Podcasts Culture Nacho Daddy Restaurant and Bar and the Boutique Community Theatre in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Nacho Daddy Restaurant and Bar and the Boutique Community Theatre in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Published: April 26, 2018, 4:44 p.m.

Nacho Daddy Restaurant is Known For its Expat Friendly  Service and Activities, and the Boutique Community Theater, a Real Grass Roots Neighborhood Theatre.

We Talk with Sean Moore and Tammy Carruthers Prust, Owners of Nacho Daddy Restaurant and Bar, and Catherine Caldera From the Boutique Theater in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

Hello fellow travelers, welcome this episode of the Puerto Vallarta Travel show. I am your host Barry Kessler and I am just so happy to be introducing you to my favorite vacation destination, and maybe even yours, Puerto Vallarta Mexico.

 

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  [caption id="attachment_2936" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Nacho Daddy, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico[/caption] That music you were just listening to is performed by Alberto Perez, the owner of the La Palapa Group of Restaurants. Those are La Palapa, The [caption id="attachment_2021" align="alignright" width="300"] The Vista Grill, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico[/caption] El Dorado Restaurant, and at night for dinner The El Dorado transforms into the ever so romantic Vista Grill with those dramatic views of the Los Muertos Pier all lit up at night in beautiful colors. Of course, at La Palapa you can enjoy that same view of the Los Muertos Pier all day long for breakfast, lunch or dinner, seated with your toes in the sand right at the water’s edge. It’s so romantic, it’s so Puerto Vallarta my friends! This week I’m going to introduce you to three American Expats who found a way to make a living in Paradise. They are Sean Moore and Tammy Carruthers Prust, from Nacho Daddy Restaurant and Bar on Basillio Badillo on the Southside of Puerto Vallarta, and Catherine Caldera from the Boutique Theater located just above Nacho Daddy, ha, funny how I worked that one out. But before we get to them, let’s see what’s happening in Puerto Vallarta this week, the 25th of April 2018.

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Keep Voting the Vallarta Botanical Garden USA Today Top 10 North American Botanical Gardens Poll

[caption id="attachment_2872" align="aligncenter" width="625"] USA Today's Top 10 Botanical Gardens of North America[/caption] Bob Price from the Vallarta Botanical Garden says that they have made it to 2nd place in the USA Today Botanical Garden poll where you can go, each day till the end of the month and cast a vote for the Vallarta Botanical Garden. And by doing so, you will insure that our favorite Botanical Garden will be included in the top 10 Botanical gardens of North America. So go to the blogpost for this episode at www.puertovallartatravelshow.com, and click the link, and vote every day my friends. When you do go to the website, just type in Botanical Garden into the search bar and you will get that and other results. You can type in USA Today and find the link, or Nacho Daddy, and find it there too. http://www.10best.com/awards/travel/best-botanical-garden/vallarta-botanical-gardens-puerto-vallarta-mexico/

Meet and Greet at Kelly’s Pour Favor Saloon and Cookhouse

[caption id="attachment_2942" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Meet and Greet May 8th[/caption] I made my plane reservations and will be in paradise beginning May 6th, so I am planning an open mic event at JR’s Meet and Greet at Kelly’s Pour Favor Saloon and Cookhouse on Tuesday May 8th. So if you are in town, you know the drill, head on down to Kelly’s Pour Favor at 6:30, and listen to some music, have a few pops with JR and me, and let my listeners know what you are doing in paradise. It’s always a lot of fun and they have that great rooftop patio that’s great for interviews. So don’t be shy, a couple of drinks will solve that, come talk to us and if you are a business in Puerto Vallarta, and you want to tell us what you do, what services you perform here, come on by and let’s talk. So that’s Tuesday May 8th from 6:30 till 8. I want to catch the sunset. But hey, if there’s a bunch of you, and you can make it interesting, I will forgo that Puerto Vallarta Sunset, just to bring you to my listeners. And by the way, I have quite a few great interviews set up, and a couple of daytrips I’m doing, but if you have someone who you think I should be interviewing, let me know, Send me an email at pvtravelshow@gmail.com or Puertovallartatravelshow@gmail.com, and I will do my best to bring you that interview.

How Do You Read an ATM Touch Screen in Spanish?

I got a message from my buddy Marty. And Marty has tried to use the ATM machines in Vallarta but is a little concerned because the touch screen is in Spanish and it confuses him a little bit. So, he asked me if I can help and yes Marty, when I get in town, I will take screenshots of the whole process. I’ll even use a variety of bank machines, so everyone can see the whole process, and I’ll bring that to you in the coming weeks complete with screenshots and arrows and all that jazz, so Marty, great idea. I’ll let you know when I have all that for you.

