The Art of Fine Dining: A Q&A with Alcaravea Gourmet Chef Enrique Díaz
Cabo San Lucas locals need no introduction to Alcaravea Gourmet, or to the face of the restaurant, Enrique Díaz. The downtown eatery and its extroverted owner-chef have been fixtures of the local fine dining scene for over a decade, serving up superb Italian and other Mediterranean style specialty dishes at exceedingly budget-friendly prices. Díaz himself is instantly recognizable, always formally attired in white jacket, apron and trademark toque when he greets diners, which he unfailingly does with everyone who visits the restaurant. The...
read moreA Brief History of Los Cabos, Pt. V: The Arrival of Franciscan and Dominican Missionaries in California
On the final day of November in the year 1767, a ship carrying the first appointed governor of California, Don Gaspar de Portolá, dropped anchor in San Bernabé harbor, near the abandoned mission of San José del Cabo. The new governor had been bound for the capital of Loreto, but during his 44 days at sea the winds had inexorably pushed his ship south. Portolá was tasked with overseeing the expulsion of the Jesuits, inventorying the missions they had founded, and establishing a new order on the peninsula. The Franciscan religious order, under...
read moreBlood Bank at Hospital H+ now open
The new blood bank (banco de sangre) at Hospital H+ Los Cabos opened on May 17, 2016. This new blood bank needs people to donate blood to build up the inventories for this local blood bank. Please Help! H+ Los Cabos Address: Plaza Koral Center, Car. Trans KM 24.5, Fracción C-1, Cerro Colorado, CP 23406 San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur Phone: (624) 104 9300 Email: contactanos@hmas.mx • Website: www.hmas.mx Facebook: www.facebook.com/hospitalhloscabos Emergencies 24 Hrs: (624) 104...
read moreParty at The Cape: Thompson Hotel Excels at Big Events
The opening of The Cape: A Thompson Hotel was one of the big events in Los Cabos last summer. Now, less than a year later, the boutique property–which overlooks one of the region’s best surf beaches, Playa Monumentos, and offers spectacular views of El Arco and the half-mile Land’s End headland in Cabo San Lucas from each of its 161 rooms and suites–is making a name for itself as a host of big-name events. Last weekend, International Chef of the Year Enrique Olvera and James Beard Rising Star nominee Daniela Soto-Innes brought Cosme, their...
read moreLos Cabos Children´s Foundation
Los Cabos Children´s Foundation Receives $149,000 M.X. Donation Philanthropy is alive and well in Los Cabos. This week, representatives from Hotel Sheraton presented a check for $149,000 M.X. to the Los Cabos Children’s Foundation. These proceeds came from ticket sales from March’s hugely popular wine and cheese festival. Among those in attendance were the Sheraton’s general manager, Renato Mendonca; executive chef Manuel De Luca; Erick Rodriguez, who oversees digital marketing at Hacienda del Mar Los Cabos; and...
read moreLos Cabos Open Water Challenge
The City of Los Cabos and SwimCabo’s 3rd annual Los Cabos Open Water Challenge, set for Saturday, April 30, 2016, will feature an expanded set of races that will once again start and finish at the Palmilla Beach next to Costa Azul. The first wave of competitive swimmers will enter the Sea of Cortez waters at 5:00 and 6:00 am. When the event first began in 2014, Raul Arturo Flores Jordan from nearby La Paz, won the 7.2K (4.47 Miles) Open men’s swim race in just under two hours, 1:55:51. A year later, the 2015 victor, Jose...
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