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The BEST of Vallarta 2006: Vallarta has come of age in so many aspects recently that chosing topics for this annual Best Of Section is becoming both more challenging and more rewarding. Our editorial team has selected things that remind us there is so much to be discovered here.

Le Kliff & Café des Artistes Featured in Mexicana Magazine: Last month's "diez — el viaje perfecto" featured these two popular Puerto Vallarta restaurants in an article entitled "Mexico's Best Restaurants."
4/28/06

First Blue Agave Golf Classic Helps Children: Seven local charities gathered at the Marina Golf Club April 25 to received their share of $50,000 USD donated by Club Corp. and the PGA organization. And this is thanks to this successful PGA Senior tour event played here recently at Club Corp.'s Vista Vallarta Jack Nicklaus course.
4/28/06

Popular South Side Restaurant Changes Hands: A favorite PV lunch spot for 11 years — and the place one could always go for a good laugh and conversation as well as great comfort food — Hank Muffett and Conrad Kostelecky's Chiles has been sold.
4/21/06

July Parking Lot Opening Anticipated: The 304-vehicle, four-story parking structure now being built on the site of the former Benito Juarez Park should be operational in three months, says Urban Planning Director Carlos Manzano Zepeda.
4/21/06

Fund Raisers Help Public Library: The town's Los Mangos Library is in the processing of repairing its roof, and monies raised at two recent events contributed more than 10% of the projected cost.
4/21/06

New sculpture soon to grace the Malecon: Talent and enthusiasm attract more of the same. So it’s not surprising that expatriate sculptor Jim Demetro, who has some 35 life-size sculptures on display throughout the US, would dedicate his first installation here to our beloved cultural ambassadors, the Xiutla folkloric dance troupe.

Airport Improvements Ease Congestion: The $149 million peso ($13 million-plus USD) renovation and expansion of Puerto Vallarta's Gustavo Diaz Ordaz international airport is still underway, but traffic flow has already improved.
4/7/06

Restaurant Week Participants Confirmed: We now know there will be 35 restaurants participating in the upcoming Vallarta Lifetyles' Restaurant Week 2006 May 16-31. And that's great news, because it means we will have even more places to try during this popular 16-day event than last year, when 33 participating eateries offered fabulous three-course, fixed-price menus at 149 or 249 pesos.
4/7/06

Mexicana Has New Mexico City-Fresno Route: As of April 1 you can fly from the sixth-largest city in California to the capital of both this country and the state of Jalisco, where Puerto Vallarta is.
4/7/06

Mexican Riviera Increasingly Popular Cruise Destination: The Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) says the Mexican Riviera has grown into one of the top five cruise destinations in the last five years, and for many good reasons.
4/7/06

PV Real Estate Conference a Big Success: The first-ever conference of its type held here March 22 at the Sheraton Buganvilias will not be the last, judging by the 500 attendees and the feedback received by Producciones Viva, which produced the event in association with the Vallarta Real Estate Association (A.M.P.I.).
3/24/06

Becas Ball Both Glamorous and an Incentive: This year's gala fundraising event March 4 to help economically needy local students continue their educations was a great success, with generous contributions that came in from many different sources.
3/24/06

Fiesta Fundraiser to Help Orphanage: Looking after children whose families can't for 13 years, Casa Hogar will hold a fund-raising anniversary celebration March 26 at the Hotel Tropicana.
3/24/06