Misconceptions

List of common misconceptions

Local Car Club

The local car club, PLR (Professional Low Rider), hosted a free community BBQ event at the park down the street from my house. Enjoy the pics.

Cabo Mama Surf Tacos: The Best Fish Tacos in Cabo

Took a nice little break from work & school to San Jose del Cabo - or Los Cabos. Found the best taqueria serving fish tacos. (Thank you tripadvisor!) In between eating at fancy schmancy resorts and restaurants, we always craved Cabo Mama Surf Tacos. Serves tortillas in corn or flour with your choice of seafood. Everything extra you see is what I added from their salsa bar. Check the price - $2.00 USD for lunch! hehehe

Know where Cabo Mama Surf Tacos gets their fresh catch from? San Jose del Cabo is known for its sport fishing with some of the riches fishing grounds in the world. Yellowfin tuna, dorado, wahoo, dorado, and billfish migrate from the South Pacific to the Sea of Cortez. uh huh. I thought it tasted like tonga. LOL Fresh and Mmmmm good!

Shrimp Tacos



Fish and Scallops tacos. I'd skip the shrimp and just order the fish. Ask what's the catch of the day.



Cabo Mama Surf Tacos located in the Mega complex at the Fonatur roundabout

"Sin Nombre" Pre-Screens at Stanford University

"Sin Nombre" Pre-Screens at Stanford University this Sunday, March 8th, 6:00P at Cubberly Auditorium. It's a free screening so best arrive early, as seating is first come, first served and not guaranteed.

I'm thrilled to throw some love for "Sin Nombre", not because Cary Joji Fukunaga's a local Bay Area dude or his first feature debut rocked Sundance Film Festival this year, which took home the Excellence in Cinematography Award and Best Director Award, but because directors all around are showing more interest to shoot on location in gritty foreign places and screenwriters are writing gritty urban dramas. Audiences are exposed to the dramatic realities in harsh ghettos and savagery of stunning landscapes. We've been hooked on the fairytale glamour too long.

I'll throw up a review after Sunday's screening. In the meantime, enjoy the watching the trailer.

Marina

"The Sari Soldiers"

"The Sari Soldiers", a film by JulieBridgham, will be playing at the Yerba Buena Center on March 19th, 7:30pm, as part of the Human Rights Watch Film Festival. She will be there for Q&A as well.

I have yet to see the film but grew a keen interest in its development. Her mother fed me itty bits of Nepal's modern history and Julie's experience filming in Nepal as we spent weeks screening hundreds of film entries to select for the United Nations Film Festival. Two years later and having a mega exposure of humanitarian films, I still remember her stories. The message is that powerful.

Watch the trailer. Or better yet, get off your lazy ass and go watch the film. Stimulate the economy and your mind. Bring some friends too.

Marina

The Sari Soldiers

A film by Julie Bridgham

US/Nepal, 2008, 90 minutes, Color, DVD, Nepali/English, Subtitled

The Sari Soldiers is a story of six women’s efforts to shape Nepal’s future in the midst of an escalating civil war against Maoist insurgents, and the King’s crackdown on civil liberties
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2009 HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Mar 5, 12, 19 and 26
$8 Regular, $6 Student / Teacher / Senior, $6 YBCA Member

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

701 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 978-2787

Tina Knows Her Teddy Bears

Shameless Plug: My niece, Tina Boo, made the front page news. Awwww, I can hear "the mob" squealing!

Palo Alto Daily News 12/18/2008, Page A01

2008 Election