I JUST heard from Willie with Willie & Lobo about their schedule!!!!

Here's where this wonderful jazz duo:

Jan 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 12.. -. 8:30-10pm -. River Cafe - Vallarta.
Jan 6.. -. The Black Forest. -. La Cruz
Jan 7.. -. Mark's. -. Bucarias
Jan 13 -. Hikuri. -. La Cruz
(I'm awaiting the hours)

(tell Willie "Vallarta Vicki" sent ya!!)



Willie & Lobo ( www.WillieAndLobo.com. ) – The contemporary JAZZ artists violinist Willie Royal & GUITARist Wolfgang "Lobo" Fink have blended the sounds of gypsy flamenco, hot JAZZ, Mexicali Blues, Cuban swing, Cajun Zydeco, Tango, Middle Eastern flavor, & Tex-Mex boogie with an intoxicating dash of salsa. to create a musically magical sound!!!. Their cd’s include “Mañana”, "Caliente", the soundtrack to "Music of Puerto Vallarta Squeeze" (a narrated books on tape by author Robert James Waller [though not as much actually took place IN Vallarta]), "Between the Waters," "Fandango Nights," "Gypsy Boogaloo," "Wild Heart" & their newest cd is "Los Veneros.". They initially met in San Miguel Allende though they finally came together to start creating their sound in Vallarta in ’90!!!. Even with their busy worldwide touring schedule they often come back to Vallarta to play at the River Café for New Years & various times in the Peak Season!. (NOT to be confused with Beverly & Willow). Willie lives in Sarasota, FL..


RIVER CAFE
OT/SS - Isla Rio Cuale 4 (East side of the street on the SouthBound Bridge) (22-30788 / www.RiverCafe.com.mx / [email protected] )
VP - Dine ALFRESCO in one of the MOST BEAUTIFUL SETTINGS IN VALLARTA in this newly renovated restaurant along the banks of the Rio Cuale!! GREAT AMBIANCE (with fast/friendly service [& handsome meseros [food servers!!] says Gary!), presentation & ROMANTIC (LOTS of tiny white twinkle lights on trees overlooking the river!!). Enjoy a VERY International cuisine, MEXICAN, haute cuisine, good wild cream of mushroom soup & exotic drinks. Start off with calamari 92-pesos, mussels chipotle cream 129-pesos, farmer’s soup in puff pastry 69-pesos, smoked salmon blini 94-pesos, seafood fettuccine 154-pesos, tuna carpaccio 89-pesos. Gary shared - Favorite entrees are pan-seared tuna 189-pesos, mahi mahi wrapped in Serano ham 179-pesos, pecan coconut giant shrimp 220-pesos, chicken mango 169-pesos & rib eye Bordelaise 215-pesos. WONDERFUL DESSERTS including MY FAV CRÈME BRULEE, chocolate cake, cinnamon apple pastry – 60-pesos. Decent prices for breakfast also. Menu changes often. Art created by the popular local artist Martha Gilbert (a regular at River Café) can be found throughout (buy a poster & if she’s there – maybe she’ll sign it for you as she’s a regular here [Gary LOVES her!!]!!)!! CC. LARGE SPACE $$$

HOLIDAYS: Valentine’s Day, U.S. Thanksgiving • Christmas [Pepper Salmon or stuff turkey with prawns & apricot & peach sauce 265-pesos], New Years Eve (’05 - Fresh Blue Fin Tuna Tartar with Pear and Honey, Corn Quesadilla with Seafood Ragout and Lobster Sauce, Apple and Tournip Cream Soup with Red Wine Molases, Fresh Mahi-Mahi Filet Stuffed with Crab Meat, Hoja Santa and Anchovie Sauce, Guadalupe Valley Farm Quail with Grape Sauce and Organic Maneadero Fresh Herbs, Apple Burrito with Light Farm Cheese, Fresh Fruit Coulis, and Lavander/Vanilla Home Made Ice Cream, party favors, Welcome Dinner, special decorations, traditional 12 grapes. $140/US$ PLUS – WONDERFUL International Jazz stars Willie & Lobo www.WillieAndLobo.com !!!

LIVE MUSIC - Mon. & Tues. - Spanish Gypsy Flamingo Guitars with Latcho & Andrea. Fri. & Sat. 8-11pm - WONDERFUL JAZZ with Beverly & Willow (sometimes even Willie & Lobo in Peak Season) - a SPECIAL TREAT (Hola from “Vallarta Vicki” to Beverly)!! Coming soon (Mon. & Tues?) - Almademar (soul of sea) – a group strongly driven towards Andalusian, Flamenco, Mexican jazz, Bossanova & some Middle-Eastern tunes. The line up is on classical guitar-Arturo, vocals & some percussion -Javier, & Ben on bass & keys.

HOURS: 9am-11:30pm

(fyi - I have NOTHING to do with this event - just sharin' info!!)