JW Marriott’s Cafe des Artistes
In case you haven’t heard and want to be in the know, the JW Marriott, which opened November, 2015, has an outstanding restaurant called Café des Artistes. It is elegant and understated and is the signature restaurant of French-born, award-winning chef Thierry Blouet. This is his third such undertaking in Mexico, others being in and near Puerta Vallarta. All dishes are works of art. Signature dishes include pumpkin cream soup with prawns served from a fresh carved pumpkin. This with the fabulous breads made on site is enough for a meal, but...
read moreCelebrating México: Independence Day Events in Los Cabos
Tourist season is virtually year-round at this point, but a traditional start to the season is still delineated each October, when there are a flurry of notable events. This year alone there are three big-time fishing tournaments–the Los Cabos Billfish Tournament, and Bisbee’s Los Cabos Offshore and Black and Blue–a series of Sammy Hagar Birthday Bashes at Cabo Wabo Cantina featuring all-star guests, and an Ironman Triathlon that criss-crosses Los Cabos. One could say September is thus the calm before the seasonal storm of visitors, except...
read moreThe Los Cabos Rotary Club and District Eat + Drink apoyando a niños de Los Cabos
El pasado 27 de Agosto del 2016, El Club Rotario Los Cabos y District Eat + Drink entregaron becas y útiles escolares a 15 niños y los exhorto a ser buenos estudiantes y grande Mexicanos. Adicionalmente, con motivo del inicio del ciclo escolar, a cada estudiante le ofrecieron una mochila y un vale de zapatos; este último, un donativo especial realizado por el restaurante District Eat + Drink. Durante la ceremonia, a la que también acudieron algunas mamás de los niños, Armida Castro, actual presidenta del Club Rotario, hizo hincapié en la...
read moreA Brief History of Los Cabos, Part VII: The Mexican–American War
The middle decades of the 19th century were a time of intense conflict in Baja California, not only with the United States government, whose army and navy invaded during the Mexican–American War, but also with many U.S. citizens, who saw the sparsely populated peninsula as an attractive target for filibustering expeditions and get-rich-quick schemes. The Mexican–American War proved a disaster for México, and over a century and half later its disposition–in which approximately half of the country’s territory was lost–still evokes bitter...
read moreLos Cabos Well Served By First-Ever ATP Tennis Tournament
Ivo Karlović took top honors in the singles final at the inaugural ATP 250 Los Cabos Open on Saturday night, defeating Feliciano López 7-6, 6-2 in front of an appreciative crowd at the newly built Estadio Pegaso in Cabo San Lucas. The match featured the oldest combined ages between finalists on the ATP tour since 1977. Karlović is 37, López 34. It was, at most, a mild upset. Karlović, who was seeded third, is a force of nature, a 6’11” giant who until four years held the record for the fastest serve ever on the ATP tour at 156 mph, and is the...
read moreSurprising Results Make for Fascinating Spectacle at the Inaugural ATP Los Cabos Open
At the midway point of the inaugural Los Cabos Open–the first ever ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) event staged in the Capes Region–three things are evident: organizer Grupo Pegasus has done an outstanding job of building a first-class facility on the grounds of the Delmar International School; even with the Olympic games siphoning the sport’s talent pool, the event has an impressive draw headlined by world-class players; and none of the results are predictable. Case in point for the latter is Sam Querrey. Scarcely a month ago...
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