What is Buen Fin?

November and December are crazy months here in La Paz.  Christmas shopping seems to be starting earlier and earlier each year and while out running errands the past few weeks, I noticed people are already filling up their shopping carts with holiday goodies. Speaking of...

Members of AMPI/La Paz say Thank You!

  By Susan Fogel Who says you cannot get anything done with committee work? Most of us have said it at least once in our lives.  But not so for AMPI La Paz. This year as part of their outreach to build membership and to...

Bambu Consignment Fashion Show

SAVE THE DATE LADIES! All are welcome to attend the Third Semi-Annual Bambu Consignment Fashion Show, on Friday, December 13th starting at 4pm with cocktails and snacks and the main event promptly at 5pm. Tickets are available from December 7th on at Bambu, el ángel...

Joyful Cooking at Buen Provecho Cooking School

TBC Denise Elliott is a Chef and Renée Lagloire is a Social Anthropologist.  Denise has been teaching culinary classes since 1986 at Santa Rosa Junior College.  She also owned and operated a wholesale bakery in Sonoma County for 20 years.  She has a passion for...

H2O Profesionals Internacionales

By Jim Donahoe“Everyone in La Paz needs water treatment,” says Chris Salter of H2O Profesionals Internacionales. Can you live without water treatment? Absolutely. Many have forever. However, if you take a closer look at all aspects of the use and consumption of quality water you...

DISCOUNTS ON WILL AND TESTAMENTS IN THE MONTH OF MARCH IN MEXICO

DISCOUNTS ON WILL AND TESTAMENTS Don’t leave a mess behind for your loved ones.  A Will and Testament reduces problems when one departs from this world and leaves behind family and friends. March and September are known as the months of the Will and Testament...

Recipes from the Dangerous Kitchen

To borrow a phrase from Mick Jagger – ‘Please allow me to introduce myself’… My name is Spencer Moore and I have been a restaurant owner/chef for over 40 years.  Actually ‘Chef’ is what other people call me – I pretty much think of myself...

Baja Foreign Business Group Ends 2012 with a Bang

TBC The Baja Foreign Business Group (BFBG) gathered just before the holidays at Mis Amores Restaurant on Marquis de León with an invitation extended to Ruben Reachi Lugo, State Secretary of Tourism, Pedro Aguilar, Municipal Director of Tourism and Agustin Olachea, President of Emprhotur (Hotel...

Is Bay of Dreams Still a Dream?

By Carol Dyer The thing about dreams is that eventually we have to wake up.   When they are pleasant, we are sorry to let them go.  When they are nightmares, we are relieved.   There are many expressions related to dreams:  a pipe dream, a dream...

ANOTHER HIDDEN GEM IN LA PAZ

TBC Hidden within one of the many dusty La Paz neighborhoods is an excellent find that is worth knowing about.  Frank Hills, local resident, artist, and contributor to The Baja Citizen, has been kind enough to tell us of a wood craftsman named Bencho. Bencho...