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Guest post by Jane Lurie. The most common question that we Loreto homeowners are asked is, "What do you do all day when you are in Loreto?" This is not an easy question to answer. When we come down here we enter a schedule-free zone. Even when appointments are made,...

Guest post by Jane Lurie. In the early days of StarkSilverCreek, when Clint and Loni were beginning to shoot video, I was Yoda, the video professional, with video camera, wireless mics, even lights. I would receive reverential emails from young Clint Skywalker. I had shot green screen, edited with many layers...

Guest post by Jane Lurie. With our favorite fish tacos, walks by the water and a comfortable night behind us, we left Estero Beach Resort at 8am heading to El Rosario for breakfast. As we entered Vicente Guerrero, which is 2-2 1/2 hours south of Ensenada, a huge Starbucks sign caught...

Guest post by Jane Lurie. Loreto time is at work as I try to remember how long we have been here...it's either forever or 5 days. Once we arrive, we slip into timeless mode and seem to glide through our days seamlessly and already way too quickly. We spent some...

I moonlight as a travel photographer and get to publish web pages for a couple of travel oriented web sites. As such as often as I can, I tend to go back to places I've previously visited and written about, to get an update. Today I happened...

This is a trip back in time for those of you who remember "The Rat Pack" allegedly so nicknamed by their 5th member's wife. We had the opportunity on Saturday night to visit "The Sands Hotel" as it was on a similar night in 1940. For just...

Like a fine mature wine, Te Kanawa's voice took time to open up - but patience was worth it! Have you ever opened that expensive bottle of wine you'd set aside to age - and found it tight and disappointing on first sip - only to realize that it...

A week is just not enough time to get much done in Loreto, especially when you’re building a house. We’re one of the lucky ones and have been “in residence” for almost two years. Still there is always something different to do and see. As many...

Guest post by Jane Lurie. Followers of StarkSilverCreek are familiar with Animalandia. It was the first local group in Loreto to benefit from the sales of the StarkSilverCreek Calendar. Animalandia was founded by two women, Denise Jones, DVM and Maria de La Luz Gonzales (Lucy), who were concerned about the plight...

Alaska Airlines tickets from SFO to LTO have skyrocketed recently unless you can make plans 2-3 months in advance. Even then the cost of a ticket is getting rather pricey in comparison to just a couple years ago. So, armed with comments from a couple other home...