OK, so it’s not “real” Mexican food. Nothing wrong with that. Taco Bell is no Puerto Vallarta or Pepper’s, but its customers aren’t there for the same reason – imagine “Here’s your pitcher of margaritas, please drive through. Carefully.” What it is, is cheap, fast and standardized. And that goes for the whole Taco Bell [...]
The discovery of a suspected triple murderer in Mexico is prompting some embarrassing questions about U.S. border security in Arizona. Maricopa County, Ariz., Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Mexican Consul General Carlos Flores Vizcarra announced the capture of 34-year old Rodrigo Cervantes-Zavala in Puerto Vallarta and the recovery of his two children. Arpaio said a Maricopa [...]
The Puerto Vallarta Championship will be played March 27-April 2 at the Jack Nicklaus Signature Course at Vista Vallarta Golf Club in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. A 54-hole stroke-play tournament, the new event will feature a 78-player field and a purse of $1.6 million with the winner collecting $240,000. “We are excited that Vista Vallarta has [...]
PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico – A tearful mother reunited with her two previously kidnapped children said Tuesday she had been convinced she would never see the youngsters again. Carrying a suitcase of clothes, munchies and gifts for 18-month old Bryan Cervantes and his 3-year-old sister Jennifer, Oneida Isabel Acosta laughed and cried as she rushed to [...]
AN HOUR’S BOAT ride and some 25 miles south of Puerto Vallarta, the remote coastal village of Yelapa, Mexico, calls to mind the kind of island-paradise postcard that urban dwellers sometimes stick on a wall at work to contemplate when things get hairy. It’s not an island per se, but since no roads lead there, [...]