Barry's Flying to Puerto Vallarta May 6th

[caption id="attachment_2972" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Southwest Airlines to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico[/caption] So, I made my reservations on Southwest Airlines out of LAX. It was $264.00 round trip. It’ a great price and you can take a second piece of luggage free. If you need it that is. I hope they can keep the service running but the last few times I’ve flown Southwest, the plane was only half to three quarters full. Anyway, I also reserved my Airbnb and I did things a little different. I actually chose one that had no reviews.  The pictures look good. It’s a new [caption id="attachment_2974" align="alignright" width="300"] The Cross above Puerto Vallarta[/caption] listing. It’s up on the hill downtown like above Calle Allende, Up on the way to the cross. It had air conditioning which is a must in May, a pool and a killer view of the bay from the pool area and the rooftop. So, we’ll see. I got the place for $32 US per night, and that included cleaning fees and taxes and all that jazz, so I will report back, but so far, for round trip air, and 9 nights at the b & b, I’m in for $ 552.00 US. Not bad.

How to Protect From Being a Victim of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning in Mexico

When I was looking over these Airbnb listings I noticed how few of these places have CO detectors and smoke alarms. I don’t know if you heard the story of the family in Playa Del Carmen who died due to carbon monoxide poisoning they concluded, right? [caption id="attachment_2967" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Carbon Monoxide Detectors For Condos in Mexico[/caption] Here’s the story from The Washington Post Dated March 25th, Autopsies concluded an Iowa couple and their two children found dead inside their rented Mexico condo were victims of toxic gas inhalation, Mexican authorities said Saturday, and they reiterated no signs indicate foul play. The Quintana Roo state prosecutor’s office said all four family members staying on the Caribbean coast in Tulum were killed by asphyxiation, and that “any violent act or suicide has been discounted.” Kevin Wayne Sharp, 41, his wife, Amy Marie Sharp, 38, and their children Sterling Wayne Sharp, 12, and Adrianna Marie Sharp, 7, were found dead inside the condo, Mexican authorities confirmed Friday. Photos published by the prosecutor’s office show firemen in respirators and other authorities in anti-contamination suits examining gas connections and the unit’s oven. The Sharp family appeared to be dead for 36 to 48 hours when they were discovered, the office said.   The family had been reported missing by their immediate family members early Friday morning to police in Creston, Iowa, which is located about 70 miles southwest of Des Moines. Kevin and Amy Sharp informed their family members in Iowa that they had arrived safely at their vacation condominium on March 15. I have a link to that story in the show notes. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/03/23/police-confirm-iowa-family-of-four-found-dead-in-mexico-condo/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.4a485a121c16 So that is a sad story for sure, and when you see their pictures, it’s really heartbreaking. So, what do we do to protect ourselves from this happening to one of us? The truth is, where I live in Southern California, a carbon monoxide detector is required in a home that I sell. Not everyone has one. But it is a requirement if you sell your home, or if you are a landlord. The last time I was in town, I’m sure I had a Carbon Monoxide Poisoning moment. I was staying in an apartment that I have rented before, Airbnb, and I knew this place had a certain rotten egg smell emitting from the drains from time to time. When we got there, Jose, the owner noticed the strong odor when he opened the place up, so he opened all the windows and aired it out. The next morning, when I got up, I went to stand up, and almost fell down. I was having a tough time focusing my eyes and standing up straight. I opened up some windows to get some fresh air, and then I started feeling like I needed to throw up, so I dry heaved for about 3 minutes. I mean, it didn’t make any sense. I hadn’t been drinking, I had a wonderful meal at Florios the night before, it was weird. But as I started to get more fresh air into the apartment, the better I started to feel. But wow, I’m pretty sure that happened to me. Later that day, when I was on the beach interviewing people in front of Cuates y Cuetes, I got a call from Jose asking if he could let a workman in to change out a gas valve. Hummm. I told him what happened, and suggested he get a CO detector. So, anyway, I’m not taking any chances. This time I’m bringing my own CO detector. $20 bucks. Done. Have you stayed in a place like that? You know, with the sewer smells coming up the drain pipes? I have more than once in Vallarta. So you be careful in these condos and Airbnbs. They are not required equipment.

Down Vallarta BMX Bike Race is Back

Down Vallarta will be returning to town, it’s all happening May 13 at 4:30 and they are going to be racing right past my bnb I believe. I’ll let you know. But it’s the BMX Dirt Bike race downhill, from the Cross on the hill above Downtown, down, to the Malecon. I have video of last year’s event in the show notes so check it out in the show notes or if you are in town. Catch the event. It’s free. And we like free. Okay we need to get on with this week’s show.

