website at http://spcapv.com/ donate/.

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.

Old Town Farmers Marke

By Erin Staley

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arm-fresh produce, baked goods, artisan products, on-site services and readyto-eat fare – we've got it all at the Old Town Farmers Market-Tianguis Cultural!

But did you know that we also support local organizations? Meet the Artisans of Madre Selva – a group that creates fashion-forward accessories for international shoppers. The bright, intricate pieces of Artisans of Madre Selva are not only beautiful gifts, but they're testimonies of hope.

The Artisans of Madre Selva are a cooperative of women who live in underprivileged and impoverished communities near Vallarta’s garbage dump. Many of them worked at the dump as recyclers, spending long days to earn a paycheck for their families.

A few years ago, New Beginnings, a local non-profit, set out to provide its members – and their families – other avenues of earning a living. The result? Artisans of Madre Selva. The hope was that these women – and their children who often cut school to work beside them – would have an alternative income-generating opportunity.

The first project? Simple crochet necklaces. As their skills grew, the talents and creativity of Artisans of Madre Selva became more evident. You can see this by the wide variety of products available today.

The Artisans of Madre Selva faced a great number of educational and emotional obstacles.

Many had not completed school and did not understand English.

Others had trouble with teamwork, having focused only on themselves for survival. Still there were those who were puzzled by the concept of success, haunted by the cycle of poverty.

New Beginnings began teaching English as well as teamwork and trust skills. They made sure the women learned how to rely on one another for a common goal. Some even learned how to teach others.

They also learned business basics: supply acquisitions, production management, inventory control, quality control, marketing and product presentation.

Today, the Artisans of Madre Selva are all registered business owners. They have gone from being invisible to becoming

The Meaningful Pieces of Artisans of Madre Selva

successful entrepreneurs with clients from all over the world.

They are empowered, caring for themselves and their families. Now these women hold their heads high, confident in their abilities to improve the quality of their lives.

And their families are delighted! Not only are they inspired, but they now enjoy every day conveniences, such as electricity and washing machines. But more importantly, the children are able to stay in school.

The OTFM-TC is pleased to have contributed in part to the success of Artisans of Madre Selva. We provided their first significant entrepreneurial experience, and are delighted that they're joining us for a sixth season.

Visit Artisans of Madre Selva this Saturday to find a beautiful and meaningful piece for your loved ones! You can also find them on Facebook at New Beginnings Artisans of Madre Selva.

Join Us This Saturday Come on out and enjoy the live music, wonderful weather, farm-fresh produce and artisan goods! We're open 9:30-2 every Saturday through April 30, 2016.

We're located at Lazaro Cárdenas Park in Vallarta’s Emiliano Zapata neighbourhood. For only 12 pesos an hour, you can park in the garage directly beneath park. Public buses and taxis also come this way with a Pino Suarez Street drop off.

Get to Know the Market The OTFM-TC is a North American style market that celebrates the tradition and culture of Mexico’s outdoor tianguis markets.

It is also a registered non-profit/

You’re Invited!

We’re open 9:30-2 every Saturday, from November 7 to April 30, 2016.

We’re located at Lazaro Cárdenas Park in Vallarta’s Emiliano Zapata neighbourhood.

For only 12 pesos an hour, you can park in the garage directly beneath park.

Public buses and taxis also come this way with a Pino Suarez Street drop off.

association civil organization that focuses on nurturing the entrepreneurial spirit of Puerto Vallartans.

All OTFM-TC products are either locally grown or handmade within 75 kilometres of the city.

et - Tianguis Cultural

Find us at Parque Lázaro Cárdenas Romantic Zone Saturdays 9:30 - 2:00 pm

Swimwear and beachwear made ​​to order!

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Interested in becoming a new vendor or volunteer? Stop by the information booth for an application.

For the latest in market news (both in English and Spanish), visit www. oldtownfm.com and “like” us on Facebook (Old.Town.

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Pope Francis to Visit Mexican States of Chihuahua, Michoacan and Chiapas

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ope Francis will visit the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Michoacan and Chiapas during his visit to this country in February 2016, Foreign minister Claudia Ruiz Massieu announced Wednesday.

The pope will take part in different activities in each of the states, the minister told reporters, adding he will meet President Enrique Peña Nieto.

Ruiz Massieu said the Vatican will release the complete agenda of the Pope's visit on Dec.12.

On Oct. 11, the Mexican National Catholic Church said Pope Francis would visit the Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City and also areas along the border.

Northern Mexico's Chihuahua

state, located along the border with the U.S., is often plagued by violence owing to organized crime groups that recruit or exploit immigrants trying to enter the country through the border.

Chiapas, located along the southeastern border with Guatamala, is an entry point for Central American immigrants traveling north and is one of the poorest Mexican states, while Michoacan, in the west, has also witnesses organized crime-related violence.

Alberto Gasbarri, the Vatican Radio official who organizes the Pope's foreign visits, made a trip to Mexico last week to discuss details of the papal visit with church and government authorities.

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V Motomanía San Blas 2015

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ver two thousand motorcycles and more than three thousand bikers from 15 Mexican states will congregate for a grand party at the 1st Biker Port of the Pacific.

The V Motomanía San Blas is set to happen from November 19-22, 2015. This motorcycle festival is growing and it’s going to be a good one. During these days the village is filled with people and the parade that snakes down the main streets of the town marks the start of high season.

The program includes activities on the San Blas dock including Mexican wrestling (lucha libre), freestyle fighting matches and live rock music.

The traditional quarter-mile races will take place on the San Blas airstrip and the bikini contest in Matanchen.

Over two thousand motorcycles and more than three thousand bikers from about 15 Mexican states will congregate at the 1st Biker Port of the Pacific for a grand motorized

Damage to bananas will cost 4,000 jobs

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x-mayor warns unemployment will lead to social unrest Hurricane Patricia is long gone but problems are only just beginning for thousands of seasonal banana workers in Cihuatlán, for whom it appears there will be no work for months as a result of the storm.

And there are fears that the unemployment this creates will have severe social repercussions on the local community.

“Cihuatlán’s economy was based on the cultivation of bananas,” said former mayor Antonio Morán Araiza.

“The 2,600 hectares of bananas ruined by the storm will not be replaced for seven months – the 4,000 people who depend on them for money are not going to have an income.”

Calling on the government to help by coming up with a plan to generate alternative employment, Morán Araiza warned that it will be necessary to prevent the social problems that will result from the lack of employment.

Evidently, he said, there is government support but a strategy

to strengthen employment opportunities is also necessary.

The Temporary Employment Program (PET) run by the Environment Secretariat could help with the economic problems caused by Hurricane Patricia, but because it only provides casual labouring jobs it will not be sufficient to tackle the serious job shortages that Morán Araiza is predicting.

However, it could be used in the short term to help the thousands of families affected by the damage done to Cihuatlán’s banana industry.

Morán Araiza added that other measures were needed to tackle the region’s more deep-rooted

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problems with unemployment , such as more jobs for women and restoring Cihuatlán’s flagging tourism industry.

Stressing that the area was a potential tourist zone that could generate income for both its residents and the state in terms of tax revenues, the former mayor added: “The government must think about investing in this region, we have many areas that could be developed.”

The community is no stranger to the devastation a hurricane can bring. At least 1,000 hectares of bananas were lost due to Hurricane Jova in 2011.

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party. Some of the states confirming attendance are: Chihuahua, Nuevo León, Querétaro, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosí, Jalisco, Sonora,

Michoacán and Colima.

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Some 75% of Mexicans Will Have Access to Digital TV

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ollowing the impending delivery of sets in the states of Durango, Hidalgo, Zacatecas, Sinaloa, Sonora and Veracruz, 75 percent of Mexicans will have access to digital television, Deputy Communications Secretary Monica Aspe said.

Aspe said that 7 million of the 9.7 million digital TV sets to be given to low-income households have been distributed ahead of the Dec. 31 end of analog broadcasts.

Mexico’s transition from analog

to digital TV has been faster than that of any other country, she said.

“It has not been easy, but the Communications and Transportation Secretariat ... is making the effort to complete the delivery of digital TV sets before Dec. 31,” the official said.

Aspe said the provision of new TVs to poor households gives Mexico’s analog-to-digital transition a social justice aspect not present in any other country.

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3-4 times as many monarch butterflies this season

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T Emergency? 911 will be the number to call

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olice, fire, Red Cross and other numbers will migrate to the new number in 2016 The number for a new national emergency phone line will be 911, the Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) announced this week One single number for all emergency calls was announced last November by President Enrique PeĂąa Nieto as one of a series of measures in response to the Iguala-Ayotzinapa events of September 26 and 27. At the time it was to be 911.

