Romeo & Julieta Celebrates 30 Years
On November 19, 2016, about 120 special guests were invited to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Romeo & Julieta Ristorante with a six-course dinner prepared by an array of guest chefs. From the moment the invited guests stepped upon the red carpet leading to the front door, they knew they were in for some surprises. Two colorfully costumed stilt walkers greeted guests adding to the festive atmosphere. Cocktail tables were topped with gold sequined coverings so that early arrivals could enjoy welcome beverages and canapés. A projection...
read moreWomen Win Big at the 5th Annual Los Cabos International Film Festival
The Los Cabos International Film Festival wrapped up on Sunday November , with a final series of screenings capping off another successful five-day whirlwind of red carpet galas, movie premieres, elegant cocktail parties and behind the scenes dealmaking. Women were the big winners at the 5th annual edition, with female directrors taking home top prizes in most of the festival’s major categories. Andrea Arnold’s American Honey, about a young woman’s transformational journey across the U.S., took top honors, winning the jury-presented...
read more5th Annual Los Cabos Film Festival in Full Swing
Three days in, the Los Cabos International Film Festival is in full swing. Last night’s gala screening of Snowden at El Pabellón Cultural de la República featured an appearance by the film’s director, Oliver Stone, to whom tribute is being paid at this year’s festival. In addition to Snowden, Stone’s film’s JFK and Salvador have also been showcased, and the esteemed director was presented with La Ballena de Los Cabos, the newly minted festival prize in the shape of a whale created by jewelry designer Daniel Espinosa. Stone is one of many...
read more5th Annual Los Cabos Film Fest Kicks Off in Cabo San Lucas
The Los Cabos International Film Festival returned for its 5th edition on Wednesday evening, kicking off what is expected to be another banner year with a red carpet gala at El Pabellón Cultural de la República, a tribute for renowned Mexican cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto, and the premiere of this year’s first screening, Jackie, a Jacqueline Kennedy biopic from Chilean director Pablo Larraín. The film festival has, in five short years, become one of the world’s most prestigious, and this year will present a total of 45 national and...
read moreA Brief History of Los Cabos, Pt. VIII: Filibusters, Freebooters and Rebels
The period from 1850-1900 was a defining epoch for the Baja California peninsula. From the end of the Mexican-American War–when the territory was narrowly saved from inclusion in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo–to the end of the 19th century, Baja California was the object of intense scrutiny from American interests, who attempted to extract money from it in myriad ways, from mining and real estate speculation to filibustering expeditions bent on outright conquest. Long an insular area shielded from the chaos of world events by ruling...
read moreTimeline of Los Cabos History, 13,000 BCE to 1900
13,000 BCE – Estimated arrival date for the Pericúes in present day Baja California Sur. It is believed that Cape Region’s first inhabitants came by raft from Melanesia. 1492 – Cristóbal Colón “discovers” the Americas, coming ashore at San Salvador in the Bahamas on October 12. 1510 – The first known edition of Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo’s chivalric romance Las Sergas de Esplandián is published in Seville. This novel is the source of the word California, imagined in the book as a fictional island solely inhabited by women, and ruled...
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