tourism

Martin San Roman announces new Valle restaurant at Dobson’s 6/26

June 18, 2014 // 0 Comments

Chef Martin San Roman, La Terrasse San Roman, Valle de Guadalupe, Baja California, Mexico

SAN DIEGO – On Thursday, June 26th, acclaimed Mexican chef Martin San Roman will announce the opening of his new restaurant, La Terrasse San Roman at AlXimia in the Valle de Guadalupe, scheduled for early July. The announcement will be made during the premier Baja Wine Night Series at [Read More]

Tacos Los Claros: Eating Good, Fresh and Cheap in Los Cabos

November 12, 2013 // 10 Comments

Tacos Los Claros, Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, Mexico

SAN JOSE DEL CABO – When we took a 3 week family trip around Baja California Sur last year, one of our favorite discoveries was Tacos Los Claros in downtown San Jose del Cabo (with two other locations on Highway 1 toward the airport and Cabo San Lucas). Approaching lunchtime while tooling [Read More]

Acapulco Puede! Digging out from Earthquake, Major Storms

October 12, 2013 // 0 Comments

EL COLOSO, ACAPULCO – As we drove down the mud-caked, still flooded streets of the el Coloso neighborhood just south of the main tourist zone in Acapulco, our American missionary host (we’ll call him Mike and his wife Michelle, as they requested to be quoted off the record), pointed out [Read More]

ReDiscover Tijuana: Mingei Museum, San Diego

July 21, 2013 // 0 Comments

SAN DIEGO – On Friday, July 19th, the Mingei International Museum in San Diego’s beautiful Balboa Park presented ReDiscover Tijuana, an evening of art, music and food heralding the 124th anniversary of our metropolitan neighbor to the south. The ultimate goal of the evening, as stated [Read More]

Rosarito Art Fest 2013: A Delight for the Senses

May 28, 2013 // 4 Comments

Rosarito Art Fest, Baja California, Mexico

ROSARITO BEACH, BAJA CALIFORNIA – The Fourth Annual Rosarito Art Fest was a big success this year, with initial estimates forecasting an attendance of 18,000 people over the past Memorial Day weekend. This number has grown exponentially since the event’s inception in 2009. The actual [Read More]

Isla Espiritu Santo: The World’s Aquarium

April 25, 2013 // 3 Comments

LA PAZ, BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR – I slipped off my flip flops, hiked up my backpack and waded into the warm water of Bahia La Paz, just off the malecon in La Paz, Baja Sur. As the small covered panga backed toward me with four passengers already onboard and two smiling local crewmen, I knew that [Read More]

Valle de Guadalupe: Of Wine and Russians in Baja California

March 12, 2013 // 9 Comments

VALLE DE GUADALUPE, BAJA CALIFORNIA – In the 90’s and much of the 2000’s, your Gringo loved nothing more than a day spent with family and/or friends just south of the border in Baja California. The drive from San Diego was quick and transporting…taking an hour or two to [Read More]

Playa del Carmen: Cancun’s Laid-Back Next-Door Neighbor

February 9, 2013 // 0 Comments

Mahekal Beach Resort, Playa del Carmen, Mexico

PLAYA DEL CARMEN, QUINTANA ROO – When my sister Jen invited us to join her family for a vacation in Playa del Carmen last summer, I was suspect at first. After all, “Playa” (as it’s known to those in-the-know) is just south of Cancun on the Riviera Maya…a stretch of [Read More]

Dia de los Muertos in Michoacan

October 6, 2012 // 2 Comments

PATZCUARO, MICHOACAN – As the air begins to cool and the nighttime arrives much sooner, October and November herald the onset of Fall and the arrival of Halloween in the US. Like most other Holidays we observe here, the pagan origins of Halloween have become muddied amidst an onslaught of [Read More]

Tulum Ruins: The Gem of the Mayan Riviera

September 22, 2012 // 0 Comments

TULUM, QUINTANA ROO – As we near the end of the Mayan Calendar in December this year, I thought it would be a good time to take you back with your Gringo and his family to the two Mayan ruins we had the pleasure to visit during our trip through the Yucatan Peninsula last year, starting with [Read More]