But last April the federal Chamber of Deputies approved legislation to make 066 the official number.

Now 911 is back, and exis-

ting emergency numbers will be required to migrate to it. Those include 060 for local police, 061 for state and Federal District judicial police, 065 for the Red Cross, 066 for the national system for citizen emergencies, 068 for fire emergencies and 080 for security and emergency calls.

The new number, for both fixed line and mobile telephones, is to begin operating early next year.

It will be managed by the executive secretariat of the National Public Security System.

Telecommunications service providers will be required to provide free access to the emergency number.

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Chanukah in Vallarta

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n Sunday, Dec. 6. 2015 at 6:30 PM, the Puerto Vallarta Jewish Community will sponsor a Chanukah Party at the River CafĂŠ. This is a joyous event with lots of fabulous food including latkes, singing, drawings and comradery. Feel free to bring a menorah.

Pre-payment of $525 pesos per person is requested.

Those in the PV area can deliver a sealed envelope with payment, names of the those in the party, and contact information to

the River CafĂŠ by December 3 and tell them that it is for the PUERTO VALLARTA JEWISH COMMUNITY affair.

If in the USA/CA, checks for the equivalent amount of $35.00 US with the same above information can be mailed to me: Donna Feldman, P O Box 7164, Deerfield, IL 60015, USA. Receipt by November 25, 2015.

This is the Holiday of Lights. It not only celebrates history, it celebrates a miracle. All are welcome to partake.

he number of monarch butterflies reaching their wintering grounds in central Mexico this year may be three or four times higher than the previous season, authorities said Thursday.

Speaking during a visit to a monarch reserve by U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell, Mexican Environment Secretary Rafael Pacchiano said initial reports suggest the butterfly population is rebounding.

"We estimate that the butterfly population that arrives at the reserve is as much as three and could reach four times the surface area it occupied last season," Pacchiano said.

He did not explain how the government made the calculation, but authorities conduct informal tracking of monarch butterflies as they enter Mexico from the United States.

The population of orange-andblack butterflies making the 3,400mile (5,500-kilometre) migration from the United States and Canada declined in recent years before recovering slightly in 2014, when the insects covered about 2.79 acres (1.13 hectares) in the mountains west of Mexico City.

The monarchs cluster so closely in trees that their numbers are measured by the area they cover.

They once blanketed as much as 44 acres (18 hectares).

Pacchiano said the butterfly colonies could cover three or four hectares (7.8 to 9.9 acres) this year, and officials hope to reach six hectares (14.8 acres) in the reserves by 2020.

"The United States is very committed to protecting the monarch butterfly, but we need the help of Mexico and Canada," Jewell said before hiking an hour into the mountains to see the trees where the monarchs roost.

She said the United States is working to reintroduce milkweed, a plant key to the butterflies' migration, on about three million hectares (1,160 square miles) within five years, both by planting and designating pesticide-free areas.

"Our agricultural practices must be adapted. ... We have to look at our use of pesticides," Jewell said.

"We have the goal of 225 million monarch butterflies returning right here, to Mexico, every year.

We believe we can get there by working together."

Milkweed is the plant the butterflies feed and lay their eggs on, but it has been attacked by herbicide use in the United States.

And Mexico too still has problems.

Illegal logging more than tripled in the monarch butterflies' wintering grounds last year, reversing several years of steady improvements.

Pacchiano said the reserve's buffer area suffered the loss of more than 20 acres (nine hectares) due to illegal logging in one area this year, but the tree-cutting was detected and a number of arrests were made.

Loggers cut down 47 acres (19 hectares) of trees in San Felipe de los Alzati in Michoacan state last year, the biggest loss since 2009.

Illegal logging had fallen to almost zero in 2012.

The forest canopy acts as a sort of blanket against the cold for butterflies that form massive clumps on tree branches during their winter stay in Mexico.

The migration is an inherited trait: No butterfly lives to make the full round trip, and it is unclear how they find their way back to the same patch of pine forest each year. Some scientists suggest the butterflies may release chemicals

marking the migratory path and fear that if their numbers fall too low the chemical traces will not be strong enough for others to follow.

Two years ago the butterflies reached a low point, covering only 1.65 acres (0.67 hectares), the lowest since record-keeping began in 1993.

At their peak in 1996, the monarchs covered more than 44 acres (18 hectares). But since then, each time the monarchs have rebounded, they have done so at lower levels. The species is found in many countries and is not in danger of extinction, but experts fear the migration could be disrupted if very few butterflies make the long trip.

Largely indigenous farm communities in the mountain reserve have received government development funds in return for preserving the 139,000-acre (56,259 hectare) reserve that UNESCO has declared a World Heritage site.

Some of the communities earn income from tourist operations or reforestation nurseries to grow and plant saplings.

But Omar Vidal, head of the World Wildlife Fund in Mexico, said poverty remains a problem among the communities.

The Associated Press

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Decorating Your Mexican Vacation Rental Erin Vaughan

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he decor of any home should serve the needs of its residents. And when we’re talking vacation homes, it needs to do double duty: at once sturdy functionality and luxury that captures the spirit of your locale.

Here at Modernize, we’ve seen a lot of vacation homes, and we’ve collected some tips that will help you satisfy your renters and capture the laid-back beauty of Mexico—all while being a great return on your investment.

Choose Materials That Can Withstand Wear and Tear When people are having a good time, the welfare of the furniture isn’t the first thing on their mind. And vacationers are notoriously hard on a home--blithely tracking in sand, littering living areas with drinks, and sitting on furniture in wet bathing suits. In order to fortify your vacation

home against your renter’s wear and tear, you’ll want to be particular when decorating.

Fortunately, there are many sturdy designs that weave seamlessly into Mexican-style decor. We love the idea of a white or geometric-patterned slipcover sofa like this one. Slipcovers are great because they make it easy to take care of stains and wear: you just buy a new cover, instead of replacing the couch or armchair.

And as for pillows, we recommend Sunbrella fabrics, which are strong enough to withstand the poolside deluge of chlorine and sun. Plus, they come in bright colors that make them perfect for any resort.

When it comes to coffee and side tables, opt for an unfinished look, like pine, which will save you in time spent repainting over nicks and chips.

Opt for Simplicity in Bedrooms

There’s no need to go crazy collecting knickknacks to display in your rental’s bedrooms.

Vacationers usually don’t need much more than MEN AND WOMEN’S JEWELRY AND ACCESORIES. a bed, a chest of drawers, and a side table to CASSANDRA SHAW JEWELRY 223 9734 be quite comfortable. Focus instead on simple BASILIO BADILLO 276 OLD TOWN items that will display elegance and luxury, like OPEN DAILY long, wispy drapery, or a large, wrought-iron mirror. have a pull out sofa, don’t forget— Keep The Exterior that’s one more to add to your head Clean and Neat Focus on Seating An important rule of thumb when it count. We love the idea of going with We’ve mostly been focusing on the comes to seating is to make sure wrought iron chairs and tables—it’s interior of your rental, but when it that you have as many seats as you a classic Mexican element that’s comes to selling it, curbside appeal do beds. This applies to both the beautiful and sturdy to boot. counts! living and dining areas. And if you Another selling point that will nab potential renters is how the Make It Saleable Nothing makes a vacation rental home looks at first glance. And appealing like a master bedroom the easiest way to make sure your with class. Remember, vacations home looks its best inside and are aspirational, and your potential out is to keep bushes and shrubs renters want to believe that when trimmed, and the outside clean they stay in your rental they will and neat. be wrapped in luxury and grace. For a look that’s low-maintenance, White bedding combined with we recommend going with large gauzy curtains will give your home succulents like agave, paired with a classic resort feel, and will let in stone or rock beds to keep out weeds. lots of sunlight to boot.

We hope this post has given But if you don’t want to go for a classic look, think about painting you some great ideas for how to the walls a bright, unexpected color, integrate a Mexican feel into your like lime green or saffron yellow, beachside decor. ¡Salud, pesetas y paired with white and black accents. amor y tiempo para gozarlos!

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Kathleen Carrillo Galleries

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athleen Carrillo Galleries can be found at Calle Constitucion 325 in Old Town PV. Unlike other galleries, this is a working studio and gallery of the owner/artist Kathleen Carrillo and the sculptor Andy Marcus. The gallery is participating this year, as in years past, at the Friday night Southside Shuffle that occurs every other week. Be sure to mark your calendar for Friday, November 20th from 6-10 for this lively event of music, food, galleries and shops all open and participating in this lively part of Puerto Vallarta.

