Since 2011 the Gay Bar Tour has been helping tourists find their way around the local gay bar scene. With almost 30 gay bars in the area, it can be a bit daunting to sort it all out. The Gay Bar Tour does it all for you, from skipping lines to serving drinks.
Lalo Gil (Eduardo Gil Rocha Gonzalez) loves to be the center of attention. He’d be the first to tell you - he’s comfortable with all the eyes in the room being on him.
Ericksammy Morales (Sammy) talks about his passion for art, and his ability to turn dreams into reality with his metal embossing skills.
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.
Alberto Cuevas’s path to a musical career as Mexico’s El Diamante (The Diamond), a singing gay charro (cowboy), has been anything but straight and narrow.
Javier Jimenez, President of ACT LGBT and owner of the Garbo Group, has been supporting Vallarta Pride since its inception and sat down with O&APV to talk more about why he got involved.
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.
Chef Roman Ventura’s business has grown but he knows he still has a lot to learn. So the chef and his assistant, Edward Potocek, hosted a dinner recently to learn about how others got their starts in Puerto Vallarta and to discuss ideas on how best to reach locals and tourists about the services and experiences that Chef Ventura, and other small businesses, have to offer.
Over at Basilio Badillo is a cute coffee place named ONO Bowls; what a surprise was that I met the owner Erica Black seven years ago
An opportunity for dog owners to connect and network is coming to the Secret Wine Bar on a monthly basis, the first starting on April 25.
Three Puerto Vallarta permanent residents - Don Lewis, Frank Cassel and Chris Clyde, are teaming up with Out & About PV Magazine and Jet De La Isla’s Facebook Group, “Puerto Vallarta Gays: Everything Gay You Need Or Want To Know” to jumpstart regular gay mixers.
A new “everybody friendly” bar has been opened at Basilio Badillo 447, adding to the quickly expanding options of restaurants and bars that have recently opened in the East Emiliano Zapata neighborhood
Juan Alvarado created La Catrina Cantina as a way to help entertainers suffering during the pandemic. As the venue comes up on its second anniversary, he has no regrets.
Galleria Dante is one of the largest fine art galleries in Puerto Vallarta (and the third oldest), representing more than 60 artists with an amazing collection that includes 85 percent Mexican artists.
Jeybra Queen (the name is a take on the Zebra) arrived in Puerto Vallarta about three years ago, and brought to her act something not many other people can do - acrobatics and aerial arts combined with fire.
Tamale Ringwald is a painter, a drag queen, a muralist, a musician, a dancer, a designer, and a yacht tour owner…he’s so on fire you could say Tamale is hot.
Richard Lucas is one of those theater queens. He’s known around the world as the founder of Lucas Talent, - the largest talent and literary agency in Canada - but he’s known in Puerto Vallarta as its very own Gouda Gabor.
Mitchell Isaác Guzmán Rivadeneyra is performer and drag star Karma La Perra - he arrived at Juicy Drags for our interview dressed like the fashion diva that he is - a custom made crop top, sunglasses and a sharp black hat that instantly told you that this man is ready for business.
Galini Spa Massage is new full-service spa located conveniently at Calle de Constitucion #364. Opening just three months ago, the spa is already being sought out by tourists and residents alike.
