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Gypsy Jan
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2nd Annual "Baja by the Sea" Food, Wine & Beer Festival in San Diego This Saturday
Noon to 6 pm at Seaport Village.
http://www.kpbs.org/news/2010/may/25/baja-california-restaur...
“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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Udo
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Hope to meet many Nomads there this Saturday.
I should be wearing my bright yellow San Felipe/Corona jacket.
Udo
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Bajaboy
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We'll be there early.
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jeans
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajaboy
We'll be there early. |
If you don't get there early, parking will be a b-tch.
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BajaNomad
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From BajaNomad "marla":
http://ocdeals.freedomblogging.com/2010/05/26/big-baja-expo-...
When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
– Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
We know we must go back if we live, and we don`t know why.
– John Steinbeck, Log from the Sea of Cortez
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Bob H
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We are gonna try to make it there early on.... starts at noon.
Let's pick a time for Nomads to meet up in front of the Tecate booth! They will be pouring big samples for sure.
Say... around 1:30 to 2PM?
Bob H
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bajadock
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Looking forward to meeting more Nomads Saturday.
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Udo
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Just look for the BRIGHT YELLOW SAN FELIPE/CORONA jacket.
I'll fetch you a beer or a shooter.
My wife Jana should be wearing a bright blue poncho/shawl. We usually hang out where there is food or the loudest party! 
Udo
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dtbushpilot
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Me and jtcopilot plan to attend. I think we'll try to show up early this time...dt
"Life is tough".....It's even tougher if you're stupid.....
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KASHEYDOG
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Looking foward to meeting some of you guys. I'll be wearing a black "Giggling Marlin" t-shirt, since I can't seem to find a Baja Nomad shirt anywhere.
See ya there : )
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BajaNomad
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I DID have on a Baja Nomad t-shirt today, and was able to say hello to many other Nomads (and Baja friends) including: Udo (with wife and friend), Roy
(thesquarecircle), fdt, elgatoloco & Barb, Hugh & Carol Kramer, Juan from Ensenada Tourism, Graham & Bonni Mackintosh, Wiley (Comitan), as
well as Doc Dougherty, who was there to help get more visibility for the Golf4Niños Charity & Fiesta event (coming up on June 12th in Ensenada).
Golf4Niños info:
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=43947
Beautiful day today out at Embarcadero Park North, and enjoyed the event festivities, along with getting a chance to say hello and talk to so many
Baja folks today.
I noticed Mr. Overcast was also out there today, wearing a Cabo 500 t-shirt. 
Hopefully Udo can post some of his pics sometime soon.
edit: change of name
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When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
– Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
We know we must go back if we live, and we don`t know why.
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Bajaboy
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We were out there early and had a great time and food. We met our new neighbors Mr. and Mrs. DTBushpilot and saw a number of familiar faces.
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Cyanide41
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Damn! Day late and a dollar short. I wish I had seen this sooner. Maybe next year.
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bajadock
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Missed meeting many, but found some new friends. El Gato Loco, Wiley, Hugh and Carol Kramer, Udo,... Perfect weather, setting and lots of food and
beverage opportunities.
First guy I saw in a Baja Nomad t-shirt:
Doc: "Which Nomad are you?".
Doug's wife: "That's THE Nomad."
First time I've met Doug and enjoyed the conversation.
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comitan
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Sure was worth the drive from La Paz, Nice meeting Nomads especially Doug & Family and many more. The food was really great and couldn't beat the
weather.
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
“The sincere pursuit of truth requires you to entertain the possibility that everything you believe to be true may in fact be false”
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BajaNomad
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| Quote: | Originally posted by comitan
Nice meeting Nomads especially Doug & Family... |
Wiley, very much a pleasure to meet you yesterday. Glad we got a chance to say hello.
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Doug
When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
– Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
We know we must go back if we live, and we don`t know why.
– John Steinbeck, Log from the Sea of Cortez
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Udo
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The Expo this year was markedly similar to last year's with the exception that there were several more restaurants offering their cuisine as samples.
One way that the food was made to last this time is that when one registered, one was issued a wrist band with 5 tear-off tags. The registration was
again free. But if you wanted to, you could purchase an unlimited band whereby all the food samples were included in the price.
There were several extra restaurants offering samples, but by far the best was the "CALIENTE" restaurant in Tijuana. They are located next to the dog
racing track. They were the only ones who really had their act together by serving properly prepared food as well as serving it in a timely manner.
We met Graham and wife Bonni there at about 11:20.
This photo was taken by Graham, and it shows my wife Jana as well as Necia Bower, wife of a Nomad.
The rest of the restaurant fares wre so-so with the exception of a superb carne asada burrito. YUM! It appeared that the underlying theme of the
restaurant wares were some form of sushi/sashimi. However, the chefs were more concerned with how the food looked on the plate as opposed to how the
food tasted...i.e. bland raw seafood. Yes, a couple were fairly good, but the rest were tough to finish. One restaurant even specialized in "UNUSUAL"
food, (grasshoppers, worms, termites, bone marrow, etc) Most everyone I saw dumped what they were served. I tasted the bone marrow, and tasted like a
salty piece of lard!
The most fun was acually speaking in person with several Nomads. The best surprise was seeing Fernando again (FDT). He is now divorced and is wearing
a size 34 pair of pants! Incredible.
Most of the major dinitaries did not show for this year, except for the Governor (Milan). When we met again this year, I gave him a t-shirt from a
custom fish rod builder in Texas. He remarked that he remembered me as the gringo who spoke perfect spanis. I did not have the camera ready and no one
was available to take the photo. The gift may not have been totally appropriate for such a dinitary, but it was fun!
I remember meeting with Doc Dougherty (bajadoc), Doug, (the supreme Nomad), wife and son Riley, Matt and Barbaram Bob H, Roy, Hugh and Carol Kramer, I
saw Kasheydog, and spent some time as well with DTbushpilot, his wife and cacahuete, who caused me to get a mental lapse when I was trying to
introduce to him my good friend Necia Bower. Somehow I missed several other Nomads.
I future years, I think we should have a Nomad appointment at the beer booth...this year it was the TJ beer booth.
BOB H Udo elgatoloco (Matt)
Another great set of exhibitors were the wineries from the wine country who were trying to promote the Fiestas De La Vendimia in Agust.
You have to try the wines, many would earn a Parker 95-97 rating.
(to satisfy Cpn Mike...at least in the nineties)
Below is a distillery who offered samples of wines combined with tequila and some fruit (like tamarindo, pineapple, etc.)
Wares from Vizcaino
The chefs from Caliente...the best food there!
A wine server giving samples
Nice buns on the press chick!
A Lucha Libre exhibition after they fell out of the rink
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Udo
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DENNIS
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Great shots, Udo. Thanks for the report.
Just a thought....next year, hand your camera to Doug. I've seen him in action and he records every movement of every person within a quarter mile of
the event. 
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DianaT
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Really miss FDT around here---hope he starts posting again!
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BajaNomad
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Just a thought....next year, hand your camera to Doug. I've seen him in action and he records every movement of every person within a quarter mile of
the event. |
There is certainly truth in that statement - and I do like taking photos much more than being IN them.
When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
– Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
We know we must go back if we live, and we don`t know why.
– John Steinbeck, Log from the Sea of Cortez
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