pvmcitypaper.com 11 TO 17 JANUARY- 2019 ISSUE 529 You are here, finally! If you’ve been meaning to find a little information on the region, but never quite got around to it, we hope that the following will help. If you look at We wish you a warm the maps on this page, you will note that PV (as the locals call it) is on the west coast of Mexico, smack in the middle of the Bay of Banderas - Welcome one of the largest bays in this country - which includes southern part of the state of Nayarit to the north and the northern part of Jalisco to the south. Thanks to its privileged location -sheltered by the Sierra Madre mountains- the Bay is well protected against the hurricanes spawned in the Pacific. Hurricane Kenna did come close on October 25, 2002, but actually touched down in San Blas, Nayarit, some 200 kms north of PV. The town sits on the same parallel as the Hawaiian Islands, thus the similarities in the climate of the two destinations.

AREA: 1,300 sq. kilometers that can only be boarded there. They have pre-fixed rates yet, if you have a “bank card”, withdraw funds from your POPULATION: 350,000 inhabitants per passenger. City cabs are yellow or white, and charge by account back home. Try to avoid exchanging money at CLIMATE: Tropical, humid, with an average of 300 sunny the ride, not by passenger. When you ask to go downtown, your hotel. Traditionally, those offer the worst rates. days per year. The temperature averages 28°C (82°F) and the remember that your fare covers the ENTIRE central area, so WHAT TO DO: Even if your all-inclusive hotel is everything rainy season extends from late June to early October. make sure you are brought to the main plaza! Pick up a free you ever dreamed of, you should experience at least a FAUNA: Nearby Sierra Vallejo hosts a great variety map, and insist on your full value from the driver! Note the little of all that Vallarta has to offer - it is truly a condensed of animal species such as iguana, guacamaya, deer, number of your taxi in case of any problem, or if you forget version of all that is Mexican and existed before «Planned raccoon, etc. something in the cab. Then your hotel or travel rep can help Tourist Resorts», such as Cancun, Los Cabos and Ixtapa, SANCTUARIES: Bahía de Banderas encloses two Marine you check it out or lodge a complaint. were developed. Millions have been spent to ensure that National Parks - Los Arcos and the Marieta Islands - where Uber has also been available in PV for the past year or so. the original “small town” flavor is maintained downtown, in diving is allowed under certain circumstances but fishing of Download their app in your smartphone. the Old Town and on the South Side. any kind is prohibited. Every year, the Bay receives the visit of TIME ZONE: The entire State of Jalisco is on Central Time, DRINKING WATER: The false belief that a Mexican vacation the humpback whales, dolphins and manta rays in the winter. as is the area of the State of Nayarit from Lo de Marcos in the must inevitably lead to an encounter with Moctezuma’s During the summer, sea turtles, a protected species, arrive to north to the Ameca River, i.e.: Nuevo Vallarta, Bucerías, La Cruz revenge is just that: false. For the 26th year in a row, Puerto its shores to lay their eggs. de Huanacaxtle, Sayulita, San Pancho, Punta Mita, etc. North Vallarta’s water has been awarded a certification of purity for ECONOMY: Local economy is based mainly on tourism, of Lo De Marcos, Guayabitos, La Peñita, San Blas, etc. are on human consumption. It is one of only two cities in Mexico that construction and to a lesser degree, on agriculture, Mountain Time, i.e.: one hour behind PV time. can boast of such accomplishment. True, the quality of the mainly tropical fruit such as mango, papaya, watermelon, TELEPHONE CALLS: Always check on the cost of long water tested at the purification plant varies greatly from what pineapple, guanabana, cantaloupe and bananas. distance calls from your hotel room. Some establishments comes out of the tap at the other end. So do be careful. On CURRENCY: The Mexican Peso is the legal currency in charge as much as U.S. $7.00 per minute! the other hand, most large hotels have their own purification Mexico although Canadian and American dollars are widely CELL PHONES: Most cellular phones from the U.S. and equipment and most restaurants use purified water. If you accepted. Canada may be programmed for local use, through Telcel and want to be doubly sure, you can pick up purified bottled BUSES: A system of urban buses with different routes. IUSAcell, the local carriers. To dial cell to cell, use the prefix 322, water just about anywhere. Current fare is $10.00 Pesos per ticket and passengers then the seven digit number of the person you’re calling. Omit EXPORTING PETS: Canadian and American tourists often must purchase a new ticket every time they board another the prefix if dialling a land line. fall in love with one of the many stray dogs and cats in Vallarta. bus. There are no “transfers”. LOCAL CUSTOMS: Tipping is usually 10%-15% of the bill Many would like to bring it back with them, but believe that the TAXIS: There are set rates within defined zones of the at restaurants and bars. Tip bellboys, taxis, waiters, maids, laws do not allow them to do so. Wrong. If you would like to town. Do not enter a taxi without agreeing on the price with etc. depending on the service. Some businesses and offices bring a cat or a dog back home, call the local animal shelter for the driver FIRST. If you are staying in a hotel, you may want close from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., reopening until 7 p.m. or later. In more info: 293-3690. to check the rates usually posted in the lobby. Also, if you restaurants, it is considered poor manners to present the LOCAL SIGHTSEEING: A good beginning would be to take know which restaurant you want to go, do not let the driver check before it is requested, so when you’re ready to leave, one of the City Tours offered by the local tour agencies. Before change your mind. Many restaurateurs pay commissions ask «La cuenta, por favor» and your bill will be delivered to you. boarding, make sure you have a map and take note of the to taxi drivers and you may end up paying more than you MONEY EXCHANGE: Banks will give you a higher rate places you want to return to. Then venture off the beaten path. should, in a second-rate establishment! There are 2 kinds of exchange than the exchange booths (caja de cambio), Explore a little. Go farther than the tour bus takes you. And of taxi cabs: those at the airport and the maritime port though not all offer exchange services to foreigners. Better don’t worry - this is a safe place.

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PV has a multitude of excellent restaurants, but we want to highlight 2 new ones. Eclecticos on Pulpito 120A is a new Now that the holidays are over, I must Greek restaurant but unique in this category. admit that it’s been a rather strange period Chef Ruben has created a menu void of the in our beloved town this time around. usual boring Greek offerings. The humus We’re used to ATMs running out of and tzatziki served with warm pita are money during holidays. Happens every so good we practically licked the bowls. year – as if the folks in charge of refilling Every entree is a culinary delight. The 2 them forget that always happens… But lamb dishes and moussaka are not like any gas shortages? That was a new one for us. served in other Greek spots. The carrot Friends were bringing individual gas tanks ginger soup was truly mouth watering. We over to their restaurant owner friends, ended our meal with 2 desserts that were light and fabulous. Not the typical baklava other establishments were only serving but 2 we had never seen on a Greek menu. dishes that didn’t have to be cooked, some We highly recommend you treat yourself to gas delivery drivers were even asking for a culinary delight. bribes… No Sé Nada is on Corona 179 and a It appears that the situation was not perfect spot for dinner if doing the Art limited to Puerto Vallarta, or even to Walk. Tim & Tracy have designed a menu the State of Jalisco. As a matter of fact, that is small, which allows the chef to create some 9 states in the Republic have been each dish to perfection. The martini was affected. First it was propane gas, then one of the best we ever had. The bartender gasoline… Not a nice way to start the is really a mixologist. The chicken with year, in my humble opinion. mushrooms was served over the most And then our web site disappeared delicious mashed potatoes (and I don’t like from the internet! Our server promised mashed potatoes) and was accompanied by that snafu of their own making would be vegetables that were cooked perfectly. Not corrected this week… What else could go the usual bland steamed side dish. The egg wrong? roll was very different and quite large and On the other hand, the town was, and enough for my entrée. It was flavorful with still is, full of tourists. Snowbirds have the right amount of crispness. For dessert been coming down in droves, causing we tried the Rio Cuale Mud and were complete havoc at the local airport, but treated to a different and delicious dessert with a shortbread bottom and 2 flavors of a once they get out of there, they’re back pudding topping. where they want to be: sunny, warm and Both of these restaurants are excellent welcoming Puerto Vallarta! additions to our already abundant group of Until next time, enjoy yourself. Go delicious restaurants here in paradise. We out and experience all the new offerings hope many people discover them so they created just for you in our little slice of will thrive! You will not be disappointed paradise. Just do it! by a visit to both of these new dining adventures.

Publisher / Editor Mary and Bob Fitzgerald

3 Our long-time friend Dasan Pillai was born in Sri Lanka. For a while, he lived in Puerto Vallarta where he operated a fabulous restaurant, and created beautiful jewelry in his spare time. Nowadays, Dasan lives in Canada, but returns to his beloved Vallarta regularly. He has created two Facebook group pages called Images of Puerto Vallarta and Second showing of Active Measures added for January 14 puerto vallarta mexico If you’re wondering what U.S. Special Investigator Robert Mueller is in images so that “we can apt to report, the documentary Active Measures is a preview of what’s show the fun and happy to come, so we invite you join us in viewing it then discussing it in small side of Vallarta.” In groups after. Screening at Incanto on Monday January 14 from 3 to 6 addition, you may want to p.m., the Los Angeles Times describes the movie as “A crash course in visit his web page: accepting that the 2016 U.S. election results were the greatest espionage operation in world history.” Filmmaker Jack Bryan exposes a 30-year Dasan Pillai www.photobydasan.com history of covert political warfare devised by Vladimir Putin to disrupt, and ultimately control world events. The documentary follows a trail of money, real estate, mob connections and recorded confessions to expose an insidious plot that leads directly to the White House. With democracy hanging in the balance, Active Measures is essential viewing. We urge you to come early if you would like to order food and drink before the film starts, Incanto located at 109 Insurgentes by the river. Tickets are 100 pesos each and just 85 available. So to avoid disappointment we suggest you stop by as soon as possible or purchase them online at www.incantovallarta.com

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Adriana Basail a.k.a. The Tamale diva Nestled by the Río Purificación on the Costa Alegre and built above active sulphuric geo-thermal springs, this Signature Spa is historically Located at Lázaro Cárdenas Park, every Saturday from November where the Aztec shamans, priests and royalty enjoyed cleansing and through April, the market opens at 9:30 and runs until 2 p.m. Enjoy healing ceremonies. live music in a joyous atmosphere while eating breakfast or lunch For more information, please contact Carlos Morlett at 322 134- at the food court. Fill your fridge with the freshest products. We 4162, [email protected] have selected every vendor and their products carefully, based on Jalisco State is going green and as of January 1st, 2019, plastic bags, quality and originality, to satisfy our customers’ needs and demands. plates, cutlery, cups and straws are prohibited. We urge you to please Delicious international and Mexican food. Try the Tamale Gourmet help us by bringing your own shopping bags, straws and containers. stand by Adriana, or Argentinean, Spanish, Thai, Baja’s fish/shrimp tacos, pies, breads, vegan, oh! and pet food too! Bring your friends to make the most of this enjoyable experience.

Today’s vendor is: The MuchoCoco booth at the Olas Altas Farmers’ Market, featuring products and elixirs created by Carlos Morlett from virgin coconut oil, jojoba and vitamin E. Soaps, sunscreens, and coconut oil infused with bougainvillea. These are specialized natural skin care products designed to counteract pharmaceutical products which are toxic to the environment and marine life. The botanical ingredients originate at the Morlett coconut plantation located three hours south of Puerto Vallarta. The MuchoCoco line is also available at exclusive spas, hotels, resorts and boutiques across Mexico. A new development at the plantation is the Pureza Geothermal Spa due to open on January 21, synchronized with the full moon eclipse.

5 By getting a 12% discount on that I saved $1,800 pesos or twice the cost of our IFC membership fees. John Warren other business owners to ask them It’s a heckofadeal. to be a preferred merchant (more Why join IFC? Being a member later); they take groups of travellers There is no way I can list all the of the International Friendship Club on tours of interesting homes; some Preferred Merchants here (see www. of Puerto Vallarta (IFC) means teach bridge or English or give ifcvallarta.com/class_custom5. different things to different people. lectures and others serve on the cfm for the complete list). However, Some people join the club to board or on committees that decide some of them include Archie’s Wok, find friendship and to meet new where the club’s financial support we patronize their business. Here’s Boccon di Vino, Bravos Restaurant, people. They do that by attending should go. Dozens of members how you save money with an IFC Café des Artistes, Gaby’s, Layla’s the Monday Night Movies, learning make the club hum, which allows membership. The membership fee Restaurant, Los Muertos Brewing Spanish, playing bridge, attending Mexicans to sing, dance, learn and for one person is $450 and for a Co., River Café and the Sea a lecture or meeting old friends and improve their health. couple is $900. Let’s assume that Monkey. Other merchants include making new ones at the Friday Night Some people join the club because a couple joins the club, use their spas, cigars, and travel companies. Social Hour and the subsequent it saves them money. Memberships membership cards when they go dinner at a restaurant. empower us to solicit support from out to eat and the average discount So whether you want to join Some people join the club to merchants because they know that rate is 12%. Once they have run up to have fun, to feel good or to eat help others. The club is run by we are a not-for-profit organization, meal and drink tabs of $7,500 pesos well IFC is the place for you. The the fabulous Josué, our only paid run by volunteers which contributes, they have recovered the cost of their clubhouse is located above the employee, and a wonderful group hugely, to the health, education IFC membership. I’m a bookkeeper HSBC bank, where Insurgentes of volunteers. Members serve in and cultural matrix for Mexicans from away back and I track almost crosses the river. The phone is 322- a myriad of ways. One prowls the in Puerto Vallarta. Because of this, every peso I spend. 222-5466 and all information is at backstreets of the town looking for many of the restaurants and other In November and December 2018 www.ifcvallarta.com. We welcome families and children in need. Some service providers give our members I spent $15,000 pesos on eating out you in friendship! knock on doors of restauranteurs and a discount of 10% to 15% when with my lovely wife.

6 Gregg Sutton

Get out your party hats, put on your dancing shoes and mark the date on your calendar: Friday, January 11th, for the first South Side Shuffles of the New Year. The Shuffle, now in its ninth season, is put on every second Friday by a large group of businesses centered on the 200 and 300 blocks of Basilio Badillo, in the heart of the Romantic Zone. The party goes from six to ten pm, and is an event that both locals and visitors look forward to with great anticipation. The participating businesses (art galleries, shops, restaurants, clubs and theaters) all serve complimentary beverages. Whether you want to meet our local artists, or do some serious shopping, or listen to some great music, or just walk around Vallarta’s favorite neighborhood soaking up the festive atmosphere, the Shuffle is a wonderful way to spend your Friday night. The majority of the participating businesses are located on the 200 and 300 blocks of Basilio Badillo. But there are also some great places to stop on nearby Constitution Street. In fact, the organizers have made sure that this experience is a “compact” one. All the participants are located in a short two block stretch, so no matter how “happy” you get with all your complimentary drinks, you can still visit every location with ease. The Shuffle has so much to offer. One of the main attractions is shopping. By chance, many of Vallarta’s finest shops and galleries are located on the principle block of the party. Fine art, jewelry and Mexican crafts of the very best quality can be found in abundance, not to mention some great food and fabulous entertainment. All the businesses on this magical stretch of Basilio Badillo and Constitución streets have something special to offer. For the opportunity to ogle, mingle, tipple and even purchase some really wonderful art, it is an event not to be missed. The Southside Shuffle really is a must. You’ll have a ton of fun.

So don’t forget to put it on your calendar: Friday, January 11th from 6 to 10 p.m.