When you enter the Kathleen Carrillo gallery you feel a sense of colorful magic from every corner of the light filled space. Most days you will find Kathleen or Andy working in the studio and they will gladly greet you and take the time to share their thoughts and feelings about the work they are producing.

Kathleen shares with us, "Why do I paint? I paint because I can’t help myself! Early on in my career I was fortunate enough to have a very dear friend that insisted I explore the deeper meanings of why I did what I did. He helped me discover this understanding and put it into words. It became clear from that day forward why I painted and the profound gratitude I carried with me every time I stepped up to the canvas. My purpose in life became crystal clear in that moment. The statement I created so many moons ago is this: Divine

Inspiration is the source of my vision, my life’s work, and my greatest joy”!

Kathleen believes that an artist’s personal stories are actually political subjects utilized in their art.

Viewers are more apt to connect with them if the artist is clear themselves as to why they are creating their work. If an artist can create honestly from their own lives, the work will transcend and become a part of the greater psyche and resonate in us all.

One of Kathleen’s newest collections “Passion Dancers” is a fact in point. She explains, relationships are challenging at best.

Learning how to navigate one is like dancing the tango. There is always a push and a pull underlying each move we make. Kathleen started the Passion Dancer Collection around April of this year, which paralleled some challenges in her own personal relationship with her partner, lover, and friend. It did not occur to her at the time, that these paintings were a cry for her own desires to pull closer to that partnership, and not just her infatuation with the passion of dance.

But as she explains, "of course I should have known, as my work is always a reminder, like a therapist, what is going on in my psyche.

After stepping back and observing the work I realized it poignantly describes how a relationship is constantly moving from one emotion to another."

“Passions, Push and Pull” an original painting on Canvas

by Kathleen Carrillo. 48x36.

Kathleen Carillo Galleries Calle Constitucion 325, Old Town Puerto Vallarta www.KathleenCarrilloGalleries.com kathleencarrillo.artist@gmail.com

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November 20: The Mexican Revolution

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he Mexican Revolution, which began on November 20, 1910, and continued for a decade, is recognized as the first major political, social, and cultural revolution of the 20th century. The United States, Mexico’s northern neighbour, was significantly affected by the human dislocation that resulted: if someone did not want to fight, the only alternative was to leave the country—and over 890,000 Mexicans did just that by legally emigrating during the second decade of the 20th century.

The Mexican Revolution was not the first violent war in Mexico.

After Mexico’s conquest in 1521, the most powerful citizens were European, Spanish-born citizens or the peninsulares living in the New World. Three centuries later, in 1821, the war for Independence (starting in 1810) ended, freeing Mexico from New Spain.

This was a war that, however, benefited mainly the criollo (Spanish-blooded upper class) minority. A century later, in 1910, the majority of the population of Mexico were mestizos, mixed indigenous and Spanish-blooded Mexicans, and these indigenous peoples again rose up in a violent armed struggle, the Mexican Revolution.

The main ideals of the Mexican Revolution grew out of the basic belief that a few wealthy landowners could no longer continue the old ways of Spanish colonial rule, a feudal-like system called la encomienda. That system needed to be replaced by a modern one in which those who actually worked the land should extract its wealth through their labor.

Two great figures, Francisco “Pancho” Villa from the north of Mexico and Emiliano Zapata from the south, led the revolution and remain key cultural and historical symbols in this fight for social reform. The agrarista (supporter of land reform) ideals of Zapata and his followers, the Zapatistas, are

summarized in their mottos: “Tierra y Libertad” (“Land and Freedom”) and “La tierra es para el que la trabaja” (“The land is for those who work it”). These slogans continue to resonate in Mexican society.

In late 1910, Francisco I. Madero, in exile for his political activism, drafted the Plan de San Luis Potosí(Plan of San Luis Potosí), which was widely distributed and embraced by rebel movements across the nation.

In this plan, Madero called for an uprising starting on November 20, 1910, to restore the Constitution of 1857 and replace dictator Díaz with a provisional government.

Its main purpose was to establish a democratic republic and to abolish unlimited presidential terms. By early 1911, a large armed struggle was underway in the northern state of Chihuahua led by local merchant Pascual Orozco and Francisco “Pancho” Villa. The success of the northern troops, or La División del Norte, sparked uprisings against terratenientes across the country.

In the southern state of Morelos, as early as 1909, Emiliano Zapata had started recruiting thousands of peasants to fight for land reform in support of El Plan de Ayala, approved by Zapata’s supporters in 1911. Under this plan land reform to help campesinos (landless peasants) by re-distributing the land back to the peasants and away from powerful landowners was paramount.

On May 25, 1911, Mexican President Porfirio Díaz resigned and left the country. Former exile, Francisco I. Madero became president after the elections in 1911. He

was assassinated in early 1913 by a commander of the federal forces, Victoriano Huerta, who joined the counter-revolutionaries led by Porfirio Díaz’s nephew in order to seize power.

Huerta dissolved the congress after the assassination of Madero and assumed power, but faced heavy opposition. In 1914, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sent American Marines to Veracruz, to support the revolutionaries. Losing key battles to revolutionary troops, Huerta resigned in the same year and left the country.

After the end of the Huerta’s presidency, Venustiano Carranza, a wealthy landowner and chief of the Northern Coalition, gathered revolutionary and military leaders to a conference to determine the future of Mexico. Villa, Zapata, and their followers supported the Plan de Ayala for land reform (see above), in opposition to Carranza and his supporters, all of whom supported the Plan de San Luis Potosí.

Eventually, Carranza (now supported by the United States) and his followers, called for a constitutional convention to draft a supreme law of Mexico, which was later presented to congress.

The final version was approved in 1917, enshrining agrarian reform and unprecedented economic rights for the Mexican people.

After approval of this constitution, in 1917, Carranza as the president of Mexico proceeded to ignore its promises. As a consequence, the revolution continued until 1920.

Carranza was assassinated and General Álvaro Obregón rose to power.

Mexican Muralist Movement: Art for the People, Telling the People’s Story

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nce the armed struggle ended, it was necessary to rebuild a shattered nation. Newly elected president, General Álvaro Obregón named José Vasconcelos secretary of public education. Vasconcelos had a serious challenge: How to succeed in educating the people of a country in which the overwhelming majority were illiterate?

Public art was to be part of the answer, and a solution to start educating the nation was attempted through the Muralist Painting movement. Among the most important muralists are “Los tres grandes” (“The Three Great Ones”): Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros. The Muralists viewed art not primarily as an aesthetic or expressive product but as an educative one, an art of the people.

The Muralist Movement lasted approximately half a century, from the early 1920s to the 1970s.

Through it, both the art and culture of Mexico were put at the service of society and the ideals of the Mexican Revolution. Muralist painters, many of whom were no strangers to political activism, used the walls of public buildings, palaces, universities, and libraries to tell both the story of the revolution and of the daily life of the people.

The mural paintings defined the nation’s identity and recognized Mexico’s indigenous ancestry.

They documented the suffering of the indigenous at the hands of the Spanish conquistadores, while also recognizing Mexico’s shared history and culture. The Mexican muralists influenced artists throughout the Americas, and continue to influence artists today.

The Corridos: A Musical Legacy of the Mexican Revolution

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he tradition of the corridos of the Mexican Revolution can be traced to medieval Europe’s mester de juglaría (ministry of troubadours). The corridos—the recording of events in song—are stories told in poetic form and sung to simple music, much like English ballads, that use colloquial language. The corridos grew

in popularity in Mexico during the 1800s, but the Mexican Revolution, which took place in a predominantly illiterate nation with a dismantled infrastructure, gave birth to a large number of them that narrated a variety of events, such as important battles, or celebrated great leaders and fighters of the revolution.

Therefore, the corridos became a way to record, celebrate, or mourn events, places, or people during the revolution: very much like a newspaper put to music.

The corrido tradition documents aspects of Mexico’s culture and identity on a wide variety of subjects. For instance, each state of Mexico has its own corrido docu-

menting important characteristics, products, regions, and people.

There are also corridos dedicated to the soldaderas, the storied, iconic female soldiers of the revolution—and even to famous horses.

In a corrido, the singer, or corridista, generally prefaces the performance by supplying the place, date, and lead character of

the corrido to the audience, and then develops a story about him/ her told in song.

The corrido usually ends with a friendly farewell. Corridos do not hesitate to praise and romanticize great leaders as heroes, and label as “traitors” those who opposed the revolution.

