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Little known
tidbits of Hotel Buena Vista's History
Did you know?
Last
month’s question was: Angel Ortiz, Dock Master,
resigned from Hotel Buena Vista on July 31,
2005. He did so with our full support for his
future endeavors. He will work closely with the
hotel and provide exciting services to our
guests. What is the name of his business and
what kind of services does he offer that will be
especially exciting to guests visiting in the
winter months?
Angel’s new business is called Angel Eco and
Adventure Tours. He has been taking clients up
into the mountains to visit oases, canyons and
ranchos. They also experience waterfalls, hot
springs, see prehistoric Indian rock paintings
and can picnic and swim in deep, clear pools.
Angel can take you to Cabo San Lucas, San Jose
del Cabo, La Paz or Todos Santos where you can
soak in the culture of these very diverse
destinations. Other excursions are available to
visit historic minings towns like San Antonio
and El Triunfo. During the winter he will begin
taking people to Magdalena Bay, about five hours
northwest of here to visit with gray whales up
close and personal. What is especially cool
about Angel Tours is that he will design a tour
to your exact specifications. So next time you
are here, pick up one of his brochures and book
yourself on a different kind of adventure!
Contest of the
Month!
The answer to
last month’s question is featured in Did You
Know. The winner was Dennis Steinbach, who just
happens to be a good of Angel’s.
This month’s
question is: Who painted the three murals in the
entrance to the restaurant what is the subject
matter of each one? This is a super hard
question, so if you get it 100% right, you win a
free trip to visit us. That includes three
nights’ lodging for two with two days of fishing
and meals. This is the whole enchilada, amigos!
Email your answers
to:
webmaster@hotelbuenavista.com
and win!!!!
Fish Stories &
Adventure Stories
This month was our 10th
annual Torneo de Colaboradores (Employees’
Fishing Tournament). The tournament is scattered
over 20 days and the teams go out when the boats
are available and each fishes one day. Teams are
chosen via a lottery, so no one can choose their
boat mates and they change every year. The hotel
gives the fishing days for free and also
provides trophies and an awards dinner. The
employees each contribute to the jackpot, which
this year amounted to $9400 pesos, or about
$900.
 Three
prizes are given for the three biggest fish.
This year’s winners were Chayo Rosario, captain
of the Nueva Era, Arturo the dock crew manager,
Julio, son of Chayo who carries rods in the
mornings and Banana (Alberto) who is the organic
garden manager. The winning fish was a 145-pound
blue marlin. Second place went for a 92-pound
sailfish caught by Oscar the chef, Ricardo, the
bartender, Cirilo and Ernesto of the beach
ground crew. Third place was a 58.8-pound
sailfish caught by Carlos Belmonte, the
mechanic, Juan Carlos, the hotel bus driver and
Nacho (Ignacio), the gardener. Congratulations,
amigos!
Click Here for
September 2005 Fish Count
La Cocina
MOJITOS
The day before Terry and I got married at
Hotel Buena Vista Beach Resort in 2002 (in front
of family and 28 friends), we were all hanging
out at the swim-up bar. My college roommate,
Laurie was planning a trip to Cuba and had
brought a Cuban history book with her. She
called me over. “Hey Ann, Check this out. It
looks very interesting,” and pointed out a
recipe for the Mojito, the national drink of
Cuba. It sounded interesting all right, so we
asked Ricardo the bartender if he could make
one. He said, “Claro que sí,” and went over to a
nearby planter box and plucked some fresh mint
off a plant growing there. He proceeded to make
us these drinks and we loved them. Here we go!
Another swim-up bar favorite! Makes four.
Note: Jim and Robin are good friends of ours
from McCall, Idaho. They also who have a house
here in Buena Vista. They read this recipe in my
new cookbook and visited the hotel for the first
time a couple weeks ago. They ordered Nachos and
Mojitos, and reported back to me that Ricardo
made the drinks exactly as I had described. They
also told me that the Nachos were even better
than they had anticipated!
4 shots rum
1 shot
simple syrup
Soda water
to top of glass
Fresh
sprigs of mint for garnish
Fill four
tall cocktail glasses with ice. Add a shot of
rum, a ¼ shot simple syrup and fill to brim with
soda water. Stir and add a sprig of fresh mint.
This
recipe will be featured in Ann Hazard’s new
cookbook:
COOKING WITH BAJA MAGIC DOS.
Look for it this month! It will contain 80 new recipes, eight
years’ worth f new Baja adventures and all new
art! Visit Ann online at
http://bajamagic.com.
Her autographed books are available in the hotel
gift shop.
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