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BooJumMan
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Ateo -- That picture is ridiculous!!!!!!! 
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Ateo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BooJumMan
Ateo -- That picture is ridiculous!!!!!!! |
That was a special day. Not a soul out and no one within 10 miles. Obvioulsy not La Fonda. I was trying to post a photo of La Fonda, but the
previous "cut n paste" link showed up and I just went with it as a joke.
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Ateo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
I wonder whatever became of Dymitri, one of Baja Norte's fabled class acts?? |
Is this the guy that would've owned it in like 1995? That guy was always so welcoming and cheery.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ateo
Is this the guy that would've owned it in like 1995? That guy was always so welcoming and cheery. |
That's the man. He was a retired dentist from the states. That was my understanding anyway.
[now you got me thinking.........perhaps he was out before '95. Anybody remember? ]
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elgatoloco
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Dimitri's last day at the helm was November 5th 2004. I know that because the next night we had 53 friends and family at a surprise 80th birthday
party for my father. My dad thought it was just the four of us for dinner. He was truly surprised and a good time was had by all.
MAGA
marooons Are Governing America
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Terry28
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I have friends that rent a house from him and they told me 2 months ago that he was still considering repossessing the restaurant for lack of
payments. But he really didn't want it back...way too much work and he is not getting any younger....
Mexico!! Where two can live as cheaply as one.....but it costs twice as much.....
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paul r
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...dymitri,(joe)!!!, a "legend in his own mind", !!?!... wow, now there's a story!!!... I could go on for hours, but, well, people that know
dymitri,(joe), know you'll never know dymitri!!!?... what a true classic!!!... the most honest, caring, lair, thief, gentle human being, I've run
across!!!... hard working?, set the standard!!..., dennis, try plumber from sherman oaks, but,!!!, la jolla,?, must be a suburb of chula vista,
huh?... the dearest person down here!!!, especially if you have a broken down mercedes for sale!!???.... I remember the morning after the "union" shut
him down years ago, dymitri was "open" in front of his and sara's house making and selling burritos himself!!!!, I love the cat!!!... if one of you
"writers" want to make a million, get dymitri to "sing the song", you'll never look back!!!... I love the cat!... oh boy, bring back the eve stockard
daze!!!??!....
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DENNIS
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You mean he wasn't a dentist? I'm glad I never asked him for a root canal.
How about his son? I'm in the mood to read some dirt.
La Jolla is the high rent district in San Diego....very high rent.
Plumber ??????????? Really?????????
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Udo
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I agree here withe Ateo.
Poco Cielo has better food and their new rooms are fabulous.
If you really want to splurge in luxury...pick the Polynesian room.
Tell them I sent you for a special deal!
| Quote: | Originally posted by Ateo
I wouldn't eat there, not with Poco Cielo next door. |
Udo
Youth is wasted on the young!
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Gypsy Jan
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Yes, Joe Is Quite the Lovable Scoundrel
Dennis, his son has been in and out of the CRREAD drug rehab facilities in Baja for years. He would get clean, then drift back across the border and
pick up with his druggie friends in San Diego and start using again. No violent tendencies, just a sad, damaged young man who has lost his way. He
never grew out of his partying days.
When his kid was in residence at CRREAD (read persuaded to check in), Joe would butcher a pig from his ranch and deliver it to the kitchen at the
Campito location as a thank you for the help they were providing to his family.
Friends of ours ran into Sara at the Chula Vista AAA office about five years ago and she told them that she and Joe divorced very shortly after he
left La Fonda. They said that she didn't seem to broken up about it.
Now you know all I know, except the tales of the wild parties in the old days at La Fonda.
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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Sallysouth
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Last August my daughter, Amy and daughters, myself, stopped at La Fonda for lunch.It really is not the same,but the food was pretty good.We decided to
get a room and they showed us two rooms that were available.Smelly, nasty old bedspreads, not very clean and they wanted $90.00!!There was maybe two
other guests staying there and they would not budge on the price. We left, drove home. Dennis, as to Joes son Brad,many years ago my daughter, Juanita
(rip) "dated" him. He had a really bad drug problem and was constantly Mia for work at the restaurant. Joe told Mija That she was too good for him and
best that she dump him! She did. Whenever we went back Joe would say"he's is jail, or I have no idea where he is!". I would be surprised ifBrad was
still alive. Joe was the nicest, warmest guy, making you feel special every visit.
Happiness is just a Baja memory away...
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Sallysouth
I would be surprised ifBrad was still alive. |
Hi Sal......yeah....I've known about him for years. Pretty much dead-weight for his daddy. Too bad.
I'm not sure what could be worse....CREAD or the monkey on his back. He used to live over in the valley on that Pig ranch. Good place for him.
Ohhh well......
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Sallysouth
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Pig ranch?
Is that what we smelled? We spent a night there when there were no rooms at la Fonda.At least I think it was the same place?
Happiness is just a Baja memory away...
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Sallysouth
Is that what we smelled? We spent a night there when there were no rooms at la Fonda.At least I think it was the same place? |
Probably so. If it smells like a pig, and oinks like a pig, it's a pig ranch.
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willardguy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
I wonder whatever became of Dymitri, one of Baja Norte's fabled class acts?? |
LOL! fabled class act? I
gotta go with jans "lovable scoundrel" but either way bellied up to the old bar with DMYTRIW (correct spelling) and old macpherson drinking a
legendary banana daiquiri was something to behold.
anyone with vintage photos of the old place lets bust em out!
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rdrrm8e
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We called the banana daquiris..penis coladas
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willardguy
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(or penis colossus) 
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