Originally posted by tigerdog
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
I know of and value so many as yet unspoiled places on Baja. But Cabo, before the assault, was as beautiful a place as one could ever hope to see.
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Yes, it was beautiful indeed. Sigh.
A trip down memory lane... Mr. tigerdog and I moved to Cabo around 1988, lived in Cabo Bello for a while-- which was considered waaaay out of town at
the time, lol. We didn't have to lock our doors or worry about crime at all, and friends were wont to make themselves comfortable when we weren't
home, raiding the refrigerator and leaving funny notes tacked to the door if we didn't arrive before they left. It was all A-OK. We hung around a few
years, left, came back, and left for good around 1994 or '95. The arrival of KFC was too depressing.
At that time Club Cascadas was the only resort on Medano Beach, and what a gem it was before it was surrounded by the BIG resorts that are there now.
The Aramburo plaza was not yet built, but there was a great little beer deposito right across the street that we used to frequent with some
regularity. Remember when the hotels in town used to pretty much shut down in the summer time? And horses wandered down Marina Blvd. without any
danger of being run down because the town was so empty? I remember a friend stopping his car on Marina Blvd. to say Hi to us, not another car in site
for miles; he got a ticket for "wild parking".
Remember when Cabo Mil first went on the air? Hot stuff! And the incredible solar eclipse of 1991? That was a whole body experience I'll never forget.
For a time I wrote a regular column (under a pseudonym) for one of the local rags-- it was published by Cliff Ferguson and Kaki Bassi. That was
pre-Gringo Gazette, which had just arrived in town a few issues before we left for good.
My favorite eateries were: El Pollo de Oro (best chicken and ribs in town, and very nice people who ran it); the Taqueria del Chef; the Trailer Park;
Senor Sushi (best place in town to watch the world go by); La Casa del Dorado (best breakfast in town); Mama's; Mi Casa; Romeo & Julieta's; and of
course Latitude 22, which famously advertised itself as being 1 block from the sewage pumping station. Is Mike Gryzanich (sp?) still around? For a
while, in those earlier days, there was a restaurant at the Marina Sol that served outstanding fried chicken and barbecued beef sandwiches; the Marina
Sol was quite the oasis at the time, AND they had a TV (which we lacked), so we would spend an evening there snacking, drinking Pacifico and watching
whatever was on the air. I remember watching a movie about a lifeguard starring a young Sam Elliott, possibly the worst movie he ever made. Do I
remember it because it was my introduction to Sam Elliott or because I hadn't seen TV in a couple of weeks?
When Plaza las Glorias was being built (now Tesoro del Cabo I believe), for entertainment we sometimes spent a lazy afternoon kicking back at the old
El Coral across the street (before they built that huge palapa), joking about OSHA and idly wondering what the building was going to be. Watching the
dredging of the harbor was another way to while away an hour or two.
When your options are limited, you take your pleasures where you can find them. 
I loved Cabo back then. Haven't been back in many many years.
If you've made it this far, thanks for listening to the nostalgia of this old broad. |
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What a great shot!
