Hotel California (Pssst: Bring Your Alibis)

Eagles' Hotel California Album CoverMost Americans are familiar with Cabo San Lucas as a shotgun wedding destination or the Mexico’s answer to the The Ivy.  What was a little fishing village has turned into ‘Vegas south‘  just without the gambling casinos.   Just ask Sammy Hagar’s friends.  Both La Paz and San Jose del Cabo are slightly less known – but still well known.  And then, there is everything in-between.

On the eastern Mar de Cortez side, there’s the East Cape town of Los Barriles’ namesake hotel and Mar y Sol.  And on the Pacific Ocean side, there’s the artsy town of Todos Santos home to both the in-town Hotel California and beachfront La Posada la Poza…  

Welcome to the (fill in your preference)
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely face
They livin’ it up at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise
Bring your alibis

~ by Paul O'Sullivan on December 21, 2008.

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