7 THE PUERTO VALLARTA BRIDGE CLUB ANNOUNCES ITS AWESOME 2019 LESSON AND PLAY SCHEDULE …………………………………………………………………… BEGINNER BRIDGE CLASSES WITH GERRY Every Wednesday and Friday 10:00 to Noon starting January 16 Classes are designed for those with little experience playing bridge and for those who want to update their skills using the most modern bidding methods. Classes are fun and informative and will have you playing in no time. For Questions and Registration please contact Gerry geraldsimoneau@gmail or Anne [email protected] …………………………………………………………………… SUPERVISED PLAY WITH LESLIE Every Tuesday 10:30 to 12 starting Jan. 8 Don’t miss this fun game where you can ask any question and get the right answer! (See location number on Central Map) on Central number (See location “What should I open?” “How should I respond?” 27 “How can we get to slam?” This game is for everybody who’d like to play better bridge. ………………………………………………………………… 199’er GAME Every Wednesday 1:30 to 5 starting Jan. 9 Want to enjoy the wonderful world of duplicate bridge but are tired of having to play with “Sharks”? This game is a great way for intermediate and party bridge players to learn to play Duplicate in a supportive and fun environment. These games also give less experienced players a chance to practice new conventions, to find new partners and to win masterpoints. ……………………………………………………………………… OPEN DUPLICATE GAMES Every Tuesday & Friday through April, 1:30 to 5 p.m. ……………………………………………………………………… SPONSORED BY THE PUERTO VALLARTA BRIDGE CLUB Members’ Sala, 2nd Floor Lions Club - 280 Francisco Madero between Constitucion and I. L. Vallarta Email [email protected] or visit our website at www.vallartabridge.com 8 The first-ever Sunwing YQB. With the opening of country as Puerto Vallarta now flight from Quebec City to the new terminal, we now has over 40 weekly frequencies Puerto Vallarta departed have the ability to better connecting Calgary, Edmonton from Quebec City Jean service our ever-increasing and Vancouver by Air Canada, Lesage International number of passengers,” he Transat Airlines and Westjet in Airport on December 17; continued, “Puerto Vallarta is addition to connecting flights by marking the beginning of a popular destination for our Aeromexico via Mexico City. the tour operator’s seasonal passengers and we are happy For more info, or to book on weekly flight service to about the launch of this route Sunwing, visit sunwing.ca or Puerto Vallarta which will for the winter season.” contact your travel agent. depart Mondays until April Customers who travel 15, 2019. Pacific Mexico’s warm and to Puerto Vallarta with Sam Char, Executive Director for friendly culture, tropical climate, Sunwing can Vacation Better at an Sunwing Travel Group in Quebec, captivating views and golden- assortment of top-rated properties commented on the news, “We are sand beaches.” such as Hacienda Buenaventura pleased to introduce a convenient Gaëtan Gagné, President Hotel and Mexican Charm, Velas direct flight service connecting and CEO of Quebec City Jean Vallarta Suite Resort, Sunset Plaza our Quebec City customers to new Lesage International Airport also Beach Resort and Spa, Sheraton and exciting destinations. Puerto commented on the news, “We Buganvilias, Buenaventura Grand Vallarta is a consistently popular salute Sunwing’s commitment Hotel and Great Moments, The choice among our vacationers to serve the people of the greater Hacienda at Hilton Puerto Vallarta and we’re sure our Quebec City Quebec City area by adding a new Resort, Casa Velas, Hotel Mousai travellers are eager to experience destination to their roster from while enjoying easy access to Puerto Vallarta’s Historic Center and vast offering of activities to enjoy. Other properties in Puerto Vallarta can be found at sunwing.ca. Puerto Vallarta is one of Canada’s top destination. According to the How would you like to visit Casa Ladera, Villa Jalisco’s Tourism Ministry, in Pamela, Villa Bahia and Villa Armonia all in one morning? Well, those were the splendid homes 2017, 15.62% of Puerto Vallarta’s that the IFC Home Tours visited last week and I international arrivals were can assure you that all of the paying guests really Canadians, the second largest enjoyed the tour because TripAdvisor reviews rate source of international visitors, these tours as Excellent (94%) or Very Good (4%). following the United States.

In December, one review read “The tour was lovely and for a worthwhile Sunwing’s new route is expected Map) on Central number (See location cause. I liked seeing different expressions within the local architecture, colour, to increase arrivals from the 10 art and personality of each place. It was run so efficiently and smoothly, with enough time at each stop, friendly volunteers, lots of local information, and comfortable walking distances.” The tours run Tuesday and Wednesday mornings and leave the Sea Monkey Restaurant at the foot of Aquiles Serdan on the beach at 10:30. Tickets go on sale there at 9 a.m. or can be ordered online at www.ifctoursforvallarta.com Cost: $700 pesos. You can pay with a credit or debit card through PayPal. Seating is limited so purchasing advance tickets is suggested to ensure availability. Our Home Tours showcase three or four unique homes each week Eye exam and lens tting by specialists ranging from small, traditional style casas to multi-million dollar beachfront Contact lenses and Large collection of modern condos and villas. Travel in comfort on our air-conditioned tour bus European frames while enjoying an entertaining narrative by our friendly tour guides. We are your best option in quality and prices! Net proceeds from these very interesting and fun tours support the International Friendship Club’s Cleft Palate Surgery Program and other charitable programs. Francisco I. Madero #396 (Corner of Aguacate) Try it. You’ll like it. Map) on Central number (See location EXPRESS SERVICETel. (322) 223 2995 [email protected] 8 9 There is no shortage of gasoline, says López Obrador. Problem is in distribution

The gasoline shortage has worsened Morelia. Some stations However, one pipeline in at least six states and will persist operated by private was reopened yesterday. in the coming days, a situation which companies, such as G500, Guanajuato Governor Diego President López Obrador reiterated have closed completely Sinhue Rodríguez said the Monday is due to logistics rather than while many of those Salamanca-León pipeline a lack of supply. operated by Pemex have was put back into service Shortages in Michoacán, Querétaro, imposed 10-liter limits on to supply gas stations in the Guanajuato, Hidalgo, México state gas purchases or are only state. and Jalisco were first reported on operating a few hours a López Obrador said the December 31, meaning that motorists day. government was committed in those states are now entering a At least 90 gas stations to resolving the shortage second week without any certainty in Querétaro have been problem but declined to say that they will be able to fill up. affected by the shortages how long it would take. López Obrador told a press while over the past week, “We’re going to confront it conference Friday that the state oil Guanajuato has only received enough their cars to ensure that they would and resolve it. How long is it going to company is making greater use of fuel to meet one-third of demand. be able to fill up. take us? It will depend on who tires tanker trucks to transport fuel rather Long lines of cars were seen Among the municipalities affected first [between] those who steal fuel than pipelines as part of the strategy waiting at gas stations over the are Guanajuato, León, Silao, Irapuato, and us … I’m persistent, we know to combat fuel theft, explaining that weekend in the latter state, the news Salamanca, Celaya, Apaseo El Alto, that it’s not going to be easy but we’re was the cause of the gas shortages. website Noticieros Televisa reported. Apaseo El Grande, Comonfort and not going to waver,” he said. In Michoacán, the shortage has Lineups in many cases were over a Yuriria. In Hidalgo, Pachuca and the The president also said that an affected 320 gas stations, especially kilometer long, according to another Mezquital Valley area are the hardest additional 900 soldiers would those located in the state capital, report. Some motorists even slept in hit by the shortage, with many gas be deployed today to strengthen stations only able to offer premium surveillance of Pemex infrastructure. fuel. Almost 200 gas stations in 14 “Today, the surveillance plan México state municipalities now using elements of the army is going have no gas, while 80% of all gas to be strengthened and we’re going stations in Guadalajara, Jalisco, are to continue to strengthen it but the in the same situation. supply [of gas] is going to return to Jalisco has received just 10% of normal and at the same time we’re the fuel it requires over the past week going to guarantee that fuel isn’t and many gas stations are imposing stolen,” López Obrador said. limits on the amount of fuel they He said that the government’s anti- will sell. Pemex said in a statement fuel theft strategy is “progressing that the fuel shortages in the six well,” claiming that while theft hasn’t aforementioned states will continue, stopped completely it has “declined adding that while there have been a lot.” López Obrador urged fuel distribution delays “there is enough thieves known as huachicoleros to product to cover demand.” give up their lives of crime. At a press conference Tuesday “… Now there are alternatives in morning, López Obrador again the legal, formal economy … Young stressed that the lack of gas in some people can sign up as apprentices and states was due to the government’s he who wants to open a business has decision to close some petroleum access to cheap credit,” he said. pipelines and instead transport fuel “I call on all people to not fall into by tanker truck. criminality. An illegal act is never “I can say … to all Mexicans that justified and even less so when there we have enough gasoline, there is no are [other] options.” shortage problem, what we’re paying attention to is its distribution. We’re not (Sources: mexiconewsdaily.com, opening the pipelines so that there are El Economista, Noticieros Televisa, (See location number on Central Map) on Central number (See location no leaks [via illegal taps] …” he said. Reforma, Milenio) 7 10 Mexico needs to have a “thick skin” to deal with is being presented in the Senate, the House of United States President Donald Trump, according to Representatives. You have to remember that it is the the newly-appointed ambassador to the U.S., who legislative power that has authority over immigration said that if he crosses the line it will be up to President legislation,” Bárcena said. López Obrador to decide on an appropriate response. The arrival of thousands of Central American As Trump prepares to address the United States migrants in northern border cities in the final two tonight on what he called yesterday “the humanitarian months of 2018, especially Tijuana, has further and national security crisis on our southern border,” complicated relations between Mexico and the United Martha Bárcena is preparing to assume the role of States. While the personal relationship between Mexico’s top diplomat in Washington D.C. López Obrador and Trump has thus far been largely The 61-year-old Veracruz native, who has respectful, Bárcena acknowledged that the bilateral previously been the Mexican ambassador to relationship is at a critical point. Denmark and Turkey, will present her credentials to “. . . When President López Obrador spoke to me just Trump on Friday. Bárcena called the United States after the elections to express his interest in me being his president a “confrontational man” in an interview ambassador in Washington, I knew it was an enormous with the newspaper El Universal and described challenge but I didn’t imagine that I was going to her job as an “enormous challenge” but vowed to arrive in the United States in such a tense and polarized “establish a new era” in bilateral relations between situation as there is now. It’s an enormous challenge,” Mexico and the United States. Ties between the two Bárcena said. “The ambassador and the embassy have countries deteriorated after Trump took office in to be aware of what President Trump says because he’s January 2017, with the U.S. president’s border wall the leader of the United States but dialogue between proposal – and the source of its funding – a primary ambassadors and the president of another country is not (See location number on Central Map) on Central number (See location source of tension. daily,” she said. The new ambassador opined: “I believe 23 After a testy phone call between Trump and former that in some matters, you have to have a thick skin. In president Enrique Peña Nieto last February, Mexican other matters, you have to know where the line is . . . I journalist Carlos Loret de Mola described the climate would hope, I believe that President Trump is conscious of relations between the two countries as “frozen.” of the importance of Mexico, I think that he has to be But Bárcena, who has 40 years’ experience in careful . . .” Mexico’s foreign service, believes that President Bárcena claimed that Trump “is a confrontational López Obrador’s landslide victory in last year’s man in everything, not just with Mexico,” adding that election provides a strong mandate for change at home if he does cross the line “the final decision about what and that acting on that mandate will, in turn, work should be done is for the president [López Obrador] to Mexico’s benefit abroad: in her case, within the himself.” However, she warned that “intervening context of Mexico’s relations with the United States. constantly” in the debate about the border wall and “[When I] arrive in the United States . . . it won’t be border security in the United States “probably won’t business as usual, we’re going to do things differently take us or lead us to anything positive.” and confront problems that for some time we know (Sources: mexiconewsdaily.com, El Universal, La Razón) have worried not only . . . the United States but also our [other] principal partners, things like high-level corruption, insecurity and violence, which are already being confronted. All that provides strength to negotiate with the United States,” she said. “One of the priorities this year is the ratification of the [trade] treaty between Mexico, the United States and Canada . . . Another priority will be to review . . . the situation of Mexicans in the United States, (See location number on Central Map) on Central number (See location what immigration legislation 26 11 Mexico’s 121 magical towns might not receive politics than tourism and that the designation of a any federal money in 2019 because the program destination as magical comes down to negotiations that currently funds them has been cancelled. between state governors and federal authorities, Tourism Secretary Miguel Torruco confirmed with money as the main motivator. that the government has terminated the funding The decision to eliminate the program’s federal program known as Prodermágico, explaining that funding is expected to have the greatest impact it wants state and municipal governments to invest on México state, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, their own money in the upkeep and promotion of Michoacán, Puebla, Querétaro, Veracruz and their pueblos mágicos. Zacatecas. Half of all pueblos mágicos are located The new government has also decided to disband in those states. Despite Torruco’s confirmation that the Tourism Promotion Council (CPTM), which the funding program has been scrapped, Sinaloa tourism insiders said would affect Mexico’s Tourism Secretary Óscar Pérez Barros said that smallest states the most. both his federal counterpart and President López Nevertheless, resources allocated to the Obrador had assured state authorities that funding Secretariat of Tourism in the 2019 budget presented would actually increase. last week increased by 124% compared to this year Pérez said that a 27% increase in funding for but the lion’s share of funding will go towards Mocorito, El Rosario, Cosalá and El Fuerte was construction of the Maya Train. proposed, claiming “it’s in the budget, what The magical towns program launched in 2001 happened is that they didn’t label it as such.” with the aim of boosting visitor numbers to lesser In San Luis Potosí, municipal authorities in Real known destinations with special features that make de Catorce and Aquísimón said that they will seek them attractive to tourists. funding from other federal programs as well as the This year, the previous federal government state government so they can continue to attract allocated 586 million pesos (US $29.3 million) tourists. The latter town was one of 10 destinations to Prodermágico, meaning that if the money was that were added to the program in October. distributed evenly, each magical town would have In Jalisco, lawmaker Luis Ernesto Munguía said received over 4.8 million pesos (US $240,000). that cancellation of the Prodermágico program Before the new government took office, Torruco amounted to “punishment” for the state’s magical said he would carry out an “exhaustive review” of towns including Tequila, Lagos de Moreno, San the magical towns scheme, charging that its rules Sebastian del Oeste and Mazamitla. and objectives had become unclear. Adriana Cardoso, tourism director in Huichapan Last month, two tourism experts said that no one – one of six pueblos mágicos in Hidalgo – described really knows how effective the pueblos mágicos the government’s decision as “regrettable,” program is in attracting tourism because there is no explaining that the funding had been used both to standardized means to measure its success. maintain the town’s “magical” image as well as to The scheme also faced claims during the last promote it. government’s six-year term that it is more about (Sources: mexiconewsdaily.com, El Universal) 12 Beyond PV

**ADULT BINGO** (This ain’t your grandma’s bingo!) NACHO DADDY

Wednesday, Jan. 16th - 4 p.m.

