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Celebrate Carnaval de Ensenada 2010 “Fiesta Mitológica de los Dioses” from February 11-16

text by connie ellig; photo by david hopps

One of the city’s largest and most popular events, Carnaval (Mexican Mardi Gras) attracts a multitude of national and international visitors. Enjoy regional foods and libations, games and rides, live entertainment, music and dancing in the NEW beachfront festival zone along the southern extension of Blvd. Costero from Calle Esmeralda to Calle Las Palmas, open from approximately 6pm-2am on Thursday, Friday and Monday, from 2pm-2am on Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday. Traditional festivities include the Quema de Mal Humor (Burning of Bad Humor) on Thursday; the Coronation of the Royal Court on Friday; the Carnaval parades starting at 2pm along Blvd. Costero (Lázaro Cárdenas) on Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday; and the Baile del Marido Oprimido (Oppressed Spouse Dance) on Monday.
 
For a festival zone map and more information visit the Spanish-language Carnaval web site or contact the Ensenada Special Events Committee, tels. (646)174-0394 or (646)204-2993; e-mail  
 
In conjunction with Carnaval, Bodegas de Santo Tomás Winery will present a Pabellón Cultural (Cultural Pavilion) from February 13-16 at 7pm in its Sala de Tintos on Av. Miramar between Calles 6 & 7 in downtown Ensenada. Admission is free to this nightly celebration that features live music, dance, art exhibitions, food and wine.
 
Saturday, February 13, is International Dance Day at the Cultural Pavilion with performances of traditional dances from Spain (7pm), Ireland (8pm), Russia (9pm), and Mexico (10pm). Sunday, February 14, is Romantic Mexican Night with traditional Mexican music by the Rondalla Todos Santos (7pm), Betania Zeta accompanied by guitar (8pm), and the Ticuan Dance Company (9-11pm). Monday, February 15, is a Night of Music & Song with Ensenada Talent including Latin American music by Grupo Pájaro Caripocapote (7pm), classical harpist Iván Gómez (8pm), tenor Alfonso Magaña accompanied by piano (9pm), and pianist Mario La Madrid (10pm). Tuesday, February 16, is a Night of Dance & Song with Ensenada Talent that begins with the award presentation to the winner of the 30th Juegos Florales Carnaval Poetry Competition at 6:30pm, followed with performances by the Casbah Arabian Dance Academy (7pm), the Cuban School of Ballet and the NEO Contemporary Dance Company (8pm), the Ballet Folklorico of the Municipio of Ensenada (9pm), and ranchero singer Rigo Navarro accompanied by Mariachi Sol Azteca (10pm).
 
For more information about the Pabellón Cultural contact Ana Cañas at Bodegas de Santo Tomás, tel. (646)174-0829, ext. 17; e-mail 
 
SCORE Announces MasterCraft Safety as Co-Title Sponsor for 23rd Tecate SCORE  San Felipe 250
from www.score-international.com

LOS ANGELES — On the eve of the 2010 SCORE Desert Series season opener in Laughlin, Nevada, SCORE International announced that prominent Southern California manufacturing company MasterCraft Safety has signed a three-year contract to be the co-title sponsor of the popular MasterCraft Safety Tecate SCORE San Felipe 250 desert race.
 
The event will be held this year on March 12-14 in San Felipe, the picturesque fishing village located along the Sea of Cortez on the northeastern side of Mexico’s majestic Baja California peninsula. (read entire press release)

Race the Dakar: A Dream for Octavio
text by connie ellig; photos by david hopps
from www.bajatimes.com

Ever since the 1960s the words “off-road racing” and “Baja California” have been synonymous. “If you are born in Baja, racing is in your soul,” states bilingual 41-year-old Octavio Valle López. Born and raised in Ensenada, Valle will become the first racer from the state of Baja California to compete on a motorcycle in the world famous Dakar Rally to be held January 1-17, 2010 in South America.
 
valle at 2009 tecate score san felipe 250Valle began racing motorcycles at age 14. A year later, he entered his first official race – the Hilltoppers Grand Prix in Rosarito – and took first place in his Novice Class. During the next six years, he successfully competed in the On Dirt races held in northern Baja. At age 21, Valle moved to Guadalajara to get his Master’s Degree in taxation. He stopped racing for the next nine years in order to pursue his career and spend some time traveling.
 
In 1998 Valle returned to the world of motorsports, this time competing in central Mexico in enduro, a style of off-road racing in which a number of stages are raced in a time trial against the clock. During the next ten years, Valle won two state and three Mexican national enduro championships, all in the 30+ Experts Class. He is extremely proud of his medals earned in Czechoslovakia, Brazil and Greece while representing the country of Mexico in 2002, 2003 and 2008 at the famed International Six Days Enduro (ISDE), known as the “Olympics of Motorcycling” or the “World Cup of Enduro.” Last year Valle decided that he was ready to fulfill his personal dream of competing in the most important and illustrious off-road rally in the world, the 2010 Dakar. (read entire story)


S.S. Catalina Remains Waterlogged in Ensenada
by ambrosia sarabia from www.thelog.com
ENSENADA – While most Americans thought SS Catalina was long gone, after the Port of Ensenada began demolition and removal efforts last year, much of the “Great White Steamer” that once carried visitors to and from Santa Catalina Island remains in the water off Ensenada, as a partially submerged rotting hulk.
 
