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Puerto Vallarta Restaurant Week, Special Edition Tianguis Turistico 2012.
This 2012, the organizers comity of Restaurant Week will have a  special edition made during  the Tianguis Turistico of Mexico 2012 25 to March 28, in addition to commonly being performed each year (15 to 31 May 2012).
Due to the success of this culinary event year after year results in Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit, this idea will give more exposure to the food industry that characterizes the destination and will further boost the economy.
Soon reports give participating restaurants.

This March the Tianguis Turístico 2012 will be held in Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit; the official logo was presented a few days ago and here is a brief explanation:
The significance of the logo goes back to elements of our culture, colors and forms give a characteristic symbolism where the ring represents the emblem element of the ball game, a ritual that extended for about 3,000 years of Mesoamerican and Pre-Columbian history. Inside the ring are elements such as a pyramid, representing our culture and roots, leaves representing the natural characteristics of our country; the hands that symbolize negotiations; five diamonds that represent the quality of the touristic destination and Mexico itself; and the waves representing the sea as the symbolism of the event being held in a beach resort destination.
Once again Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit want to show they are a cultural destination, with excellent service and worthy of hosting international events such as the Tianguis Turístico.
For more information about the event visit:

http://www.tianguisturisticomexico.com.mx/

This spacious and spectacular beachfront condominium is located in the beautifully manicured development of Playa Royale Residences at Paradise Village.  Situated in the most private building of the Playa Royale complex at the ocean front tower, this convenient ground floor condominium has excellent views of the Bay. It is offered turnkey and ready to be enjoyed and occupied with all of the  featured amenities:  discounts on the El Tigre golf course, beach club access and membership to the Sports Center. *Large wraparound balcony *Storage room *Deeded underground parking.

Price/Precio: $679,000 USD

Contemporary style one level house,  located at El Tigre Golf Course in Nuevo Vallarta, enjoy the tranquil atmosphere and swimming pool. Sports, social and Beach club amenities are part of the privileges of Villa Mariposas 116.

PRICE/PRECIO $499,000 USD

 

*Article courtesy of  U.S. CONSULATE GENERAL GUADALAJARA

 

 

 

 

 

 

The 2012 United States Presidential Election Season is almost upon us.

It’s time to start thinking now about registering to vote for 2012.

Normally, each overseas voter should re-register in January for the entire year. However, overseas voters from the below three states should submit a Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) now to ensure they have the opportunity to vote in the upcoming early Presidential Primary Elections:

*New Hampshire: primary date TBD* (At this time, New Hampshire has not determined its Presidential Primary date).

*South Carolina: primary date January 21, 2012

* Florida: primary date January 31, 2012

Please visit http://www.fvap.gov to get started, the process only takes a few minutes.

Many states allow you to vote only in the year your ballot request (Federal Post Card Application “FPCA”) is received (which is why we advise re-registering in January of each year), but due to the early primary dates, these three states have made an exception. These states allow you to submit your FPCA now in 2011 so that you receive your state ballot and return it in time to be counted for these primaries.

 However, to ensure you are eligible to vote in the other 2012 elections, including the General Presidential election, you must submit an FPCA AGAIN in January of 2012. Voters from other early primary states should submit their 2012 FPCA early in January to ensure they will be able to vote in their states primaries.

Please see the Guadalajara consulate website voting page for more information:  http://goo.gl/bg9Qt

The U.S. Consular Agency in Puerto Vallarta is located at Paseo de los Cocoteros #85; Sur Paradise Plaza, Interior Local L-7, Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit, C.P. 63732.  Telephone numbers are 011 52 322 222 0069 & 011 52 322 223 3301; Fax number is 011 52 322 223 0074.  For after-hours emergencies, please call 011 52 33 3268 2145.

 

*The U.S. Consulate General in Guadalajara is located at 175 Progreso Street, Col. Americana, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Telephone number: 011 52 33 3268 2100; Fax number: 011 52 33 3825 1951.  For after-hours emergencies, please call 011 52 33 3268 2145

This lovely villa is located at El Tigre Golf Course and Country Club. This is a fantastic find and only on e of three on the whole property. It is very unique and offers views od the 15th Hole Par 3 tee box. Become a part of the Paradise Village family and enjoy the benefits of the Social Membership. Maintenance fees include water, gas, common area maintenace and 24-hour gated security, Come enjoy the privileges that membership has to offer.

PRICE $549,000 USD

CONSTRUCTION 342 M2 LAND 412 M2 BEDROOMS 4+ BATHROOMS 4.5

 

NAYARIT (del náhuatl: hijo de dios que está en el cielo y en el sol)

Información Geográfica:

Ubicado al occidente del territorio Mexicano.