Source: http://edsitement.neh.gov/

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Paradise

and Parenting

Wellness

Latina Leza Warkentin

By Marcella Castellanos info@wellnesslatina.com

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Hi Pumpkin

Mexican Cooking Hacks

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his weekend I was feeling well-rested, I got my yoga on and felt and inspired to try a new smoothie. I had a can of pumpkin puree sitting there and I thought, "How perfect for the holidays coming up!"

The can wasn't BPA free (meaning free of an industrial chemical widely used in cans and plastic products), but that's okay, sometimes we have to do the best we can with what we've got.

This slightly spicy comfort smoothie was perfect way to get my cheery back after what can often seem like depressing news in the world.

It's true, we live in a paradoxical world, and a plethora of emotions run through us constantly, and while I allow the dark feelings of sadness and grief to undulate inside me, sometimes, I proactively seek to inject my emotions with some happy. Happy thoughts for the caring people of the world, the rise in consciousness due to more social media channels informing us of truths and for LOVE. Just plain L.O.V.E. So give yourself a little selfcare this morning, perhaps hug someone you love and maybe try a little comfort in a glass.

No, it's not that favorite glass of wine, but it's loaded with that "good for you" stuff and if you don't have

all of the ingredients, that's okay, just wing it- it's more fun that way!

The basics should be almond milk, banana, pumpkin puree, cinnamon essential oil (pure,therapeutic grade) or cinnamon powder, ice and hemp or chia seeds.

The pepitas (Spanish for pumpkin seeds), sunflower seeds and almonds can be optional.

I’m a bilingual Certified Holistic Health Coach, and dance teacher who is passionate about natural health & wellness, sustainability, animal welfare, and eating avocados. I can often be seen

doing a little salsa on the beach with my dog Mambo next to me ( I haven’t taught him yet). My mission is to empower you to look and feel your best so that you can do more of what you love. I work with clients to spice up their vitality with health & wellness workshops; group and individual programs and consultations incorporating whole, natural, plant-strong foods; emotional healing; movement; and natural solutions with essential oils. For my blog or a list of my upcoming programs and workshops, and for your free natural healthcare e-book visit www.wellnesslatina.com.

Adorable Dog In The Spotlight... PIPER

by Janice Gonzalez

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s I heard someone say recently, she looks like one of those special Vallarta breeds! Yep...Piper is one unique looking girl. She is about three and a half years old and weighs 35 pounds. We are thinking she is a Labrador mix with perhaps a bit of Shar Pei in her (check out her tongue!). Whatever she is, she is a doll. A wonderful visitor found her on the street and took her to a local vet to be checked out, dewormed

and bathed. We thank you for your generosity to one of our street dogs.

With nowhere else to go, the vet asked us to take in Piper and she has since been spayed and totally vaccinated. She is truly a sweet dog who loves her long walks. She is a pretty laidback little girl, okay with other dogs but not so with cats. We hope she soon finds her forever home. If you are interested, please contact us at spcapv@ gmail.com for an application.

hen we go to Canada to visit, sometimes people like to serve us Mexican food in keeping with our family’s general citizenship. The first time someone handed my son the hard, taco-shaped item you find in an Old El Paso Taco Kit, he had to work to hide his appalled expression. I was sitting beside him with my smiling, parental You Better Eat That face.

He ate it, half smiling, half grimacing and thanked the cook, who was excited to honor our heritage.

I completely understood our gracious host. I grew up with restaurants such as Taco Time and I went to a Chi-Chi’s once when I was in Calgary (If you speak Spanish you are probably going to have a giggle over that name). Now that I live in Mexico, I am well aware that these places do not really represent the food here.

So obviously it took me a while to get the hang of the Mexican cooking. But if you spend any time in Mexican restaurants, taco stands, markets, and Mexican homes, you will know that it is a skill worth developing. The food here is a fiesta, full of variety, color and flavor. The ingredients are seasonal, readily available and inexpensive.

Besides, I married a Mexican man who knows all about really good food and is very nostalgic over his mother’s cooking. There’s a key to an excellent bicultural marriage: if you truly love a Mexican man you must get to know your way around a chile.

The problem is that I love to cook but only under certain conditions: when I’m inspired by a recipe, when I have quiet, uninterrupted amounts of time, when I have all the correct ingredients, and when it’s not hot. Living in Puerto Vallarta as a mother who works outside the home, that means I only love cooking about four and a half days per year.

The deal with Mexican cooking is that, if you want to do it right, it is time-consuming. Take mole, for

example. There are about twenty ingredients in a good mole, and it requires time for all those ingredients to not only marry but settle down, buy some property and have little mole babies.

If you too are challenged by a busy lifestyle and a Mexican family, I have compiled a list of Life Hacks for Mexican Cooking that have worked for me: 1) Become a master of disguise.

I’m great, for example, at a red sauce made with chile guajillo that can be used in a variety of ways: enchiladas, chilaquiles, tacos de papa, etc. and each time my family thinks I’ve created something quite unique, and yet familiar in a way that they can’t quite put their finger on.

2) Being of Mennonite descent, I am able to work with yeast (I think you might get your membership suspended or at least be on the receiving end of a temporary shunning if you can’t get your bread dough to rise). So I blow my family’s socks off once in awhile by whipping up some pan dulce with a skill usually reserved for the panaderos.

3) I praise my husband’s cooking. This way he feels that he is honoring his mother’s memory by cooking her favorite recipes, and I don’t have to do as much meal preparation. Everyone wins.

The children now claim that Daddy is the best cook, a flame that I gleefully fan while pretending to have hurt feelings.

4) We live near a little fonda that specializes in home cooking.

There’s even a sweet little abuela that comes out of the kitchen and pats everyone’s heads fondly as they eat quesadillas and sopa de fideo. My son likes it so much he wanted his birthday lunch there.

When it’s too hot to cook or I can’t imagine even slapping peanut butter on bread after a long day, we go there and everyone eats their favorite comfort food for less than 200 pesos. You don’t have one in your area? Time to move.

Flower of the Week

Bleeding Heart Banderas Flower (Spanish) Clerodendrum sp.

Banderas Flower. The common colors of this flower are white, red, green--the color of the Mexican flag and thus the name Banderas Flower. Used as a garden ornamental, this tropical vine can be trained as a shrub or small tree with flowers the shape of hearts. Colors vary from white and red to pink, purple and light green. Attractive to butterflies and hummingbirds. Leaf extracts have been used in folk medicine to alleviate symptoms of diabetes, obesity and hypertension.

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Fun on the Riviera Nayarit

By Cat Morgan www.rivieranayaritfun.com Cat@RivieraNayaritFun.com

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ola a todos! Restaurants and entertainment abound as the snowbirds make their way to our beautiful Banderas Bay area and the Riviera Nayarit coastline. The markets and Tianguis’s are open; teaming with all of our favorite homemade food and hand crafted wares.

The word tianguis is a Spanish word for a market, but a little different from the town markets (like the Sunday La Cruz Market) and more like a flea market, where you can find used clothing and shoes, used electronics, natural medicinal items such as arnica with peyote, tools and everything in between.

Hand crafted items such as jewelry and all kinds of art and crafts, blankets or table cloths.

It’s endless, really! Local fresh produce and homemade bakery and desserts, and our favorite Mexican cuisine like tacos and other easily made foods are delicious to snack on whilst shopping.

I love the grilled elote, which is corn on the cob served with lime and chili or sometimes they offer mayonnaise…and just so you are prepared, it’s not the tender sweet corn from home! Hahaha…but delicious! All kinds of fruit waters and coco water are also sold at the Tianguis’s.

There is a Bucerias Tianguis every Sunday in the dry river bed that runs year around and it has just about everything you can think of. You can even get keys made there. Another great Tianguis on the Riviera Nayarit is in La Penita, which is about one hour north of Bucerias on the 200 Road. The La Penita Tianguis is one of the largest Tianguis’s on the Riviera Nayarit, which also runs all year around every Thursday. It’s easy to find. La Penita also has a newer Malecon and has been beautifying their beach area by taking down old buildings and cleaning up the area. Remember that after you pass Los de Marcos, the time changes to one hour earlier, which makes it easier to make it to the markets earlier! If you leave at 9am from Bucerias, you should get to La Penita at about 9am when they open. Please be careful driving on the 200 road. It’s a two lane highway all the way with only a couple of safe places to pass. Take your time and buckle up. All of the markets and Tianguis’s on the Riviera Nayarit generally open at 9am and run until 2pm and every town has one or more markets.

Riviera Nayarit Market List I have listed the Riviera Nayarit markets by towns, from south to

north. There is often more than one market in each town. Some may not be open yet. I apologize if I have missed anyone. Please contact me and I will be happy to update the list. The markets also have live music to listen to while you shop. Some have tables and all of them have some sort of shade.

