Why does not a soul rave about Baja the way I do? What are you fools seeing?
I almost jumped on a plane today to Baja. I mean - I was seconds away from it. Why not? Errands and work be damned. When do you get to live in all this insanity? When does the TO DO list just stand the F down and this one life get a silly minute to breathe? A moment to just regroup, pat yourself on the back and say job the holy hell well done, girl? Not that often.
Heading to NJ for almost 5 months this week. Daunting to think about. Therefore, I am tossing my laptop into a carry-on and calling it a day. I can buy my little $10 t-shirts from Whole Foods out there. Who needs anything anyhow. It's all just stuff in the grand scheme. Just ties that bind, weigh you down. Keep your surroundings clean and light - attach to nothing. I think that's the real secret to a life well lived.
When I am on the road, when I am just gone...well, things straighten out in my head and I have all the madcap joy in the world. I find the best food; I lay eyes on the most beautiful people; I see the most stunning visions; I try all kinds of new things; life just makes complete sense.
Baja - good sweet pure INSANE Baja will just have to shift on over to the back-burner for a spell and then I will be back with a vengeance. Ready to surf again. Ready to play with all the puppies I befriended. Ready to live the dream again. In real time.
Give this song a listen and you will be in my shoes for a mere moment whilst pecking this entry out. Just happier than ever, remembering all that was - and never was. Per usual.
Baja -- it's just 2 hrs away for the love.
What a fantastic song, and so appropriate for the mood I'm in right now...
Posted by: Bill Carney | June 01, 2010 at 07:40 AM
Alas, Baja is a little farther for me in Boston than for you in LA. Someday I'll get there, but in the meantime you presented Isla Mujeres to me for the first time through The Sweet Tooth, and for that I'm grateful. For all the insanity that Mexico somehow represents in the gringo mind, for me the special places in Mexico restore my sanity.
Posted by: Rob Marais | May 31, 2010 at 03:11 PM
Baja looks like a place we would enjoy and appreciate immensely! Thank you for sharing this post with us. *hugs*
Posted by: Freely Living Life | May 30, 2010 at 09:27 AM
Some people 'get' Baja but a lot of people don't. It's just the way it is and it is not really possible to explain it. If you cross that border and enter into the chaos of Mexico, and you LOVE it...then you get it. Baja(and all of Mexico) is an alternative reality, a sort of parallel universe where things are tweeky and just sort of work. Life is in your face there and seems pretty honest to me.
Posted by: Cowgirl | May 28, 2010 at 09:24 PM