Restaurant Week Celebrates its 21st Edition

Fifty-one restaurants in Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit are ready to celebrate 21 years of Restaurant Week. Organized by Vallarta Lifestyles Media Group since 2005, the concept of this successful event was inspired by culinary festivals already being held in other international cities around the world. The rooftop of Barcelona...

Morning Thought…Two Types of Healing

"There are two types of healing. The most common is the partial healing or temporary healing and there is the complete healing, definitive healing also called salvation. The partial healing adresses the symptoms of sickness, but not the cause.  Western medicine finds all kind of environmental or biological reasons for sicknesses....

Seeking the Path to Happiness and Freedom

by Karyl Littlechild, aka Kay Nash  The fray is dying down in our town, tourists and friends flying home or to new adventures. It has been a whirlwind of activities, just to name a few: events, music, bands, celebrations, festivals, food, cocktails, beach time, sailing, hiking, zip lines, dancing,...

Coco Cabaret Schedule, May 08 – 10

Coco Cabaret, by The Palm, features three LED video screens, soaring ceilings, incredible lighting and sound systems and is located just one block off all the action in the Romantic Zone, Vallarta's newest state-of-the-art venue is a fabulous addition to the entertainment scene. Comfortable seating, signature cocktails, and The Palm's...

The Palm Cabaret & Bar Schedule, May 08 – 11

For 25 years, The Palm Cabaret has provided some of the best entertainment in Puerto Vallarta. Often, Grammy-award winners come to vacation and wind up onstage in this intimate theater in the heart of the Romantic Zone. The Palm Cabaret has been a stepping stone in countless careers, from drag queens and tribute...

Art Will Save Us

In a world frayed by loss and longing, art is how we rise. This week's poem is a call to remember: creation is resistance, and beauty is survival. EZ This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair…That is how civilizations heal. –...

The Best Press Conference Ever!

Recap: Good Morning, From Here, April 26 - May 02 Monday This past weekend was one for the record books. A hectic, champagne-fueled, celebrity-peppered with black-shirted security guards inserted appropriately between us and them. The occasion? The grand opening of The Tryst Hotel on Pulpito in Zona Romantica. I interviewed Tristan...

Vallarta Garden Club News

The Vallarta Garden Club is making exciting changes around Puerto Vallarta, starting with a fresh new look for the town's planters. The Club currently maintains over 500 planters across the city, and many are in need of repairs, and all of them require a fresh coat of paint. After...

The One Known as a Magdalene

This is from my fellow ACIM international student and teacher, Jonathan Moss. S.B. Here are some more of my channelings. This time, a real enigma: Mary Magdalene. What was she really like? What follows is a description of her from my Guides, The 144, and then Mary jumped in and...

Our Standard Fishing Grounds Failing; Spring Challenges

Every year at the end of our tourism season here in Puerto Vallarta, fishing goes into a holding pattern. We see that the cold-water temperatures start ticking up, little by little. This year it’s been different. If you’ve been reading my recent articles, you already know we’ve been dealing with...

The Palm Cabaret & Bar Schedule, May 01 – 04

For 25 years, The Palm Cabaret has provided some of the best entertainment in Puerto Vallarta. Often, Grammy-award winners come to vacation and wind up onstage in this intimate theater in the heart of the Romantic Zone. The Palm Cabaret has been a stepping stone in countless careers, from drag queens and tribute...

Coco Cabaret Schedule, May 01 – 04

Coco Cabaret, by The Palm, features three LED video screens, soaring ceilings, incredible lighting and sound systems and is located just one block off all the action in the Romantic Zone, Vallarta's newest state-of-the-art venue will be a fabulous addition to the entertainment scene. Comfortable seating, signature cocktails, and The...

Dressing For God and The House I Am

Wherever I am, I dress with intention. These two poems— one outward, one inward—celebrate color, spirit, and the sacredness of self, from Vallarta’s streets to the soul’s sanctuary. E.Z. Dressing For God I wake up slow Not because I am tired But because the world is about to become a...

Are Sweet Dreams Born in the U.S.A.?

Recap: Good Morning, From Here, April 19 - 25 Monday Oh, my house is quiet now. Bogie and I keep bumping into little pieces of evidence that Patrice was living with us for three weeks, but she is back in Canada and will be reunited with her beloved kitties and...

What Happened When I Knocked

This is from Sean, my ACIM friend and I call him a teacher to the teachers. This post puts me in the mind of Walt Whitman: “Do I repeat myself? Very well then I repeat myself.” Finding the God hidden in the "now of all times" A few years ago, my ACIM...

Finding Frida!

As the vibrant community of Puerto Vallarta prepares for Vallarta Pride 2025, a unique and exciting opportunity arises for all creative souls to get involved. Bar Frida 4.0, celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, is thrilled to announce the no-gender “Finding Frida” contest. The contest will take place on Saturday,...

Pairs Well with Empowerment

“Bottle of wine, fruit of the vine—when you gonna let me get sober?”I wasn’t looking for a problem.I was looking for a pinot.It started sweet—a little flirt with fermentation.A clink, a smile.A casual affair with Cabernet,a tender tango with Tempranillo.Maybe it started with Twisted Palms—Wind Down Wednesday in Vallarta.One...

Childhood Food Memories

Recap: Good Morning, From Here, April 12 - 18 Monday The Vallarta Botanical Garden is just 20 years old, barely around long enough to raise one good-sized tree, yet it has won every major award possible in our entire continent. Going up against revered Gardens like Butchart's outside of Victoria...

Making Puerto Vallarta My Home

I am Harriet Murray from Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico. For over 25 years, Vallarta has been my home, a place where I never truly expected to settle. Before making this vibrant coastal city my permanent residence, I visited Vallarta for a week every September for nearly a decade. However,...

Hook the Cure

Hook the Cure, a premier fundraising event dedicated to supporting the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, is gearing up for its milestone 20th-anniversary celebration. The event will take place from November 6 to 9, 2025, at the luxurious Villa Premiere Boutique Hotel in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. This annual gathering has a...