Ensenada… the comeback kid of Baja California
The cruise ships are back, the real estate market is booming and business people are looking for space. For Ensenada, Mexico, a town that eight or nine years ago was […]
Ed Draves Samples… L.A. Cetto Wines of Baja California
I’ve been rumbling around this region of Mexico since the early 1990’s. For awhile, I think I knew every pothole on both routes to get to Ensenada from Tijuana. While I get there less frequently these days, my love affair with Mexico started in this region and the cities of […]
Dining with Dave… finding our whey to La Cava de Marcelo, south of Ensenada
Wine and cheese are two words usually associated with places like Napa Valley and France, not the dry dusty climes of Baja California. But that is exactly where I was […]
Ensenada, Water and “Rationing Measures”
A recent article on water and Baja California included this choice morsel… “Ensenada, the only municipality in Baja California that does not receive water from the [Colorado] river, has been […]
Tomatoes, Strawberries and Despair… All a Product of Agribusiness in Mexico
Recently the federal government of Mexico made an agreement with farm labor activists in the San Quintín Valley of Baja California Norte to subsidize their daily income. After a series […]
5 Tequilas Everyone Needs to Experience… with Scott Koenig, El Gringo in Mexico
Here’s a little something different Dave Miller’s Mexico. If you follow us here, on Facebook, or on Twitter, you know we are more inclined towards mezcal. However, most of Mexico […]
Café de Olla… one of the treasures of Mexico!
Coffee. It is such a simple word, yet in Mexico, incredibly important, because seemingly almost everyone in this great country drinks coffee. When I first started visiting Mexico over 20 years ago I was not a big coffee drinker. Often siting around a table in someone’s house, coffee would be […]
Cruising Ensenada… making the most of your shore time
It’s early in the morning and your Carnival Cruise ship is just about to let you disembark in Ensenada. You’ve now got 8 hours to see what was once a sleepy little Mexican town that used to entertain Hollywood royalty like Bing Crosby and John Wayne. Those days are long […]
Ode to the Fish Taco… One more jewel in Mexico’s crown of gastronomic delights
I can’t remember the date, but I know the exact location. It was a small food stand in Rosarito called “Just for the Halibut.” It was there that I was introduced to one of the great culinary offerings of Mexico, the fish taco. This simple taco, whether it hails from […]
An Open Letter to the Mexican Tourism Board
To the Mexican Board of Tourism, I’m writing to you in the hope that will you do something about a problem that has me worried. I know I’m a gringo, but trust me, I love Mexico and I want her, and her people to prosper. I’ve traveled and worked in […]