Fasten your seatbelts and batten down the hatches - come play Adult Bingo with us at Nacho Daddy! The Always Amazing Amy Armstrong will call the numbers and you could win great prizes like gift certificates to local restaurants, bottles of adult beverages, lots of fun “adult” prizes… and cold hard cash in the 50/50 raffle. Bring a bag of clean, gently-used clothing for the PuRR Project account at Deja New Consignment and receive one additional bingo card free! Get there early for a good seat ~ cards go on sale at 3:30 p.m.; the games start at 4 p.m. You’ll find Nacho Daddy at 287 Basilio Badillo in the Romantic Zone. Grab a friend, grab a table and join the fun! * * * * * Proceeds benefit the 200 cats residing at PuRR Project, a no-kill feline sanctuary north of Puerto Vallarta. * Donations 501(c)(3) tax-deductible in the U.S. *

13 MOVIE: I have not been able to go border security on wanting to be able to a theater to review a new release for to see through whatever is built - a.k.a. a month, mainly because I have been wire fence. What confuses me is the playing the male version of Florence POTUS stating he now wants it built Nightingale. My wife missed a step – out of steel to satisfy this demand. while headed to Los Muertos Beach – Joe Harrington What about the footing? I assume fell and sprained both ankles. Hence that will be concrete but how deep? I have watched more NetFlix shows A foot? Five feet? Any gravedigger in a month than I have since the outlet worth his salt can whip out a six foot was created. deep grave in a few hours. The Kominsky Method, starring Saw a film clip of a Mexican – with a Michael Douglas, grabbed from the and Mexico will pay for it.” So even mini-catapult – flinging a bag of grass first scene. This is a NetFlix original if he end runs Congress and funds this over a fifty foot barrier. Speaking and it is sensational. There is a scene using executive powers, he will still of catapults brings to mind its more early on in Episode One, called An only be achieving half his promise. sophisticated cousin – the trebuchet. Actor Avoids, where Douglas and Alan His comment that his raising tariffs This incredible siege weapon Arkin are sitting in a restaurant booth. with Mexico will easily refund the was invented by the Chinese in 400 It is exquisite – two great actors who money is bogus. Tariffs aren’t paid BC. Fifteen hundred years later, know the essence of perfect timing by a government – they are paid by the machine had been fine-tuned so delivering lines that are not really companies and those companies lethally it basically spelled the end of significant in any monumental way but almost always pass that cost on by fortified cities and their walls. The leave a lover of theater breathless. I raising the price of the product. problem with fixed fortifications is wanted that scene to go on throughout Meaning the American taxpayer will they are an easy mark for attack or the entire segment a la My Dinner spreading humor over same. This effort get hit with whatever billions it costs evasion. Think dynamite, bulldozer, With Andre, but – by force of plot – won the Golden Globe Award for Best to build the thing and then get hit tunnel and ladder. On the other hand, the movement needed to get back to Comedy last Sunday. again with a rising cost on products. modern technology has answers. Douglas’ actor workshop. The 2006 Secure Fence Act resulted Think drones, listening devices, The first season contains eight MADNESS: The deadline for this in about 650 miles of border barrier. infrared night vision, cameras, spy- episodes – all except the first column is 2 p.m. Mondays, which Money approved by Congress in March in-the-sky satellites and especially under half an hour. Total running means I have no knowledge while 2018 is to pay for 84 more miles, but high-speed helicopters for movement time around three-an-a-half hours. writing this of what the president that work has not even started. of border guards. Meaning a Gone With the Wind-type will say on Tuesday at his eight in the No one seems to be addressing the Paraphrasing a famous line from presentation if viewed all at once, evening news special. I can assume it ongoing cost of this venture. All the the movie Treasure of Sierra Madre I which I did. There are movies that run will involve The Wall and the necessity money spent on our southern border leave you with, “Wall? We don’t need 70-75 minutes that feel like three-an- for same being a national security regarding security and walls, fences no stinking wall.” a-half hours. Kominski passes by so emergency. But speculation is not fact whatever has been on repairs and fast it leaves one hungering for more. so I will wait until learning exactly maintenance of existing structures built Combine great dialogue with great what the POTUS has in mind… over the past decades. Where’s the actors and the screen sizzles with That doesn’t prevent me from allocation for upkeep on a new wall? Joe Harrington energy. No bombs go off, no car chases, confronting the heart of this issue. I am still confused by Trump’s Is an internationally published author and documentary not bullets spraying everywhere – just Trump has said repeatedly for almost statement that he agrees with the filmmaker. He can be reached with a comment or a raw look at the human condition and three years that, “I will build the wall people who are in charge of our criticism at [email protected] Artwork by Bob Crabb. (See location number on Central Map) on Central number (See location 14 14 franchise where The Beer Box used to be. It’s called “Cerveceria Chapultepec”. Everything on their menu is priced at $19.90 MXN and Gabriella Namian they have tacos, tostadas, hamburgers, fries, etc. Their hamburgers are quite small but very “So how did you spend your holidays?” filling and delicious, tacos are excellent, and asked my neighbor the other day. the service is great. You can eat well without “We went for dinner with friends on Christmas feeling guilty, which is my kind of thing…” and for New Year’s Eve, just the two of us for a “Did you go to the Marina Market on a quiet but delicious dinner”, I answered. Thursday lately?” “You’ve been here for almost two months “Yes, I did,” I said, “and although it was and we rarely see you!” beautiful to see the huge crowd there, I “I know”, I said, “we had to do so many was unable to move for fear I would trip on things in such a short time”…. something or someone, so I decided to go either “Like what?| earlier or near closing time, otherwise one may “Well, we had to shop for a good mattress, a get a claustrophobic attack”, I chuckled. bed cover, a new TV (the old one was fainting “If I go back a few years ago when it all from time to time), had some small repairs began, the display tables were fewer but these done, reactivate some accounts and replenish days, the merchants are stretching from one end some staples in our pantry …” to the other of the marina, and I do think it is a “How do you find change from Comercial to wonderful thing. There is absolutely nothing Soriana at the Plaza Marina?” you cannot find at this market! I always go for “I believe there will always be some traces the fresh berries at first and I know they were of the old store somewhere. I remember when picked that very morning! Gigante in Plaza Caracol became Soriana, And oh, all that hard work! Can you imagine even to this day, it still looks and feels like them carrying all their stuff back and forth, Gigante. At Plaza Marina’s location, I was a week after week, displaying their goods with bit disappointed; there were so many things such care, waiting for customers and then re- missing on the shelves that Comercial always arranging their stock into bins after closing had available… bone marrow, bagels, smoked time? Never seen such persevering patience!” salmon, fresh dill (eneldo) that came packaged “Well, that is the Mexican way, my friend, in nice cellophane bags, and my HOLA always ready, aiming to please, with a smile magazine, to name a few. I even talked to the even if you’re not buying anything”, she said. manager who shrugged in despair and he said “I know… and what’s more, there is music to he’s received so many complaints about items listen and dance to, the restaurants are full, the not being carried any longer, the increase in delicious smells around the food stands are so prices, but most of all, a totally disorganized contagious… Next time, I really must try the transition process”. cochinita pibil, a delicacy that was born in the “Perhaps things will change if people bring Yukatan peninsula… You know, Mexico isn’t their concerns to his attention”, she said. only about tacos and fajitas… their rich world- “Hopefully they might get the message if less renowned cuisine is at times very intricate, and less people are buying there; I went on a complicated, yet the results are to die for!” Saturday and normally the store is full but this “We should go together then and try this dish time, it was very quiet! By the way, I used my you’re talking about… I’m drooling already...” debit card at one bank and surprise, surprise… “It’s a date, amiga, let’s do it next Thursday the transaction fees jumped from $35 MXN to and make it early… then we can look around $63 MXN!” at the stands… I do need to buy a bigger “So… did you notice any new restaurants in molcajete for mixing my spices. I’ve become the Marina?” she asked. quite an achiote addict and I absolutely must “Well, I haven’t done the full Marina prepare it the Mexican way...” malecon, but I noticed the opening of a

15 It appeared effortless, the way she wowed the assembled crowd on the evening of her return to Joseph Brant the Vallarta stage, accompanied by Piel Canela, last Saturday at Nacho Daddy. But I could sense in Amy Armstrong a degree of anxiety in the days leading up to that sold-out, standing-room-only performance. She sent me a text message in the late afternoon two days before the show and within hours we were on our way to La Cruz. Alfredo Jiménez, the owner of Octopus’ Garden and the Tree House bar, invited her and the band to sing a few songs to promote their upcoming show there. “Are you comfortable, Joseph?” she asked, as we tucked ourselves in the back seat of a teeny little Mexican Uber car. I smiled, nodded, and the next hour flew by. I told her my original she said. “He wanted to spend more time with his husband.” We idea for this interview was to do something experiential, perhaps talked about the difference between a fan and a friend, and her take in a show at The Palm and see what happens. She said, massive gay male following. “I do a lot of gay humor because “Maybe next week.” I hang out with gay men. That’s it! I just make people see that We talked relationships and the difficulty of building a career on we’re really not all that different. We deal with the same stuff in the road when a potential mate doesn’t share that same lifestyle. relationships. There’s a lot of gay men in their 50s and 60s… It’s Or calendar. “It’s the reason Freddy didn’t come back this season,” almost like they’re a forgotten generation. (See location number on Central Map) on Central number (See location 17 16 We’ve lost a whole generation of men because of AIDS, and I Fifteen years anywhere will have its ups and downs. For the past think here is where they’ve found their own bars and fun stuff to two seasons, Amy was the entertainment director there but, as she do, organizations and volunteering.” revealed during this conversation, the position was more closely The abbreviated set that the band performed in La Cruz was that of a general manager. She found the added responsibilities met with an appreciative audience, to put it mildly. Who gets daunting and time-consuming, far beyond her interest as a a standing ovation from just four songs? And though she was performer. The experience, she realized upon her return to St. talkative during the ride to the venue and the half hour before they Louis in April, left her feeling broken. hit the stage, the sense of relief during the drive back to Vallarta “When I left here, I thought, ‘Maybe Mexico just got the best of was palpable. me.’ I seriously thought that. And I didn’t know where I’d go next. “I’m even more excited about this month after tonight!” she said. I was invited to perform at the Top Bar at Almar, and then I got a “Alfredo said they sold more tickets to our show right then after call from Tammy at Nacho Daddy and the next thing you know…” we played.” I sat in the back seat and pretended for the remainder Despite the trepidation, she felt a renewed energy, perhaps a of the ride that I couldn’t hear while she and Fernando Gonzalez challenge, for her return to Vallarta this season. In addition to the talked shop and named names. new location (“I never thought that being a block and a half away Amy Armstrong first arrived here in 2003. A performer aboard a from where I used to be would make such a major difference”), she cruise ship at port for the day, she wandered the streets of La Zona researched entirely new material for the month-long residency. A Romántica and “got a good vibe from this place.” She walked product of Detroit, she mourned Aretha Franklin’s passing and then into Garbo Piano Bar in the midday where she met the owner, considered the thematic possibility that arose when the Freddie Javier Jiménez. He suggested she round the corner to Olas Altas Mercury biopic ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ was released late last year. and introduce herself to Mark Rome, the owner at The Palm. That “I love Queen anyway,” she said, “so I was thinking ‘how can I chance meeting led to a 15-year relationship with this city. do something that’s good, that’s fun? I have the Queen of Soul and “There were three years that I wasn’t here,” she told me when we the band Queen. They’re just incredible, like… respect the queen. spoke later, “because The Palm wasn’t a cabaret. It was a place called And oh my god, that’s it. Respect the Queen!’” Bench & Bar. They tried to make it like a sports bar and it didn’t work. “It’s all about upbeat fun songs and also about respecting yourself, And then they took it over and made it The Palm again. But Mark respecting others and having a good time.” Rome gave me my start. So I always look upon him fondly.” 17 chilies, but specially chipotle chili. This Mexican stew is not usually too spicy hot. Chile chipotle is basically used to provide the spicy flavor, however, depending on the cook, Tinga de Pollo could be spicier, but it usually tends to Barrio Vallarta be mildish. At Barrio Vallarta we Happy 2019! There is decided to include this nothing like beginning the delicious stew served as year in sunny and warm a taco (freshly made corn Mexico. Can you imagine a tortilla). You can always restaurant at the end of the order an extra side of year without propane for avocado or guacamole and cooking? Well, that was the put some inside your taco to story in Puerto Vallarta this complement your tasting. If past Christmas season due you want to become special to shortage on supply by and try the original tostada, the propane gas companies. you may ask your waiter to To my understanding, most substitute the tortilla for a of us restaurants and hotels tostada, which by the way made it safely, but one goes perfectly with a Corona or two did ran out of this or Pacifico. Three stew tacos basic supply. Nonetheless the an estimated $40 Million U.S. are great for one lunch. Secretariat of Tourism reported dollar gross income in this tourist In our last gastronote, we spoke destination for 2018 -including about the “Tacos de Cochinita” this last Christmas season- and and those are also available at our you must have been enjoying food alley along with our “Tacos Puerto Vallarta like a kid in a de Rajas” which are made with candy store… Good for you, glad Poblano peppers. Read our next to have you. gastronote to find out about the In this issue, I will share various recipes you can prepare with you a short history of the with Poblano peppers. “Tinga de Pollo” chicken dish. Barrio Vallarta is the new cool Traditionally, tinga -which has place on the south side of town. really no meaning- has been It’s simply a food alley with urban served on tostadas more often kitchen foods prepared in 3 food than tacos. According to Mexican trucks lined up and parked in a cuisine history, Tinga de Pollo colorful neighborhood-like street. originated in the state of Puebla, It is located at 225 Francisco I. which is considered one of Madero. Happy hour every day Mexican cuisine’s jewels. The from 5 to 7 p.m. except Tuesdays state of Puebla is two hours south (closed). Are you within old of Mexico City, and the source of town and want to order? We are other iconic Mexican dishes like available via Uber Eats. Follow us Mole Poblano, Chiles en Nogada on Instagram @barriovallarta or and Rajas con Crema, which we Facebook: https://www.facebook. will cover in our next gastronote. com/barriovallarta/ See you in So to all this, what is Tinga de #mybarrio Pollo? For a great Tinga de Pollo f This is a tomato-based stew that recipe, you may want to visit the

