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The second edition of Aguas Abiertas Riviera Nayarit will take place Saturday, April 21, 8 am, at Marina Riviera Nayarit in La Cruz de Huanacaxtle. Approximately 300 swimmers in all categories are expected to participate.
Tuesday, April 17 will be the last day for the Malecon Sculpture Walking Tour for this season, which is the sixth year for this free tour. As has been the case every Tuesday morning at 9:30 since this season’s tours started on November 16th, no reservations are necessary and one must only show up at the Millennium sculpture next to Hotel Rosita at the north end of the Malecon.
In the first of a seven-part feature, we take a closer look at the 45 restaurants that will participate in this year’s Restaurant Week, May 15 - 31. We begin with the $299-menu participants, continue with the $189 participants, and wrap up the series with all restaurants participating in Restaurant Week for the first time.
UPDATED April 9 with two additional awards! - The readers of about.com have spoken. In this year’s Romantic Readers’ Choice Awards, readers of the popular, The New York Times-owned website have selected The Four Seasons Punta Mita Resort as the “World’s Most Romantic Hotel/Resort 2012” and Puerto Vallarta as the “Most Romantic Place in Mexico 2012.”
The elegant Blanca Blue Restaurant Bar & Lounge, now has a new, rebellious brother. Featuring a casual environment, affordable prices and a spectacular sunset view, Garza Blanca recently opened a new restaurant within the resort: Bocados STK. It’s concept was designed by local chef Kori Sutton with meat eaters in mind.
Aerojal, a new regional airline serving the route from Puerto Vallarta and Guadalajara is expected to begin operating in June. A small fleet of 50-passenger, Canadian-made Bombardier CRJ200 jet planes will eventually connect the state of Jalisco with many important destinations throughout the country.
Anybody hungry? More and more people look forward to our annual Restaurant Week event with anticipation. Produced by Vallarta Lifestyles Publishing Group since 2005, this year’s event will take place May 15 - 31 as before, featuring an unprecedented 45 restaurants from Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit.
Riviera Nayarit wrapped up the annual Nautical Extravaganza with the Banderas Bay International Regatta competition, the last of several nautical events, from kitesurfing to stand-up paddleboarding, that took place throughout the month of March. This year’s event began with the San Diego to Puerto Vallarta Race, a traditional bi-annual competition that has taken place for the last 31 years.
Mexico’s President, Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, attended the Tianguis Turístico Puerto Vallarta - Riviera Nayarit opening ceremony along with the governors of Jalisco and Nayarit, Emilio González Márquez and Roberto Sandoval Castañeda, respectively. This is the first time in which the event becomes itinerant, making Puerto Vallarta and Riviera Nayarit its first stop.
Wine store Vinos América recently opened a new branch in Puerto Vallarta’s popular Emiliano Zapata neighborhood, at Basilio Badillo 284, surrounded by equally alluring shops, art galleries and restaurants.
The Genius of Paco Studio & Gallery recently announced a special spring art auction to take place March 23 at 7 pm, at Marival Residences in Nuevo Vallarta, along with a special wine sale offered by D Stock Gourmet and Vinoteca.
The American School in Puerto Vallarta, one of Puerto Vallarta's finest schools, received Professor Laurence Peterson from the Kennesaw State University, who taught chemistry to 24 junior level students during a leave of absence from his full-time teaching position, under the auspices of the American Chemical Society.
For the seventh year in a row, the Tateike Huichol community from San Andrés Cohamiata, Jalisco, will visit Puerto Vallarta, March 17 - 31, providing visitors and locals ample opportunity to learn about their rituals and traditions.
Three fine Nuevo Vallarta restaurants, Ginger Garden Lounge, Nicksan Restaurant & Sushi Bar, and Porto Bello Bistro have once again joined forces to produce their Second Annual "Gourmet Experience-Riviera Nayarit" to take place every other Saturday: March 24, April 8 and April 23.
Part circus show, past musical, local choreographer Jacobo Martínez presents an original production (in English) for a limited, two week run, beginning March 14, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM. Tickets are $250 per person.
Raicilla has a reputation for being created and sold without government approval, but recently Hacienda el Divisadero in Cabo Corrientes has been making and selling it legally, and you can sample this Raicilla, plus Tequila Real and Tequila Rebozo, at a special "The Spirits of Mexico" tasting at Daiquiri Dick's restaurant on Thursday, March 29, from 4 to 6 pm.
Local photographer Petr Myska will screen his documentary, Touch of the Blue Crocodile, which takes a close look at the American crocodile in the jungles of Mexico, one of its natural habitats at the Juan Luis Cifuentes Lemus Auditorium at the Centro Universitario de la Costa on Tuesday, March 20, at 6 pm. Learn more about this exciting project.
Now in its eighth season, the Puerto Vallarta Chamber Orchestra has recently announced dates and venues for their Spring Concert: Sunday, March 25, 8 pm at the American School in Marina Vallarta, and Monday, March 26. 8 pm at the Paradise Community Center.
Rodolfo Choperena’s Galería Contempo welcomes Lucille Wong for an exhibition that will be inaugurated Friday, March 9, 6 - 9 pm, where her latest works will be on display. Born in Mexico City, the artist is known for her personal style in landscape and figural painting, with a strong orientalist undercurrent, in which her Mexican and Chinese roots shine through.
Galería Pacífico celebrates the legacy of the late Ramiz Barquet, considered by many to be the artistic patriarch of Puerto Vallarta, in part because of the eight monumental sculptures he created and donated to this city. The inauguration will take place Wednesday, March 7.
