Planning My Weekend in Puerto Vallarta
I love Vallarta when it’s quiet in the morning. When each sound can be picked out and separated because there are so few, those weird frogs that live by the river two blocks from me sound like owls hooting. A car or two accelerates on Juarez, and birds converse quietly as if they are respecting those still asleep.
Is anybody else hearing the different electrical sounds? Like the hum of a refrigerator but doesn’t generate from there. It’s like the world is purring. Sometimes, I can feel the sounds through my bare feet on the floor.
Pride starts in two days and the big parade is one week from today. I hope to hook up again with Sharon Gerber Scherer and find a table ringside somewhere on the Malecon and scream, yell, and cheer for our myriad of gay friends who participate in the most joyous celebratory parade ever. Genders are most definitely blurring as we continue to evolve; change is the only constant.
Not all gay men enjoy the hoopla and in-your-face gay-ness, content to be on the sidelines quietly being themselves without needing to shout the fact. One Hollander explained his life growing up in the Netherlands to me as being in a war – him against everybody and everything just because he was gay. He doesn’t celebrate war nor Pride. He accepts and respects others’ desire for the flash/bang, but he is tired enough from the fighting.
I am going to see Kim Archer and Gloria Fiona tonight at Nacho Daddy at 8:30. An unusual pairing. Check back in the morning for a full report!
Tomorrow, Friday, will be an artist reception for Cuban printmaker Joaquin up the hill on Pilitas in Zona Romantica at Arte Vallarta. From 6 to 8 pm, you can see displays of Joaquin’s work and practice your Spanish!
Sargento Dan’s brilliant one-man show, Mentiras (Lies), closes on Saturday, May 18, at Nacho Daddy at 7 pm. Sargento has taken the longest-running Mexican musical in history and whittled down this multi-cast member soap opera into an experience you will never forget. This will be my third time seeing this version, and I can’t wait for it.
Sargento is very excited to fly up to Canada in June for the first time. He will land in Vancouver if memory serves, then make his way to Vancouver Island, meet up with his “Mother” Gouda Gabor, perform their version of “Glee” that they did here this season, and then fly home to Vallarta. There will be stories to tell about this working vacation for months to come!
Today, I will play in my tiny garden, enjoy the sunshine, and do some work with love and diligence. Enjoy this deliciously perfect day.