Recap: Good Morning, From Here, September 14 - 20 Monday What a delightful reunion I had with the Kesslers last week. They have finally made the big, permanent jump from Simi Valley, California, to Vallarta. They will take their time perusing the myriad colonias to see where they will finally...

Recap: Good Morning, From Here, September 07 -13 Monday In grand style, the City of Vallarta celebrated pata salada painter Javier Niño's 74th birthday. The Presidencia was full of friends, family, representatives from the mayor's office, and the cultural department. Javier's wife, Nathalie Herling, Director of Arte Vallarta Museo, gave a...

Recap: Good Morning, From Here, August 31 - September 06 Monday Happy Labor Day weekend everywhere but here on this continent; the unofficial end of summer. Kids are already back in school in Mexico, and fall is right around the corner. I spent Friday and Saturday doing "last things" of...

Recap: Good Morning, From Here, August 24 - 30 Monday A gorgeous Monday out there; it feels like November, cool, dry and clear. Of course, it's only 7 in the morning, but soon it will actually BE November and the description will be perfect! We had a stylin' classy weekend with...

Recap: Good Morning, From Here, August 17 - 23 Monday How was the weekend? It went by so damn fast I'm not sure there was one! I spent some time over mango smoothies with David Duvall on Friday. He is an incredibly good writer, and I am cajoling him to...

Recap: Good Morning, From Here, August 10 - 16 Monday This morning, a gorgeous pale blue sky after some inches of rain fell last night. The day and week seem full of promise; let's see what happens. Mango smoothies are always the right choice these days, in the peak of season,...

Recap: Good Morning, From Here, August 03 to 09 Monday Before we start, get more coffee. I had a busy weekend! First up, Sargento's one-man show, The Mentiras Experience, with Salvatore Rodriguez on piano, exploded into life in the Living Room at Casa Karma. Mentiras el Musical opened in Mexico...

Recap: Good Morning, From Here, July 27 - August 02 Monday Puerto Vallarta has always been a safe, welcoming place for everyone. More and more ex-pats fall in love with the exuberant energy and find ways to settle on our shores, bringing their life stories to date, scattering those tales...

Recap: Good Morning, From Here, July 20 - 26 Monday For nearly five years, I have been saying the same thing, "That was her best concert YET!" after every performance in Puerto Vallarta, and the consensus is the same. Nobody argues and says, no, no, last week at The Palm...

Recap: Good Morning, From Here, July 13 to 19 Monday What a perfectly glorious morning with an almost clear sky and no rain last night. Today should be the actual start of rainy season, where we have a knockdown drag-out, terrifying storm, with rain so hard you can't see across...