Enjoy the markets and Tianguis’s on the Riviera Nayarit and support our local markets and vendors.

Tianguis Artesanal Nuevo Vallarta - Tuesday, located behind the Casino, high season Bucerias Tianguis - Sunday - Dry River Bed Bucerias Forever Spring Market - Wednesday - High Season Mercado Huanacaxtle (La Cruz Sunday Market) - Located at the La Cruz Marina - High Season La Cruz Tianguis - Wednesday, located on Main Street - Year Around Sayulita Mercado de Pueblo - Friday, located in town - High Season San Pancho Market - Tuesdays – Located at the Plaza del Sol - High Season Tianguis Lo de Marcos Saturday, located on Main Street - High Season Tianguis Guayabitos - Monday at the Town Square - High Season La Penita Tianguis - Located at the Town Square - Year Around Mercado Cultural Chacala – Saturday - Located Choc Mool Restaurant (They had one last season, not sure about this season yet!)

Thanks for reading. There is so much going on around the north

end of the Banderas Bay. Please check the allbucerias.com and the allLaCruz.com calendars for holiday events, live music and entertainment, free events, games

and movies, and the fundraisers.

Have a super week everyone! If you have any questions or comments please write me at Cat@RivieraNayaritFun.com

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What Bryan considers his specialty; “I try to keep both the sax and flute about equal as far as time I spend practicing, but most of my CD releases are about 60% sax and 40% flute, and that's the same in my live shows.”

What does Bryan enjoy most

busy. By the end of each season I'm ready to retire, but then after a Spring or Fall off-season, I'm ready to hit it again!”

What we really want to know, where can we hear you this season? “This winter I'll be at Oso’s in La Cruz again on Thursday evenings, starting on the U.S. Thanksgiving, November 26th.

Hopefully a few Sunday afternoon pool parties at Los Arroyos Verdes in Bucerias.

A Valentines Day special evening dinner show at Breakers at the beach in Bucerias. The Rise benefit at the Secrets Hotel in PV February 6th; and I'm sure, like every year, there will some nice surprise shows that pop up.”

Bryan is still learning new songs!

“I spend the off season working on adding things to the show. Usually there's not enough time to add or change that much once a season starts.”

What is the one thing you're most proud of in your life. “Probably the radio hits and airplay I was fortunate to have in the Smooth Jazz radio format under my own name in the U.S.” Bryan has a new website: www.

BryanSavage.com. People can check the schedule page for upcoming shows as they are added, as well as read reviews of recent shows and CDs, etc.

To learn more about Bryan and some things you might not know about him, go to http://www.villaamordelmar.com/blog/ for the ‘long version’.

Life

In La Cruz

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

Characters of La Cruz; Bryan Savage

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istening to Bryan Savage play sax or flute, alone or in a band is spellbinding! Bryan and Michelle are going into their sixth season in La Cruz. Vacationing in Cozumel had them wanting a place they could drive to that also had a warm ocean climate; La Cruz fit them well. Bryan says, “I wasn't expecting such a vibrant music scene, though. I was planning to be off mostly in the winters here, and do all my gigs in the U.S. in the summers. La Cruz has turned out to be a busy place, musically!”

Has music always been his career? “I've never really done anything else for a living. Growing up, I worked in my Dad's grocery store. It was so boring! In high school I jumped at the chance to

start playing with bands; much more fun than stocking shelves!

Growing up in a small town in Missouri, you aren't raised with the idea that becoming a professional musician is even feasible. Throughout my college years, I continued to play in bands (but majored in business), and I just kept doing gigs full time after college, so eventually I figured out that this evidently was my profession!”

“I was always obsessed with playing in bands. When I didn't think it was possible to make it a career in the Midwest, I moved to Aspen, CO in the mid-70's, joined a band there called "Starwood" that had just been signed to a deal with Columbia Records, and the excitement of all the musical opportunities really started.”

about what he does? “The audiences; there are some good ones all over, but the Vallarta area, with all the vacationers, tends to have extra fun audiences.”

The music biz is good for Bryan. “Both summers in Colorado and winters here have been very

It’s Artisanal Tianguis Time in the Riviera Nayarit

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rom Nuevo Vallarta to La Peñita de Jaltemba, from November to May, there’s a farmers market going on every day of the week. The Riviera Nayarit’s tourism corridor is once again busy with a variety of Artisanal and Organic Farmers Markets, also known as Tianguis, which offer locals and tourists one more shopping option during the winter season.

There are also the more traditional markets, the Tianguis Tradicionales, which operate year round.

From Nuevo Vallarta to la Peña de Jaltemba you’ll find dozens of sellers and artists setting up shop from 9 a.m. to about 2 p.m. in the streets, plazas and other public areas, lending the Destination a special attraction.

Come enjoy everything from handicrafts to organic products, home-style food, accessories,

jewelry, ceramics, yoga classes, live music and much more.

Seasonal Organic and Artisanal Tianguis, or Farmers Markets Every Tuesday in Nuevo Vallarta you’ll find the Riviera Nayarit Farmers Market in full swing in the parking lot of the Centro Empresarial. The Nuevo Vallarta Artisanal Tianguis opens shop there on

Saturdays.

In Bucerías there’s the Monday Market, which, as its name implies, takes place every Monday at the Artwalk Plaza; another version happens at the square in Rincón de Guayabitos. In La Cruz you can browse the Mercado Huanacaxtle on Sundays at the Marina Riviera Nayarit. If you’re looking for

something even more organic and natural, try the Mercado del Pueblo in Sayulita happening every Friday on Revolución Street, the Mercado del Sol in San Pancho on Tuesdays at the Plaza del Sol or the newest in the area, the TianguisLo de Marcos on Saturdays along the main avenue.

Year round Traditional Tianguis

The Mexican Tianguis Tradicionales that operate year round also get a boost during this season. La Cruz de Huanacaxtle holds its own every Wednesday in the bandstand area; Bucerías has its market on Sundays near the stream; the largest of all takes place on Thursdays in La Peñita de Jaltemba on their main square.

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Divorce, Mexican Style Unexpected consequences for Expats —

by Orlando Gotay, Tax Attorney

Orlando Gotay Tax Attorney

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

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oogle “divorcios rápidos Tijuana” and you will get over 200,000 hits. Mexican divorces are a growth industry.

They may be “rápido” but they may also come with surprising, unintended consequences—especially division of marital assets, deferred compensation and pension plans.

Worse, the decree (or key parts) could be deemed invalid or unenforceable by U.S. courts or have a really, really bad tax result.

Anyone domiciled in Mexico?

Domicile is a key driver in recognition of foreign divorces. For instance, California will not recognize an out of state divorce if both persons were domiciled in California at the time the divorce proceeding was commenced.

Domicile is different than residency. It requires more than the physical residency itself, it requires the intent to stay there.

So, (in our example) California domiciled couples can’t go to Mexico, divorce and come back validly divorced. At least one has to be domiciled where the divorce action is pursued. This is where that “FMM Visitor Visa” may be inconvenient….it’s hard to establish ‘domicile’ from a state court perspective, if the first thing one does is label oneself as a “visitor” in Mexico—or worse, with no documentation at all.

The dissolution of the marital estate is often the key financial ingredient of divorce. A Mexican court may adjudicate asset division according to Mexican law. It may be very likely that Mexican courts are not well versed in the intricacies of U.S. tax deferred compensation, such as pensions or stock options.

Spouses,

former spouses and others may have rights under these deferred compensation plans. Simply saying “everything by half” may not be proper or correct when it comes to stateside pensions.

When it comes to division of employee benefit, pension and deferred compensation plans, a Qualified Domestic Relations Order, a “QDRO” (pronounced “quad-roe”) is a critical document.

As a general rule, all distributions from a pension or employee benefit plan, no matter who receives them, are considered taxable income to the plan participant unless pursuant to a valid QDRO . Federal law says that QDROs must be issued “pursuant to state domestic relations laws”. Guess what--your Mexican divorce may not count as

a QDRO because it may not have been issued “pursuant to a state domestic relations law”.

Don’t mess with this. You should come to a state court to get a QDRO. If you are intent on divorcing in Mexico—or if you have no choice, domestication of foreign divorce decree is imperative if there are U.S. assets. The U.S. court may then issue orders based (or not!) on what happened in Mexico. This is the perfect time to ask the stateside court for a QDRO for each pension plan to be divided.

Is your spouse (or spouse) a non-resident alien?

