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Secret of Great Photography Revealed “ Today I’m going to share with you the number one bit of advice for making good photographs,” Reid Callanan, the Sante Fe Photography Workshop founder and class leader announced on the third day of a six day workshop I enjoyed in October. “Oh my gosh, I...
“People go to Florida to die. They go to San Miguel de Allende to live,” says the oft repeated saying about the over 500-year-old city in the central part of Mexico. I can see why people might want to live there. I traveled there in October to attend a photography workshop sponsored by the...
Rancho La Puerta is one of my favorite places on earth. It’s a lovely fitness and health resort just over the Mexican border from California on the Baja designed to revive, to restore and to rejuvenate. I’ve gone there nine times over the years and can’t wait to go again. I’ve always...
There’s no better moment than right now. Here I am relaxing on a rustic lounge chair, looking at a favorite mountain, throughly relishing this experience. Why? I’m at my idea of Heaven on Earth—Rancho La Puerta—celebrating a 70th birthday of a very special and long time friend. And while...
by Peggy DePersia, Guest Blogger As I was leafing through catalogs ushering in new visions for spring and summer, I was struck by the 1/2 page mandate in one particular catalog to: ‘Get Out of Town’. With a fit young woman standing atop a vintage VW van, the image and directive seemed...
by Kate Dernocoeur, Guest Blogger She’s more than 30 feet long, and has surely come to this beautiful lagoon midway down the west coast of the Baja California peninsula for dozens of winters. I am amazed how she seems simply to emerge,...
Rancho La Puerta in Tecate, Mexico is my idea of Heaven on Earth. Delicious heathy food presented beautifully. Exercise of all varieties. Spiritual experiences. Retreat, rest and relaxation. Stimulating speakers. Amazingly beautiful setting bordered by the mystical Mount Kuchumaa. Its...
Today I took a Hoola Hooping Class. Have I gone over the edge into La La Land? Well, maybe, but I’m having a wonderful time. I am relishing a week with my daughter at a Fitness Resort/Spa just over the Mexican border on the Baja. I resist calling Rancho La Puerta a spa because that […]