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)
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 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
 “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!!!
 The 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
 Escape 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”
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by connie ellig; photos by david hopps & connie ellig
 On
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
 Pick
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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