Generally, the transfer of property to a spouse (or former spouse) during marriage, or after marriage, incident to a divorce, is not subject to tax. Did you know that the general rule does not apply if the person receiving the property is a non-resident alien? There may be U.S. withholding obligations towards the former spouse.

Surprises abound in the world of divorce taxation. Proper prior planning is essential so that you do not get stuck with an unexpected tax bill.

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Rocky Mountain High Returns to Vallarta

Take a Tour!

By John Warren

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aving fun in PV? Why not take a break from the beach and take a Home Tour run by the International Friendship Club (IFC) instead? Wander through some of the nicest homes in Puerto Vallarta, take lots of pictures and get some ideas for decorating your own place. All of the homes that the tours visit are architecturally unique; many of them have interesting artwork on the walls, sculptures around the rooms and the pools and, in many cases, stunning views of the Bay of Banderas.

The Home Tours will run every Tuesday and Wednesday until mid-March, except for a break during the last two weeks of December.

Our comfortable, air-conditioned buses, staffed by IFC’s knowledgeable and interesting docents, leave the Sea Monkey restaurant, located on the beach at the west end of Aquiles Serdan in the Romantic Zone, at 10:30 each tour day but our dedicated staff of volunteers is available to sell you tickets and introduce you to your fellow travellers as early as 9:00am.

That leaves plenty of time to enjoy breakfast or a cup of coffee on the beach or in the restaurant before boarding the bus. The tours finish at about 1:00pm downtown.

You will visit four interesting homes in different areas of Puerto Vallarta and along the south shore, including Mismaloya. Many of the homes are built on rocky ledges overlooking the ocean or high up the mountainside. This means that although our professional bus drivers must use their amazing judgment and experience to park as close to the homes as possible it is often necessary for our customers to walk on cobble streets and to climb quite a few stairs. The experience is, however, well worth the effort.

Many of the owners live in the homes you’ll visit and it may be possible to say hello to them. Others homes may be for sale or available for short or long term rentals. All of our very generous owners open their homes to us because they want to give back to the people of Puerto Vallarta. They know that all of the profits of the tour will be used by IFC to support our cleft palate program, to distribute rice and beans in the poorer districts of the city, to provide free dental treatment in Boca de Tomatlan or

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f you haven’t seen Renee and Paul in their tribune to John Denver, you have until the end of this weekend to catch them or you will be waiting until March.

The most requested returning show from last season Renee and Paul return to Vallarta after achieving a huge success in Puerto Vallarta's Red Room last year.

Paul Aleman and Renee Armand, a John Denver band member who

the money will be donated to registered charities such as the local library, orphanages, the Vallarta Youth Orchestra and to Alas, Escuela de Canto.

We ask our customers to write a comment about their experiences on Trip Advisor. Here are a couple of comments from last season: 1. My mother in law has lived in PV for a couple of decades, and she took a friend and me on this tour in March. We thoroughly enjoyed our visits to four AMAZING homes, and were impressed by the organization of the operation.

I'd recommend this trip to anyone.

There is walking involved, and one of our homes had dozens and dozens of stairs. Wonderful excursion!

2. My friends and I took the tour for the first time this March. There was lots of time to explore each home and we enjoyed seeing parts of PV that we were not familiar with. The bus was first class and the volunteers did a great job organizing and hosting!! We will take it again next year for sure.

The cost? Thought that you’d never ask. It’s only $500 pesos or $30 USD. Cheap at twice the price!

Tickets are available online at www.toursforvallarta.com Now is the time to put down that steamy novel you are reading and plan to be at the Sea Monkey on Tuesday or Wednesday morning, anytime between 9:00am and 10:15. Have fun!

The International Friendship Club is a registered charitable organization in Mexico listed as Club Internacional de la Amistad de Puerto Vallarta A.C. It is located at the northeast corner of the Insurgentes Rio Cuale Bridge above the HSBC Bank, Colonia El Centro, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico, 48300. Phone: 322-222-5466.

Website: www.ifcvallarta.com Email: ifcvallarta@gmail.com

performed with John for six years and appeared on the DVD Thank God I’m A Country Boy and also on Rocky Mountain High, present the music and background stories of John Denver.

Renee also sang the Academy Award winning song The Morning After from the movie “The Poseidon Adventure” and wrote One Day In Your Life, that was recorded by Michael Jackson and I Dream of

Highways with Hoyt Axton. She also performed with ‘The Coyote Sisters.

‘In their show, “Rocky Mountain High,” Paul and Renee sing the music of John Denver along with sharing stories from the road and insights into the music. There’s an honesty and pureness about John Denver’s songs that this duo recreates as their voices blend together in splendid harmony.

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Events Around the Bay If you have an event you would like to publicize, please email editor@ vallartatribune.com.

November 12 5:30-9pm In support of the Navy League and American Legion All you can eat buffet dinner ($500pesos) at Coco Tropical and happy hour bar drinks at 50% off.

Tix at the event or Steve’s Sports Bar, Carol’s Boutique or from any member of the Navy League or American Legion.

November 14 Vallarta Botanical Gardens 10th Anniversary A weekend filled with events in celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the award winning botanical gardens.

November 14 Democrats Abroad Debate Night 7:30pm at Luna Azul, Lazaro Cardenas 308 November 16-22 Puerto Vallarta Gourmet Festival Celebrating 21 years. Specially priced menus. Visiting chefs. One week of culinary adventure. www. festivalgourmet.com November 17th IFC Home Tours These fabulous tours that are rated “Excellent” by most reviewers on Trip Advisor start again on Tuesday 17th and Wednesday 18th and will continue throughout the season. The tours leave at 10:30 from the Sea Monkey (next to the beach at Aquilles Serdan) and cost $500 pesos.

November 19 Vallarta Garden Club welcome back party and membership kickoff. See page 21 for more details.

November 20-21 RisingHop Vallarta Festival 2015 - An event to enjoy craft beer Craft Beer + Food + Local products + Live Music + Ludoteca 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 pm at Puerto de Luna All Suites Hotel November 20-22 10th annual i Madonnari Chalk Art Festival & Contest will begin at 9am in the Municipal Plaza, and continue until Sunday, November 22 at 7 pm.

November 26th Traditional Thanksgiving Dinner - Children With Cancer Fundraiser Le Bistro Jazz Café starting at 4pm $43usd includes dinner, music, wine and more!

December 1 Corazon de Nina kicks off their Humanitarian Tours with guest chefs from Vista Grill and La Palapa preparing brunch with the children.

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World Renowned Cabaret Star Maggie Worsdel Comes to Vallarta

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nternational artist, Maggie Worsdale has performed at many of the major concert halls, cabarets and jazz venues around the United States and in Europe and she’s in Vallarta at the Red Room for three shows only on November 25, 26, 27.

Maggie Worsdale has a voice that defies categorization. Jazz,

Broadway standards and novelty songs are all part of her repertoire.

She is a richly talented entertainer who has that special something, a natural born nuance that captures an audience. In 2009 and 2010 Maggie was selected as one of the 10 Best Jazz Singers in NY/ NJ area and was featured in the

annual Sinatra Birthday Bash Celebration at the world famous Count Basie Theater in Red Bank, NJ. The Jazz band Sweet Whiskey features Maggie as their vocalist alongside New York’s finest jazz pianist, John Colianni. Maggie has released four studio albums and has appeared as a guest artist on three others.

Please visit our website for more information www.fundacioncorazon.mx or call 224-9209 for reservations.

December 4 Breakfast Fundraiser in support of CorazondeNina at LaPalapa Restaurant.

Tickets available at Carol's Boutique, Basillo Badillo #250, Zona Romantica #250, 322/1130073 or Salsa Salon & Boutique, Paseo de la Marina #165, 322/2213256.

December 4 Fundraiser for Pasitos de Luz, Casa Connor – The Life, Masterpieces and Humanity of FRIDA KAHLO At the Sheraton Bugambilias 6-10pm $900 pesos includes dinner, show and live music.

November 28 SPCA de PV fundraiser At the remodeled Casa Kimberly, former home of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Tickets are $120 US or 1950 pesos. Contact Janice@Haciendasanangel.com to get your ticket.

December 5 10TH ANNUAL PET PICNIC at Daiquiri Dick's Fundraiser in support of PeaceAnimals from 11am - 1pm $350pesos at the door.

Thursday, December 17 In support of the Vallarta Garden Club, kick off the Christmas Holiday Season at the Botanical Gardens with a sing-along featuring talented Puerto Vallarta musician Bob Bruneau. More details to come.

