An Interview with Reid and Miranda Mortimer, Owners of Monzon Brewing Company in Puerto Vallarta, and Kathleen and Todd Atkins, Owners of Lix Ice Cream Shop and Xocodiva Belgian Artisan Chocolate in Puerto Vallarta, Talk About Making it happen in Mexico.   Also, Tile Park PV, El Parque de Los Azulejos,  Kicks Off Their Fundraising Efforts to the General Public, and Act 2 Stages Raised almost 300,000 Pesos For Mexico Earthquake Relief. Subscribe on iTunes & Leave a Good Review     Listen to the Podcast 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. That music you were just listing to is performed by Alberto Perez, the owner of the La Palapa Group of Restaurants. Those are La Palapa, The El [caption id="attachment_194" align="alignright" width="300"] La Palapa, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico[/caption] 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! Today we will be talking with two great couples who are working shoulder to shoulder building businesses here in Paradise, but before we get to them let’s see what’s happening in Puerto Vallarta this week, the 4th of October, 2017.   Rain, Rain and more rain in Puerto Vallarta The rainy season has been wet all right. Still getting lots of rain in Puerto Vallarta with above average rainfall this year, and the locals are getting restless for things to dry out around here. Remember, it’s hot and humid with afternoon and evening thunderstorms. Gullywashers to be more exact. Things will begin to get better as the rainfall will begin to taper off this month and then less rain again in November, then it’s off to the winter dry season during the high season.   Successful Fundraiser at Act II [embed]https://youtu.be/_S_PjUZoORI[/embed] Last week I talked about the many fundraisers around Vallarta in support of Mexico Earthquake relief, and I told you about the event being planned over at Act 2, Danny Minnini’s place in the romantic zone. Well, they had entertainment by Paul Fracassi, Diana Valeria Villamonte , Gabe Arciniega, TRINITY, Cesar Medina, Alfonso López, Elvis Morales, Joby Hernández and many more. There was art by Francine Peters, a famous Vallarta Artist that fetched a pretty penny, thanks Francine, you are great, so many silent auction items and gift certificates. They are still totaling it all up and here’s what Danny says,   We are still collecting and adding up the totals, but we think we are between 250,000 and 300,000 pesos. We sold it out because we had 39 reservations not show up. 57,000 in ticket sales. Thank you, everyone. [caption id="attachment_1634" align="aligncenter" width="772"] Music For Mexico Earthquake Relief[/caption] So what is that like 15 to $17,000 US. Dude! That’s a lot of dough. Great job to all the folks that made that happen and as I promised, we are going to have an episode with Danny really soon, to discuss the upcoming season, so stay tuned for that. [caption id="attachment_1346" align="alignright" width="300"] Act II Stages[/caption] [caption id="attachment_1366" align="alignleft" width="340"] Danny Mininni[/caption] Meetup As I announced last week, I’m planning another meet and greet at Kelly’s Pour Favor Cookhouse and Saloon in a couple of weeks at JR’s Meet and Greet, Tuesday, October 17th from 6:30 till whenever. Come and let me know what you are doing I  paradise, and if you are a business and want to give a pitch for yourselves and introduce yourself to my audience, come on down and l