The first time I realized he was not the man I assumed him to be was when I saw him on major news channel on TV. It hit me then that Tom Bernes was not just another Vallarta expat but rather, someone with a whole other story to be told.
After hearing the unexpected, very public, somewhat dramatic handcuffing and arrest of Louis, I walked along the Malecon and looked at people, made eye contact and wondered what their secret was.
Yesenia is a remarkably self taught artist who, due to economic/financial barriers (a reality for many locals) was unable to accept a Fine Arts Academy invitation to attend.
A large, brilliant depiction of Frida Kahlo commanded the room; it stood out from all other paintings. Her image was created by Quetzal, a talented local and artist whose name signifies the spiritual, mythical bird.
Meet Juan, a gentle fellow who says he is 94 years old. He is ‘out and about’ in Old Town Vallarta, sweeping the outside of the street which surrounds his tiny collapsible kiosk table.
LGBTQ2+ inspires me. I, as a heterosexual woman, sixty one years of age, admire and respect the freedom which came from courage, that this movement role models for me. I am an alcoholic—a label, identifier which I deliberately choose as it reminds me of the hell I wish to no longer revisit.
A large, brilliant depiction of Frida Kahlo commanded the room; it stood out from all other paintings. Her image was created by Quetzal, a talented local and artist whose name signifies the spiritual, mythical bird.
Yesenia is a remarkably self taught artist who, due to economic/financial barriers (a reality for many locals) was unable to accept a Fine Arts Academy invitation to attend.
LGBTQ2+ inspires me. I, as a heterosexual woman, sixty one years of age, admire and respect the freedom which came from courage, that this movement role models for me. I am an alcoholic—a label, identifier which I deliberately choose as it reminds me of the hell I wish to no longer revisit.
Meet Juan, a gentle fellow who says he is 94 years old. He is ‘out and about’ in Old Town Vallarta, sweeping the outside of the street which surrounds his tiny collapsible kiosk table.
The first time I realized he was not the man I assumed him to be was when I saw him on major news channel on TV. It hit me then that Tom Bernes was not just another Vallarta expat but rather, someone with a whole other story to be told.
After hearing the unexpected, very public, somewhat dramatic handcuffing and arrest of Louis, I walked along the Malecon and looked at people, made eye contact and wondered what their secret was.