This VIP Club Newsflash is sponsored by Viajes San Miguel, 152-2537.

    Your VIP Club Welcomes, Diva Tienda Naturista, Pila Seca 39-A 152-0964. Diva has been a fixture in San Miguel for many years, dispensing vitamins and supplements. They are the nicest people and their prices always have been low and now, with Your VIP Card, if you purchase 500 pesos worth of their products Diva will offer members a 10% discount. Araceli, newly wed, is the proprietor.

     Only one week to take advantage of Your Club's offer to join our library promotion. Buy or renew your VIP Club at Biblioteca Publica and Your Club will pay for your new library card. Offer ends February 28.

    Also as of March 1 new members will be charged $500 pesos, a peso equivalent still under our original price of eight years ago, $40 US. All  continuous members are grandfathered in, as long at they renew within a 30-day grace period after their card expires no member will ever pay more. But in order to maintain your price you must renew directly here and through the club. 

    Have you lost or misplaced your card? Get back to us for prompt and efficient replacement.

   Forget about the bad news you get on the TV and in the newspapers. Here the news is always good! A VIP Club card and its array of restaurants and services has never been more valuable. Don't be a chump, get the deals you deserve as a good customer and consumer! Use that card, show the colors, flex the VIP Club buying power and muscle!

     About the propane Gas. Here's the skinny! The government came down on all gas companies nationwide to conform to the nationwide 5.07 price, cheaper in most cases that we even had with our deal with Noel Gas. That is what you should be paying no matter what company you buy from.

     Check out Your Club's special promotion with Viaje Travel on our webpage: http://vipsanmiguel.com/ Use the Viaje Shuttle five times in 18-months, through your VIP Club and get the sixth free! See special instructions on the webpage. Plus see the VIP Club/Viaje Travel guarantee . . . .

     Ask about the Viaje and VIP trip to Havana next month.

     Mardi Gras time at Harry's New Orleans Cafe and Oyster Bar. Big-big party all weekend long, two for one Hurricanes, all day, all night, bikini contest Sunday, 5 p.m. and Fat Tuesday. Free valet parking! Congrats to King David Bossman and Queen Rebecca Fass. Even Fat Tuesday, all the fried oysters you can chow down with baked potato and cole slaw, a fat 98 pesos!

    Still Hungry. Longhorn Smokehouse, Salida Celaya #6, each Thursday, a fat steak, baked potato and salad, for a fat 100 pesos.

     Hey, La Toscana Restaurant, corner of Umaran and Hernandez Macias, taste of Tuscany, still offering our members and their party not only their VIP Club discount but a complimentary glass of wine.

     More!!!! 

     VIP Club participating restaurant Villa Mirasol, Pila Seca #35, 152-6685 wants-to-up, the standard 10% VIP Club discount to 15% on their Breakfast, Monday through Saturday, with a minimum bill of $100 pesos and offer one-free dessert at lunchtime that includes the standard 10% discount.

    More from your fellow members:

     La Conexion, in centro, has a limited amount of storage lockers for use. They are the kind used in bus stations. See Sue.

      VIP Club member Desmond Davis invites all to attend the art opening of Dima Karabchievsky, Friday, February 27, 6-9 at Galeria Umo, Jesus #20. The work consists of oil pastels.

    It's the Winter Season's last arts and crafts fair at Instituto Allende, Saturday and Sunday, February 28-March-1, 10-6 p.m.

     It's hard to believe that The Restaurant, Sollano #16, just one of Your Club's top-notch eating joints will be celebrating one full-year in operation. The Restaurant is now also open for lunch. Chef Donnie and his gang would love VIP Club members to join them on the evening of February 28th for a complimentary glass of the bubbly! Congrats Donnie and Cynthia for lifting the bar when it comes to culinary quality and imagination.

     Frank Bravo y Son Soneros the hot salsa dance band at VIP Club participating restaurant, Mi Casa, on Wednesdays February 25, March 4 and 11th. $100 peso cover

     VIP Club member Taylor Korobow is directing a stage production: Here's the poop: ART/ the award winning play by Yasmina Reza is being presented by Players Workshop March 4 through March 15 at Teatro Santa Ana in the Biblioteca, Reloj 50A. Performances are Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8PM and Sundays at 5PM. Tickets for opening night are 200 pesos and include a wine/coffee/dessert reception where you can meet the cast. All other tickets are 150 pesos and can be purchased beginning February 24th from 10:30AM to 1:30PM in the biblioteca patio and in the theater office in the afternoon. All seats are reserved. Please check out our trailer: http://art-playersworkshop.hitart.com/

    VIP Club participating establishment, Yam, inside Instituto Allende, will display of William Spratling's silver designs on Thursday, March 5 at 6 p.m. inside their gallery. Anyone who has ever been a fan or heard of William Spratling should think about attending.

     Galeria Cofradia Tostado, Mesones #76 will showcase the paintings of one of Mexico's greatest living artists, Javier Arevalo, with a special reception, Saturday, March 7 at 8:30 p.m. 

     VIP Club member Maryjane Miller is conducting a special painters' workshop with Egg Tempora! It's a three week course, March 9- 25, taking place on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9-12 or 2-5, six classes in all. No more than six students per session. Cost $1500 pesos. For more info contact Maryjane, 152-5762 or amini_jane@yahoo.com

Congrats to VIP Club Member Ana Julia Aguado! Her and her paintings are being viewed and honored throughout the USA at a number of distinguished art venues, celebrating her induction into the National Association of Woman Artists, and organization founded in 1889. You go girl ! You be somebody!!!!

Thank you for your continuous and loyal support.

Your San Miguel VIP Club