Emergencies: 060 Non-Emergency Police 322.290.0507

Red Cross: 065 Immigration: 322.224.7719

Fire Department: 322.223.9476

Consumer Protection: 01.800.468.8722

Ambulance: 322.222.1533

Tourism Offices Jalisco: 322.221.2676 Nayarit: 322.297.1006

Consulates American Consulate Nuevo Vallarta: 322.222.0069 24 hrs Guadalajara: 333.268.2145

Canadian Consulate 322.293.2894 24 hrs: 1.800.706.2900

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Vallarta Favourites Opening The Chris Kenny Band Returns for Another Season In Puerto Vallarta at The Palm Cabaret

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By Debbie White

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f you've been around Puerto Vallarta for a few years, you may have strolled into a restaurant or bar in the evening and heard Chris Kenny sing the blues.

Chris is perhaps Puerto Vallarta's best known and appreciated, female blues musician. Intriguing, alluring and cool are just a few words that describe this extremely talented singer!

Chris Kenny was a constant in Canada's music scene from the late 90's, until her move to Puerto Vallarta. She has shared the stage with many of Canada's most talented blues artists and musicians. Since 2011, she's been delivering her powerful and diverse solo, duet, and band performances to Puerto Vallarta audiences. Her style can be described as jazz, blues and a little rock 'n' roll. As an experienced artist, she consistently delivers a captivating and strong performance. Chris is known in Puerto Vallarta as a fascinating, accomplished and truthful commu-

nicator and knows how to entertain and reach her audience.

The Chris Kenny band is always in high demand at Puerto Vallarta restaurants, bars and other venues.

This season Chris and her band perform at the following locations: Tuesdays, 7 - 10pm at Pour Favor Saloon and Cookhouse –Lazaro Cardanes #245 (Solo show) Wednesdays, 9:30 - 12:30pm at Captain Don`s at Honduras #126 Thursdays, 9 - 11pm, The Chris Kenny Band with Miguel Cerventas Gonzolas, Enrique Jiminez and Fernando Lopez at Nacho Daddy Basilo Badillo #7 Saturday Mornings, Old Town Farmers Market – Nov 21 and 28 with future dates to be announced.

Sunday Brunch, 10am - 2pm, at Cucco's Market Bistro Cafe (duet show with keyboard player Alberto Montejano) - Basillo Badilo #219 Sunday Evenings, 7 - 9:30pm, D z Route 66 - Paseo de la Marina 3 Marina Golf Condos Local 6 Chris is working on a new project - CK Productions. Her objective is to bring international artists from different genres of music and

pair them with some of the fabulous local musicians we have right here in town. On January 8, CK Productions will be launching their season with a unique jazz show, in a stunning location, featuring an international jazz pianist who will be backed by PV’s Best! As CK Productions producer, Chris will not perform at this event but plans to meet-n-greet the audience and enjoy the music with them! Now that your interest is peaked, stay tuned to for more upcoming information on this event!

Chris Kenny is one of my favorite singers in Puerto Vallarta and I know that you'll love an evening spent listening to her great sound.

I also recommend picking up her superb CD, Something So Right, when you see Chris perform. Puerto Vallarta is buzzing with unbelievable talent like The Chris Kenny Band.

So don't stay home or in your hotel room every night. Get out in the evening and enjoy all that the PV entertainment scene has to offer!

(Originally published in Vallarta Daily and reprinted with the permission of the writer)

Help For Cancer Kids…Please

By Evelia Basañez Marquez

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magine that, financially, you and your family are only just making ends meet and your child has cancer. She needs treatment but has to travel by bus to Guadalajara to get it. Once there, you and your daughter need overnight accommodation, food, cancer treatment and consultation with the doctor.

Then you are faced with the bus-ride back to Puerto Vallarta.

The cost of the two tickets, round trip, is about $1,800 pesos and the ride from bus terminal to bus terminal is over five hours. You also

need to travel from your home to the PV terminal and across Guadalajara to the hospital and back again the next day. It’s exhausting and expensive!

CANICA AC is a nonprofit association that supports children and young people with cancer. We support them both financially and with our love. You can too.

We invite you to join us at Los Arcos on the Malecon on Sunday, 29th November for the seventh annual festival of Mi Amigo Sin Pelo (My Friend Without Hair). The festival will be held from 3:00pm to 10:00pm. There will be lots of

entertainment to enjoy, including musicians, singers and artists.

Radio stations and TV stations will be covering all of the activities.

Come and have fun. Invite your family and friends to sponsor you to have your head shaved for Kids With Cancer. All proceeds will go to Canica and, in return, you will get their love and gratitude that, like your hair, will continue to grow every day.

Or just come to learn about the kids, show solidarity with them and their families and make a donation of some kind. They will appreciate it.

ctor, comedian and Emmy Award winner Leslie Jordan returns to Puerto Vallarta for the fourth year in a row with a hilarious new show titled: “Not In My House!” Popular local entertainer Mikki Prost stars in her matinee music tribute show, ‘Forever Patsy Cline’. And local award- winning band Luna Rumba returns for a second season with their popular live Latin Fusion, Jazz, Gypsy Flamenco and vocals.

Leslie Jordan is a one-man comedy force to be reckoned with.

He is perhaps best known for his raucous, outrageous recurring role as Karen Walker’s nemesis Beverley Leslie on the television comedy Will & Grace, having won the coveted Emmy Award for Best Guest Actor in a Comedy Series in 2006, as well as his career defining role as ‘Brother Boy’ in both the original film ‘Sordid Lives’ and the Logo TV prequel sensation, ‘Sordid Lives’ the series.

Jordan also appeared in the 2011 Academy Award winning film, ‘The Help’.

Leslie returns for a long-anticipated six-show run at The Palm Cabaret and Bar Thanksgiving week in his all-new show, ‘Not In My House’, which humorously recounts his recent experience at a West Hollywood coffeehouse, when he was confronted by two anti-gay patrons, among many other hilarious stories about his life and career that his audiences always enjoy.

Leslie Jordan has conquered the international stage with sold out runs in Mexico (at The Palm), Canada and the U.K. ‘Not In My House’ will play November 23 - 29. Advance tickets are highly recommended, as these shows will sell out

‘Forever Patsy Cline’ Starring Mikki Prost Also returning to The Palm this season is local actor, dancer and singer, Mikki Prost in her tribute show, ‘Forever Patsy Cline’. A nostalgic and personal look back at the music legend, Mikki sings spot-on renditions of some of your favorite Patsy Cline songs, blending the music with interesting stories and information about Patsy’s life and career.

Mikki Prost was born and raised in New Jersey with a desire to dance at an early age. Ballet lessons led to her first recital at age five.

That was when she was hit with a thunderbolt and found her first passion – to be on stage! In 1990,

Mikki fulfilled another dream, sailing, and suddenly found herself in beautiful Puerto Vallarta. There she met some friends who introduced her to Spotlight Productions. Her first endeavor was playing the part of Clairee in Steel Magnolias. Mikki has gone on to successfully produce her own one-woman shows, including a tribute show in 2011 about Patsy Cline and last season’s ‘Shades of the Blues’. Matinee performances of ‘Forever Patsy Cline’ will play at 4:00 pm on Thursdays throughout the season beginning Nov. 26.

Luna Rumba

Rumba and Latin Jazz return with Luna Rumba ‘LIVE’ in their second season at The Palm. Luna Rumba thrills audiences with their tapestry of Latin Fusion, Gypsy Flamenco, Arabic Melodies, Cuban Rhythms, Celtic Riffs and Latin Jazz.

Their shows are a celebration of music, human diversity, creativity, warmth and virtuosity. Fiery violins, rumba-flamenco guitar, cool bass with exotic percussion instruments and drums. Add vocals that will melt your heart and warm your soul, and you can’t help but fall in love with one of the most popular live music groups in Vallarta.

Luna Rumba features Cheko Ruiz on on vocals and guitar, George “Geo” Uhrich on violin, mandolin, flamenco and electric guitars, and Alex Gonzoles on percussion. New to the band is Luis Rascon on electric and acoustic bass, cello and vocals.

Exclusively at The Palm this season, Luna Rumba will debut their new CD with a special CD Release Party and Show on January 17, but will begin shows November 27 at 8:00 pm.

They will also appear at the season opening show with BOHEMIA VIVA! on Nov. 19 at 7:00 pm.

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“RAY” Starring Frank Rondell

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oronto-based Frank Rondell’s “Ray” show is an amazing tribute to the late American recording star, both visually and vocally. It has headlined at resorts, casinos and theatres in major capitals of the world, including Canada, the US, Japan, Portugal, Germany, Holland, Australia and Switzerland. And Frank’s performance of “America The Beautiful”, backed

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by a 500 voice choir, in front of 24,000 fans, at the Edward Jones Sports Dome, in St. Louis Missouri, was a career milestone.

