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Popotla…Feeding My Mariscos Madness. Again.

January 27, 2014 // 9 Comments

Popotla, Rosarito Beach, Baja California, Mexico

POPOTLA, BAJA CALIFORNIA – Okay, I’ll admit it. El Gringo has a seafood jones the size of Ensenada. Not a day goes by when I don’t salivate, nay, slather, over a recollection of my favorite mariscos (seafood) – be it fish, mollusk or crustacean. In my fevered mental [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]

TIJUANA INVADED BY ZOMBIE HORDES!

October 27, 2013 // 1 Comment

Zombie Fest 2013, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico

TIJUANA – IMPORTANT NEWS BULLETIN: Saturday, October 26th, 2013. Tijuana was invaded by Zombie hordes today, who roamed the streets in and around Avenida Revolucion and other areas of the metropolis, terrorizing citizens, shunning souvenir vendors, spooking zebra-painted donkeys and wreaking [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]

Baja Sur Road Trip: Todos Santos, Los Cabos and La Paz

December 18, 2012 // 18 Comments

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR, MEXICO – When your Gringo visits Mexico for more than a few days, he has a hard time staying in just one place! That’s why when my sister invited us for a week at their timeshare on the beach in San Jose del Cabo, I parlayed that into a Baja Sur Road Trip, with [Read More]