This Weekend Rundown sponsored by Las Palomas Beach & Golf Resort Any place with a calendar of events for this weekend? Does RP360 have one? Lots going on, it’s just spread all over! This message greeted me this morning as I sat down to a second cup of coffee, shortly after leaving my customary morning […]
This week’s Rundown presented by The Club at Laguna del Mar Sounds like a whole lot of folk are having a whale of time in Rocky Point these days! January has been filled with whale sightings just off our shores, and many local boat trip providers happy to add whale watching tours to their usual […]
By Shandra Keesecker-Rivero This weekend marks the first full moon of 2014, and throws us right into the MLK, Jr. Holiday. Work on the Home Port is advancing with more than 100 meters of rock fill going out to sea, and there’s plenty of roadwork going on just about everywhere you look in town. This […]
By Shandra Keesecker-Rivero Welcome 2014! Here we are, nearing the end of our first full week in the New Year! Whales have already been spotted off the coasts of Puerto Peñasco, providing an extra draw to our winter waters and a great reminder of the “world’s aquarium” just beyond our door. Be sure to check […]
Friday the 13th. If you were up near dawn this morning, or in the coming days, you may have caught the 2013 Geminid meteor shower with the best viewing times during a moonlit sky between moonset and dawn on Saturday, the 14th. Sounds like a perfect evening to stay up and enjoy holiday fiestas in […]
Now that the Turkey has settled, let’s take a look at what’s going on around town this weekend and into December. Nov. 29th 1 p.m. Auction @ JJ’s Cantina to benefit the Santa Claus Club 5 p.m. Mark Mulligan @ Caribbean Parrot! ONE NIGHT ONLY! All profits from donations at the door (no cover) go […]
Music continues this weekend in Rocky Point at the 5th Annual Jazz & Art Festival. Plus, look to the sea for catamarans darting about for the Piñata Regatta, and you may also catch runners taking on obstacle courses at the InSANDity course set up in front of Playa Bonita. Fall activities are here and it’s […]
Once again, October brings with it a fanfare of music and we are ready to get started! In addition to Trop-Rock and Rock this weekend, on Sunday the local Music Academy will be performing at Plaza la Madre, and the 5th Jazz & Art Festival is just around the corner. Let’s get right to it, […]
Across town, various government offices, schools, businesses, and organizations have come together to collect donated goods to send to those in other parts of Mexico impacted by the recent storms of Ingrid and Manuel. A collection drive through Grupo Vidanta (Mayan Palace), the local Tourism Office, and the Convention and Visitors Bureau gathered items earlier […]
By Shandra Keesecker-Rivero If you speak to many old-timers in town, they can tell you in addition to the festive Independence Day fireworks of September 15th and the beginning of shrimp season, a change of temperature often graces Puerto Peñasco right around mid-September. This is not a promise, mind you, just a common experience. Under […]
This week’s Rocky Point Weekend Rundown brought to you by: Giuseppi’s (Blvd. Freemont) By Shandra Keesecker-Rivero Shrimp boats touting fresh layers of paint line up along city docks, awaiting the official launch of shrimp season. This year, smaller boats will be able to start their search on Sept. 6th while those headed for deeper seas […]
This Father’s Day weekend we’d like to send our best to all the fathers out there, particularly of course to our own and to my bro! While the wild calendar of activities has settled down somewhat following all the music last weekend, we’re still looking forward to an exciting summer as the humidity starts to […]
The long anticipated time to trek across the desert and to the shores of Puerto Peñasco from spots across the globe has come; it’s Circus Mexicus weekend in town though the music has already begun! Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers take center stage on Saturday night, yet tunes begin to spill out over the beaches […]
Weekend Rundown brought to you by: As we begin with this Weekend Rundown, a quick glance at the calendar tells us we’re just under a month away from the launch of AeroMéxico flights between Puerto Peñasco, Las Vegas, and Hermosillo! Today representatives from Puerto Peñasco, alongside Sonoran tourism officials and Governor Padrés, are in Las […]
10 de mayo – Mother’s Day in Mexico. This is perhaps one of the most important dates on the calendar. While there are no parades going through town, as on Revolution Day in November, or bells ringing out across city plazas, as on Independence Day in September, el 10 de mayo is celebrated across Mexico […]
Across the U.S. this weekend, much of the country will be springing forward with the beginning of Daylight Savings Time on Sunday. While in Rocky Point our clocks will stay the same (as they do in AZ and Sonora throughout the year), we’ll be springing right into the first weekend of Spring Break for Arizona […]