Meet Me in San Lucas, or How I Landed at Land’s End
I have a talent for ending up as far south as geography will allow. That’s one of the answers I give when people ask me how I came to live in Cabo San Lucas, and it’s the truth. (The other answer is that I’m not married, and don’t have children, and thus have no one to tell me no.) At the age of 22–in 1990–I was living Key West, the southernmost point in the continental United States. By the age of 42–in 2010–I had somehow migrated across the country and down to Cabo San Lucas, at the southernmost point of the Baja California peninsula. I...
read moreLos Cabos Open of Surf Returns to Zippers in San José del Cabo
Once is a happening, twice is a scene, three times is a tradition in the making. The Los Cabos Guide area’s most prestigious surfing competition returns for the third consecutive year on June 9 – 14, with some of the world’s best wave riders battling it out at Zippers surf break off Playa Costa Azul in San José del Cabo. The tradition is still in its formative stages, however, since the Los Cabos Open of Surf has undergone a number of significant changes for such a young event. When it premiered in 2013, it was the first and only 6-star ASP...
read moreNobu Says Yes to Los Cabos: Hospitality Company’s First Mexican Hotel to Open in 2017
Nobu Hospitality has announced plans to open its first hotel in México, Nobu Los Cabos, in 2017. The 200-room beachfront resort will be the ninth hotel property for Nobu Hospitality – a private company owned by celebrity chef Nobu Matsuhisa, actor Robert De Niro, and film producer Meir Teper – and its second joint venture with RCD Resorts, which owns and operates resorts throughout México and the Caribbean. “We are exceptionally proud to extend our partnership with RCD Resorts, as they have demonstrated their vision and aptitude for...
read moreNew Reality Series Spotlights the Beauties of Baja California Sur
The dates have been set, and the contracts have been signed. Destination Baja Sur—a series showcasing the beauties of the Baja peninsula’s southernmost state—begins filming May 28, and it will debut on multiple television channels and multimedia platforms in January 2016. Hosted by marine biologist and long-time Baja resident Bill Boyce, Destination Baja Sur will be the most widely distributed fishing and adventure show on television, with the series’ 13 half-hour episodes scheduled to air multiple times per week across the U.S. and...
read moreIn the Swing of Things: A Q&A with Quivira Director of Golf Antonio Reynante
Since its official opening in December 2014, the spectacular Jack Nicklaus designed layout at Quivira Golf Club has been showered with awards and accolades from some of the golf world’s most prestigious publications. To find out more about the area’s most acclaimed new course, I visited last week to speak – and play golf – with Quivira’s Director of Golf, Antonio Reynante. Can you tell me a bit about yourself, your career path, and how you ended up in your current position as Director of Golf at Quivira? My father got me involved in the...
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