Home to gorgeous beaches, luxury shopping, and Mitt Romney’s infamous five-car garage elevator, La Jolla is a playground for the rich and shameless -- its name even translates to English as "The Jewel." That said, this seaside neighborhood's real jewels might just be its … [Read more...]
THRILLIST: Why You Absolutely Need to Take a Trip Down to Tijuana, Mexico
Back in the day, when I went to Tijuana I didn't have a guidebook. I just had a friend I'll call Paco, one of my best high school buddies. His last name happened to match that of Tijuana's mayor at the time, and we all used to take his advice on Tijuana. After all, he was, we'd … [Read more...]
WORLD FARE: A Tijuana taco crawl in the shadow of the Mercado Hidalgo
A tapas crawl in San Diego is hard to come by. A taco crawl in Tijuana a much easier find and a better bet. There may be no better place to do one than on Calle Francisco Javier Mina outside Tijuana's Mercado Hidalgo in the Zona Rio. Read more … [Read more...]
Celebration and Homage at Misión 19 5th Anniversary Dinner
There was something different about Javier Plascencia this night. This was not the picture of the face of "BajaMed" to which we'd become accustomed from television, in the press and at restaurants and food events across both Baja and Alta California. The easy smile was not … [Read more...]
CITYBEAT FOOD ISSUE: Cooking with a ‘MasterChef’ Junior champ
It had nothing to do with not liking food competition reality shows: I did and do. It had nothing to do with not liking MasterChef. I did, do and had filled out my application for the show, then it occurred to me I'm in no position to quit my day job(s) for a couple of months. … [Read more...]