I walked all around Puerto Vallarta one beautiful blue sky day exploring the sights, restaurants and watching the pelicans return home for the night. Just as I was returning to my studio I happened upon this street musician. This is my favorite recollection of Vallarta day or night. … [Read more...]
Photo Workshops & Excursions with Jill Flyer, Ajijic, Jalisco, Mexico
October 4, 2014
Have you started to think about your winter vacation? Someplace warm of course, charming and just foreign enough to be exciting and different. Also, someplace close by that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg for a week’s stay and Is easily accessible. Jill Flyer, an expat from Chicago, runs Photo … [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...]
Save Some Green While Traveling Green by Cliff Barre, Vermont
October 11, 2013
Face it. We all have that moment of panic when we go on vacation: "This is going to cost so much money. Why didn't I save more? I don't want to live on Taco Bell and Dilly Bars for the next seven days". And nowadays, it's cool to save money. It's the hip, trendy thing to do. There's no better way … [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...]
Black Marlin and Blue Marlin Return to Corbeteña – Written by: Stan Gabruk
July 7, 2013
The seasons are changing to our normal warm and humid conditions. With these warm weather conditions comes warm weather. To be specific it means we have our annual surge of warm water species (fish that is) moving into the area. This season is no different as we see an increase in Blue and Black … [Read more...]
Stories I Can’t Tell Mama by Leslie Jordan – Puerto Vallarta
February 11, 2013
If you’re anywhere near Vallarta don’t miss a chance to see Leslie Jordan, Emmy-Award Winning Actor & Star of Will and Grade, Sordid Lives and the Help. A Leslie Jordan warm-up party is planned at Casa Cupula on Friday, Feb. 15 at 8:00 p.m. just prior to the 10pm opening night performance. … [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...]
Chocolate, Maize and Precious Feathers – Art Institute Chicago
January 25, 2013
"Chocolate, Maize, and Precious Feathers: Cacaxtla at the Crossroads of Mesoamerica" February 28, 6:00 PM Art Institute of Chicago Lecture by Claudia Brittenham Fullerton Hall 111 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, Illinois ************ This is just one of the Chicago Archaeology & Midwest … [Read more...]
Ancient Chocolate Traces Found in Utah
January 23, 2013
Check this out! I just got this info from Michael Ruggeri "Ancient bowls found at a Utah village, "Site 13," near Canyonlands National Park in Utah have traces of chocolate. The bowls are 1,200 years old. This is the earliest trace of chocolate ever found in North America so far. The study was … [Read more...]