El estado de Nayarit colinda con: NORTE, Sinaloa, Durango y Zacatecas; SUR,  Jalisco y el Océano Pacifico,  teniendo 289 km de costa, posee también las Islas Marías, la Isla Isabel, las Tres Marietas y el Farallón La Peña.

Esta formado por 20 municipios siendo los más conocidos, Tepic, Bahía de Banderas, Compostela, San Blas y Santa María del Oro.

 Nayarit ofrece un excelente clima lo cual permite  visitantes  todo el año.

Por su magnífica ubicación geográfica cuenta con  recursos naturales, abundante tales como, terrenos fértiles que promueven la ganadería, agricultura, fruticultura, horticultura, marismas y esteros, también tiene  lagunas, ríos, bosques y es poseedora  de  recursos minerales.

Nayarit como desarrollo turístico:

Sin duda El Turismo es uno de los sectores más dinámicos del  Estado  aportando a la economía, Inversión privada, empleo y derrama económica que contribuye al desarrollo del mismo.

En los últimos años  el destino turístico de BAHIA DE BANDERAS, Punta Mita, Nuevo Vallarta  y Guayabitos  han destacado  a nivel nacional  e internacional registrando ocupación hotelera por encima de los indicies de destinos turísticos con mayor  antigüedad como Puerto Vallarta, Cancún y Acapulco.

Bahía de Banderas;  Tiene un gran potencial a desarrollar, debido a su maravilloso entorno, hermosas playas, vegetación, clima y además   con la Cultura HUICHOL, que atrae a los turistas tanto extranjeros como locales.

Los desarrolladores Hoteleros han aportado  gran beneficio  al Estado creando ofertas de trabajo y servicios Turísticos de la mejor calidad a nivel Mundial.  

Si está pensando en tomar unas vacaciones no hay que olvidar  este  maravilloso estado de Nayarit.

Articulo cortesia de *Patricia Diaz

*Patricia Diaz es agente de Rentas en Prudential California Realty-Vallarta Division.  Pueden contactarla en patricia.diaz@prurealtypv.com

I have been lucky enough to live in Puerto Vallarta Mexico for 11 glorious years since the impressionable age of 10. This is why I really do think I can give you an un “jaded” view of what it is really like to live inside those tall cement walls that also happen to have electric shock barbed wire, El Tigre Golf And Country Club.

I was 9 years old when my parents sprang LIFE CHANGING news that we where to be moving to Mexico for good. Now first of all, at such a young age when you hear the words “Mexico” you AUTOMATICALLY think of the desert, sombreros and men on horses shooting at each other. Maybe all those western movies you watch as a kid really do make you believe that life is actually like this. Well to my delighted surprise it was not! Beaches and jungles and food OH MY! When we first arrived to Puerto Vallarta we lived in Flamingos golf club, which is so different to anything id seen I couldn’t believe it. But to be honest with you at that age stick a pool in the middle of ANY country and you will be happy now add in the crocodiles that lay on the outer part of every little river on that course and I was ESTATIC (constantly asking my grandfather to take out on the cart to look for them, was my own version of Crocodile Dundee)

After moving from Flamingos we moved a few more times, To Nuevo Vallarta , Palmar De Aramara, Punta iguana, Marina Vallarta and finally moving from Marina Golf to El Tigre.  Having been included in the whole house building process made the moving a lot more exciting. Being allowed to plan your room decide what color paint etc etc was way too much fun for a 14 year old girl. Originally the plan was to build a duplex, my grandparents bought the piece of land next to ours so we would know we liked out neighbors no matter what! Sadly enough my grandfather died a few months before we moved in.

My experience living in El Tigre has been the most impactful that any of the latter moves. Pristine bright green grass where NEVER will you see a brown spot, constant security, being able to walk to your gym and if by the time you get there you are tired you can simply go sit in the Jacuzzi and just tell people you worked out. The life that people live inside those gates I honestly feel goes un- appreciated. If all your life you have lived in places like that one you will never understand the little things that make living there so amazing, Along with the BIG things as well.

Never coming from a “rich” family makes me appreciate my parents hard work and dedication to allow my brother and myself the opportunity to realize what you can achieve if you simply put your mind to it and work your tush off.  BUT now imagine if you lift El Tigre and place it 1 country away in Orange County for example. Do you have any idea the amount you must pay to live in places like El Tigre? Its insane.  This amazing community basically gives you the chance to live in style for a lot less then you would back home. So if you cant afford to live in a place like this where you live. Why not decide to invest and vacation this way instead? Because here’s what….If you do decide you want to show your children what hard work gets you. This is a way to do it that will not fail.

Jayme McSweeny is in a mentor program at Prudential Vallarta working aside Executive Sales Nicole Martin

Follow the everyday happenings on The Real Housewives of El Tigre on facebook page http://ow.ly/5MW8a 

Contact your Prudential Agent Today to offer you El Tigre´s real estate options on the greens in Nuevo Vallarta!