Nacho Daddy Restaurant and Bar in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

[caption id="attachment_2944" align="aligncenter" width="847"] JR's Southside Map[/caption]

Information for Nacho Daddy, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, México

    [caption id="attachment_2960" align="alignleft" width="300"] Tortilla Soup Nacho Daddy[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2959" align="alignright" width="300"] Nachos at Nacho Daddy, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2957" align="alignnone" width="300"] Chili Relleno Combo[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2962" align="alignleft" width="300"] Frozen Margarita[/caption] There are places where expats and tourists flock when they come down to the Southside of town. These are places where good home cooking is dished out with a smile, English is spoken, a place where you walk in and see the person in charge actually working the floor. A place where you [caption id="attachment_2941" align="alignright" width="278"] Tammy Carruthers Prust, Nacho Daddy. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico[/caption] are encouraged get together with a whole group of friends and have a group poker night, or a trivia night, listen to live music, hold charity events that everyone can get behind. A place that an expat can feel like it’s homey. It’s a safe place. A good, feel a karmic location. When I walked in to Nacho Daddy the morning of the interview, Sean and Tammy were wrapping things up, clearing off tables, serving beverages topping off coffee for a group of expats, there must have been 20 or 30 of them, and they were playing Bunco. You know what bunco is, it’s a dice game. They were all having a great time and well, it looked like it was the place to be, if you lived in Paradise, and you wanted to have comradery with your fellow Canadian or American Expat. [caption id="attachment_2937" align="alignleft" width="300"] Sean Moore, Nacho Daddy, Puerto Vallarta[/caption] So, I set up my microphone in the back of the restaurant, a very nice roomy space with a bar up front, a dance floor in the back and a kitchen in the very back that you can look right into. Comfortable seating, nice rustic décor, Clean bathrooms, just a real comfortable spot Like a Cheers for sure. Finally, Tammy and Sean get a chance to break avaw for a few minutes to talk with us so let’s go right now to Basilio Badillo 287, in the Emiliano Zapata neighborhood on the Southside of Puerto Vallarta and meet Sean Moore, and Tammy Carruthers Prust at  Nacho Daddy...

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Nacho Daddy Puerto Vallarta

[caption id="attachment_2958" align="alignleft" width="1000"] Sean, Nacho Daddy Puerto Vallarta[/caption] Website: https://www.nachodaddypv.com/ Okay I love those guys. And that place really rocks and the food, real Tex Mex style cooking at a great price. You need to give them a try if you haven’t yet, you really need to. This is from a guy from Los Angeles. I know my Mexican and Tex Mexican cooking. I have links to Nacho Daddy’s website and Facebook page in the show notes for this episode as well as pics of the place. [caption id="attachment_2931" align="alignright" width="300"] Nacho Daddy, Puerto Vallarta, México[/caption]          

Suggestions From Tammy and Sean

Tammy

Favorite Places to Eat

Day Trip

Advice to a First Time Visitor

"Have fun and relax, Vallarta is a safe place"

 Sean

Favorite Places to Eat

Favorite Day Trip

  • Mayto, Cabo Corrientes, Jalisco, México

Suggestions For a First Time Visitor

  • Get out on the water and see Vallarta From the Water
  • Don't expect to be in the US
  • Support the Local Music Scene

Charities they Support

What a Drag Charity Contest, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Texas Embassy Blues Band Nacho Daddy, Puerto Vallarta Facebook

The Boutique Community Theater in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

My next guest is Catherine Caldera from the Boutique Theater located just above Nacho Daddy. I first met Catherine on my very first business trip so to speak in Vallarta. I was recording my first interviews and the show was in the infancy stages. I was sitting in Una Familia Restaurant on Libertad, having lunch and Catherine came in and sat down at a table near mine with her doggie, and after a time we struck up a conversation. She talked about the Boutique Theater, and I told her a little about my podcast. I love theater so, well, I do get some of you wondering why I do so many interviews of entertainment venues, it’s because I was really involved in the theater arts in high school. I went to school with folks like Kevin Spacey, of course back then, he was Kevin Fowler. I think his middle name was Spacey, but yet I digress. Mare Winningham, April Winchell, Clint Howard. I mean, it was brutal competing in a LAUSD, Los Angeles Unified School District Drama Festival those days let me tell you. I mean, if you were competing against Kevin Fowler, I mean Spacey in a serious monologue category?  Ha! Yes, he was that good way back then folks. But seriously, I loved to get in front of people and perform. When I didn’t make the Taft High Men’s Volleyball Varsity team, one of my buddies said to me, Kessler, forget regular P.E., they need guys to lift girls in Dance Production. You have to wear a leotard, but all you need to do is lift chicks. Well, I was all in, right? [caption id="attachment_2938" align="alignright" width="300"] Kitchen, Nacho Daddy, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico[/caption] So yeah, I’m in to the arts, sorry guys. Anyway, when I saw that Catherine was doing TED Talks at the Boutique Theater, I thought, you know, we talk about people dumping their life in the states for a simpler life in paradise, and Catherine is living the life that I really secretly wish I was living. I’ll just live vicariously through her. Let me show you what I’m talking about. Let’s go to the sand, on a couple of lounge chairs in from to Langostino’s on Playa Los Muertos in Puerto Vallarta, and lets meet my friend, and soon to be yours, Catherine Caldera. [caption id="attachment_2930" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Catherine Caldera, The Boutique Theater, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico[/caption]

