From Gumbo to Gouda’s Birthday

Recap: Good Morning, From Here, March 01 - 07 Monday One of my favorite days every month is the First Saturday Fiesta at Arte Vallarta Museo. The enormous courtyard was full of people eating, drinking wine, listening to the live jazz trio, and catching up with like-minded people they hadn't...

Dangerous and Funny When Wet

Recap: Good Morning, From Here, February 22 - 28 Monday ART VallARTa on Pilitas was again the center of attention as Jamie Brickhouse presented his one-man show "Dangerous When Wet - Booze, Sex, and My Mother" to a sold-out rapt audience. Jamie's monologue, nearly 90 minutes of a one-sided conversation,...

It’s Party Time!

Recap: Good Morning, From Here, February 15 - 21 Monday In the past ten years, I have been to some epic parties with off-the-chart shenanigans like recreating scenes in a pop-up of Night of the Iguana, complete with a bus, or a dinosaur-sized alebrije jostling dancers for space during a...

How Do Fish Swim?

Recap: Good Morning, From Here, February 08 - 14 Monday Describing Zoe Lewis in concert is the same as writing down exactly how butterflies fly and fish swim and getting the mechanics of it just right. She flits about onstage, landing here and there on a light or heavy piece...

From Glee to Evil Ways

Recap: Good Morning, From Here, January 31 - February 07   Monday Less than two years ago, Mark Rome, Entertainment Director at The Palm Cabaret, suggested I see Chris Lopez's Sam Smith Tribute. I said, "Who is Sam Smith?" He replied, "Exactly what I said to Chris when he suggested he...

You Make Me Feel

Recap: Good Morning, From Here, January 25 - 31 Monday The Electric Light Orchestra appeared once again on Coco Cabaret's stage with little lead time to get the word out, but the audience there was thrilled! ELO was one of hundreds of new bands 50 years ago struggling to become...

Blooming Together? Wow!

Recap: Good Morning, From Here, January 18 - 24 Monday Last weekend was rich with diverse musical genres, from Cabaret to Bach Cantatas and back to Cabaret. But first, a Grand Opening of a new shop in a section of Vallarta undergoing a rebirth at Los Mercados. Tashara Smith Santana...

I Had a Dream

Recap: Good Morning, From Here, January 11 - 17 Monday To Adele, a Tribute by Gloria Fiona at Teatro Vallarta was... Grand. From the sequins glittering like stars under the intense lights to the string quartet, it was a concert played at Vallarta's highest possible level. Gloria's voice soared over...

Usawa is Balance

Recap: Good Morning, From Here, January 04 - 10 Monday Does everybody have a nice big chunk of Rosca, Three Kings bread, with coffee this Epiphany morning? (Don't break a tooth on baby Jesus.) I read that Mexico City residents will spend 4 billion pesos on gifts for their kids...

And, it’s 2025!

Recap: Good Morning, From Here, December 27 - January 03 Monday I heard yesterday that Peter Oudman sadly passed away in Calgary on Saturday. If you ever attended any Pasitos de Luz Riverfest celebrations over a dozen years at El Rio BBQ Bar, you would have met him at some...

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