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Most of us are familiar with Jim Demetro. work by a number of Vallarta’s best artists, its citizens and visitors. His latest work, “The He is the talented artist who has donated to including oil paintings, water colors, sculptures, Fishermen”, depicted on our cover this week, is the people of Vallarta such monumental pieces tiles, and other works. This year marks a complex piece consisting of a man and small as the Vallarta Dancers, one of the most Demetro’s 25th year as a sculptor. In his earlier boy, sleeping by the pier, with a dog, a cat, and photographed sculptures on the Malecón, and years, he traveled the world as a process control a pelican all interested in the fish the man and Andale Bernardo, the bronze of a burro being engineer. Long trips in Europe exposed him to boy have caught. Demetro has also created a pulled and pushed by small boys, that enhances the inspiring work of Michelangelo, da Vinci, small version of this piece. The small statue is the Lazaro Cardenas Park. It is also a favorite Donatello, Bernini, Rodin and others. available for purchase, with the proceeds helping photo spot, particularly for those with small Demetro returned to the U.S., left his job, fund the expense incurred for the life-sized children who can, and do, climb on the back of and combined both artistry and technical skills piece. This piece is a joint effort between Jim the burro for a great photo. to produce some truly incredible pieces. He Demetro and Christina Demetro, his daughter. Jim Demetro opened his own gallery recently. has more than 55 larger-than-life public pieces She is an accomplished sculptor in her own Part of the motivation to do that was to have a throughout the U.S. and Mexico. He has been right, with many of her pieces on display in the permanent place for the classes that Demetro awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award, northwest and Alaska. gives. These 5-day sessions come in beginner the highest award for artists in Southwest The Demetro Gallery is open Monday through and advanced versions. Washington State. Throughout this journey, Saturday, closed on Sundays, at 169 Lazaro The results achieved by the students are Jim has been encouraged by his lovely wife Eva Cardenas, directly across the street from the amazing. Many of the beginner students realize Demetro - a strong supporter and assistant in park. To see some truly inspiring art, take some such results that their work is actually cast into running this new gallery. time to wander through it. You will be amazed bronze or resin pieces. The beginner class Demetro so believed in the Mexican people at the artistic work displayed. And take a minute requires no experience. that he wanted to create pieces that capture their to meet both Jim and Eva, most gracious hosts. In addition to exhibiting many of Jim’s own spirit. He has donated these to the city, and the Email: [email protected] Tel.: 222- creations, the Demetro Gallery also showcases city provides a place for maximum exposure to 3411 ext. 601. 19 Are you ready to enjoy the hottest live show in town? This week, join local Make sure to make your reservation TODAY and come see Los favorites, Los Bambinos, for dinner and fabulous entertainment starting at 6 Bambinos at Bambinos Trattoria. The brothers’ charm, contagious smiles p.m. at Bambinos Trattoria in the Romantic Zone on the south side of town. and incredible harmonies will leave a lasting impression on first time guests A local Puerto Vallarta sensation since 2004, Los Bambinos is an ensemble and long time fans alike. See you at Bambinos Trattoria! of 4 brothers who inherited their love of music from their musician father. Take a break from the beach and come to Bambinos Trattoria for Happy Originally from Morelos south of Mexico City, the Morales Brothers have Hour from 3 to 6 p.m.! been delighting the PV community for over 15 years. Los Bambinos cover Get a 2x1 Margarita, beer or Daiquiri every day from 3 to 6 p.m. a variety of classic favorite tunes that that will have you jumping out of PLUS Get 1 order of Bruschettas + 1 Margarita or beer + 1 artisanal ice your seat to dance and sing along - hit songs in both English and Spanish, cream for only $249 pesos! (Valid from 3 to 6 p.m. only.) everyone can join in on the lighthearted fun. In addition to the incredible live music that starts at 8 p.m., Bambinos Bambinos Trattoria is a great place to enjoy Trattoria offers a full-bodied menu of delicious Italian inspired fare that is fresh Italian Food, prepared by a team of sure to impress. Open for lunch and dinner from 3 to 10 p.m. Monday talented Chefs. Open Monday - Saturday with a through Saturday, come in and enjoy a nice bottle of wine as you savor one complete menu, Bambinos Trattoria is located at of their tantalizing pastas, pizzas or hearty main entrees. 314 Aguacate, corner of Carranza (just before Soak up the exciting atmosphere and make sure to try the chef’s special Mundo de Azulejos on Carranza). Bring your seafood pizza for a fresh take on an old favorite. A cozy and energetic friends and family and reserve your table early for ambiance in the heart of the Romantic Zone, Bambinos Trattoria is the the best seat in the house. VIP section available perfect spot to enjoy an evening of great music with Los Bambinos and in front right near the main stage. Seating for delicious cuisine at the same time. each show begins at 6:30 and shows start at 8 Los Bambinos Weekly Highlights: p.m. Visa and Mastercard accepted. Information and tickets at www.losbambinosmusic.com or - Monday and Tuesday Night 8pm | Help! The Beatles Enjoy an exciting and upbeat show with the brothers’ unique spin on the call for a reservation 222-4357, English spoken. international rock sensations that changed the musical landscape across the world. Don’t miss this must-see show! - Wednesday Night 8 p.m. | Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons This dynamic show beautifully demonstrates the brother’s unique and powerful voices as they pay homage to a musical icon. - Thursday Night 8 p.m. | Legends of Rock and Roll Come enjoy the ambiance as you dine, drink, dance to lively tunes that will transport you to another era as Los Bambinos highlight epic legends of rock and roll. - Friday and Saturday Night 8 p.m. | Latin Party In the mood to embrace one of the best parts of Mexico? Settle in for an explosive evening of Latin hits that will take you on a thrilling journey of melodies from romantic melodies to Spanish rock to sexy salsas. 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21 First of all, this year, the Los So, come and judge for yourself! 5 things you need to know Mangos Public Library changed Auctioneers Robert about the Library’s Festival the Auction from a one-day event Bruckheimer and Federico Vallarte, Jan. 23-27 to a Festival; Festival Vallarte Leon de la Vega will present the will have events for five days and selection of 25 pieces to be in the I - World class artist Alejandro there is something for everyone. LIVE AUCTION, the rest will Colunga will be opening Festival rd But the Auction will be bigger sell at fixed prices and they will Vallarte on Wednesday the 23 and better than ever. be shown around the library. The at 6 p.m. at his own piece: the The people at the Library setting will be very special this Rotonda del Mar sculptures (the have worked very hard to make time, with a display and curation installation with the quirky chairs) this Festival happen, but the never before seen. Do not miss it. on the Malecon. We will cut the core event continues to be the With more than 150 works ribbon at 6 p.m. and then do the Thursday Auction. With support donated every year to the Library, ArtWalk with Alejandro. It’s free, from galleries, artists and the when you buy a sculpture or a so come and join us for you best University of Guadalajara’s painting, you will be acquiring a art walk ever! Free drinks, music, teachers and students, you will piece that will be sold at a great and special events on all streets not only be attending the Auction, price but also one that will be where galleries are located. but the unveiling of a monumental supporting our efforts at quality II - The Auction will be the Gabriela Garcia, President of the piece by Davis Birks in the education of children and adults. best ever, with artists, galleries, Board and organizer of the Festival, You will also be able to bid on the University of Guadalajara gardens, the showing of several with her husband Alberto Alvarez works by the students in different hotel stays, restaurant outings, spa and its teachers and students media, all of this with music and services etc. Some of them are diffuser of tensions. Art is a voice, participating. We truly have a festive mood. If you haven’t just unbelievable! a means, a weapon. Art is being the best donations of sculpture been, this is time to see it! If you But, why would all this be produced, created, and sold at the and oils, this is your chance have, come see the renewal! important to YOU? Library. There is no other entity to get serious art at wonderful For a long time, the Library had With Mexico being one of the doing this in Puerto Vallarta. By prices. A monumental piece been receiving comments about most unequal countries in the just participating you will be will be unveiled and Mariachi how the format of the event had world, you will be glad to know joining our efforts. Come and join music will welcome you. The to change, how it needed to be the Library works to fight just us to celebrate the XIX year of best restaurants will be there, more exciting and how it needed that. With an educated population the auction and make this festival particularly Barcelona Tapas’ to have more quality. and art all around, we have a great endure for many years to come! famous Paella! (See location number on Central Map) on Central number (See location 19 22 III - Patricia Bernal, renowned actress and poet, as well as Gael Garcia Bernal’s mother, will delight us with a reading of poetry in English and Spanish at the Jazz Foundation on Friday the 25th at 7 p.m. This is a different event from all the ones you attend, Mexicans having fun and mingling with the ex-pat community. Two drinks are included in the price of the $30 USD ticket. IV - The private auction, which will be open only to 70 persons, will be at La Leche on Saturday. If you want to attend, run to buy your ticket at Cassandra Shaw’s jewelry as the event will be intimate and luxurious. The big art will be here as will be the big names. Come and have fun! Play dress up. Only serious art lovers expected. With names such as Tamayo, Coronel and Francisco Toledo present, we will all enjoy the evening. V - Gabriela Garcia and the members of the Board have been working really hard to make this Festival a reality, art makes our city what it is, all the people doing something cultural will be participating! Join us and support our Festival and the Library!

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23 (See location number on Central Map) on Central number (See location Map) on Central number (See location (See location number on Central Map) on Central number (See location 5 13 12 24 (See location number on Central Map) on Central number (See location 20 (See location number on Central Map) on Central number (See location (See location number on Central Map) on Central number (See location 11 1 25 Alex Bourgeau As we move forward into 2019, Eric Michael Krop is a singer / songwriter The Palm is proud to provide based in Los Angeles, California. After some of Puerto Vallarta’s most graduating from AMDA in NYC, Eric made diverse entertainment. While his Broadway debut in the revival of Godspell we are sad that we have to say at Circle in the Square. After moving to Los Angeles, he quickly broke into the music goodbye to some amazing acts, scene doing back-up vocals for James Corden we have added some incredible in the movie “Peter Rabbit” and working with new talent to our stage. With Grammy-winning pop producer Greg Kurstin. packed houses with Michael Eric returns to the Palm for another season and Walters, and standing ovations brings his “Pop Goes The World” show to the The men of Piel Canela continue to “wow” their for Tori Scott, we still have stage. A blend of current and past pop tracks are audience with masterful rhythm guitar, mind blowing so much excitement ahead of belted out with a voice you would not believe. percussion, and beautiful melodies. From Ricky Martin us. We are not slowing down, The range is outstanding and the passion is real. to Gypsy Kings, the choice of music is carefully chosen we are bracing ourselves for a His talent and warm personality ensure his place to thrill any music aficionados. Often, guests are asked whirlwind of spectacular shows. on the Puerto Vallarta theatre scene. to join them on stage, giving the spectators more for their buck, and a taste of other talented musicians in the area. Fernando Gonzalez fronts the band of five Miss Conception opened her new show members which include, Pepe Galvan, Sam Renteria, this past Monday night titled “TVLand”. Gary Flores, and Alberto Ramirez “Mimi” all of which Kevin Levesque revives his proven are masters of their musical instruments. The band is costume change formula to the delight of proud to be at the Palm, and audiences reap the rewards his audience. The packed house could not of a great example of teamwork. have been happier, as the diva pealed away costume after costume, revealing a different Back again for another season are Joe Posa and character each time. The Golden Girls, Tony Tripoli. Tony opens the show with his hilarious Marge Simpson, Lucy, Wonder Woman, stand-up routine describing his experience with and many others, showed up all with a the legendary Joan Rivers. A former writer for the comedic corresponding song and wonderful comedian, Tony speaks from the heart, with a witty costumes, designed by PV’s own Jose Luis of tongue and cheek admiration for Joan leading into his Ky Moda Independiente. Having witnessed own personal experiences in the media world. He then this show, I can say that this will be another introduces Joan’s favourite impersonator, Joe Posa. hit produced by Kevin himself. He knows Imagine yourself in the presence of the comedic diva his art, and has no problem showing it off. where no one is safe from the zings that Ms Rivers The show runs on Mondays at 7 p.m. and was so famous for. Don’t be surprised if you see Joe 9:30 p.m. until the month of April. Posa wandering the streets as Joan inviting you to see the show. Kim Kuzma puts on two shows on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. “Dancing Queen” has proven to be Joe Posa one of the most popular shows in town. Kim guides you through a series of toe tapping tunes from Cher and Abba. Her band has spent countless hours rehearsing, that you can feel the magic with every note. The band consists of Nate Buccieri on the keys, Eduardo Leon on guitar, and Alexis Mena Torres on drums, all of which demonstrate a great joy in performance. The smile on the audience faces is proof that Kim Kuzma definitely still has the pipes, and the energy to warrant full houses. 26 Branden & James, “a powerhouse cello and vocal duo” (The Flight Magazine, Los Angeles), brings the soulful timbre of James on his cello combined with Branden’s emotional and powerful vocals, creating a sound that leaves audiences feeling moved and inspired. “...the always supportive, sometimes haunting power of the cello accompanying Branden’s voice solidifies the classical sound, adds Nate Buccieri will put a smile on your face. new depth to the popular, and allows the The master of the keys, Nate delivers two shows audience to just sit back and take it in... so There is no question that The Palm is going in on the Palm stage. The first, a sweet and bubbly movingly, that you may forget to breathe!” full gear as we head into the busiest time for Puerto homage to the ‘80s, performing songs ranging says Paul Lisnek - Host of Broadway in Vallarta. So many new acts are on their way, and you from Whitney Houston to Bruce Springsteen. With Chicago Backstage. Branden & James will be reading about them right here. Look out for Nate, requests are sometimes taken, and his ability begin their run on January 19, and tickets Coco Peru, Varla Jean Merman, Raja from RuPauls to mash up several requests is quite remarkable. are selling fast. Drag Race, and so much more, gracing the 2019 stage. His second show, “The Artists Tribute Series” Nate takes on iconic artists from past and present, performing their hits with a style unique to him. BohemiaViva No one hits the keys, like NateOnTheKeys. Check This week, Luna Rumba rises again! New the online schedule for dates and time. rhythms, new songs, and new energy! The original Luna Rumba had unprecedented success delivering Gypsy-inspired Rumba Fusion to A professional and award-winning* the Banderas Bay music scene. The group is entertainer for more than 15 years, the last re-inventing itself and will be performing at 10 of which she has dedicated to her one- The Palm this upcoming season, with Eduardo woman act - Celebrity Imposters - Bonnie Leon (Lalo) taking the lead position as singer Kilroe has been singing and strutting her and guitarist. Lalo, Geo, Luis, and of course stuff to the enjoyment of local, national, the beautiful and talented Lilly are ”all in” and and international audiences, in theatres, the music will be stellar! Get ready for high convention centers, casinos, cruise ships, energy, rock your socks off, blistering lead and less exotic stages. This season, guitar and fiery violin all pumped up with the Bonnie presents Country Queens, an explosive percussion talents of both Luis and The Palm Cabaret and Bar is excited to have ensemble tribute of famous country stars Lilly together! Here is the line-up: Lalo: Nylon Bohemia Viva back on its stage. This year, from Dolly Parton, to Patsy Cline. Guitar and Vocals Geo: Violin, Guitars, and the harmonizing duo present “Reflections”, Bonnie combines fabulous medleys Vocals Luis: Drums, Percussion, and Vocals a beautiful collections of pop and traditional of music, video and physical comedy, Lilly: Percussion Ever Bass Come and enjoy songs delivered in a style unique to the couple. to produce a multimedia entertainment some of the best Rumba Flamenco Fusion ever Created in 2010 and originating from experience with professional production performed in the Bay - once again! Argentina, Bohemia Viva has toured through values, combined with surprising twists, Latin America, Italy, The USA and Mexico. As which brings much laughter, delight, (and a music duo, Andrea Mottura and Luis Lujan even some tears) to her ever-growing perform harmonizing blending vocals with legion of fans. During her shows, Bonnie the infusion of guitar styles to create unique uses her skill as a performer to encourage musical versions of songs. Singing in Spanish, audience participation, which always English and Italian, Bohemia Viva is a popular adds an extra element of novelty and Latin Fusion performance of music from many surprise. Her natural comedic timing, eras to original music composed and presented striking looks and versatile vocals all help by Bohemia Viva. Stories of travel, cultural to create a mesmerizing feast for your experiences and their Latin heritage weave a entertainment senses connection to audiences with vocals and music.

The Palm Cabaret and Bar is located at 508 Olas Altas in the heart of the Puerto Vallarta Romantic Zone. Tickets to all shows can be purchased at the venue’s box office, which opens daily at 10 a.m., or online at ThePalmCabaret.com For more information, please call 222-0200, or follow The Palm Cabaret and Bar PVR on Facebook.

