Puerto Vallarta Events, Shows, Live Music, Outdoor Fun and More!
La Catrina Cantina is hopping these days with free, live entertainment, freezing cold air conditioning, delightful wait staff, fabulous popcorn (easily the best in Vallarta), a good, reasonably priced menu, and even a big covered terrace for those who still smoke. It is the most welcoming atmosphere in Vallarta, where you will find lots of…
Time for Scrabble and chit chat with Sharon Gerber Scherer this afternoon at Qulture, then, this evening is a fundraiser at La Catrina Cantina to help Angeloo, Vallarta’s 12-year-old singing wunderkind, win the Voz de Zapopan. A full report on those goodies in the morning. My luck has turned from indifferent to wretched back to…
Heavy rain this morning; odd timing, but whatever it takes to fill our rivers and aquifers. I wish we could (would) capture it and use it later. Last weekend, a downpour didn’t deter friends from attending the City of Vallarta’s public recognition of Pata Salada painter Javier Niño Close to a hundred of us flanked…
I have been watching Gloria Fiona since the day she appeared in the now (sadly) defunct Voice of Vallarta. Over the 12 years since placing second in that contest, she has grown exponentially more integral into the fabric of entertainment in Vallarta. She arrived from Italy on vacation, and that thing, that bewitchment that Vallarta…
So, the ‘gorgeous’ day yesterday unleashed the heaviest rainfall I have heard since I moved into this house 11 or 12 years ago. I have quite a few acrylic panels on my roof that let in wonderful light, but blazing sun and other elements eat that stuff like candy. I can see daylight popping through…
I am looking forward to tonight’s fundraiser for Vallarta Cares at The Social Club on Basilio Badillo, brought to you by my dear and kind friend Brian Bott. I have never been to the speakeasy, but I’ve heard rave reviews, and I plan to wear a vintage dress that mimics the style worn in the…
It’s like a cool fall day outside this morning; the weather carried forward from last night, when I enjoyed a short walkabout in the Zona Romantica with my friend, colleague, and owner of the iconic, now closed El Rio BBQ Bar, in Paso Ancho, Kurt Sinner. We started out at Jardin Cafe Lounge on Lazaro…
I went to bingo last night at Awaysis to see if I could do better than I did the other time I went before my vacation. That night, I left with more pesos in my pocket than when I walked in. I figured with the pouring rain, and the small venue, I would be a…
Not only the start of a new week, but the first day of September, Labor Day up north in Canada and the US, and therefore, a long weekend. Mexico celebrates Labor Day by not working on May 1, like most countries in Europe. The whole time I was on vacation, at the mercy of restaurants…
Coming up in a little less than a week’s time is a benefit for Vallarta Cares With a catchy title, Raise a Glass, Lift a Cause, the organizer – and my dear friend – Brian Bott, is hoping to pack the The Social Club PV and raise enough money for Vallarta Cares to continue to…
It’s almost the weekend. That is an important statement everywhere in the world, except in Vallarta and a few other beach destinations, where every day is a holiday and every night is Saturday. The thousands of us expatriates who live here were all tourists once and, if we all dig hard enough, can come up…
It’s Humpday and time for Scrabble in a few hours. My nemesis, Sharon Gerber Scherer wrote to me while I was in Europe that nobody played while I was gone. I am not sure what that means, but I wanted to share it with you anyway. How long does jet lag take to disappear? All…
I got up at 5 am, and the first thing I saw was the bouquet of Welcome Home flowers I received yesterday from Brian Bott. We met over mango smoothies and enjoyed delicious conversations spread over a couple of hours, nothing in particular, and not a thing serious, just recapping our lives over the past…
And, I am back; did you miss me? I have been home for about 36 hours, unpacking, doing laundry, snuggling with my darling Bogie, and easing back into my former fabulous life in the tropics. It is wonderful to be warm. The enormous heat wave that swept Europe this summer never adhered to my schedule…
Happy weekend (nearly). The rain has not stopped all night, and, at 7 am, it is drizzling still; it is our earliest start to summer in years. Speaking of summer, the solstice is tomorrow and will be the longest day of the year. Enjoy if you will participate in any pagan festivities to mark those…
Yesterday was weird: Scrabble was canceled because I could not find one single person to play with. That’s only the 3rd time in the nearly three years we have been meeting weekly at Qulture I settled for playing Zoey, the Grand Master computer, and we tied. Hmmm. Nacho Daddy was full for Colina Spay and…
More rain last night and light clouds this morning, but again, the air is fresh(er!). The difference in the color of the hills around town is reflected in my teeny garden; my bougainvilleas have buds, and the small chunk of Virginia Creeper that Sandra Bradley gifted me a year ago is trying to cover the…
Hurricane Dalila passed us by during the night and with suitable histrionics like thunder and lightning, left sorely needed and abundant rain. I have a normal-size bucket full of water on my patio. Good to use that on those plants that are tucked under an eave. I walked through the house looking for new leaks…
We had a soggy weekend. So soggy, the President of the Vallarta Garden Club, Sunny Rossi, canceled the outdoor concert on the Isla Cuale starring Angeloo. There is a chance it may be rescheduled; I’ll let you know. I met my dear friend Brian Bott for mango smoothies last Friday. He put together the most…
Every night before I go to bed, I check the next day on my calendar to see what’s on the list of activities. See if I have to sleep fast for morning goodies or if there’ll be time in the afternoon for a sustaining nap for evening events. There it was: Thursday, June 12. Empty.…