Ray Charles was one of the greatest entertainers of the 20th century.

His music is part of our lives and is an important part of American pop culture. In fact, his hit song “Georgia” is now the official song of the US state of the same name.

To capture the essence of a Ray Charles concert, Frank spent many long hours listening to his recordings and watching his concert footage.

As a result, he is able to re-create Ray’s unique voice, style and physical presence in a seemingly effortless way, bringing a spine-tingling image of Ray Charles to the stage.

You’ll marvel as you travel through time, enjoying virtually all of Ray Charles’ biggest hits, just as Ray would have performed them.

Frank Rondell is regularly acknowledged as the leading Ray Charles tribute artist in the world. So if you never had the opportunity to see Ray Charles in person, don’t miss “Ray” when it comes to your area.

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PANCHO VILLA – PART 1

A revolutionary general and a mexican folk hero

By Fred Jacobs osé Doroteo Arango Arámbula (better known as Pancho Villa) was born in 1878 in the state of Durango, Mexico. He was the eldest of five children to peasant parents. After his father’s death when Villa was only 15 years old, he became head of the household. He even quit school and became a sharecropper.

At the age of 16, with his new role as protector of his household, he shot a man who was harassing one of his sisters in 1894. He fled, spending six years on the run in the mountains. While there, he joined a group of fugitives and became a bandit. It was during this time that his “Robin Hood” reputation began. He became the hero of the Mexican poor and under privileged masses. In 1902, Villa was arrested by mounted police for stealing mules, and assault. He was spared the death sentence sometimes imposed on captured bandits owing to his connections with the powerful Pablo Valenzuela, who had allegedly been a recipient of goods stolen by Villa.

Villa was however forcibly inducted into the Federal army, a practice often adopted under the Diaz regime to remove trouble makers. Several months later he deserted and fled to the neighboring state of Chihuahua. In 1903, after killing an army officer and stealing his horse, changed his name to Pancho Villa after his paternal grandfather, Jesus Villa.

Behind the glittering façade of Mexico City the rest of the country suffered from poverty, illiteracy, exploitation and peonage. Corruption was everywhere, but still President Diaz won the presidential election in 1910.

In 1910 Pancho Villas’ small northern crew joined the Mexican Revolution that had just started.

In no time he had recruited an army of northern peasants and joined Francisco Madero’s pro-democracy movement against the then dictatorial Porfirio Diaz and his federal troops. With Emiliano Zapata leading forces from the south, the days of Diaz in power were numbered.

The spokesman for the Revolution was Francisco Madero, who was the son of a wealthy family. But Madero saw that the impossible living conditions of the

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Mexican poor and he promised to fix it. Madero went to the USA to seek support from the USA for the Mexican Revolution. He promised Land reforms and a new democratic constitution as he ran for President later in 2011 and was legally elected.

The first big battle Pancho Villa aided Madero in, was in early 1911 for the first Battle of the Ciudad Juárez. Soon battles of Madero’s volunteers and Villas men won victories all across Mexico. This success sent Diaz into exile and ended his 35 year old dictatorship.

Dias later died in Paris in 1915.

Land reforms began but the USA would not recognize them because the newly elected president was closely allied with rebel forces. Former president Diaz still had many powerful supporters and managed to have Madera arrested and jailed. Madera escaped and the revolution really started. The country was divided for the next ten years in a very bloody second half of the Revolution.

Zapata and Villa’s soldiers did do most of the heavy fighting although short of money, supplies and ammunition. Villa was caught by government forces and sentenced to death. At the last minute he was pardoned and

let go to the USA. Madera the new president lasted only 2 years as he could not enforce his new land reforms.

He had made a fatal mistake by appointing General Huerta; a former ally of Diaz to suppress the revolt against his government. He turned out to be a traitor and killed Madero instead. Then Huerta appointed himself president. He lasted one year. A new rebel fighting force called the Constitutional Army was founded under the leadership the future president Carranza.

The rebels reached Mexico City in 1914. It was the bloodiest battle of the revolution so far and thousands were killed only to leave the country in turmoil. Villas reputation as a modern day Robin Hood had spread to the US. By 1914 Hollywood had even sent filmmakers to record his life. He received a 50% cut of the profits which Villa used to help finance his army. American radio, magazines and Country Music could not get enough of the modern day legend of Pancho Villa.

Next week we’ll continue with Part 2.

Fred Jacobs is the writer of 3 books and a permanent resident of Puerto Vallarta.

22 Markets and More – Weekly Events in Banderas Bay If you have an ongoing weekly event you’d like to add, email editor@ vallartatribune.com TUESDAY Malecon Sculpture Tour – 9:30am Hosted by Gary Thompson. The tour starts at the “Millennium” sculpture next to the Hotel Rosita at the north end of the Malecon.

IFC Home Tours - Visit 4 magnificent homes. Buses leave Sea Monkey restaurant, at the foot of Aquiles Serdan, at 10:30am. Cost is $500 pesos. ($30USD) Riviera Farmers Market – Nuevo Vallarta from 9am-2pm WEDNESDAY Forever Spring Farmers Market - 50 Lazaro Cardenas, opposite Sandrinas, Bucerias 9am-1pm Three Hens and a Rooster Market on Carranza 466, Old Town, Puerto Vallarta 9am to 1pm IFC Home Tours - Visit 4 magnificent homes. Buses leave Sea Monkey restaurant, at the foot of Aquiles Serdan, at 10:30am. Cost is $500 pesos. ($30USD) Artwalk – In the historic center of Puerto Vallarta 6-10pm Art collectors, local residents and interested visitors are invited to discover the great variety and exceptional quality of art available in Puerto Vallarta.

Recreactiva –Join in a group bike ride from Marina to the Malecon and back every Wednesday evening starting at 8:45.

THURSDAY Live Music and dancing in the Main Plaza, Puerto Vallarta – 6pm Marina Night Market – 6-9:30pm vendors and artisans set up along the marina FRIDAY Marsol Market by the Pier, Puerto Vallarta – 9:30am – 1:30 Sayulita Farmers Market – 9am-2pm SATURDAY Old Town Farmers Market - 9:30am2pm Parque Lazaro Cardenas, Puerto Vallarta Three Hens and a Rooster Market - From 9am to 1pm, on Carranza 466, Old Town, Puerto Vallarta Lo de Marcos Tianguis - 9am - 2pm Saturday – Artisans, organics, food Live Music in the Main Plaza, Puerto Vallarta – 6pm SUNDAY La Cruz Farmers Market – La Cruz Marina 9-2pm Recreactiva – 8am-noon – the centre lanes of Francisco Medina are closed to traffic and open to anyone wishing to walk, skate, ride from Hotel Krystal to the Sheraton.

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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.

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 SETAC-GLBT – 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 Saturdays, 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 40+ children and youth rescued from high-risk situations. Donations & volunteers always welcome! Totally self-funded. www.fundacioncorazon.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 handicapped individuals dedicated to helping one another. Ivan Applegate at 221-5153.

Ecology and Conservation of Whales, AC. National Coordination Network for the Assistance of Entangled Whales. Biol. Astrid Frisch Jordán, Arce #541. Col. La Primavera Puerto Vallarta, Jal. 48325, Mexico, Tel/Fax: (322) 29 37 851 fibbcatalogo@yahoo.com Families At The Dump: Supporting families living in the landfill or garbage dump thru education and sustainable opportunities.

PICK UP YOUR COPY OF THE TRIBUNE AT PUERTO VALLARTA TOURISM OFFICES A PAGE IN THE SUN - ZONA ROMANTICA FREDY TUCAN´S - ZONA ROMANTICA NUEVO VALLARTA RESORTS CONSULATE OFFICES

DECAMERON RESORT - BUCERIAS BREAKER´S BEACH BAR - BUCERIAS YO-YO MO´S - BUCERIAS MARINA RIVIERA NAYARIT - LA CRUZ OSO RESTAURANT - LA CRUZ

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: Welcoming shelter for men of all ages who are troubled w/alcohol & drug addiction.In great need of cash or material resources Contact MAYNOR Tel 281 0644 horizontedepaz@live.com International Friendship Club - Provides medical, educational and social services to those in need in Puerto Vallarta. www. ifcvallarta.com La Brigada de la Basura: 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 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, A. C. - Association created by underprivileged mothers of paralyzed children. Contact: 299-0976.

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 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