Port officials originally announced that the 130-foot SS Catalina would be demolished and removed by October 2007, and then made the same announcement in December 2008 -- confirming that the remains of the vessel would all be gone by March 30, 2009. (read entire story)


New Border Crossing Rules in Effect June 1

On June 1, 2009, the U.S. government implemented the full requirements of the land and sea phase of WHTI (Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative). The rules require most U.S. citizens entering the United States at sea or land ports of entry to have a passport, passport card, or other travel document approved by the Department of Homeland Security. For more information and requirements, please visit www.getyouhome.gov

 
Book Review: Peter Fowler's Good Info for Gringos Living in Baja, Second Edition
by marsh cassady
baja times staff writer

Fowler 2nd edition cover“Peter Fowler gave me a copy of his book,” said Gabriella Mendez of the Hearing Aid Store in Chula Vista. “I’m Mexican American and visit Baja often. Even so, the book is very useful.” She was talking about the first edition of Fowler’s Good Info for Gringos Living in Baja. The second edition has just been published, and it is even more useful! For those of you unfamiliar with the book, it’s a guide to help both foreign residents and visitors to learn the ins and outs of living in Baja California and also to learn more about the people and the culture. If you are familiar with the book, don’t worry that the new edition has left out or changed anything you found useful. All the information is there, as well as new information, some in already existing chapters and others in new ones. The most important change is the book’s reorganization. That is not to say the first addition was faulty or wrong. But the second edition divides the information into two sections. (read entire book review)


"Above Baja" Wall Calendar Now Available!!!
calendar photoThe new 2010 Baja Calendar (11th Edition) is now available! Enjoy the spectacular Baja peninsula all year long with “Above Baja,” an amazing collection of photographs taken from the skies above Baja.
 
This year’s Baja Calendar also offers a map of Baja on each calendar month, as well as a list of helpful Baja web sites. Each page month also offers interesting information about various Baja locations.
 
This is the perfect (and affordable!) holiday or birthday gift. For extra value take advantage of the “Buy 3 Get One Free” offer. Drop by www.BajaCalendar.com for further information.


Get Hooked on Hooked on Baja
hooked on baja coverEscape to a land of magical, natural beauty that offers a warm sun, a host of beautiful coastlines and some of the very finest saltwater fishing on the entire planet. Hooked on Baja by Tom Gatch gives you the maps, GPS waypoints, proper angling techniques, tackle and species information that you need to be successful when fishing and exploring the coasts of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula.

Much more than a simple fishing guide, Hooked on Baja incorporates many true-life adventures from some of Baja’s foremost outdoors personalities along with travel information, deliciously authentic south of the border recipes and, for those who end up being ‘hooked on Baja’ themselves, vital information on how to go about purchasing and legally securing real estate property along the picturesque coast of the Baja California peninsula.

Hooked on Baja allows readers to step away from the hustle, bustle and traffic gridlock that are a regular part of life in many of the crowded urban communities north of the Mexican border. Discover a place where there are still countless opportunities for relaxation, recreation and retirement in an enchanting world where the fish are nearly always biting, and lines of pelicans are regularly observed gliding silently mere inches above the pounding surf. 

Released on September 15, 2007, Hooked on Baja is now available at Borders, Barnes & Noble and Costco warehouse stores in southern California, as well as through most major online booksellers.


Chewing the (Low) Fat with “Burro Bob”
text by connie ellig; photos by david hopps & connie ellig
author bob wiseman with cookbooksOn the evening I sat down to interview noted Southwest cookbook author Bob Wiseman, it had been a long twelve-hour day at the J.D. Hussong Chili Cookoff in Ensenada. We could hear the chili and salsa competitors celebrating and/or consoling themselves with margaritas and beer while singing karaoke in the bar. With great fortitude we resisted the temptation to join the festivities and instead proceeded with the interview.

As I discovered, a conversation with “Burro Bob” (as he is known in chili cookoff circles) can cover a colorful spectrum of topics ranging from Mexican and Southwest cooking to history, geography, travel, photography, western writers and fly-fishing. (read entire story with recipes)


Cooking With Baja Magic Dos Now Available
author ann hazardPick up Ann Hazard’s newest book, Cooking With Baja Magic Dos, and join the author as she leads you through four generations of historic Baja adventures. Sample the delicious recipes she’s been collecting and creating since the ‘60s. Lose yourself in the (all new) whimsical, colorful artwork of Janna Kinkade, Gayle Hazard and Terry Hauswirth.

Before you know it, your mouth will be watering. Kick off your shoes, crank up the tunes, cast off the cares of our crazy world and imagine yourself in a simpler, gentler place – a place of endless empty hills, sunny skies and see-through aquamarine water teeming with tropical fish. You have been transported to Baja. Tonight you’re serving dinner under a palapa by the Sea of Cortez. Tonight you’re celebrating life with people you love. (read entire story with recipe)


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