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Catherine's Suggestions

Breakfast

Lunch

Day Trip

  • The Orange Bus to Mismaloya and Boca
  • Sayulita
  • El Tuito
  • San Pancho

Hole in the Wall

Advice to First Time Visitors

  • Go Whale Watching
  • Sing Karaoke
  • Participate in a Turtle Hatch Release
  • Walk Around Town
  • Art Shop

If you have any interest in doing a TED talk, or joining in the acting troupe, contact Catherine!

The Boutique Community Theater

Address: Basilio Badillo 287, Emiliano Zapata, 48380 Puerto Vallarta, Jal., México

Website:  http://boutiquetheatre.org/ The Boutique Community Theater Facebook Page:      Like The Boutique Theater on Facebook Page    See what I mean guys? Katherine is great. And she is living the dream. She found a way, and is really enjoying life in Vallarta. I have links for the [caption id="attachment_2955" align="aligncenter" width="833"] The Boutique Community Theater, Puerto Vallarta[/caption] Boutique Theater’s website and Facebook page in the show notes for this episode including links to places that Catherine Talked about. Follow the Theater and Nacho Daddy on Facebook to get the latest news on the happenings there at Basilio Badillo 287, Emiliano Zapata. Okay, that should do it for this episode of the Puerto Vallarta Travel Show. [caption id="attachment_2954" align="alignright" width="300"] Nacho Daddy Puerto Vallarta[/caption] Next week, stay tuned for more on the ground reports from Puerto Vallarta Mexico, with travel tips, great restaurant and excursion ideas and more.  Until then, remember, this is an interactive show where I depend on your questions and suggestions about all things Puerto Vallarta. If you think of something I should be talking about, please reach out to me by clicking on the Contact us tab and sending us your message. And remember, if you are considering booking any type of tour while you are in Puerto Vallarta, you must go to Vallartainfo.com, JR’s website and reserve your tour through him, right from his website. Remember the value for value proposition. His experience and on the ground knowledge of everything Puerto Vallarta in exchange for your making a purchase of a tour that you would do anyway, you’re just doing it through him as a way of saying thank you. It costs no more than if you were to use someone else so do it. Really. And when you do take one of these tours, email me about your experiences. Maybe you can come on-board and share with others what you liked or didn’t like about the tour. Again, contact me by clicking on the Contact us tab and sending off a message. Don’t forget his maps, his DIY tours and his revitalized Happy Hour Board. I have links to all of those in the show notes. [caption id="attachment_2928" align="alignleft" width="140"] TED Talks at The Boutique Community Theater[/caption] And once again, if you like this podcast, please take the time and subscribe and give me a good review on iTunes if you would. That way we can get the word out to more and more people about the magic of this place. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Remember I made it easy for you to do just that with each episode I create. But if you haven't been to my website, you really need to have a look there.  I have the links to the places we talk about, interesting pictures and the more all right there in my blog-posts and show-notes for each episode of the show so check them out for sure if you haven't already all-right? All right. [caption id="attachment_2963" align="aligncenter" width="768"] Tammy Carruthers Proust[/caption] So, thanks to Sean Moore, and Tammy Carruthers Proust from Nacho Daddy, Check out the restaurant and bar and join in on the fun. They are always doing something over there. And thank you Catherine Caldera From the Boutique Community Theater,  Hey get some culture while in Mexico next time all right? And if you live in Vallarta, join in the acting troupe. Sounds like so much fun. And hey, thanks to all of you for listening all the way through this episode of the Puerto Vallarta Travel Show. This is Barry Kessler signing off with a wish for you all to slow down, be kind and live the Vallarta lifestyle. Nos Vemos amigos!