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Having presented and produced over fifty music appreciation lectures along with a dozen tribute concerts in several Puerto Vallarta stages, The Boutique Community Theatre is upstairs at Nacho local musicologist Paco Ojeda is now turning his attention to two works, Daddy, 287 Basilio Badillo. All tickets are available online one century apart: Giacomo Puccini’s opera, La Bohème, and Jonathan (www.btpv.org) or at the box office, two hours prior to every Larson’s Pulitzer Prize winning musical, Rent. “Both were premiered performance. For more details, please visit the events section of less than a week apart in February, 1896 and 1996, respectively, and one is inspired by the other,” he explains. “So it made perfect sense to our Facebook page: www.theboutiquepv.com. Info: 322-728-6878 inspire new audiences with fresh connections to both works.” What’s On This Week This will be made possible by screening both works as part of The Boutique Community Theatre’s “Dinner and a Movie” presentations, Friday, January 11 hosted by Paco. La Bohème will be screened this Sunday, January 13 5 p.m. Dinner • 6 p.m. Play: The Clean House, directed by Josie MacGillivray and Rent will be screened on Sunday, February 10, both at 5 p.m. In Saturday, January 12 addition, as part of his monthly series of music appreciation series, 5 p.m. Dinner • 6 p.m. Show: The Incomparable Lady Day - Paco will present “A Man, A Woman, A Candle,” a lecture connecting Billie Holiday, The Musician & The Myth, starring Mikki Prost both masterpieces, on Saturday, January 19 at 6 p.m. “Both works’ two central characters fall in love with one another in a torrid romance that Sunday, January 13 begins with a burnt candle that needs to be lit,” he explains. 1 p.m. Play: The Clean House, directed by Josie MacGillivray Billing his music appreciation lectures as “edutainment,” Paco relies 5 p.m. Dinner and a Movie: La Bohème (2017 Royal Opera Production), on audio and video clips to connect audiences with a broad range of hosted by Paco Ojeda musical styles, instruments and musicians, often inviting guests to 8 p.m. Auditions for upcoming Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, perform a song or two in order to enhance the experience. “As much organized by Ralph Hyman as we are regarded as a vacation destination, I am quite certain that Monday, January 14 there are many people in our community that are looking for ways to 5 p.m. Dinner • 6 p.m. Show: I’m Playing Me! A Modern ‘Broad-ville’ Cabaret, nurture their minds, souls and curiosity through ongoing cultural and starring Kami Desilets educational experiences.” Occasionally, the lectures are enhanced through the participation of Tuesday, January 15 local musicians and performers as will be the case with “A Man, A 5 p.m. Dinner • 6 p.m. Show: The Incomparable Lady Day - Woman, A Candle. Local actor / director / performer Alain Perreault Billie Holiday, The Musician & The Myth, starring Mikki Prost and Cesar Bravo of Princesas Desesperadas will perform a selection Wednesday, January 16 from Rent, while singer Kathy Overly will perform an aria from La 1 p.m. Auditions for upcoming Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, Bohème, all accompanied by Jean-Guy Comeau at the piano. All but organized by Ralph Hyman Cesar Bravo joined Paco in a well-attended tribute to Frank Sinatra this Thursday, January 17 past December at The Boutique. 11 a.m. Meeting: Connect with Mexico, hosted by Carlos Navarro “Helping those around me connect with extraordinary music is a 5 p.m. Dinner • 6 p.m. Play: The Clean House, directed by Josie MacGillivray truly empowering thing,” Paco explains. “I am thrilled with all the opportunities that The Boutique Community Theatre provides to anyone looking to broadening their comfort circle on and offstage.” SCREENING: La Bohème, 2017 Royal Opera Production, Sunday, January 13 • 5 p.m. LECTURE: A Man, A Woman, A Candle, January 19 • 6 p.m. SCREENING: Rent, Live on Broadway, Sunday, February 10 • 5 p.m. Attending all three events is highly recommended.

The Boutique Community Theatre welcomes members of the local community who want to experience every aspect of theatre production: lighting, stage managing, directing, acting, promotion and fundraising. To learn more, visit the website www.btpv.org, or the Facebook page www.facebook.com/TheBoutiquePV, where you will find information about scheduled performances and events, which include plays,

