Teresa

When I was invited to stay at the Villa del Palmar Beach Resort & Spa at the Islands of Loreto in Danzante Bay just south of Loreto for nearly a week with a team of writers, you can imagine — Danzante Bay is about 35 minutes south of the Loreto airport and is marked with breathtaking views of the bay and surrounded by impressive mountains and the TPC Danzante Bay Golf Course, which has been nominated as Mexico’s best golf course 2019 by the World Golf Awards. We didn’t have the time to do nearly all the activities offered by the resort, but we did enjoy a full schedule of amazing meals, plenty of fitness, yoga, paddle boarding, massage, hydrotherapy, whale watching and visiting the town of Loreto. The resort also offers water aerobics almost daily in the main pool that looked like a ton of fun!

I won’t bore you with the personal details of it all, but if you haven’t done your 2019 goal setting yet, it’s not too late. The hike would start in Idyllwild and climb up to the summit and back down for a hearty day hike. We’ll start the hike in the dark and reach the summit mid-day. You don’t have to be a superstar hiker, marathon runner or training for the Cactus to Clouds hike to join this group.

These hearty Roasted Cabbage Steaks are an awesome winter dish that will leave your taste buds satisfied, your tummy full and your immune system fully loaded. The younger Artisanal Mahon version is aged for 2 to 3 months, is softer and comes with a milder flavor than the aged version. For this recipe I used aged Mahon, which is harder, drier and comes with a saltier flavor. Mahón-Menorca Cheese can be purchased nationwide at Whole Foods, and at other fine retailers such as Fairway Markets, Harris Teeter, Saveway, Kroger, Murray’s, Central Markets, Costco, Gourmet Garage, West Side Markets, Zabar’s, Central and Town & Country Markets in Seattle and at the best specialty stores all over the country.

My dad and brother definitely have different and more detailed memories than I do, but based on my nine year old memories, here are a few things I was expecting to find on our return trip. We were able to find my dad’s old friend Molly (Miguel) who is the owner of the beach restaurant Chiringuito Moreno at Burrina Beach we went to all the time in 1985. It’s like exercise, you’ll never “find the time” to do it. This isn’t so much a tip, just something to be aware of (and I guess something I could add to my list of what I wasn’t expecting).