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...