 

 

Bucerias

IMPRO publicidad is a printing business handled by owners Osvaldo Funes and his wife Guillermina, They produce all kind of signs, sandwich boards,  lonas, business cards, flyers, paperwork printed, and cover cars with publicity also.  They offer personalized attention to their customers and have been working in Bucerias for the last five years but before that have owned a business in Puerto Vallarta since 1996.   Here are a few places that they have done work for so far:  Eva´s brick house Restaurant, Sweet Things Restaurant, Pacifica Car Wash, Harkness Institute, Margo Refaccionaria (car parts), Mia Boutique, Julima’s Boutique,  Ron Morgan Real Estate, El Grupo Real Estate, La Pachanga Bar, and now have been doing publicity signage for the politicians campaigning in Bucerias.  For more information please call L.T. Guillermina Ibarra Cedeño or L.A.E. Osvaldo Funes Becerril  Cel. 044 322 128 8370 / 044 322 1358141.

An event you don’t want to miss! Penthouse Delfin in Nuevo Vallarta is hosting a fundraiser on Friday, June 24 (6:30 to 9:30PM). The event is in support of the Children’s Wish Fund, which will be sending children from Manos de Amor (Bucerias orphanage) to swim with the dolphins at Vallarta Adventures. Your 140 pesos donation for the event includes drinks, yummy appetizers, and socializing!  Raffle prizes include dinners at Fajita Republic and El Dinamita in Nuevo Vallarta, reflexology massages at Rose Spa Massage in Marina Vallarta, and healing massages at Orgon Via Healing Center. Plus, Global Real Estate Vallarta is sponsoring a 3 night stay at the upper suite of Penthouse Delfin. RSVP is required and attendance is limited to 90 people at the 2  suite penthouse. Please RSVP with the total number of people in your party to: Dana Doncaster – ddoncaster@globalrealestatevallarta.com.  is located on the waterfront in the marina in Nuevo Vallarta (in the Southern end of Nuevo Vallarta). Address is 34 Paseo De La Marina. Buzz suite 401

La Cruz

A nice refreshing recipe from the Restaurant Black Forest. Lemon sorbet.  500 ml water 500 g white sugar,  4 large lemons, juice and zest. 1 medium egg, whites only whisked separately.  Method:  Heat the water and sugar until the sugar has dissolved. You need to stir constantly for the sugar to dissolve completely. Allow to cool overnight in your refrigerator and add the lemon juice and zest. Stir. Place in chilled bowl of your ice cream maker and process according to manufacturers’ instructions. 10 minutes before it is finished add the already whisked egg whites. If you don’t have an ice cream maker you can still make your own sorbet by following the following procedure: Pour liquid into a pre-frozen metal container and put into the freezer until half frozen (approx. 1 hour). Stir with a metal whisker. Repeat this procedure 3 more times. At the last (4th) procedure add the already whisked egg whites. Return to the freezer until firm. Best let it in the freezer for another 6 hours.  Have a nice summer and remember they are open again on Sunday, June 24^th

Philo will host his club’s tenth anniversary and his 66th birthday party on Sunday, June 26th.  Lots of great music and fun.  Music starts at 8 pm.  Musicians bring your instruments.  See you there.

The Octopus´s Garden Bar is the new hot spot in la Cruz, so if you haven´t been here yet, check it out! Join us on the cool rooftop under the palapa, where our drinks and food are at record low summer prices: Tuesday nights is Latin Jam with Spanish songs and music and delicious “huaraches” coming out of the kitchen from 7.30 p.m. Do bring along your guitar! On Wednesday nights there´s electro-acoustic music from Ben, Nick and Wendy from 8 p.m.  On Friday night Cirque du Soleil movie “Alegria” starts at 9 p.m. and everyone´s invited to the Saturday acoustic jam session. Open for breakfast 8.30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mon. a Fri. Wi-fi, freshly ground coffee; Huichol Gallery for browsing; Bar open from 5 – 11 p.m. with happy hour 4 – 6 p.m. 2X1 on house drinks. (Sundays closed). Please visit us on Facebook at “Jardin del Pulpo”.  Calle Coral #66, La Cruz de Huanacaxtle, Reservations 01 329 29 5 367

Alfredo & Zoe, the Mango Duo, perform Acoustic Latin Jazz & Swing for SUNDAY BRUNCH, 1O:30AM-12:30PM, Ikuai Global Cuisine Restaurant in the La Cruz Marina.  Marina Riviera Nayarit, Marlin No. 39.  Tel. 52 (329) 29-555-26, info@marinarivieranayarit.com, ww.marinarivieranayarit.com/amenities/ikuaiglobalfood

