Experiential Learning: Rosarito, Mexico
Emmerson College, August 12 2011 By Guest blogger.

As a Communication Management graduate student at Emerson, I've been exposed to a wide variety of applications for this line of study. So far, I've taken courses in theory, research methods, stakeholder communication, public affairs, public diplomacy, and web-based communication strategies, all of which have offered distinct contributions to the overall skill set I'm looking to develop during my time in this program. While it can sometimes be hard to tie together concepts from different classes, this past spring I became involved in the RediscoveRosarito Project, and I immediately realized that this project would provide me with the opportunity to utilize what I had been learning in the classroom.

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Rick Bayless in Baja.
Food & Wine, June 2011 By Jen Murphy.

"I didn't think Mexico could still surprise me," says Rick Bayless, the star chef at Chicago's Frontera Grill and the host of PBS's Mexico—One Plate at a Time. Yet a recent eating tour along the 775-mile Baja peninsula left him so excited that he decided to devote the entire eighth season of his TV show to his Baja food finds: "Friends laughed at this, but I probably have enough material for more than 14 episodes."

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Rick Bayless Calls Tijuana 'One of the Great Food Cities of North America'.
Grub Street SanFrancisco, June 06 2011 By Jay Barmann.

Our cohorts in Chicago are used to following the comings and goings of hometown chef and first crowned Top Chef Master Rick Bayless, but we don't get to see too much of him out here in California. Bayless made an appearance yesterday at Sunset's Celebration Weekend in Menlo Park, and Grub Street San Francisco grabbed a few words with him to discuss any possible expansion plans he has for the West Coast, the meal he had at Manresa on Saturday, and where in Mexico he's been loving to eat lately. (Hint: The eighth season of his PBS show just wrapped, and as Grub Street Chi has already noted, it's entirely focused on the Baja peninsula.)

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Rosarito Beach still a pleasant weekend getaway destination.
petethomasoutdoors.com April 13 2011 By Pete Thomas.

I drove to Rosarito Beach with friends this past weekend and was surprised to discover that the Baja California town's namesake hotel was bustling with tourists.

Most were Mexicans participating in a church retreat, but at least two dozen guests had made the short drive from Southern California. Perhaps this is an indication that the once-popular tourist destination is mounting a slow comeback two years after the peak of hysteria regarding drug-related violence in Baja's border region.

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Baja California, Mexico: Nothing to Worry About.
www.gonomad.com, April, 2011. by Gary Singh.

I probably didn’t need five mayors to tell me that Baja California presented no threat to American tourists, since it was obviously a safe place to haunt, but that’s exactly what transpired during a rainy weekend south of the border.

Since scribes of a more sensationalistic ilk have recast drug cartel violence as if it regularly explodes on street corners everywhere, many tourists have simply stopped visiting Baja. As a result, the five mayors felt compelled to make their cases over the course of a few days.

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Baja California Responds To Safety Concerns And Eyes Rebound In Tourism.
Mission Times Courier. April 04 2011 by Jeff Barneson.

(Mission Times Courier, San Diego, CA) - If safety concerns have kept you from visiting Baja California, the State wants you to know security has been stepped up across the region with your safety in mind

The mayors of Tijuana, Rosarito, Ensenada, Mexicali and Tecate recently invited media on a three-day tour of the region to discuss the changes that have been made to ensure the safety of tourists. The Mission Times Courier was one of several media ...

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How to Live Like a Movie Star in Mexico.
www.trifter.com, on February 23, 2011 by Connie Werner Reichert.

Travel article about Rosarito Beach in Baja, Cal-Mex. It’s easy to live like a movie-star in Mexico. All you have to do is cross the border from San Diego into Tijuana, and drive south for just a few miles until you reach Rosario Beach, an area known for its Puerto Nuevo lobster, glorious coastline and movie stars.

What do Sinatra, Hayworth, Douglas, Peck and Monroe have in common besides the obvious? They all stayed and played at the beautifully renovated Rosarito Beach Hotel.

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Feliz Ano Nuevo at Rosarito Beach Hotel
Art and Entertain Me. San Francisco. January 08, 2011. by Emma Krasov.

New Year’s Eve in Mexico… margaritas, mariachi, mar… Latin lovers! But don’t let me get carried away. As I start writing this story, my husband Yuri (of so many years) and I are waiting for a camera-ready sunset on the balcony of our oceanfront suite at the Rosarito Beach Hotel Pacifico Tower.

There is something enticing about staying in a big hotel off-season. Undisturbed swimming pools, wind-swept sandy beaches lined with swaying palms, angry waves, moving to the shore in bottle-green rolls – lead-gray beneath the horizon line...

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Baja Getaway: Land at the Rosarito Beach Hotel
Campus Circle, Los Angeles, December 23, 2010 by Kevin Wierzbicki.

Rosarito will host the 1st Annual Rosarito Beach International Mariachi & Folkloric Festival on October 1st through 3rd, 2010. All net proceeds will benefit The Boys and Girls Club. This inaugural event, held in an authentic, ocean-front, Mexican fiesta setting, will keep you entertained with the vibrant music created by the performers and enthralled with the colorful costumes they wear. The centerpiece of the weekend will be Saturday evening’s show featuring the first in concert appearance in Mexico by the Grammy Award-winning Mariachi Divas and Friends.

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