Category: Calendar

I popped in to see Gina Hendrix’s new digs at the foot of the new (opened April 2022) Insurgentes bridge. It is fitting she has returned to the ‘hood and is now right across the street from the old Incanto, where we all fell in love with her mac and cheese. She has built-in hotel…

The wildly successful Vietnamese Restaurant, Let’s Pho (pronounced ‘Fa’), added dozens of new patrons as owner Charlie Huynh tried to contain nearly 250 people gathered for Out & About magazine’s Gay Mixer last Tuesday. Delicious bites and a welcome cocktail kept everyone on their toes as they networked and met new and old friends. Tomorrow,…

My heartfelt thanks to everyone who reached out with congratulatory words on winning an award from We Are Puerto Vallarta. I said goodbye to my Canadian buddy, Brian O’Malley, who headed back to Winterpeg, Manitoba, last week. We put our heads together over lovely quiche and salad at Vitea at the edge of the sea,…

I hope the Easter Bunny was good to everyone. Today’s missive is all about winning. It’s something most of us strive to do in every detail of our lives, and, now and again, we get a day when we can do no wrong across the board. They are rare, and when they happen, it’s good…

I did the unthinkable yesterday – I left my phone at home and went to two events. I have a single piece of evidence that I went to the lively Gay Mixer up a million steps through Casa Cupula to Villa Sevilla next door. Publisher of Out and About Puerto Vallarta Magazine, Jerry Jones, and…

Today is Angeloo’s 13th Birthday, an important milestone that abruptly propels Vallarta’s prodigy from childhood into adulthood, whether he wants to go there or not. If you don’t know, Angeloo has been accepted to try out for ”America’s Got Talent,” and the only thing keeping him from Los Angeles is money and his visa, which…

Yesterday, Bogie and I were up at 6 am (he insists). After he had been fed and watered, I decided to take the day off. Not get dressed, not write, look around my slight disaster of a house, and do whatever presents itself. A couple of sewing projects that have been staring me in the…

If indeed our season is winding down, nobody alerted the gay community! I was looking forward to the Gay Mixer at Pinnacle Resorts, mostly because the space is gigantic with open, sweeping views of the bay and our lovely city. Fifteen minutes after the event began, over 250 people were occupying every square inch of…

Last night, all the magic of Puerto Vallarta descended on Nacho Daddy with an oversold house gathered to mark a few firsts. One, this concert was Effie Passero’s premiere at Nacho Daddy. While she has sung there at the occasional Open Mic, this was her first entire show. Second, after living here for six years,…

Smack in the middle of my siesta, I was awakened by mariachi on the street in front of my house. I got up, poked my head out the window in time to see a tiny burro with saddlebags overloaded with fresh flowers! Following was a bride in white and maybe a bride in black? The…

Cell phone numbers must be registered in Mexico by the end of June, or your phone service will stop working. I made a point to be outside Telcel’s office before they opened yesterday morning. I attempted to register online earlier, and everything went swimmingly until it didn’t, and at the very end of the process,…

Yesterday morning, I went to Stan Wagner’s office on Lazaro Cardenas to have a Neurofeedback session. A lot of friends are using this modality to fix/change/encourage/undo/relearn various things in their lives. I was simply curious, had no immediate or remote concerns. After a fairly lengthy discussion with Stan and filling out a form or two,…

Jamie Brickhouse has once again burrowed under our skin with tales of his Texas upbringing. This season, we were treated to “I Favor my Daddy; a Tale of Two Sissies,” all about his father, Earl, whom Jamie suspected was gay. Last year, when Jamie was unleashed in Vallarta, we met his mother, Mama Jean, with…

The Puerto Vallarta Travel Show dedicated their latest episode to the events of February 22, 2026 — a day locals are calling “Black Sunday” or El Día Feo (The Ugly Day) — when the death of CJNG cartel leader Nemesio Rubén “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes, killed during a military operation in the mountain town of…

Nearly every chair at Qulture was filled last Friday afternoon with family, friends, acquaintances, and supporters of Chaz Manacsa, who died unexpectedly in mid-January in Tahiti, while sailing around the world on the Odyssey. We were there to support Alex McLauchlan, Chaz’s partner, at this intimate and extremely emotional Celebration of Life. Alison Lo emceed…

When the small black ”Rage Box” was handed to me, along with a pen and a block of large yellow post-it notes, I looked at the question: ‘What enrages you?’ I thought for a minute, then another. I was assured that my answer would be confidential. I thought a second more, then wrote truthfully, ”Not…

Puerto Vallarta has a lot of things in abundance – sunshine, tequila, guacamole, sand, and salt water, etc. What we don’t have is a plethora of straight men. And while we salute, embrace, and completely adore our gay friends, these past few days have highlighted the straight men among us on two separate occasions. Ha!…

Storyteller, writer, and stage performer Jamie Brickhouse is bringing his acclaimed solo show I Favor My Daddy: A Tale of Two Sissies to Puerto Vallarta for four performances at ART VallARTa. The shows take place at 7:00 PM on Friday and Saturday nights, March 13, 14, 20, and 21. For audiences in Puerto Vallarta, Brickhouse’s…

My first taste of Jasmine Rice was during the recent Mr Vallarta beefcake beauty pageant at Coco Cabaret. A couple of drag queens entertained as the contestants changed into their outfits for the next round. I wasn’t paying attention until I glanced at the stage and saw this gorgeous vision. The dress was absolutely stunning,…

My beautiful friends Art and Angela Curley invited me to join them in making chocolates at Xoxodiva last Friday. And not just chocolates, but t r u f f l e s. So chocolates stuffed with ganache. AND, they were hand-painted. Six of us willing students were met by Xocodiva owner Laura Story at their…