Nuevo Vallarta

Come join Prudential Real Estate Experts in a question and answers session on the ins and outs of buying property in Mexico. Complimentary margaritas and a variety of salsas and chips are enjoyed. Every Tuesday, from 4pm to 5pm at THE NO NAME BAR & GRILL in the new Nuevo Vallarta Business Center above the Prudential Vallarta office.  Avenida Paseo de los Cocoteros #55 local #1103.  Telephone 01 (329) 297-5146 Toll Free 1.888.778.3639.  For more information contact Evelyn Marquez. evelyn.marquez@prurealtypv.com

 

Punta de Mita

A few messages from PEACE….PEACE needs you!  They have a deadline to build a new roof for their headquarters costing $13,000 USD. The Casa Campesina (farmhouse) has been PEACE’s home base for the past three years and was given to us by the local ejido (a native land-owners association.) PEACE has full use of the house in exchange for restorations and we cannot remain here unless we raise $13,000 and repair our leaky roof. Please give whatever you are able and allow us to stay in our community home!  A new roof will provide the necessary dry space for our alternative school, after school program and PEACE Boutique, as well as a usable work space for staff and community members. It is a safe, clean, and friendly environment that adds stability, integrity, and beauty to the Punta de Mita community.  We do not want to uproot our home. PLEASE DONATE whatever you can by going to http://www.peacemexico.org/donate.php .

Experiences at summer camp can shape a life from childhood into adulthood. PEACE is creating lifelong memories for kids in the Bahia de Banderas who often grow up too fast, and in many cases have never been on an athletic team, taken an art class or participated in any kind of organized activity. Our camps not only give them that experience, but allow them the freedom (they may otherwise not have) to just be kids! These kids are the FUTURE – help us empower them!  Last year we had 300 campers! Your donation of $75 USD will send one child to camp for 3 weeks, helping them retain knowledge from the school year, and allowing them to experience a SAFE, POSITIVE and FUN summer!   We cannot fund our camps without your support. Please help us provide this experience for local children by donating to http://www.peacemexico.org/donate.php

Starting this summer, a traveling classroom will be accompanying our animal clinic to 35 towns! Our fun-loving, bilingual teacher will conduct a literacy-based curriculum about animals and the environment reaching 6,210 kids every year.  In order to educate our youth and continue to spread this powerful message over the course of one year, we need to raise $15,000 USD. Please help us reach our goal by donating to http://www.peacemexico.org/donate.php

Puerto Vallarta

The new Hospital Amerimed is open! Located across the street from Plaza Marina (just before the airport), it’s been a long time coming as we have watched for months the construction! We now invite you for a tour of this state-of-the-art facility!  Scheduled tour dates:  Friday, June 24, 2011 at 10am Thursday, June 30, 2011 at 6:30 pm  Please meet me in the Lobby of the hospital. There is valet parking available!  Pamela Thompson.  Healthcare Resources Puerto Vallarta.  www.healthcareresourcespv.com

pamela@healthcareresourcespv.com. Cell 322 107 7007

“Breakfast With a Plastic Surgeon”  Here is your chance to ask your questions regarding plastic surgery, Botox and other “fixer-up” procedures.  Sit down and have a chat with Dr. Miguel Saldaña. Date: July 5, 2011, Time: 9am.  Location: Hospital Medasist – 4th floor.  Pamela Thompson. Healthcare Resources Puerto Vallarta. www.healthcareresourcespv.com pamela@healthcareresourcespv.com Cell 322 107 7007

Mix, Mingle, Network” Breakfast. Date: July 8, 2011. Time: 9am – 11:30 am

Location: Coco’s Kitchen – Pulpito #122.  Bring a friend, say hola to friends, enjoy breakfast, network with others about your business or charity, have breakfast! (BTW, breakfast is on your own – but Coco’s prices are very economical – and yummy!) New featured businesses including the new MailBox Etc and “cooling scarves” that are becoming THE item to have this summer! Demo’s, scarves for sale (you’ll want at least two!). Doggie ones too.  A little bit of everything!  RSVP not required but preferred so that Coco can have a heads up!

The renowned National Ballet of Georgia, once the pride of the Soviet Union, will be performing 1 performance only, Thursday, July 14, at 8:30pm, in Vallarta’s beautiful performing arts venue, Teatro Vallarta.  Tickets are $300 Pesos for general seating, $400 Pesos for preferred seating and $500 Pesos for VIP seating and are available at Vallarta Fitness in Plaza Galerias, at Plaza Caracol, at Señor Frogs in Nuevo Vallarta and at the theatre’s box office Tuesday through Saturday from 11 am to 9 pm.  Teatro Vallarta is located in El Centro at Uruguay 184, just south of LEY’S grocery store on the main street as you enter downtown.

Nicole Youngquist casanicole2010@gmail.com
Manos de Amor / Public Relations Representative
Casa Nicole / Community Newsletter for Riviera Nayarit