MARCH-APRIL 2009
The calendar tells me that some of your attention is being directed to the trek back north…. April seems to be a magic month for plans….. of course those who leave San Felipe early will be leaving the area at the most beautiful time of the year….. before you depart it would be a great time to stash a few Baja Books to read over the long summer ahead……. Here are a few suggestions…….
1. Daniel Reveles – This fine Baja writer has 4 published books- the subject of his great books center around the border town of Tecate…. Where ordinary life is spiced with magic……
2. Graham Mackintosh – One of the most popular of the Baja writer’s….. starting with his INTO A DESERT PLACE and his 3 other works…. Graham takes us from deep into the interior of Baja on his 3,000 mile walk about…. to his latest adventure as he spent 2 months on Guardian Angel Island….a uninhabited 42-mile long island in the Sea of Cortez…..
3. Jack Smith – God and Mr. Gomez…. The hilarious account of how the author and his wife learn that it takes God and Mr. Gomez to build a vacation dream house in Baja…..
4. John Steinbeck – The Log from the Sea of Cortez….. This work of non-fiction takes Steinbeck and the biologist Ed Ricketts aboard the sardine boat Western Flyer take a 4,000-mile voyage around the Baja peninsula into the Sea of Cortez in 1940……..
5, Bruce F. Barber – “…of Sea and Sand.” Local author Bruce Barber has put together a fine book of the area…. He refers to it as ‘A drama of Two Living Deserts’
6. Roy S Houston – Natural History Guide to the Northwestern Gulf of California and Adjacent Desert….. This guide covers the immediate area from the northern reaches of the Sea of Cortez to approx. Puertacitos…. There is no other book that I am aware of which covers this area with the expert attention given by Roy…..
As all of us seek more information regarding the Baja and it’s history we have stocked a limited supply of older Baja Book Titles…. Check these books out…. Joseph Wood Krutch-Baja Calif and the Geography of Hope …&… The Forgotten Peninsula…………Jonathan Waterman – Kayaking the Vermillion Sea……..Jim Hunter – Offbeat Baja……Ted Lewin – World within a World Baja………c.m. Mayo – Miraculous Air…..Gene Kira – King of the Moon… Marguerita Wilbur – Indian Uprising in Lower California…… these and many more titles are available…..
We have expanded our selection of the great Mexican authors and now have many more of their works…… this includes books by of Gabriel Garcia Marquez—Isabel Allende—Carlos Castaneda—Octavio Paz—Victor Villasenor—Oscar Lewis—Luis Alberto Urrea……. and others.
MARCH-APRIL SPECIAL BOOK SALE……….We have two titles on sale for this period……
1. The Other Side – Journeys in Baja California by Judy Goldstein Botello- “a multi-cultural touchstone for anyone who has wondered what it would be like to understand another way of being” gene kira….. a tale of two journeys, one outer and one inner…… published price 12.95 sale price 10.00…
2. SPANISH – 750 VERBS AND THEIR USES…. Published price 19.95 sale price 16.00
On the ‘CARD’ scene….. this past week stocked many new and interesting cards…… including a limited supply of MOTHER’S AND FATHER’S DAY cards…….. from traditional greeting cards to far out bizarre cards… beautiful Laini’s Ladies Cards…. A whole new line of cards from POMEGRANATE….. including books of very unique postcards…. From traditional Mexican cards to beautiful cards of Cuba and Guatemala…. Post cards that range from funny political satire – artists in both the written word and the world of entertainment……. Many old images of days gone by………… 3-D postcards of the famous Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. To those friends have lost a loved pet we have some very sweet cards expressing our sentiments……
MAPS- Stock several ‘road’ maps of the entire Baja and city map of MEXICALI….. and also a much more detailed Road Atlas of MEXICALI….. and a MAP of SAN FEDRO MARTIR NATIONAL PARK…… NO official word on the publication date for the new BAJA ALAMANC but will have it in stock as soon as it is available………
Circle this date on your calander….MARCH 22ND …… Kathy Keane (The Bird Lady of San Felipe) will
be here at the bookstore…… that is March 22nd at NOON…..….. This will be Kathy’s 3rd visit to the bookstore and her last visit it was ‘standing room’ only…. We are hopefully be set up a little differently and hopefully accommodate more people….. for those of you not familiar with Kathy’s presentation…. It is an amazing look at our little and not so little feathered friends……. And like all the presentations here….. FREE is the password and that includes the refreshments…….. please call if you have any questions regarding this presentation……. 686-577-0471………
We have tickets for the SAN FELIPE INTERNATIONAL BLUES & ARTS FIESTA…….
Presented by the San Felipe Lion’s Club and Mexico Living Magazine…… if last year was any indication this is a DO NOT MISS music and art event…….. be a part of a once a year event….. do not be one wishing they had attended and didn’t……… MARCH 28TH 10:00AM till ???? LOCATION: THE ‘BASEBALL PARK’….
The 5th ANNUAL COWBOY FOLK FESTIVAL & COWBOY POETRY EVENT coming up on MARCH 21ST starting at 6:00PM-9:00PM. Location will be the LIGHTHOUSE RESTAURANT... Featuring TONY NORRIS & Friends of Poets-Singer’s and Musicians…..COVER CHARGE $5.00………
As pointed out by Kat (of the Net) and others there has been far too much bad press concerning the border area….. we all have been asked many times by friends….. IS IT SAFE IN SAN FELIPE? or some version of the question….. and from a desk and reading only wire stories ….. we now have a panel of EXPERTS working at the SAN DIEGO UNION AND L.A. TIMES and many other newspapers…..
Not taking the time to research their articles or before writing under their by-lines and actually coming down to San Felipe and get a up-close view of the hard working/honest folks who are the backbone of this community…… or check out the long running relationship the American/Canadian service clubs have with the local community…… for myself I am sick of it….. and sending an invitation as one of our Canadian friends did yesterday to any and all reporters from north of the border to come down to San Felipe and the bookstore will be more than happy to pay for 2 nights lodging at one of many nice hotels…….A few years ago TIME magazine took the time to send a staff writer to the Baja and San Felipe was one of their stops….. and the resulting article was at least honest from the view of the writer……
THE SAN FELIPE TITLE CO IS OPEN EVERYDAY EXCEPTION MONDAY’S..9AM TILL 4PM…MOVIES EVERY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT 3:00PM… CHECK OUT WEB SITE FOR UPCOMING MOVIES AND EVENTS.. PHONE 577-0471.
WE ARE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE WORLD FAMOUS ‘CHUMPO’S PIZZA & THRIFTY ICE CREAM PARLOR”
THE BOOKSTORE IS ONE OF THE CULTURAL HIGHLIGHTS IN SAN FELIPE…. THE “ALMOST’ CITY LIGHTS” OF S.F.
THAT IS LOCATED IN SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA…
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