Recap: Good Morning, From Here, May 10 - 16
Good Morning, From Here, May 12, Monday I hope everybody had a weekend like mine! With not one but two Mother's Days back to back to celebrate being the mom of my kitty Bogie, I did only what I wanted for...
Recap: Good Morning, From Here, May 03 - 09
Monday Happy 5 de mayo, the second of three holidays this month; Mother's Day is coming this Saturday.
At noon today, I am walking up the hill to Barcelona Tapas for a press conference on Restaurant Week, which will last nearly a...
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...
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...
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...
Recap: Good Morning, From Here, April 5 - 11
Monday What do peaches, brie, mushrooms, and salted caramel espresso have in common? La Casita & Garden for pizza and martinis! Last Friday, we explored those food groups while awaiting Dabit and Ale to entertain a comfortably full house of...
Recap: Good Morning, From Here, March29 - April 04
Monday I finally caught the Burlesque show at Coco Cabaret on what turned out to be their closing night. I had heard it was funny; hilarious is more like it. I also heard it was well done; cleverly brilliant is more...
Recap: Good Morning, From Here, March 22 - 28
Monday My dear friend, writer Sandra Bradley, and I, could hardly squeeze into Patricia Gawle's Gallery over the weekend to see new and exciting art exhibits. This large space can barely enclose the explosive energy of a number of painters, sculptors,...
Recap: Good Morning, From Here, March 15 - 21
Monday Happy Saint Patrick's Day to all the Irish and Wannabees today; wear something green and, "May you be in heaven half an hour before the devil knows you're dead." And that's mercifully it for my Gaelic!
It was a busy weekend...
Recap: Good Morning, From Here, March 08 to 14
Monday The curtain has closed on a wildly successful night at Teatro Vallarta for What a Drag. The show, which features straight men in drag, began 11 years ago in much smaller venues, and has grown to leave only a handful...