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...