Charming Pink Mexico

My giveaway for $100 gift certificate to Macy's Department store

ends tonight - Saturday - at midnight.  Don't forget to

enter if you haven't already by clicking here on GIVEAWAY.

Yes, they do have an on-line store if you don't live close to Macy's

or plan on a trip to New York City to see their flagship store,

especially wonderful during December.  If you haven't been to

New York during Christmastime, you should put that on

your bucket list.

Last year Macy's New York windows featured Miracle

on 34th Street.  This was their window with the Judge

receiving the letters from all the believers.

Each year the major departments stores in New York

create new wonderful windows to explore.  It is a

fun part of the holiday traditions in New York.

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When the snow and cold come, we start thinking of places to go

that are warm and by the ocean.  Some friends invited us to go

with them to Puerto Vallarta and although we are taking the

family to Cabo for Thanksgiving, we were able to sneak away

for a few days.

Mexico has a great love of color and pink is one of the colors

that is found so abundantly there.

Once we drove down the street, I decided my Pink Saturday

post had to be from Pinkalicious Puerto Vallarta.

This charming salmon pink house is ensconced in hot pink

bougainvillea.  I love how the door is surrounded by

the riot of color.  The first time I saw bougainvillea I was

in college and had gone to California.  I thought it was the

most beautiful vine I had ever seen.

This little fellow sits up against one of the bungalows on

the property we are staying at.  Our house is also a

salmon pink color and he has a slight pink tinge.

They have placed reclaimed sea glass from the beach in

front of the house in his bowl.

A curving path offers such mystery as to what

lies beyond and this one is charming in a pink brick.

The grounds at the home are just lovely, surrounded

by tropical plants yet with winding paths through grassy

spots.

Right across the street pink and orange bougainvillea cascade

down the aged brick wall.

Mexico loves gates and there are so many charming

ones, offering a sneak peak at what lies beyond.

The house next door has this gorgeous gate with views

of pink flowers and green mysteries.

There were many pink flowers around the property.  I loved

this gorgeous hibiscus.  There are two things I love most about

being in a tropical spot beside the ocean - the palm trees

and the gorgeous flowers.

What about this for hot pink?  This is the restaurant in the resort

just down the beach from us.

We went to this wonderful restaurant last night.  Everything was

fantastic.

I love the doors in Mexico.  They remind me of the doors in

Italy.  You could spend your whole vacation photographing doors.

Our friend, the host, told our waiter that I was a food blogger

 from America and he wondered if we could meet the chef and

come see the kitchen.  The head chef is on the left.  Turns out he

 had a restaurant in Park City, Utah for a few years so we had a

 lot to talk about.  He was very gracious.

The guys in the kitchen were happy to be photographed.  It was

such a tiny little kitchen, but turned out fantastic food.

The atmosphere was a mix of old world and modern.  I loved

the pink lilies up against the funky modern chandelier.

How about a golden pink sunset over the ocean.  This was the view

from our outdoor table.  I always marvel that people can be at home

 freezing and people just a few hours in an airplane away can be

 enjoying balmy tropical weather.

Although Mexican food and seafood is exceptional here,

we have found that Italian food is done incredibly

well also.  Here is a shot of our bruschetta.  This

one was taken by candlelight.

Spinach ravioli with creamy Gorgonzola sauce.  My husband

took this one with his flash, but held the camera far away

and then zoomed in.  I thought it did well for a flash photo.

Restaurant food in the evening is hard to photograph.

Up the coast just a little we went to a beach town called Sayulito.

I don't know if you can see it in the picture, but at one end of the

bay the sand looked like someone had dumped truck loads

 of Martha Stewart's glitter in the water and the sand.  I have never

seen such beautiful sand in my life.  As the waves crashed the

waterjust sparkled gold.  Can you see the gold glitter by my foot. 

 I don'tknow what created this sand but it was only at one end

 and was  breathtaking.

Mexico is celebrating its 100th Anniversary of their revolution this

week.  Happy Anniversary to them.  We were able to enjoy

fireworks as part of their celebration.

Come join me at

Pink Saturday and Seasonal Sundays