Colors, designs, fabric, patterns…these all began to fascinate Judi when she watched her aunt create intricate quilts over 30 years ago....

A sea serpent rises out of the water just behind the four arches, spitting at pedestrians; a mangy street dog drives a Volkswagen along...

One day while leading my walking tour along the cobblestones of central Vallarta, we happened upon several people dressed in old frontier...

She caught my eye because she looked just like a dear friend I hadn’t seen for a long time. I was walking through the Olas Altas Farmers...

Pablo manages his family nopal farm about two hours north of Vallarta in the state of Nayarit. He has one hectare, about 2.5 acres,...

Sprouts have always fascinated me since my hippy days in Oregon when everyone was growing their own along with making yogurt, baking...

The ancient art of glass-blowing is still practiced in several Mexican towns. In Tlalpujahua and Chignahuapan, creating unique and...

My friend Rosie Rubio started her first organic garden this past spring just outside of Los Veranos south of Vallarta. She first became...

Wine tastings have always attracted me ever since I lived near Napa Valley, California, one of the meccas of American Wineries. So, after...

The honey bee is so small it hardly seems important. However, without the pollination work of these little creatures, our food supply...

Shortly after I moved to Mexico in 2008, I happened on a woman selling whimsical paintings of hearts as I strolled along the Malecon,...

Do you remember twirling around as a kid, trying to see how long you could do it till you fell from dizziness? Imagine completing 20-30...

To truly enjoy a mango, you must eat it whole, with your hands, tearing the skin off with your teeth and sinking into the firm yellow...

As soon as school was out for the summer, we knew what that meant. Trips to my cousins’ Wisconsin dairy farm from our hot Chicago suburb....

Anyone who has taken the pleasant ride south from Vallarta to the mountainous valley of El Tuito knows the famous panaderia about 15...

While strolling along the narrow streets of Mykonos a couple years ago, I happened on this elderly lady making lace on her balcony. She...

Juan Gomez has been a cowboy forever. In fact, I think he was born riding a horse! He led us on my first cabalgata, Mexico’s answer to...

My dad Charles, known affectionately as Charlie, was away during the war when I was born. We did not meet until I was two years old....

Ruben has been a chef and restaurant owner for years here in Vallarta. He had his own Greek restaurant, worked with his sister who owns...

Ada has been a friend since I first met her at an outdoor art show on the Rio Cuale here in Puerto Vallarta and was drawn to her colorful...