Garlands del Río is a charming boutique hotel that hugs the Cuale River at 367 Aquiles Serdan in Puerto Vallarta. It’s a cool combination of being close to the pulse of town, the Romantic Zone, but with the river and tropical foliage, you feel like you are off somewhere...
My wife and I both had sleepless nights last night - but fortunately, not at the same time. When one of us was awake, the other slept soundly… for a bit, anyway. Penny still can’t remember what was keeping her awake, but my brain was riding the Express Train...
I am risk-averse as much as possible. I also like to think that my lungs were designed to breathe in - ideally - a combination of oxygen and inert gases, some beneficial isotopes, and nothing else. Well, maybe a bit of perfume, a flower's aroma, some spices, fresh produce,...
There are some real differences between how I grew up in the 80s and how my kids are experiencing life in 2024. For example, I met people face-to-face and then had conversations with them for hours on the phone, which I could only access in my own home. Mind...
Entering this dream dimension brings the joys and sorrows of the game of separation. Other bodies meet other bodies. These bodies think they are simply palpable matter that gives meaning to this existence. This meaning is profoundly altered by this duality.
If you accept it, your role will be to...
Let us remember that nutrition is the science responsible for the study of food, micro and macronutrients, as well as the process in which they are assimilated, absorbed and eliminated from the body, helping its vital functions and pathological conditions due to their excess or deficiency.
The most significant problem...
Recap: Good Morning, From Here, September 21 to 27
Monday Goodbye, Summer, and hello to Autumn, which will be with us until just before Christmas Day, which means there are only 90ish more shopping days.
Today, I am facing an almost insurmountable problemita. How can I write about M-A-G-I-C? We know...
Once we enter September, the popular and primary species of Marlin, Yellowfin Tuna, Sailfish, and Dorado all start picking up in numbers. But the fishing in Puerto Vallarta is in a bit of a void.
Tourism is down, so we have very few boats heading out. But we’re coming into...
Do Ampi offices use Profeco? Yes! We have been required to do so by law since 2022.
For the past 10 years, we have been in a market providing resale properties and new construction projects. Our offices and agents in the three Ampi chapters in the Bay of Banderas use the...
I remember that waaaaaay back in my Junior High School years, we had to read the play, watch the film, and discuss "Life With Father" – and (it seemed to me) the primary focus of making us study that was to fully understand the need to "write what you...
Why is it easier for us to take better care of our car's needs than our own health? We devotedly regularly take our vehicle to a specialist (a garage mechanic) for maintenance, and, in the case of mechanical problems, we ask questions, cluck with concern over every detail of...
My dear husband Gilberto decided recently to spend a couple of weeks on his home turf, Mexico City. He had some errands to take care of, and he wanted to take the opportunity to visit his family.
I was a little jealous because Mexico City has the loveliest weather right...
Many of you are now opening yourselves to receiving messages that don't come from your previous thoughts, that don't come from the chatter that people deal with all day, but come from someplace else, someplace deep within you.
And, yet, it has no physical bearing or reference point.
There was a...
It's the morning after the first show. It was enormously successful, and I'd like to share some of my personal glamorous bits because I do lead and always have led a personally glamorous celebrity existence.
I discovered the maid or the assistant or my butler or my driver had not...
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...
Usually, writing these fishing articles isn’t anything too complicated. As the week goes by, I talk with several Captains and friends with private boats as well as my own recent experiences. Then you just put down what they tell you and try to make it as interesting as possible.
Many...
My professional life has primarily been spent in the study of America’s great songwriters – beginning with my early infatuation with the songs of Cole Porter and then unavoidably spreading over to Rodgers & Hart, Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Frank Loesser, Jule Styne, Johnny Mercer, Sammy Cahn, et al. It’s...
The preconstruction of condos in this market has been the largest and most active building industry for over 10 years. The unexpected popularity of condo preconstruction has brought thousands of new units on the market in Jalisco and Nayarit.
This popularity has been possible because seller financing has been given...
Red wine and beer are more of a trigger than white wine, and dry wine is less of a trigger than sweet.
I wasn't a big drinker to begin with, but so desperate to make every attempt to get rid of the migraines that I tried every strategy and recommendation I came across in my...
There's something about Vallarta on September 15 that almost allows you to forget the 90% humidity, right? I mean, "almost" is a word that holds so much value in that last sentence. But still. Mexico celebrates her declaration of independence in such a tidal wave of color, noise and...