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”Laughs from start to finish but an underlying message that is very Managing Partner, Danny Mininni, current for today.” - Christine Hegi to the stage, with his portrayal of “I laughed so hard and guess what happened?” - Maria Dodman the crotchety and hilarious “Mr. Act II is very proud and happy to report that their newest show, The Mushnik.” With its delightful cast Foreigner, is a huge success! Everyone in the audience was thrilled and toe-tapping music, Little Shop with Saturday night’s opener! The Foreigner is funny, fabulous, of Horrors is a must-see this season! fiery, flawless, and FILLED with laughs! This is truly a show not to TripAdvisor êêêêê be missed! And with very few shows, we recommend you get your tickets now. Limited run, so get your tickets now at act2pv.com ”Fantastic Entertainment! We take in a show at Act II every time we come to PV. Love this As the ONLY 5-STAR venue in town, Act II brings you the Still breaking Box office records “best of the best!” Celebrating their 5-year anniversary, this is venue! The team and actors deliver and making 2018 The Most fantastic entertainment. This show their biggest and best season ever! Many people actually plan their successful year on record! was terrific and fun for everyone. I trips around Act II’s show schedule! Act II is extremely grateful A Cult Musical/Horror Comedy make a point of bringing my entire to the HUNDREDS of patrons who have written 5-star reviews Every Thursday -7 p.m. group to the show and everyone on TripAdvisor and Google. If you haven’t been to Act II, please is always pleased. I was blown take a look at the reviews, as well as the list of this week’s shows One of Off-Broadway’s most away by the performances. We below. From stage plays and musicals, to cabaret, drag shows, popular cult musicals, Little Shop of love the variety of shows and the and concerts, there is something for everyone! If you haven’t Horrors is the hilarious tale of a down- welcoming, fun-loving atmosphere experienced the “Act II Experience,” now’s the time to do it! For and-out Skid Row floral assistant, the of the theater. If you’re going to PV, show information, or to buy tickets, go to www.act2pv.com girl he loved, and a strange new, man- definitely take in a show! Well done, eating plant threatening to tear their Act II! Can’t wait to come again!” ~ world apart. This cult classic was one psanderson87 of the longest-running Off-Broadway “Very good entertainment! shows and has become a household The actors were very talented, name thanks to a highly successful the singing was very good and film version and a fantastic musical they did an excellent job with the score! For the past 30 years, people stage and sets. It is great that PV just can’t get the catchy music out of has Act II available to offer some their heads! alternative nightlife entertainment. Directed by Alfonso López, the The theater is small and very uber-talented director of “Rocky comfortable and offers an intimate Horror” last year, this beloved setting. They will serve drinks while horror/comedy/rock/musical is the performance continues. I highly another first-class production at Act TripAdvisor êêêêê II and brings back the sounds and ambiance of the rock ‘n’ roll era. It “Best Shows in Puerto Vallarta! We have been going to shows stars many of your favorite Act II here for years and have watched them grow from a modest actors, plus some wonderful new showroom/theatre into a first class venue. The shows are faces, including Maria Rose, Joey AMAZING. Danny has created a great venue with great service. Martinez, Alex McLauchlan, Can’t wait to see everything this coming season.” – CDAinPV Andrew Sands, Shawn Morgan, “Another MUST DO in PV. There is always something fun going on at Eli Estrada, Sasha del Oceano, Act 2. We have seen live theater, singers, and drag shows. ALL of them and Ximena Peña Esparza. It great fun, so whatever your taste, there is something for you!!” – Larry V also features the return of Act II 30 Opening This Week: laughter, from the virtuoso playing of Liberace, to the sultry jazz and swing of Miss Lee. Friday, January 11 Divariety, starring Delighted Tobehere recommend going. They have many TripAdvisor êêêêê and Gigi Monroe - 5 p.m. performances to choose from. ~ (Opening Night) “Hair, the Concert,” fossr50, Tomahawk “Liberace would’ve loved it, and Peg would be proud!” ~ Q Life a celebration of the Broadway musical, Hair - Party 6 p.m. / Show 7 p.m. “Fantastic, fun and magical. An Magazine intimate venue with a very talented Diana Villamonte, starring in cast. Highly entertaining. I highly “Maiocco smoothly channeled “I Will Always Love You,” recommend going to see this.” - liberace to a T, and Sweeney a Whitney Houston Tribute 7:30 pm Scott R sounded EXACTLY like Peggy Hedda Lettuce, starring in “Gringa in Paradise,” – 9:30 pm Lee!” ~ Theaterpizzazz.com “ACT II has done it again! Saturday, January 12 Surpassed themselves. WOW! what An Evening with Liberace “High camp delivering Divariety, starring Delighted Tobehere a Terrific Show!” - afield2015 and Miss Peggy Lee masterful work to the masses.” ~ and Gigi Monroe - 5 p.m. Milwaukee, Wisconsin Two Lees for the Price of One! Provincetown Magazine Opening Night - The Foreigner, directed by Danny “Best show ever in Puerto Vallarta. Monday, January 14 - 5 p.m. Mininni - 7 p.m. (special bonus show) A must see, amazing talent and set January 14, 18, 19, 21, 25, 26 28 “Twist & Shout,” song, dance and design. Would love to see it again.” - February 1, 3, 4 - 5 p.m. shows schtick, celebrating music of the - Michelle S 50s and 60s – 7:30 p.m. Mama Tits, starring in “Triple D” - 9:30 p.m. In this funny and touching tribute, “You have to see this play it was award winners, David Maiocco fantastic. The casts execution of Sunday, January 13 and Chuck Sweeney, present a Cinderella, the Musical - 3 p.m. the show was wonderful. Loved musical/comedy show, honoring Maria Rose as Audrey, her voice is Nunsense, Amen! - 7 p.m. music legends, Liberace and Peggy Best of ABBA & Elton, starring Us Two a-amazing. Costumes all done by Lee, who defined four decades of and their LIVE BAND - 7:30 pm her as well. A very talented cast. You music and pop culture. They call Dueling Drag Divas, starring Emmy Award- won’t regret seeing this production. their show “Two Lees for the price winner, Chi Chi Rones, and JoAnna - 9:30 p.m. Go see it.” ~ SandiG68 of one!” Monday, January 14 Liberace lived a life of “We have never been disappointed (Opening Night) “Lee Squared,” an Evening with any show we have seen here. The flamboyance, sparkle, and lavish A Celebration of the hit Broadway musical, Hair with Liberace and Miss Peggy Lee - 5 p.m. talent at this production was through costumes. In this funny and “Boob Tube,” featuring LIVE MUSIC the roof. There we a couple familiar touching tribute, Liberace gets one A Don and Rhonda Production OPENING NIGHT - Friday, January 11 from the 70’s! - 7 p.m. faces, Joey Martinez and Andrew more chance to glitter and shine as - PARTY 6 p.m. / SHOW 7 p.m. Diana Villamonte, starring in Sands and of course Danny Minnini. he tickles the ivories through the EVERY FRIDAY - 7 p.m. “More Motown & Beyond” - 7:30 p.m. If you are in Puerto Vallarta, please fingers of piano virtuoso, David Mama Tits starring in “Triple D” – 9:30 p.m. go you won’t regret it AND it is air Maiocco. Chuck Sweeney keeps Hair is the musical that brought Tuesday, January 15 conditioned.” - ReedRN the memory of Peggy Lee alive rock and roll to the theatrical Hedda Lettuce, starring in with a fevered impersonation that stage! This groundbreaking “Just saw Little Shop of Horrors. I “Hedda Sings the Blues” - 5 p.m. didn’t expect the level of professionalism includes a heavy dose of camp show celebrates youth, hippie Steve Grand, starring in on display, from the sets, acting, singing hilarity! counterculture, anti-war movement “Not the End of Me” – 7:30 p.m. to the choreography. ACT II may be a Maiocco and Sweeney are both and sexual revolution of the 1960’s Sutton Lee Seymour, starring small venue but they definitely put on NYC Bistro and MAC Award with a score of unforgettable hits, in “Dragflix” - 9:30 p.m. Winners (individually) for including Hair, Aquarius, Easy big shows. Yes it may be a cliche but Wednesday, January 16 run don’t walk and get tickets for this “Musical Direction and Outstanding to be Hard, and Good Morning Impersonation,” and they have Starshine, all of which have “The Divine Miss M,” a musical tribute to musical. If your plans are for coming Bette Midler, starring Miss Sandi D - 5 p.m. just jointly won the 2017 Bistro become part of our pop culture. down later in the season go online lots The Foreigner, directed by Award for “Lee Squared” in the This production will not include of great shows to come. As a plus they Danny Mininni - 7 p.m. have a great patio to enjoy a drink category of “Outstanding Musical nudity. And is performed as a Us Two - Week 3 “Oldies, Volume 2” - 7:30 p.m. prior to the show.” - rickdj5364YT, Comedy Duo!” As a team they have concert celebrating all the great Dueling Drag Divas, starring Emmy Award- Fresno created an evening of music and music from the Broadway hit. winner, Chi Chi Rones, and JoAnna - 9:30 p.m. 31 Thursday, January 17 All in full habits! The This show has a unique format Sutton Lee Seymour, starring Act II nuns are always up to and is full of singing, comedy, and in “Dragflix” - 5 p.m. something new and irreverent! DANCING to the rhythms that Little Shop of Horrors - 7 p.m. Directed by Alfonso López and changed the world! Steve Grand, starring in choreographed by Steven Retchless, “Not the End of Me” – 7:30 p.m. Google Review êêêêê Nunsense, A-Men! is the kind of Hedda Lettuce, starring in show that picks you up and shakes “Saw Twist and Shout last night “Gringa in Paradise” – 9:30 p.m. you around and makes you want to in the Red Room at Act ll. So much Friday, January 18 dance. What more could you want fun. Music from the 50’s and 60’s In Act II’s inimitable style, co- “Lee Squared,” an Evening with from a musical than passion and with the premise of the two final producers Danny Mininni and Liberace and Miss Peggy Lee - 5 p.m. laughter and fun? This is a show not contestants of a singing contest. Alfonso López, add some hilarious “Hair, the Concert,” featuring Don & to be missed at Act II Stages! The audience was laughing, twists and turns to this magical Rhonda & their LIVE BAND! cheering and singing along. Great TripAdvisor êêêêê and much-loved story. In fact, it Party - 6 p.m. / Show 7 p.m. addition to Vallarta nightlife.” - is the perfect family show. With Diana Villamonte - “I Will Always Love You,” It just keeps getting better! Rick DiCarlo 11/25/18 its iconic and memorable music, a Whitney Houston Tribute - 7:30 p.m. On this trip my husband and Hedda Lettuce, starring in the little ones in the audience will I attended 3 shows...Nunsense, “Gringa in Paradise” – 9:30 p.m. be enthralled and the adults will Diana Villamonte and Little Shop enjoy the irreverent and sometimes of Horrors. All were very different Continuing Shows at Act II: unexpected humor! and wonderful! I am happy to see that they are expanding the TripAdvisor êêêêê number and types of shows while “I would highly recommend continuing to bring PV quality attending the production of Rodgers live entertainment. The service is and Hammerstein’s Cinderella at excellent and the setting fun. Go Act II Entertainment for a quality early and listen to the music in the evening’s entertainment while bar. And yes, it is for everyone... Featuring World-Famous Drag Divas, in Puerto Vallarta. The show is please don’t feel it is only a gay Gigi Monroe and Delighted Tobehere! well produced with innovative venue...don’t miss it! - Connie, CLOSING NIGHT – Jan. 12 - 5 p.m. sets and and costumes. The cast Long Beach 11/16/18 TripAdvisor êêêêê is well rehearsed for a seamless “What a great show!! Talent was presentation. The quality of the amazing! Outfits were amazing!! singing is outstanding. This will Such great comedy and variety! be an evening to remember on Would recommend highly!” ~ Rico your visit to Puerto Vallarta.” - This year’s FUNNIEST USICAL... S, 1/4/19 chegi2018 BAR NUN! (Pun intended!) ! SUNDAYS - 7 p.m. “The show was great fun there “Best Musical in PV ... so lovely was a lot of back and forth with the to believe in the impossible... come Nunsense, A-Men! is a take-off audience. Tons and tons of costume see it if you can!!” - Cheryl Lynn on the 2nd longest-running Off- changes, great music and a great Wheeler Broadway smash hit, Nunsense, performance. My boyfriend and only second to Little Shop of Music and Dance from the 50’s and 60’s I had wonderful experience.” ~ Horrors! But here in Puerto Every Saturday - 7:30 p.m. Brian P, 1/5/18 Vallarta, all of the characters are MALE musical comedy Act II is pleased to announce performers! Act II’s “sacrilegious” a brand new 50’s and 60’s show, version of Nunsense, A-Men! “Twist and Shout,” featuring features uproarious horseplay musical hits from the 50’s and and side-splitting jokes that are 60’s! The dynamic duo, Pedro Rodgers and Hammerstein’s performed by Bert Ramirez, Shawn Islas and Faride Talamás perform A musical based on the fairy tale, Cinderella Morgan, José Jasso, Roberto many of the songs that you love…. Every Sunday - 3 p.m. Matinee Gomez, and Al Carswell. Check I Wanna Be Loved By You, Can’t out their video, #sheNUNigans, to Take My Eyes Off of You, Be My Act II is proud to be presenting see them parasailing, racing down Baby, Lollipop, I Only Want to Be Rodgers and Hammerstein’s the Malecon on Segways and With You, Twist and Shout... and “Cinderella,” a musical based on experimenting with tequila... more! this beloved fairy tale! 32 “Sutton Lee Seymour takes drag CNN, Larry King Now, and other to another level.” - RevueWM national outlets where he has Starring Puerto Vallarta and New York used his platform to advocate for “Sutton Lee Seymour is the real City favorite, SUTTON LEE SEYMOUR! Human Rights and LGBT Equality. Every Tuesday - 9:30 p.m. deal!” - RevueWM TripAdvisor êêêêê Every Thursday - 5 p.m. “Funny, witty, fast-paced and entirely entertaining!” - TripAdvisor “My first time visiting Act ll and I was impressed. Friendly staff and “Everyone else should just give very well organised, along with up, because [Sutton Lee] wins!” - “Well done! EVERY SINGLE cast some hilarious commentary while Benj Pasek, Academy Award and member is amazing!” - David Mohr being seated, made for an enjoyable Tony Award Winning Composer “I was so pleased and surprised night! The small venue was perfect at tonight’s opening of Cinderella. and intimate to watch Steve Grand The cast was terrific, the sets were play. A great and welcome addition amazing and the costumes were NYC (and PV’s) drag darling, to Puerto Vallarta.” - Wazza H dazzling.” - Karen Erp Sutton Lee Seymour, stars in “...we enjoyed several great DRAGFLIX, a new comedy “Danny Mininni, you have shows in the Red Room at Act II spoofing your favorite TV shows, another glorious hit on your Entertainment. Steve Grand, a movies, and musicals with hands. From the antics of the talented young singer-songwriter parodies of Game Of Thrones, The ugly stepsisters to the waif of a does mostly his own material, with Handmaid’s Tale, Harry Potter, Cinderella, it is an outstanding some more recognizable songs by and more! production for the whole family to others...” - mitzigaynor Sutton Lee Seymour, known enjoy. Everyone in the cast outdid as “the Robin Williams of Drag,” themselves and the costumes and is New York City’s Live Singing sets are the finishing touch to a Comedy Queen of Stage and Diana Villamonte Returns to Act II first-rate production. Oh, the mice Screen, having performed with after winning FIRST RUNNER UP are cute too!” - Mary Zack Atlantis Events on their gay cruise in the Voice of Mexico “What can I say. Acting ê. and resort vacations, and making A Musical Tribute to Whitney Singing ê. Dancing ê. Fun ê. numerous appearances on Bravo Steve Grand - Top selling show of last season! Houston, featuring PV’s #1 Star, Costumes are amazing!! Opening TV’s Watch What Happens Live Featuring Steve Grand, Openly Gay Internet Diana Villamonte night got a standing ovation from with Andy Cohen! She has toured Sensation and Recording Artist! Every Friday - 7:30 p.m. the audience! Cinderella will be a with her shows to sold-out crowds Shows sell out fast, so get your hit for sure.” - Ed Gill in Chicago, Los Angeles, San tickets now at act2pv.com Francisco, Washington DC, plus Every Tuesday - 7:30 p.m. “What an amazing performance! Every Thursday - 9:30 p.m. other beach “vacation towns” Great cast with such talent! Loved like Ogunquit, Rehoboth, and the costumes! If you can..don’t miss Steve Grand returns Saugatuck! In New York City, this performance! You will not be triumphantly to the Red Room for Sutton Lee Seymour has become disappointed.” - Donna Wong a 3-month run, after his extremely the premier “Broadway Queen,” successful string of shows last hosting and starring in a number of season! 100% OF HIS SHOWS weekly shows and cabarets! Keep WERE SOLD OUT!! In 2013, up with her adventures and travels Grand uploaded a music video on Facebook and Instagram by to YouTube for his song, “All following @suttonleeseymour. American Boy.” Immediately, it TripAdvisor êêêêê went viral, and within 8 days, he had over 1,000,000 views! The This year, we are thrilled to “Seymour is a wonderfully theatrical song tells the story of unrequited announce that Diana, along with singer and a seasoned comedy queen!” love between a young man and director Alfonso López, has created - BroadwayWorld.com his heterosexual male friend. As a yet ANOTHER sensational hit “One of the best and brightest result of his notoriety, this openly show, “I Will Always Love You,” talents in New York City!” - gay artist has been lauded as a a musical tribute to Whitney Huffington Post trailblazer in the entertainment Houston! Diana, with her world and has had appearances powerhouse voice and infectious “Divinely Talented!” - Out.com on Good Morning America, personality, is the perfect singer 33 to take on the iconic Whitney (her Panamanian Beauty and TV “Pure Magic happened last night at lifelong inspiration). The highlight Star, Diana Villamonte, returns The Red Room Cabaret where not of Diana’s show last year was when for her second amazing season only was the audience completely she previewed some of her Whitney with Act II’s #1 hit show, “More blown away with the charms, Houston songs, often having most Motown and Beyond!” This is an beauty, grace and talent of Diana audience members in tears. Diana all-new show in English, paying Villamonte with her new show blew the audience away, and her respect to the great ladies (and a “Motown and Beyond,” we were fans begged for a whole show of few of the boys) of Motown (and completely covered in “Star Dust.” Whitney’s songs! beyond), with a special tribute to ~ D. Wilhoit, Puerto Vallarta TripAdvisor êêêêê Aretha Franklin, as well as Diana Ross, Shirley Bassey, Whitney “We saw Diana Villamonte on her Houston, Anita Ward, Etta James, opening night for the season. She Nina Simone, Aretha Franklin and is not to be missed! Power house Donna Summer. Get your tickets of a voice. Act II is always our go town…. Puerto Vallarta! Hedda quickly! This show sold out almost to place when we are in Puerto will glamorize another season as every night during the last season! Vallarta. All the entertainment is she dishes out a tossed salad of top notch. Having this theatre in PV improvisational comedy, sultry is one of the top reasons we always songs, and dazzling gowns. (And return to PV.” – Karen B, Toronto it’s entirely fat-free!) She will All new show! “Act II and The Red Room gladly engage you in a night of Starring Puerto Vallarta’s beloved Cabaret have another Hit on its list storytelling, bawdy and biting 6’7” POWERHOUSE, Mama Tits! Every Monday & Saturday - 9:30 p.m. of shows not to miss. Directed by the wit, spontaneous comedy, and live Amazing Alfonso López, they have (not lip-synched) singing! Her show includes her nationally- After her second record-breaking brought to life a Tribute to Whitney year as one of the Top Headliners acclaimed original comedic music Houston... numerous Standing of the illustrious Red Room Cabaret that is peppered with parodies of Ovations. Along with her awesome at Act II Stages, Mama Tits is old time favorites and startling backup singers, Carla, Tony and thrilled to return for her fourth hit satire. Hedda Lettuce is one of Hannah, they brought the life and season! This year she is back with New York City’s premiere drag glamour of Whitney Houston back her raw and witty take on life, sex, with Class. - David Wilhoit queens and keeps the audience Trip Advisor êêêêê relationships and living your truth. screaming with laughter for the Mama Tits weaves her soulful live “Diana Valeria Villamonte entire show!. “We saw Diana Villamonte on her opened her new show I Will Always opening night for the season. She singing with her stories and comedy Love You, a tribute to the best of Google Review! êêêêê is not to be missed! Power house into one big joyride of a show, with a strong message of love, emotion and Whitney Houston. From the first of a voice. Act Two is always our “Awesome great show. I highly positive reinforcement, (not unlike moment, we were thrilled with go to place when we are in Puerto recommend Hedda Lettuce she is her trusty underwire bra)! Jazz, spine-tingling chills.” - Gary Beck Vallarta. All the entertainment is top an amazing performer.” - C Sailor blues, pop, rock and Broadway round notch. Having this theatre in PV is out this year’s eclectic selection of Trip Advisor êêêêê one of the top reasons we always songs. Check out her many reviews return to PV.” - Karen B, Toronto HEDDA LETTUCE - “...Hedda Lettuce was hilarious! on Trip Advisor! A little of Dame Edna, a little Joan Winner, Funniest Drag Show 2017 - 2018 “Act II is a wonderful venue with Trip Advisor êêêêê Featuring Hedda Lettuce’s Rivers and perhaps a smidgen of so much to offer. We saw the opening smorgasboard of live comedy, Don Rickles’ snarkiness, but truly, night of Diana Villamonte in “More “This was an amazing and songs, and stand-up improvisations her truly, her comedy is uniquely Motown & Beyond”. She is AMAZING. wonderful entertainment experience! Thursdays & Fridays - 9:30 p.m. hers - and a laugh riot!...” - I so wish we had been in PV longer Definitely not to be missed!!! Non- Tuesdays - 5 p.m. “Hedda Sings the Blues” MitziGabor to go to her Whitney Houston show. stop laughing throughout the Not only is she a great singer, but she entire show. She is quite hilarious. HEDDA LETTUCE, the six- entertains the audience. Hope she is Wonderful singer with a very large time Drag Queen of the Year still there the next time we visit.” - personality!!” - HoustonGuy2414 Award-winner (HX magazine) and Diana Villamonte, Voice of Mexico Star JudyJ677, Chicago the legendary “green goddess” of A Musical tribute to the great ladies “BEST SHOW: brave heart, inclusive, beautiful voice, kind, drag, is excited to return to Puerto of Motown and Beyond, featuring “This was our third time seeing colourful, tells-it-like-it-is, and Vallarta for her FOURTH “sold Puerto Vallarta’s #1 songstress, the show and she is beyond amazing êêêêê entertainment. We need a out” season! Her show, this year, Diana Villamonte she’s the best act we have ever 1000 yous, Ms. Mama Tits. That heart is a loving send-up to her favorite Every Monday - 7:30 p.m. seen in 17 years of living in PV!” does not lie. Thank you!” - roseycouture 34 will feature a Classics, Volume I Watch Over Me, and many more! and Classics, Volume II, because George Gershwin (1898-1937) was how can you fit all of that great one of America’s most influential music into one show? Other shows A musical tribute to ABBA music composers and pianists who will include Country Week and the worked in both classical and popular and Elton John, featuring intimate “Unplugged” show. (See UsTwo and their LIVE BAND styles. Most of his songs were written website and press releases for weekly to words written by his brother, Ira Every Sunday - 7:30 p.m. genre reminders.) But no matter UsTwo presents a musical tribute Gershwin. Some of his most well- what the genre is, Us Two always known works are Rhapsody in Blue, to the timeless music of two brings you music from the 70’s, 80’s unforgettable acts which began An American in Paris and Porgy and and 90’s in the form of song and Bess, which is considered to be one of in the 70’s, ABBA and Elton dance, rock and roll, fun and games John! UsTwo will perform songs the most important American operas Google Review! êêêêê and humor and chat, all bundled of the 20th century. that you remember, such as Mama into a 90-minute Vegas-style show! Mia, Dancing Queen, Chiquitita, Sad “Had a great time here seeing the Every week a different show, this Song, Candle in the Wind, and Rocket show ... The theatre is small and set week… 3rd Wednesday of the Month Man, and more. Their repertoire up in a way that everyone has a good - “Oldies, Volume 2!” A NuName Production changes with each performance, view. The crowd is really into the acts Directed by Edoardo Rocha TripAdvisor êêêêê but these amazing vocalists (and and give a lot of support. Has a nice OPENING NIGHT - Saturday, January their live band) will treat you to an bar with friendly service while you’re “Do not miss “Us Two” at Act II 19 - PARTY 6 p.m. / SHOW 7 p.m. unforgettable evening of music and waiting, and a patio outdoors. Keep Entertainment Stages! They have four OPEN RUN - Every Saturday in mind if you buy “preferred” tickets different themed shows each month an evening to remember! The iconic American musical, you do not need to turn up early, as is this season. Tremendously talented Chicago, features music by John suggested in your confirmation email. performers!!” - davemM5470OS If you buy general admission turn up Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and a book by Ebb and John Fosse. When early as it’s first come first serve for Coming Soon to Act II: seating. To get a larger group sitting it debuted on Broadway back in the together you’ll wanna get there at 1970’s, Chicago became a classic and least 45 mins early. You can chill in won 6 Tony Awards! The Broadway the bar so it doesn’t really feel like A Celebration of the Music of Gershwin revival in 1996 now holds the record you’re waiting. Had a great time, the OPENING NIGHT Tuesday, January as the longest-running musical revival line up seems to always have good 22 - PARTY 6 p.m. / SHOW 7 p.m. and the longest-running American shows on every night. Would highly Every Tuesday - 7 p.m. musical in Broadway history! This recommend!” Nick J NuName Production is going to be Summertime, I Got Rhythm, Nice exciting! It features 13 dancers, along TripAdvisor êêêêê Work If You Can Get It, S’Wonderful, with stage favorites, Michael Gibney, Embraceable You, Someone to MaryJo Nelson and Maria Rose! What an incredible show! We THIS WEEK - “Oldies, Volume 2!” laughed and cried - it was emotional Featuring Daniel, Noemi & their LIVE BAND! and hilarious! Mama Tits has a Winner - 2017 Best Band Award! beautiful voice and sang the most Shows On Wednesday! Every Week - A heartfelt and soulful version of “Mr New Show! 7:30 p.m. Bojangles” we have ever heard … Never before has Act II witnessed she is unbelievable!” ~ littlelawsask such loyalty from fans who discovered Us Two at Act II Entertainment! With more TripAdvisor 5 star reviews than Comedy Drag Cabaret, starring JoAnna, any other PV performers, fans have and Emmy-Award Winner, ChiChi Rones been known to attend an UsTwo Sundays & Wednesdays - 9:30 p.m. show every week! With that in mind that, Act II Producer, Danny Mininni, The Dueling Drag Divas return and the members of Us Two, give For more information about our shows, or to order tickets, to the Red Room with an All-NEW, fans the chance to see a new show please go to our website at www.act2pv.com Tickets are also 2019 LIVE show! JoAnna (aka Joe every week! Us Two’s Wednesday available at our box office which is open daily from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Perry) and Emmy Award Winner, night show features a different show The Act II Entertainment Stages complex is located upstairs ChiChi Rones, sing hysterical spoofs every week, with a total of four on the corner of Insurgentes and Basilio Badillo in the Romantic Zone of Cher, Tina Turner, Marilyn Monroe, different shows per month! Known on the South side of Puerto Vallarta. For more information, Shirley Bassey, Amy Winehouse, Janis for bringing the classics that you call 222-1512, or follow Act II on Facebook. Joplin, Lady Gaga and more! love the most back to life, Us Two 35 The Foreigner is the story of lose a beat! Timing by all concerned two guests, Charlie Baker and was perfect and hard to do on an Staff Sergeant Froggy LeSueur, at opening night! Maria Rose can not a resort-style fishing lodge in rural only sing but act. Perfect person Georgia. Charlie is depressed for Catherine. The Foreigner, Alex because his beloved wife may be Directed by Danny Mininni . A Comedy by Larry Shue McLauchlan was so endearing dying. To help his friend, Froggy Produced by Act II Entertainment. WEDNESDAYS - 7 p.m. and clever and PERFECT. tells Betty Meeks, who owns the SPECIAL BONUS SHOW - Saturday, January 12 - 7 p.m. Brendan Hayes played a wonderful lodge, that Charlie is the native irreverent Reverend and the two tall of an exotic country who does guys, Allan Carswell and Andrew not understand a word of English. Morgan, Branden Hayes, Al “GO SEE THE FOREIGNER Sands played their parts brilliantly Betty, who has never traveled, is Carswell, and Andrew Sands. at Stages, Act II! It is brilliant! I as well. Shawn Morgan who played delighted to cater to a stranger who ‘The Foreigner’ is a fantasy of saw Danny Mininni´s production Owen Musser was cast perfectly as is “as foreign as the day is long.” good and evil resulting in side- 7 years ago and thought... ‘ this the angry Clan member. Thanks for Before long, things start to go awry, splitting laughter. This hysterical can´t get any better!’ Well it was as another entertaining evening at Act as Charlie finds himself privy to romp is filled with slapstick and good, and some of the characters II.” ~ Sharon Baughman-White assorted secrets and scandals surprisingly, romantic comedy! even better in my opinion. Cherry freely discussed in front of him It has enough warmth and truth DeLorenzo as Betty Meeks did not “The Foreigner opened last by the other visitors. Charlie must in it that it is not only funny, but night with rave reviews. Couldn’t “learn” English quickly and think also often moving. This is solid agree more. Another over the top on his feet if he wants to save entertainment and one of the production by Danny Mininni, the lodge and his new friends. funniest shows you will ever see! Alfonso López and all the The Foreigner stars Alex performers and staff at Act II McLauchlan as the charming and TripAdvisor êêêêê Entertainment. Make it a point adorable Charlie (the Foreigner). during your time in Puerto Vallarta “I never thought I’d meet another “... tons of laughs for a sold to see this play! Well done!” ~ actor GOOD ENOUGH to play out audience. Very entertaining Cindy DuChateau Ramirez the part of Charlie until I met and very well cast with Alex,” says director Danny flawless performances from “A tour de force. A comedic Mininni. This show also features all the actors Congratulations drama at its best. ACT II Act II veteran actress, Cherry Danny on your direction showcases the exceptional DeLorenzo, the only actress that Capabilities!” ~ William Larkin talent of Vallarta and delivers a has been in an Act II production “Total raves from attendees hilarious show with an important every season since its inception. leaving the theater. Best Ever?” message. It shows that drama can Also starring Maria Rose, Shawn ~ Gary Beck be forcefully delivered in Vallarta. 36 The 7 Arts

