Sabor a Cabo Redux: CANIRAC Los Cabos Cuts Big Checks for Local Charities
Baja California Sur Governor Carlos Mendoza and Los Cabos Mayor Arturo de la Rosa were the most notable dignitaries present Wednesday, April 13, at Rock & Brews in San José del Cabo for the swearing in of Rodrigo Cabeza de Vaca as the new president of CANIRAC Los Cabos, the local restaurant association. In his first act as president, Cabeza de Vaca presented a check for $200,000 M.X. to the San José del Cabo fire department, and he also announced contributions to the Red Cross and the Los Cabos Children’s Foundation. The charitable...
read moreDon Sanchez Restaurant Hosts ‘Destination: Baja Sur’ Press Conference
About 30 dignitaries and members of the Los Cabos media attended a breakfast on Thursday, April 7, 2016, at Don Sanchez Restaurant in San José del Cabo to hear about the culmination of first season and the introduction of second season of the filming of the Bill Boyce TV series Destination: Baja Sur. Those seated at the speaker’s table with Boyce were Lic. Daniel Uribe, Los Cabos director of tourism; attending on behalf of Arturo de La Rosa, Lic. Jesús Corral; entrepreneur Clicerio Mercado; Bisbee’s director, and Brian Solomon of Solomon’s...
read moreCape Crusaders, Part II: 10 Key Figures in Los Cabos History
Any survey of the most important figures in the history of cape cities Cabo San Lucas and San José del Cabo necessarily starts in the Spanish colonial period–there were no records before then–but ultimately reaches its zenith during the region’s “golden age of tourism,” when luxury hotels and world-class fishing and golf courses transformed Los Cabos into one of the world’s great resort destinations. Some of these figures were heroic, while others were pioneers or promoters. But all played a huge part in making Los Cabos the place that it is...
read moreCape Crusaders: 10 Key Figures in Los Cabos History
Los Cabos has a long history, and has been inhabited, loosely speaking, for more than 10,000 years. For the vast majority of that time it was the territory of hunter gatherers called the Pericú. Very few names of Pericúes are known to us now, and those that are–Chicorí, Botón and Gerónimo, por ejemplo–are primarily remembered for plotting against and killing colonizing Spaniards. Given this lack of reliable information for so much of the human history of the area, it will come as no surprise that a survey of the most important figures in...
read moreGrand Opening of La Biblioteca de Tequila at Breathless Resort
Ribbon Cutting ceremony and grand opening, Cabo San Lucas, Saturday, March 26, 2016. About 200 guests attended the grand opening of the second local concept from internationally recognized chef Richard Sandoval on Saturday, March 26. Located in the newly opened Breathless Resort on the Cabo San Lucas Marina, La Biblioteca de Tequila is Sandoval’s second “Library of Tequila” operation, the first being in Denver, Colorado. A chef, restaurateur, author, and television personality, Sandoval specializes in contemporary Latin cuisine on a...
read more4th Annual Wine and Cheese Festival Benefits Los Cabos Children’s Foundation
Wine and cheese lovers showed up en masse at the Hacienda del Mar on Saturday evening, when the upscale Los Cabos based resort hosted its 4th annual Wine & Cheese Festival, with proceeds benefitting the Los Cabos Children’s Foundation. The scene was one of rustic elegance. Wine barrels and straw covered tile floors framed the entrance to the enormous Salon Hacienda ballroom, where long wooden tables with picnic style benches were arranged around a central food station that resembled a country market. Musicians strummed Spanish style...
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