My sister Patrice is back home with her five kitties just outside of Calgary, Alberta and our mutual dear friend Lil has returned to her husband in Vancouver, B.C. I […]
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Category: From Here
Comfortably Numb
“You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby” popped into my head during intermission of soprano Mary Porter’s first concert at Incanto’s theatre in Vallarta. Four months ago, for Mary Porter, Puerto […]
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From Here
Happy Canada Day to the ‘Old Country’ of my birth and Happy Independence Day to the US, where I lived for a while and have visited often in the past. […]
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From Here
A recent transplant from the US, Mary Porter, has made quite a splash since she moved to our lovely seaside city. She has appeared as a guest singer onstage with […]
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A Quiet Week
Another soft, grey morning starts off the week in Vallarta. Another Monday with remnants of flu! In June? Perhaps I am having a delayed reaction…so many were so ill during […]
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All Art Was Contemporary
Super good news for Friends of Rodolfo! Vallarta’s amazing blind tenor has been studying and practicing both voice and keyboards. I was astonished to hear him ace Stevie Wonder; his […]
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From Here: Salted Foot
I am having the best time these days handing out certificates and window stickers to the Winners of the Tribune’s latest Pata Salada Awards. I have a big stack left […]
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From Here: Dancing Rivers
A couple of years ago, my brilliantly crazy friend Brian Peterman from Vancouver, invited me to see “Otello” at Teatro Degollado. The other reason we were in Guadalajara in November […]
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From Here: Carmen
The incredible State Ballet of Jalisco is coming this week for one performance of ‘Carmen’ at Teatro Vallarta. Thursday, May 23 at 8 pm, Sher Producciones presents the rousing music […]
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From Here: El Salvador
It has become a tradition when my sister visits from Alberta, to go to Guadalajara shopping. By trial and error, we have decided that flying there and bussing it back […]
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