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Festival del Dia de Nuestra Señora del Pilar, Todos Santos: Festival of Nuestra Señora del Pilar, the patron saint of Todos Santos. This date is celebrated as the founding of the town of Todos Santos. There are usually 5 days of activities, including a fair and live music in the plaza, most of the week of the 12th. There is dancing to live music in the evenings on the zocalo. And lots of food and … more
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Todos Santos Inn, “Like the setting of a Gabriel García Márquez novel, the brick and adobe walls of the Todos Santos Inn echo with the possibility something magical could happen here.” Outside Magazine
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Signs and banners around Todos Santos in opposition to Los Cardones, an open-pit, gold mine proposed … on the edge of the Sierra de La Laguna Biosphere. The Sierra de La Laguna Biosphere is recognized by the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as a world biosphere. It is a mountain range that lies at the southern end of BCS. It is home to distinctive flora and fauna and has many endemic species … more
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mddelapa: Last week I started re-reading Steinbeck and Rickett’s Log to the Sea of Cortez, so this MBA post caught my eye. What a dream Baja must have been in 1940. montereybayaquarium: #ThrowbackThursday: Kelp Forest, Rocky Shore, Open Sea. Wonder why our exhibits are arranged by habitat? Local marine biologist Ed Ricketts, the inspiration for “Doc” in Steinbeck’s “Cannery Row,” championed the study of intertidal “zones,” an idea that influenced the design and layout of the … more
I wrote to Kimberli: For whatever reason, a number of people told me they never saw the Shit Ball post. I suspect it’s because they’re going to this URL: http://travelswithcharles.tumblr.com/ Rather than this one: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/travelswithcharles In the first URL, it appears all private posts are “private,” that is, hidden. In the second URL, they show up. Kimberli wrote to me: The first link is to your open follow blog and the second link is to … more
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Dinner at Hierbabuena, an organic farm-to-table, open-air restaurant in Pescadero. Only restaurant I’ve ever seen with 100% (34) five-star ratings on TripAdvisor. We’ll make it 35 – wonderful.
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Lunch with EDF Mexico at McFisher’s: Laura, Dana, Artistotele, Cristina, Rafael, Becky and me
Siendo yo uno de tus “not-so-technologically-savy” amigos, voy a hacer todo lo posible de no perder tus posts, pero a little occasional defamation may be unavoidable. Ten cuidado cuando juegas volibol en las aguas negras de La Paz. ¡Qué asco hombre!
Are now available for you to see because I discovered another Tumblr curiosity: posts that I tag as “private” are only visible to me. Now while that might make sense in general, what doesn’t make sense is the only means I have to ensure that one of my not-so-technologically-savvy friends – you know who you are – doesn’t accidentally delete one of my posts it to tag it as a “private. So while that does … more
Wiley Thomas Birkhofer July 7, 1987-Sept. 30, 2014
The saddest news, unimaginable. Prayers for Wiley, Wendell, Celeste, and Elise.