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While many come to Baja for great travel and shopping deals one local day spa has put a new spin on value. Karma Derma Spa, Skin Care & Hair Salon in the Real del Mar Golf Resort & Hotel combines a higher level of service that can only come from an owner who's background far exceeds most of those that you find in this area.
"Every time we came down to this area for my husbands business I would try different places, but something was always missing. Since I knew that he needed to spend a lot of time in the area I decided to create my own place" says Alejandra Hall of Karma Derma. "I have been a spa person all my life, and whether I am working on new products for my skin care line, or helping my husband with his business, I missed the spa ambiance" continues Alejandra.
And create a place for herself she did, and for all of us for that mater. Fashioned after a Costco type approach where you can get high quality with value pricing, her salon provides a place where everyone can afford to spoil themselves. With a variety of services that range from spa manicures and pedicures to the ultimate in facials that include The Deluxe Karma Derma Facial by Alejandra herself this place is a special treat for both regulars and vacationers alike.
Its that time of year again for the 2009 Tecate Score Baja 1000. Whether you come to race or just take it all in from the sidelines until you have been there firsthand you don't know what your missing.
If you didn't have a chance to stop by the Art Garden event at Real Del Mar Golf Resort & Spa on August 7-9, you missed a beautiful opportunity to see some outstanding art from some of the brightest artists in Mexico if not the world. Organized by Alejandra Hall owner of Karma Derma, the golf resorts day spa and hair salon, the weekend was considered a huge success by all those that we spoke with.
"Although art is a subjective medium, I think one would be hard pressed to find anyone who attended that didn't think the exhibit was fresh and captivating" says Raul Mendoza the resorts general manager. Among the artists that exhibited was Max Corona (co-organizer), Riccardo Sanders, and Elias Vizais. In addition there was also a display of custom jewelry designs from CHAB designs, Inc.
Besides great art those that attended also were treated to the sounds of Alex Mora and his band. Alex specializes in a mix of fresh and elegant romantic music and was accompanied by Cesar Barajas, drums, Chema Reyes bass, and Omar Valdez on keyboard.
Imagine working at Desilu Productions, the company founded by Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball. A company that was credited with inventing the modern day sit-com and at one time produced a large portion of the most successful television programs on the air. A company that at its height had more TV sound stages than did MGM or Twentieth Century Fox. For John Bell who grew up at a farm in Iowa this was not something he had to imagine, this was his life. After getting involved with acting in collage and auditioning for Laugh-In he was hooked and came out to Hollywood as so many still do to this day.
And even though his goal to be a full time working actor did not pan out, he had the privilege to make his living in the business, running the post productions facilities at the old Desilu studios, and then moving over to MGM where he ran the projection facilities all the while maintaining his love for acting and not skipping a beat to this day as he now sits on the board of the Rosarito Theater Guild in Baja. This is where we caught up to him to speak with him about his latest roll, that of the director of the guilds last play, The Cemetery Club, Written by Ivan Menchell.
The Cemetery Club is a comedy/drama that revolves around three friends who meet monthly over tea before they trundle off to the cemetery to visit their dead husbands. And while at first thought this doesn't seem to jump out at you to be the subject matter for entertainment, entertainment it certainly was thanks to a great cast and a wonderful job of direction from Mr. Bell.
Ask him how he came to choose this particular play and a big smile comes immediately to his face. "I went to Samuel French in Hollywood and spent about two hours looking and going through everything", says John, "and finally I just went up to the girl and said do you have plays for old people. She mention this play and I just skimmed threw the first couple pages of it and said this is it".
Not only was John pleasantly surprised by the material, we were just as pleasantly surprised with its outcome. In an area that offers so much of its own rich culture sometimes it is hard to find a little something from back home and a night at the Rosarito Theater sure hits the spot. When we sat down to speak with John about it, one of the first questions that came to mind was how this presentation ended up with such high production value. Finding out a little about John's background explained a lot.
Getting involved in theater in collage, John then traveled the mid-west in a successful production. After leaving that he came out to Hollywood and began studying with some of the top teachers in the area and auditioning for roles in TV and movies as he began working at the studio's behind the scenes.
This true Hollywood background along with the plays talented cast made our night thoroughly enjoyable and makes us look forward to there next production.
This year marks Tijuana's 120th Anniversary. The city is a city with much history both on its own and in connection with being one of the most traveled cities in the world by American tourist. Although currently might not be the best of times for it on a publicity front, you cannot deny that there is a segment of Americans that love to visit it.
As Tijuana commemorates its 120th year anniversary the Tijuana Convention & Visitors Bureau has released there top 120 things to do in Tijuana. If you have any additions to suggest the TCVB welcomes your comments, and of course if you know of, or are part of, anything that might me of interest to your fellow readers please add it to our events calender or forward you comments to us.
Tijuana Convention & Visitors Bureau's Top 120 Things to do.
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