RGV Life

Yes, it is cold the mornings; but the afternoons are great.

The City of McAllen held their annual 4th of July celebration, which began with a parade at 9 am. You can view more photos on our G+ event at  https://plus.google.com/events/cgnd2oh13qjdvhlifgtq00448j0  .

The old saying is "April showers bring May flowers." Things didn't quite turn out that way for us this year. April did bring in some last minute showers at the end. They were good rains; but, they just weren't enough to help with the water restrictions being set by cities in the Rio Grande Valley. Even with the dry weather, it seems like nature isn't having any of it. Our native vegetation goes with the flow and flowers anyway. From overheard discussions, the thinking is that we need a good hurricane to drop some water over Texas so we can recover from the drought conditions. That's a tough one. We do want rain; but, a hurricane is maybe a bit much too fast. Unfortunately, we aren't likely to get a rainy season that would replenish our wells, rivers, and lakes. Let's hope that May kicks in the rain that April shirked.

Google has announced, today, that they have enabled a feature that allows comments on Blogger posts to use Google Plus . This means that bloggers no longer have to do double the work of checking comments on both the blog and Google Plus....and the other social media outlets. This means that  +RGV Life  and this blog are one and the same for interaction. This is a welcome change as posts from this blog, in recent years, have seen fewer comments now that readers are able to comment on Facebook and Google+. We have enabled the feature and look forward to the changes.

The Award-winning Mariachi 7 Leguas will perform in concert at the Edinburg Conference Center at Renaissance on March 2, 2013 at 7 pm. Tickets to see the internationally recognized mariachi perform are available at Hermes Music or at Top Box Tickets .

Beginning and Intermediate anglers can learn fly fishing this Saturday at the Town Lake at Firemen's Park in McAllen. The class starts at 8 a.m. and goes until 3 p.m. Dr. Reynaldo Ramirez, will be leading the class. He is a certified casting instructor. You can pre-register for the class by calling Assalia Belmares at 681-3333. The class is targeted at anglers ages 10 and older. source

CASTING NOTICE: ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ---- Production title:  "Warrior Within - Feature" Union / Non-Union:  Non-Union Production Type:  Independent  /Non-Paying Project length:  Feature Narrative (60 - 90 Minutes) Project format:  16:9 HD Production location:  Rio Grande Valley, Texas Production Company:  El Valle Films Company website:   http://www.facebook.com/ ElValleFilms Director:  Mickey Lee Garcia Producer:  N/A Casting Director:   Mickey Lee Garcia Audition Location:   TBA Shooting Location:  Multiple Locations (Edinburg, South Padre, Harlingen, Brownsville) Email:   casting@elvallefilms.com Compensation: No Pay | Simple Lunch Available | Carpool Available if applicable KEY DATES Auditions: Wednesday, January 30th 2013, 5p-10p  Location: The Hop Shop, 923 S 7th St...

The University of Phoenix McAllen campus will be hosting an Entrepreneur Workshop on February 12, 2013. The workshop is geared towards helping aspiring entrepreneurs to launch their business. The workshops will include sessions with Ruby Red Ventures, which has $100,000 at their disposal to invest in local businesses as venture capital. In addition, there is a session that explores creative ways to fund your startup. Another workshop teaches how to develop your business plan. To round off the event, there will even be a small business expo featuring lenders, chambers of commerce, and other important resources for small business. For more information, contact Yadira Rodriguez at 519-5803; or visit http://www.phoenix.edu/startup for more details.

Photos from the 3rd Annual MLK Day of Service event at Cine El Rey in McAllen, Texas.

I woke up last night around 2 am after it started raining. It was pouring down in buckets. In addition, the sound of hail pelting the air conditioning window units made a slight clatter. Of course, none of this was a surprise. We've been seeing weather reports for days warning us that some heavy storms were on the way, with possible tornadoes. According to those people who talk about weather all the time, they are expecting wet, warm weather this week. Then it will transition to cold, gloomy weather next week. The only reason I mention this is that we have a tendency to get the occasional storm that knocks down branches and floods neighborhoods on occasion. It might happen, it might not. Whatever. Just aware we may have the occasional nasties.