The show deserves to be sold out “WOW!!!!” (times a night everyone was so in sync The set for this show is amazing every night. Bravo to all!” ~ Tom “zillion!”) Congratulations, with each other and it became so and lighting was excellent. Bernes Danny and cast, what an believable I felt like I was really Congratulations to everyone incredible show! Totally enjoyed at the lodge. Kudos to all!” ~ involved!” ~ Ed Gil “Act II Entertainment Stages it!!” ~ Marsha Ward Ross Candace Kepley has Done It Again. Where else “Beginning to sound like can you go see a “Play” with such “Coming from a fellow thespian “The actors worked together a broken record, once again, Fine Acting, Great Characters That was an amazing opening seamlessly in spite of the ActII and Danny Mininni as and a Haunting Story Line. “The incredibly lengthy lines they had director scored a home run! The Foreigner” opening night was a to memorize. My hat is off to every Foreigner was fantastic! The Hit Runaway. Perfectly executed performer in the cast. Brilliant!” actors were cast perfectly and by all the Actors and Directed by ~ Dave Mohr it was a wonderful professional Danny Mininni, it is a Show of presentation. Proving beyond a Shows. Every Actor was the Star. “What a great show! All-around shadow of a doubt that not all the The Set was Amazing and the sound amazing work! Congrats to all!” productions must be musicals to and lighting was Spot on. Lots of ~ Derek Carkner draw an audience! Bravo to the Laughs but lots to ponder as the entire cast and crew, well done! ~ show unfolds.” ~ David Wilhoit “Great performance by a very Mary Zack talented cast! Amazing to see all “5 star show with tons of laughs “It was the best! What a the new talent at Act ll this year!” for a sold out audience. Very playwright, what direction, and ~ Bert Ramirez entertaining and very well cast with what talent. A winner all round.” flawless performances from all the ~ Heather Thomson “The Foreigner … will be a hit. actors. Congratulations Danny on The audience would never have your direction Capabilities!” ~ “Yet another blockbuster!! known that it was opening night William Larkin Amazing how you all do this for us! as the cast was extremely well Spectacular!!!” ~ Francine Peters rehearsed. 37 We are all a product of our dysfunction, becomes the alcoholic/ environment, particularly our home addict, the one who steals, lies, or environment. Our family determines gets in fights. (“Adult Children: The a great deal of our psychological and Secrets of Dysfunctional Families,” emotional development influencing J. Freil & L. Freil, 1988, pp: 54-57) the person we become and the Giselle Belanger RN, LCSW From my generation to yours “baggage we carry” into adulthood. Because these roles are practiced Today, let’s consider the alcoholic/ throughout your youth and perfected addict family and its impact on the loyal, even in the face of evidence little emotional energy remains into adulthood, they are very familiar children in their youth and as adults. the loyalty is undeserved, 13) are to consistently fulfill the needs of and define who you are in the midst Adult Child of an Alcoholic impulsive; tend to lock themselves children who become victims to of all the dysfunction. It is no wonder The lasting effects of growing up into a course of action without the family’s illness. Imagine if both that some children typically marry in a home with alcoholism and/or considering alternative behaviors parents are alcoholics or if the only alcoholics, while others become drug addiction* can be far reaching or possible consequences. (“The parent raising the children is the alcoholics/addicts. Obesity and and evident in every aspect of who Complete ACOA Sourcebook: Adult alcoholic!! Parents are role models eating disorders are another common you’ve become as an adult. The Children of Alcoholics at Home, at whether they want to be or not! way that the family dysfunction is various life roles (husband/wife/ Work, and in Love,” Woititz, Janet Roles we play manifested. Many ACOAs don’t parent/sister/brother/son/daughter/ G., 2002, pp: 14-15) Literature on the family inevitably realize that they have been affected employee/boss/friend) of an Adult Everyone in the family is affected refers to typical roles each child may and that their dysfunction is being Child of an Alcoholic all seem to be In an alcoholic home, everyone take on in response to the family passed down to their children. It is affected. *NOTE: This article will in the family is affected; no one dynamics. These are roles that stay very important to interrupt this cycle refer to alcoholism but absolutely escapes unscathed (no matter how with us through our adulthood. Can and put yourself and your family on includes drug addiction as one in the much more “normal” you may you identify with any of the following a new healthier path. same. seem compared to your siblings). or do your children seem to fit these Low self-esteem Here is a list of 13 characteristics The family is a system made up of descriptions? The “Responsible Low self-esteem is an inevitable of Adult Children of Alcoholics. living breathing parts struggling to one” or the “Do-er” often the oldest consequence of growing up in the How many describe you or your maintain balance and equilibrium. child, takes on a responsible parental alcoholic/addict home due in great children? 1) guess at what normal is, Therefore, the family members role in order to provide structure and part to the mixed and inconsistent 2) have difficulty following a project cannot avoid getting caught up consistency that is missing from messages you received as a child. through from beginning to end, 3) in and responding to the illness the parents themselves. They make Subsequently, your reality was lie when it would be just as easy to (the alcoholic’s behavior) and sure the other children are dressed distorted and therefore your sense tell the truth, 4) judge themselves becoming emotionally involved. and fed, that the laundry is done, of self is distorted. Self-esteem is without mercy, 5) have difficulty Consequently, conditions for good dinner is cooked, etc. The “Enabler/ measured by a sense of self, which having fun, 6) take themselves very parenting are absent or inconsistent. Placater” smoothes out arguments, develops and is determined overtime seriously, 7) have difficulty with The alcoholic parent is unavailable avoids conflict; is a “people pleaser,” by the input of significant people intimate relationships, 8) overreact and emotionally absent due to the tries to fix everyone else’s pain, around you. Initially, we find out to changes over which they have no alcohol use and the other parent is keeps everyone together in order to who we are by what other people control, 9) constantly seek approval just as unavailable reacting to the preserve the family unit. The “Lost say to us and how we internalize and affirmation, 10) usually feel alcoholic’s behavior, frantically Child/ Loner” is often “invisible” these messages. (“The Complete that they are different from other trying to keep the family from falling who plays by themselves, doesn’t ACOA Sourcebook: Adult Children people, 11) are super responsible apart and to maintain the appearance cause any trouble, prefers to be out of Alcoholics at Home, at Work, and or irresponsible, 12) are extremely that everything is fine. As a result, of the house, hopes to go unnoticed in Love,” Woititz, Janet G., 2002, pp: in order to stay disconnected from 32-37) the chaos. The “Hero” represents The good news is that your sense a proud family image to the public, of self can be reshaped and redefined usually a star athlete or student, in therapy with a therapist (and goes to university, becomes very other patients in group therapy) successful, providing the self- consistently providing new healthier esteem for the family. The “Mascot/ messages and reflecting them back Distractor,” usually one of the for you to internalize in a more youngest children, provides the positive encouraging way. comic relief for the family, is playful, the class clown, diverting attention away from conflict and Giselle Bellanger tense situations. The “Scapegoat/ RN, LCSW (psychotherapist) is available for Acting Out” child is the focus of appointments in person, by phone, or by skype webcam. negative attention, the “black sheep” Contact info: [email protected] takes the blame for the family’s Mex cell: 044 (322) 138-9552 or US cell: (312) 914-5203 38 Jaqui Karr, CSN, CVD don’t need the foot bath, those are Let me warn you up front: if It doesn’t just pull toxins out of for people stuck inland”. you look this up online, you’ll find you, it communicates to you. Ever since I discovered the …one of the things I love about all kinds of controversy on it and By the way, the resident expert amethyst bed at the spa (you didn’t Zoli is that he’s not like the doctors knuckleheads saying they don’t on these foot detoxes is Alicia miss my article 2 weeks ago on the in white lab coats that wag their work and it’s just the water turning Partida, she’s the Director of Client quantum biofeedback treatment, did finger at you and judge. He has to rust . These are usually the same Services at Holistic Bio-Spa. Talk to you? No me diga! That’s ok. Suffice more knowledge and experience knuckleheads that tell you vaccines her for 5 minutes, you’ll feel like you it to say, it relaxes you at levels you than them, helps people in awesome are good for you (they always give meditated for 2 hours. Her energy is have never experienced). So for natural ways they can’t dream about, me a blank look when I tell them the amazing. weeks now, I’ve been on a mission but he’s so kind about it… UK, U.S. and Canada have paid out So I’ll tell you what Zoli told to sneak in and sleep on it overnight. He just smiled and said: “Why over $3 billion dollars - that’s a B - me 5 days ago: “Why don’t you Tried to bribe the night guard: don’t you just try one and see what to families of vaccine victims, with just try one and see what happens.” didn’t work. happens.” gag order of course). Never pay Call them, email them, send them a Tried to bribe the cleaning lady: Hmm. Ok. So I did a foot detox. attention to people who get off on so- smoke signal. Tell them Jaqui sent really didn’t work. I expected nothing major to come called debunking (makes them feel you and you want to un-yuck your So in my efforts to gain more out since I knew the negative ions important) and go see for yourself. body with a foot bath. Try just one intel I needed to find a way to spend from the ocean detox you. My oh When I had no access to ocean I and then you can decide if you want more time at the spa. I scheduled my oh my! Did stuff ever come used to do foot bath detoxes every another. Bring a book, and enjoy the 10 glutathione nebulizer treatments. out! And there’s only one word to year with my friend. Her diet and relaxing down time as you un-yuck (You didn’t miss my article last describe it: YUCK (really technical lifestyle are very different from yourself. week on this too, did you? My word LOL). But seriously: yuck, mine. I’ve also gone with a client. p.s. I’m counting on you to vouch feelings are hurt, but you can make yuck, double yuck. I can’t believe The colors of toxins coming out of for me and tell Zoli to let me sleep it up to me by telling Zoli to let me how much this tiny little device me was very different from theirs. on the amethyst lounger! sleep on the amethyst bed overnight. pulled out of my system. I’d like the naysayers to explain Promise you will?) Ok, we’re So the question is: do you want that to me. If it was rust, it would friends again, so let me tell you that yucky stuff in your body or in always be same color, same texture. Zoli about what I discovered during my a bucket that gets flushed away? It’s not. When I took my client with Hargitai, covert operation under the disguise Here it is, what you do and how me, I was suspecting her health owner / of nebulizer treatments… it works. You do nothing (I always problems were coming from metals. founder of Zoli was walking by as I was doing love that). Just put your feet in Her water had sparkly little pieces in The Holistic a treatment and the conversation water like you would for a pedicure. it, mine had none. I told her to see Bio Spa went like this: They add salt, and a tiny device that her doctor and get a blood test, sure “Jaqui, why don’t you do the foot runs electrical currents in the water enough she was drowning in metals. The Holistic Bio Spa detox while you are sitting there?” (you feel nothing). What you see: Colors can be indicative of Is located in Plaza Marina, Local B-10. Open Monday different story. Within minutes what’s going on with your body. “Zoli, I walk on the beach and to Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. swim in the ocean every day. The you’ll see stuff, yucky stuff. Within You might need a liver flush or ease to 2 p.m. Tel: 221-1607. www.holisticbiospa.com negative ions are detoxing me, I 20 minutes, whoa! off on yeast forming foods, etc. Email: [email protected] (See location number on Central Map) on Central number (See location 24 39 I recently saw a bunch of the Bird/ - Orange juice Fish clan of folks at a really lovely - Sugar in any form, substitutes cocktail party in Marina Vallarta. included (this includes wine and beer). These are families or individuals that Wheat products (yes, whole wheat came to PV looking for something... is wheat… and so is pasta) love or money... whatever… Mostly Krystal Frost Other stuff you can do: from the north, but from all over If you have chronic pain of any kind, too. We built careers, marriages, there are safe and effective alternatives businesses and watched our kids to prescription and over-the-counter grow up together. The thing I really painkillers, though they may require noticed is a lot of my buddies are in reported pain. By standardizing the contrary to Western allopathic some patience. Among the best are: physical pain. What happened in the various study participants’ responses, industrialized medicine, TCM does Start taking a high-quality, last 20 years or so? they were able to more accurately not treat symptoms, but rather seeks animal-based omega-3 fat like krill Chronic pain is a common condition assess and compare them as a whole. to find the origin of the imbalance oil. Omega-3 fats are precursors to impacting millions, one-third of who The team discovered a “clear and that produced the symptoms in the mediators of inflammation called describe their pain as severe and robust” effect of acupuncture in the first place. Another major difference prostaglandins. (In fact, that is “disabling. Pain is usually brought treatment of: is that acupuncture, which is part of how anti-inflammatory painkillers on by inflammation and is our Back pain TCM, is remarkably safe with few, work, they positively influence body telling us there is an imbalance Joint pain such as hips, knees and if any, negative side effects, so it prostaglandins.) The omega-3 fats somewhere and needs to be addresses. shoulders certainly doesn’t hurt to try. EPA and DHA contained in krill oil In a recent analysis published in Neck pain Other alternative pain treatment have also been found in many animal the Archives of Internal Medicine, Osteoarthritis Emotional freedom technique and clinical studies to have anti- researchers concluded that Headache (EFT): Few people want to be told inflammatory properties. acupuncture has a definite effect in Bursitis that their pain is psychological or Ginger: This herb is anti-inflammatory reducing chronic pain, such as back “The effects of acupuncture are emotional in origin, but there’s quite and offers pain relief and stomach- pain and headaches – more so than statistically significant and different a bit of evidence that backs this up. settling properties. Fresh ginger works standard pain treatment. from those of sham or placebo Underlying emotional issues and well steeped in boiling water as a tea or Effects of acupuncture treatments... So we conclude that unresolved trauma can have a massive grated into vegetable juice. The researchers also went the extra the effects aren’t due merely to the influence on your health, particularly Curcumin: Curcumin is the primary mile by retrieving the raw data on self- placebo effect.” as it relates to physical pain. therapeutic compound identified in (Asians have been practicing Chiropractic adjustments: the spice turmeric. In a study of acupuncture for more 5 thousand According to a recent study published osteoarthritis patients, those who added years… ya think they had a placebo in the Annals of Internal Medicine 200 mg of curcumin a day to their effect?) and funded by the National Institutes treatment plan had reduced pain and What is acupuncture? of Health, patients with neck pain who increased mobility. In fact, curcumin has Acupuncture is an ancient Chinese used a chiropractor and/or exercise been shown in over 50 clinical studies to medical practice with roots that go back were more than twice as likely to be have potent anti-inflammatory activity, thousands of years. According to the pain free in 12 weeks compared to as well as demonstrating the ability in Eastern mindset, your body is a cohesive those who took medication four studies to reduce Tylenol-associated unit, or whole – a complex system Massage: Massage releases adverse health effects. where everything within it is inter- endorphins, which help induce Bromelain: This protein-digesting connected, and where each part affects relaxation, relieve pain, and reduce enzyme, found in pineapples, is a all other parts. A major component is levels of stress chemicals such as natural anti-inflammatory. It can be the acceptance of an invisible flow of cortisol and noradrenaline – reversing taken in supplement form, but eating chi (or ki). This chi can be translated as the damaging effects of stress by fresh pineapple may also be helpful. “energy” or “life force,” which circulates slowing heart rate, respiration and CetylMyristoleate (CMO): This through meridians in your body much metabolism and lowering raised blood oil, found in fish and dairy butter, like electricity lines in your home. When pressure. It is a particularly effective acts as a “joint lubricant” and an anti- energetic blocks or deficiencies occur therapy for stress-related tension, inflammatory. within a meridian, the energy pools or which experts believe accounts for Evening Primrose, Black Currant stagnates, causing pain, inflammation as much as 80% to 90% of disease. and Borage Oils: These contain the and an imbalance is created that cause More natural solutions for pain fatty acid gamma linolenic acid (GLA), a ripple effect of physical symptoms. The first line of defense is to Alkaline which is useful for treating arthritic pain. Needles inserted into certain points along your body by what you put into your CBD oil, local and pure is best. the meridians can stimulate sluggish chi, mouth… not by what you add by disperse blocks, or otherwise manipulate supplements or additional foods. the flow of energy. AVOID Krystal Frost The main difference between - Tomatoes (use cucumbers with For questions and comments - Cell: 322 116-9645, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), lime instead) Email: [email protected] 40 Sometimes you have to get these “I read that article,” Dr. Mendoza things off your chest. And what better said. “It was quite obvious you were place for a good chest-cleansing than not being serious. Only a person of the offices of my new psychiatrist, limited intellectual ca-pa-ci-ty… Dr. Seymour Mendoza Mendoza, could think…” Vallarta’s most celebrated therapist. Gil Gevins “Dr. Mendoza, are you all right?” Dr. Mendoza made me feel right “Yes, I am fine. It’s just that, at home, offering me a seat in a big suddenly, it occurs to me that your leather chair and personally serving hypothetical neurosis might in fact be a me a cup of fresh-brewed coffee. Menninger-Strauss Class III Phobia.” Then, after some preliminary chitchat, “Doctor Mendoza, if you saw into the store. An enormous woman, “Oh, my God! Is that worse than a we got down to business. policemen grabbing crying children with arms like Popeye and a badly neurosis?” “In a million words or less,” Dr. out of their parents’ arms, wouldn’t receding forehead. She could have “Immeasurably! This incident with Mendoza said with a smile, “tell me you take it personally?” made short work of me, doctor, let me the woman from South Dakota - was what has brought you here today.” “My feelings are not the issue here.” tell you.” it the only one?” “I can tell you in one word, Dr. “All I’m saying, doctor, is, how am I “But you’re a man, and you seem “No. There was another woman, Mendoza: Republicans!” supposed to feel? Like those little kids reasonably…” and then, two weeks later a man “Republicans? Ah yes. My wife had deserved to be ripped from their parents “I’m older (and feebler) than I look, standing in the doorway just starts one, but she had to put it to sleep. It arms by perfect strangers? And put in Dr. Mendoza. Anyway, this woman yelling at me.” kept making number two on the rug.” cages! Cages, Dr. Mendoza! Did their was extremely angry. She stalks up “What was he yelling?” “No, Dr. Mendoza, that’s a parents deserve this, just because they to my desk and asks me if I write the “He kept calling me a ‘lying liberal’. Pomeranian. You see, in America, we wanted a better life for their family? column in the paper.” He wouldn’t say what I was lying about, have two political parties: Democrats Sure, it might have been illegal. But “Why didn’t you lie?” and he didn’t speak English very well. and Republicans.” who were they hurting? You don’t “Hadn’t had my coffee yet. When I I assumed it was just another offended “You then, I would assume, are a treat good honest people that way! It’s said yes, she launches into this tirade moron. Then he broke a valuable supporter of Democrats?” deplorable! It’s…” about how she voted for Trump, candle-stick and ran away.” “Let me put it this way, doctor. “No need to shout. I understand and she loves Mexico, and she’s a “Did you call the police?” Supposing you had to choose between what you are saying, though I feel there republican, and she does not like me “Are you kidding?” swallowing a glass of sour milk, or the must be something deeper involved, an insulting her by calling republicans “Well. Our hour is almost up. I am contents of a toilet bowl at a random early formative trauma. Something ‘morons’, etc., etc. Dr. Mendoza, I going to prescribe you a combination gas station. Which would it be?” involving your mother, perhaps.” was terrified. For all I knew she was of Xanax, Prozac and Bigmac. Also, “Perhaps,” Dr. Mendoza said with a “No, doctor this is not about toilet packing heat. And like I say, I’m way stay hydrated, get plenty of rest, and look of concern, “you had better lay training or Oedipus or any of that too old for this kind…” for God’s sake, stay away from those down on the couch.” Freudian crap. The real reason I’m “Aha! So, here is a case where you screwy republicans!” “Nice couch,” I said, settling in. here? They’re starting to come out of do feel threatened personally!” “Costco?” the woodworks!” “Damn right! I was so scared all “Naturally. Now, about your “Really?” Dr. Mendoza said, his I could say was, ‘Lady, how can you Republican neurosis,” the doctor said with eyes alight. “Please, continue.” complain about me insulting generic Gil Gevins his charming smile, “do you believe…” “It’s my column, doctor, in the republicans when your Great Orange Is the author of five hilarious books, including the “You really think I have a neurosis?” newspaper. 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Try thinking, about scuba-diving, if I recall.” 1936, men in brown shirts, corrupt “You read it?” clowns driving the bus…” “I read all your stories. I don’t “Yes, yes, I get the picture. Tell me, understand some of the cultural do you feel threatened personally? allusions, but I find your column “Not at all. I mean, look at me - I’m wonderfully entertaining. Also, a white male senior citizen. They it’s good for my English. You were think I’m on their side!” telling me that your problem was…” “Well, then, why do you take all this “Monday morning, this frightening so personally?” woman from North Dakota marches 41 Ongoing Events & More... Historical Naval Museum (right next to Los Arcos Amphitheater) $45. Pesos. Voladores de Papantla perform @ 6 p.m. Emergency Line: 911 on the Malecon in front of La Bodeguita del Medio. Mondays to Saturdays - 9 & 11 a.m. + 1 & 3 p.m. - El Salado Estuary Mangroves Tours, bilingual guides. Reserve at 226-2878 or 044 (322) 175-7539. 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43 Stan Gabruk (Owner of Master Baiter's Sportfishing & Tackle)

