Forwarded By Nick Coates

About 60 members attended the General Assembly meeting on Feb. 29, 2008, at Club Alejandra. Copies of the President’s Address, 2007 Financial Report, and 2007 Maintanence Director’s Report are now on our website. Minutes of the meeting must be translated in both English and Spanish and then certified by a notary. Once this process is complete, you will also be able to find them on the web.

The Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, one of the best chamber music orchestras in the world will perform in a concert at the Sheraton Hotel May 15th at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $150 and are available at the Belmar Hotel on Insurgentes or Library Mango.

Living a life in a foreign country does have its challenges. Recently, I realized that my California driver’s license was about to expire, and, due to a new law to presumably protect the world from my terrorism, I had to physically show up at the DMV to renew it. What is an ex-pat to do? Spend mucho dinero to get to the nearest California airport (San Diego), spend a night or two in a motel, rent a car, dine out, etc., or get a Mexican license? The best option became instantly clear. And so, as with my new visa status that brings me as close to being a Mexican as an American citizen can be and still collect social security, I chose to become even more Mexicanized.

You know the old saying “The impossible we do at once – miracles take a little longer”? The Navy League of Puerto Vallarta got close to achieving a miracle this past week. The creation of a children’s playground in a rural village from start to finish in four working days!

Though a life-long horse lover, I have always been a ‘riding for fun’ type of girl rather than a skilled horsewoman. So when the opportunity arose to swap sunbathing for a morning’s riding, I jumped at the chance, but not without trepidation. I had never tried Western style riding before, although I’ll admit I always thought it looked like the easy option, compared to its more formal English cousin. I was about to find out.

The Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, one of the best chamber music orchestras in the world will perform in a concert at the Sheraton Hotel May 15th at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $150 and are available at the Belmar Hotel on Insurgentes or Library Mango.

Though a life-long horse lover, I have always been a ‘riding for fun’ type of girl rather than a skilled horsewoman. So when the opportunity arose to swap sunbathing for a morning’s riding, I jumped at the chance, but not without trepidation. I had never tried Western style riding before, although I’ll admit I always thought it looked like the easy option, compared to its more formal English cousin. I was about to find out.

Alfredo Cervantes (known as Charlie to his Gringo friends) has a passion for golf and for teaching. A native of Mexico, Alfredo and his young family returned to Puerto Vallarta after 17 years of living in Southern California. Shortly after returning to the city that he loved in 1997, a tragic head-on collision with a local Vallarta bus occurred, and forever changed Alfredo’s life. Alfredo awoke from a 42 day coma to learn that his 11 & 14 year old boys and golfing partners were killed. His wife was severely injured as well and his hopes and dreams were shattered. Golf he says "is the only thing that takes my mind off of the pain."

The Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra, one of the best chamber music orchestras in the world will perform in a concert at the Sheraton Hotel May 15th at 8:30 p.m. Tickets are $150 and are available at the Belmar Hotel on Insurgentes or Library Mango.

Here’s a new a new addition to the Book of lists: The Best Place for a Cardiac Arrest! If you are going to have one (which I don’t recommend) Puerto Vallarta is a very good place to be.

It costs 40 pesos to get from one stop to another, regardless if that stop is just 10 minutes down the road. Therefore, when I came to Puerto Vallarta, I was astonished at how comparatively cheap the buses were and even more so, to find that tourists rarely used them. At a cost of 5.50 Pesos to any destination and a 5 to 10 minute wait at the stop, these buses seem to be the answer to a Londoner's problems and we should not forget the ease with which these buses can be used: with an option of either 'Tunel' or 'Centro,' it is difficult to get lost in small Puerto Vallarta.

On Wednesday, March19, Candace of “Fishing With Carolina” will Guest Host a benefit to raise funds for AUTISM02, a non profit clinic with a Hyperbaric Chamber. This was born out of love by a family for their son. This chamber is also for hire for those with MS, Fibromyalgia, Cancer, Stroke and more. Phone 222 2006

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Barbara Bode