Clearing Closets, Filling Calendars
A Mexican friend of mine told me there is a huge cold front on its way to Vallarta this weekend, bringing us rain. I hope he’s wrong. Plans are to go back to Mojoneras Sunday morning, but many of the streets in that colonia are unpaved, and it’s not fun slogging through mud up to your ankles. Cross yer fingers.
Speaking of shopping, in a roundabout way, I am seriously cleaning my closets. I have gone through all my tops, blouses, jackets, shawls, capes, and scarves, and have one giant bag ready to go to Kathleen Palmers’ Deja New Consignment Store. This weekend, Patrice and I will tackle the dresses and skirts: between 150 and 200 of them. I am glad Patrice is here to push me because, clearly! – left to my own devices, they would continue to morph and grow and consume space I no longer have. It’s quite exciting in an obtuse sort of way – clearing out all kinds of things, making life simpler, easier, and more enjoyable.
My dear friend Matthias Vogt told me last week there were only about a dozen tickets left for Frida X, being held at Casa Yvonneka next Saturday – a week tomorrow! This extravagant event is always a delight to attend; lots of women come dressed as Frida, but it is certainly not necessary. Be prepared for diadem(a)s of every color and size that make for lovely heads everywhere. The drinks flow like water, and appetizers are beautifully displayed and consumed in the lounge. Silent auction tables abound, laden with jewelry and expensive overnight packages in some of the finest resorts in Jalisco and Nayarit – think St. Regis and Four Seasons Hotels. Steven Retchless will entertain, and there will be dancing under the stars, with the city awash in light at your feet. Find me there for hugs! For tickets and more information, go to VallartaCalendar.com
Last night at Nacho Daddy, a new season of Thursday concerts kicked off, alternating Brenda Gaviño and Paul Lions. We saw Paul reprise his Electric Light Orchestra tribute show, which he performed a couple of times last season at Coco Cabaret. Nacho Daddy is a far more intimate venue that will lend itself well to the upcoming Soul/Blues concert next Thursday, December 11th, sung by Brenda Gaviño, and to Paul’s following tribute on the 18th, saluting Eric Clapton.
Christmas concerts and parties should begin in earnest as soon as the processions to Guadalupe are finished on her Saint’s Day, December 12. We have a three or four-day lag time before the Posadas start to close streets all over town as neighbors sing to one another, share food and drink, and the Christmas story is retold over and over again. Mexico is a glorious place to spend Christmas, where music never stops, love, peace, and goodwill are in the air, and there is nary a drop of snow to be seen, From Here.