overabundance. Sounds like bad Rooster fish are moving in so you’d news but actually there are lots of think the reef off Sayulita would great warm water species still in the be a hot spot, worth checking out food more or less, the options for area, thus an interesting mix of fish. if targeting Rooster fish. It’s that the locals are seemingly endless. Some days are more challenging time of the year to look for them, The bait is small and there is an old than others, nothing in machine gun cross your fingers they show this saying “Elephants eat peanuts too”. strikes, but they’re here and they’re year. Naturally Jack Crevalle are Which means smaller baits many The one thing we know happens being caught. Patience pays. abundant bait takers. times are working very well. Those every year after New Year’s is To continue this week at Corbeteña Inside the bay we’re seeing using lures are using four-inch sizes that we get the “change”. Every and for that matter El Banco, we’ve some seasonal changes underway to mimic Sardines. Good time to year, the cold water currents come seen Striped Marlin, a.k.a. Stripers, with Sierra Mackerel moving in, run a daisy chain a.k.a. Ceviche down, warm water species bug trickle in around most of our world in large numbers. Dorado are still rig. For the most part people are out. Basic, but different because famous fishing grounds. Sailfish, being caught by the lucky around catching between one and four currents are all important. What Dorado to 30 lbs., Striped marlin Los Arcos and La Cruz area, fish if targeting Dorado, possible really makes the difference is bait. to 250 lbs., which is big for this with any debris you too could be multiple hook-ups with Sailfish and Right now we’re seeing wave after species. Yellowfin tuna averaging very “lucky”. Rooster fish near Stripers. In summary, the fishing is wave of Krill Squid and Shrimp. 25 to 40 lbs., but there have been the sandy area of Quimixto, boat great, the only thing missing is you, Sardines are thick as are smaller some 100-pound beauties boated amigo! Flying fish. So bait is an issue of at both Corbeteña and El Banco. Until next week, don´t forget to Wahoo is still running the area kiss Your Fish! and are in the 60 to 80-lb range. We’ve had some great success Very few people target Wahoo yet matching people up on our shared they’re the best tasting fish you Super Panga program. It’s still the can find! Cubera Snapper, or Dog best fishing deal in PV! Hit me Tooth Snapper, are at 50 to 65 lbs. with an email of when you’ll be at both fishing grounds. It’s nice to here in Puerto Vallarta and we’ll see El Banco coming to life again. “Hook U Up” with others looking Water temp is at 76 degrees; when for the same thing. Eight hours in the bait fades out most of these a super Panga, half the boat, each warm water species will catch the half a max of two people, $275. next current south. 10- and 12-hour traffic is the problem there. Some USD, again that’s per half the boat. trips can produce the bucket list are small, some are big, but for the It’s the best deal in Puerto Vallarta fish, it’s work, you’ll need a tireless guy looking for Rooster Fish, you and they book quickly. Taking crew and a little patience before can find them now in low numbers. reservations now. Also, if you’re anything happens, but something Bonito are moving in nicely at 6 to looking for Tours, consider us will happen. Be positive, have 10 lbs., great bait. Jack Crevalle your supplier, book a boat, tours patience and be ready. 30 to 50 lbs., some days the bait and keep it simple. The area around El Moro is means they’re not hungry, so be seeing is seeing Sailfish as is the flexible. As the water gets cooler, area about four miles off the Four we’ll see Black Sea Bass around Stan Gabruk Seasons Hotel, Punta Mita Point. the Ameca River. All in all, the bay Web page: www.MasterBaiters.com.mx , Striped Marlin are in the same is producing great action and many Local Ph. at: (044) 322 779 7571 or our international areas and are happy to take baits if memories for years to come. number is: 011 52 322 209-1128, 10 to 9 local time. you hit the bite right. Dorado are The Bite is still, and I mean still, www.facebook.com/pages/Master-Baiters- Sportfishing-Tackle/88817121325 still being caught but it’s nothing around 10 or so, getting out too automatic and you’ll work for this early will not help your cause. With The trade name Master Baiter’s ® Sportfishing and Tackle is protected under trade mark law beautiful species. Just guessing but the massive bait in the area, whale and is the sole property of Stan Gabruk. 44 I for one, don’t mind folding Apple may be taking note of this, freshly laundered clothes... in fact as their iPhone XR introduced late I enjoy the minor accomplishment. last year, with a decent processor, But how would you feel about 3GB RAM and more basic (and folding your smartphone…? Well, lower resolution) LCD screen (at it seems like manufacturers seem to $749. US) easily outsold the higher think this will be a good idea! end, OLED iPhone XS (with a ton For most of the second half of of extra bells and whistles) which 2018, we started hearing rumors of was released at the same time. smartphone manufacturers working It seems that consumers are clearly on a new type of smartphone. Not As a techno geek, I can appreciate Most smartphone hardware starting to speak to manufacturers that anyone has been screaming for the idea and intricate technology of (processor and RAM) has now with their wallets, that enough it, but the powers that be seem to the concept, but in reality, who is FAR surpassed programs/apps is enough! 98% of smartphone think consumers “need”... wait for asking for or thinking this is needed and consumer demands from the users need practical, usable and it… a “folding smartphone”! in the smartphone sector? Having hardware… it’s definitely plateaued, reliable smartphones. 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45 The Estero el Salado Protected Natural Area (PNA), is comprised Moroccan crabs in the marshes and mangroves. The estuary is home of an area of 417 acres, of which approximately 334 acres are marshes to a large number of specimens of flora and fauna considered to be in and mangrove vegetation; the rest is made up of two medium- categories established as protected by SEMARNAT. sized remnants of rain forest bordered by aquatic and sub-aquatic Get acquainted with and enjoy this beautiful natural area with tours vegetation, prickly forest and secondary vegetation. through the estuary. Here is some information about the tour: On July 27, 2000, the government of the State of Jalisco enacted The tours through the Estero el Salado are led by a biologist, legislation placing the location as a Protected Natural Area under traveling about one kilometer on the vessel named “La Aventurera”, the category of Ecological Conservation Zone (ECZ). The Estero from which visitors will be able to observe the great diversity of el Salado has a scientific council composed of nationally and wildlife, the 3 species of mangrove and their main features. You can internationally renowned specialists in various conservation fields. also climb the watch tower, from which you can look out over all the Its connection to the ocean is permanent, through a channel almost Protected Natural Area. 20 meters wide, 3 meters deep, and 2 miles long, which flows into Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday: 9 and 11 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m. the ocean. Its fresh and sea waters make it an ideal place for the Saturdays: 9 and 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. development of many species of flora and fauna in extremely healthy Reservations are mandatory. Duration of the tour: 2 hours. Meeting conditions. Place: Door 4, on Francisco Medina Ascencio Ave, facing the Naval So far it has a register of more than 100 bird species, grouped into 23 Hospital. Recommendations: Wear comfortable clothes, shoes and families, of both aquatic and terrestrial habits. Over 29 amphibians, a hat, and bring biodegradable insect repellent, a water bottle, and a reptiles and mammals have been spotted as well. Among the reptiles camera or video camera. Information and Reservations: Cells: 322 are the green iguana, garrobo iguana and river crocodile. Among the 175-7539 & 322 201-7361 and with WhatsApp services as well. mammals which have been observed in the mangrove are raccoons E-mail: [email protected] with Oralia Martínez. and opossums. There are abundant populations of fiddler and stone or Web site: www.esteroelsalado.org

42 Bruce Haight | Will Shortz | New York Times

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