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Readers' Choice Awards 2012 Voting Begins: Dec 14, 2011
Voting for VirtualVallarta.com Readers' Choice Awards 2012 begins Thursday, December 15 and continues until June 15, 2012. As in years past, this website offers Puerto Vallarta visitors and locals the opportunity to vote for their favorite restaurants in a variety of categories.
Voting for VirtualVallarta.com Readers' Choice Awards 2012 begins Thursday, December 15 and continues until June 15, 2012. As in years past, this website offers Puerto Vallarta visitors and locals the opportunity to vote for their favorite restaurants in a variety of categories.
Taste Restaurant @ Casa Cupula will feature Juan Antonia Mora from Vinos & Wine as the guest host of their weekly wine tastings this coming Thursday, December 15, at 7 PM. Four fine Mexican wines will be sampled and paired with the culinary creations of Taste's executive chef, Oscar Rito.
No Way José! invites you to join them for a very festive holiday evening to help raise funds for the Los Mangos Library, to take place on Wednesday, December 21, from 5 to 7:30 pm.
The latest works by Ute Hagen, Javier Zepeda and Linda Kauffman will be showcased at Galleria Dante during a reception to take place this Friday, December 16, from 6 to 10 pm. The opening coincides with the South Side Shuffle, a bi-weekly evening event that encourages visitors to explore a number of shops, restaurants and galleries in the vicinity.
ClubCorp International, which owns and operates the Marina Vallarta and Vista Vallarta golf clubs here in Puerto Vallarta, celebrated the 10-Year Anniversary for their Weiskopf Signature golf course with a tournament this past November, and announced another one on March 24, 2012.
Puerto Vallarta artist Javier Niño's most recent mural work, "Allegory," commissioned by Gail and Frank Rudin of The Genius of Paco, has been installed in the Puerto Vallarta International Airport and will be officially presented to the public on Wednesday, December 14, at 5 pm.
Pacific Paddle Surf, a premier provider of stand-up paddle board instruction and Paddle Surf Vacations in Jalisco and Nayarit, Mexico, is organizing a series of events open to the public, with races for all ages and abilities.
The Punta Sayulita resort community formally announces the dates for the 3rd Annual Punta Sayulita Longboard & Stand-Up Paddle Classic to be held on March 9 – 11, 2012 in the beautiful surfside village of Sayulita, Mexico, along Mexico’s Riviera Nayarit.
D'Z Route 66 Rock'n Roll Diner recently opened a new restaurant with a "retro" party for it clientele, where there were dancing shows featuring characters from Grease and even Elvis Presley (look-alike) showed up! The new restaurant opened its doors on November 25 downtown on the "Street of Cafes" of Basilio Badillo.
Be Health Center, a health-related complex in Marina Vallarta, recently celebrated its first anniversary along with the addition of new services to complement its extensive range of offerings.
Mexico's Ministry of the Navy officially announced the Regata Copa Mexico Olympic Edition, to take place in Riviera Nayarit on March 2 –18, 2012. The event is expected to include the participation of over 2,500 competitors from 26 countries, which will compete in seven different categories.
Blanca Blue Restaurant & Lounge is pleased to announce that former Thierry Blouet disciple Leopoldo Cortés has joined the prestigious South Shore restaurant as its new executive chef.
The Foreigner, the Off-Broadway award-winning comedy hit, will be presented at Puerto Vallarta’s Boutique Theatre located at Manuel M. Dieguez 321 in Puerto Vallarta’s Zona Romantica at 8:00pm on 4 weekends: Nov 25-27, Dec 1-3, Dec 15-17 and Dec 28-30.
A new addition to Nuevo Vallarta’s increasingly popular 3.14 Plaza, Zibarita by Caroline recently opened its doors to the public featuring an extensive gourmet food and wine product line.
The 6th Annual Pet Picnic will take on December 3 beginning at 11 am at Daiquiri Dick’s restaurant patio, overlooking Los Muertos beach. Last year over 70 dogs and their best friends made an appearance at this fun-filled event.
Beatriz and Kevin Simpson of Peyote People announced the official opening of their new venue, Colectika, with a reception to take place on Wednesday, November 23, from 6 to 10 pm.
La Patrona Polo Club in San Pancho, Riviera Nayarit, recently announced an inter-club tournament to take place this weekend, beginning on Saturday at 4 pm and concluding with an awards ceremony the following day at 9 pm.
Barcelona Tapas restaurateur William Carballo celebrated the opening if his new Patio Tapas Bar & Lounge with a series of special events that took place this past week. The new space is located on the lower level of his acclaimed Barcelona Tapas restaurant.
Mark Rome and Tracy Parks, co-directors of the Palm Cabaret, have announced the cast for the coming season at the popular cabaret, which begins performances on November 18, 2011 with the return of singer Mark Alan Smith, a comedian and live vocal impressionist who played to standing ovations last season in Vallarta.
Galleria Dante has chosen to showcase the works of three self-taught artists, Gabriel Colunga, Oscar Solis and Juana Cortez, on their first show of the Winter season, to open on Friday, November 11, at 6 PM.
