Ever since I had to wear glasses I began to see more. When I had perfect eyesight I was immature, as I tried to see everything through my eyes only. Therefore, my painting was realistic and detailed to the point of stiffness, obstructed by my demanding architectural precision. Now I am able to … [Read more...]
Bye Bye Snow – Hello Sunny Vallarta!
February 24, 2014
Anticipation is building. Time to get packin’. It’s snowing again in Chicago. I want to be back in – Puerto Vallarta! As I work my to-do list, I find myself breaking out in song, thanks and apologies to Carmen Miranda and the Andrew Sisters. Gotta get goinin’, where are we goinin’? What are we … [Read more...]
Voice and Tone in Writing by John Scherber, An American Voice in Mexico
October 9, 2013
Often we start out as novice writers using a style that we hope resembles our favorite novelist. We think that if only we could write like he does, we’d be nothing short of great. By the time I was a high school junior I had read and admired many of William Faulkner’s books. I thought I understood … [Read more...]
Sundays in Merida by Author John Scherber – ‘An American Voice in Mexico’
October 5, 2013
I came to Mérida for the jungle. I’d been there before, but not for eight or nine years. Friends had told me the city was changed, full of traffic, noisy, a place now better to skip than to savor. Don’t ruin your memory of it by going back, they said with the look of the informed traveler. It’s got … [Read more...]
Casa Buena Art Retreat – Los Cocos, San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico
September 22, 2013
Dallas and Jane, photographer and artist, warmly welcome you to Casa Buena - a very special retreat center. Fun and informative art, yoga and dance retreats facilitated by first-class instructors are held in a charming tropical setting a 20 minute drive from the renowned village of old Port San … [Read more...]
Haciendas: Spanish Colonial Houses in the U.S. and Mexico
February 7, 2013
Haciendas: Spanish Colonial Houses in the U.S. and Mexico by Linda Leigh Paul , Author & Ricardo Vidargas, Photographer Haciendas is a noteworthy book portraying traditional and modern hacienda architecture of Mexico and the Southwestern United States. The book features 250 fabulous photos … [Read more...]
Guanajuato, Tierra de Mis Amores By Candace George Thompson, Author
January 9, 2013
Forty-nine years ago this month, I arrived in Guanajuato after a five hour bus ride from Mexico City. I was a few days shy of my 19th birthday, a college student about to start an adventure that would change my life. Over the next three months I lived with an all-female, two-generation Mexican … [Read more...]
Pozos: Life Among the Ruins by JOHN SCHERBER, Author, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
November 5, 2012
Pozos: Life Among the Ruins Driving up the long rise into Mineral de Pozos, framed by the gray-brown humpbacked mountains once laced with veins of silver and gold, the visitor first sees the stone walls of the cemetery, the panteon, before he enters the town. It seems like a fitting introduction to … [Read more...]
Marilo Gallery, Studio and Unique 1-of-a-Kind Gift Shop, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco
November 4, 2012
Marilo Gallery is a studio/gift shop in downtown Puerto Vallarta specializing in original, Mexican-made arts and crafts. Rodolfo Rosas Hernandez, resident artist, gives Stained Glass Mosaic Art Demos and offers Open Studio Workshops. Rodolfo’s style has been perfected over years of dedication. Click … [Read more...]
Heather Hess, Freelance Copywriter, Artist and Photographer
November 4, 2012
I am no stranger to butterflies. My home town is Orillia aka Mariposa – the Sunshine Town – the subject of Stephen Leacock’s novel “Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town”, home of Gordon Lightfoot and the Mariposa Folk Festival. I have had a fascination for butterflies my entire life and am saddened to … [Read more...]
