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Aprende a preparar la verdadera ensalada César.

Las ensaladas son platos muy sencillos, frescos, energizantes y con pocas calorías. Atrás quedó la época, dónde por ensalada entendíamos, lechuga, tomate y cebolla y el único aliño, aceite, vinagre y sal. En los últimos años, han ganado mucho espacio en las mesas, entre otras cosas, porque permite ser muy creativo y combinar ingredientes y sabores muy diversos.

Aunque básicamente, las ensaladas…

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AVENIDA REVOLUCION

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“Revolution Avenue”

As you cruise each street that crosses Revolution Avenue, you see what people who have passed by leave behind. From sneakers hung by electrical wires, to murals that express the city’s changing face. This avenue creates a canvas for incoming tourist, migrants, and locals to enhance the city’s economic and cultural development. With artisan shops known as “curios” that date back to the begging of the twentieth century when this avenue was initially paved, to new innovative gastronomical proposals, to common street food venders. This avenue has been the city’s most profitable attraction, in what is known as “the most visited city in the world”.

“Plaza Santa Cecilia” located in the intersection between Revolution Avenue and Article No.123 Street (First Street) is known as a melting pot for regional Mexican music. You can find anything from a three player ensemble known as a norteño (that consist of an accordion, guitar and drums), to a full on mariachi who can be hired on the spot to play your favorite song. This plaza was named after the patron of musicians Saint Cecilia. And has lived up to its name for years. Plaza Santa Cecilia is characterized by aging cement arches covered in brick red paint surrounding the musicians as lively melodies of traditional Mexican music cover the street.

As you venture off to the next intersection on Revolution Avenue: Benito Juarez Street (known as Second Street) you encounter another transcending part of the city. This intersection is known for its gay bars and clubs that are along the street. Gay pride flags hang from most of these venues, and are a clear sign of Tijuana’s acceptance of all its people. Neon signs can be seen at a distance and encourage people to come in. One of the oldest and most well-known gay bar is “Colibri” which is situated right on the corner of Revolution Avenue and Second Street.

As soon as you cross the street on to the next block onto Carrillo Puerto Street (Third Street) you can see a very iconic pharmacy almost at the corner. Known by its mannequin dressed as a sexy nurse in a short revealing white robe wearing a blonde wig as it holds a neon heart shaped cardboard sign that reads “Viagra”. You can see many of these pharmacies throughout the downtown area, promoting low cost antibiotics, and prescription drugs. As you keep on walking you start to encounter passages on either side of the iconic avenue. The better known ones are “Pasaje Rodriguez” and “Pasaje Gomez” which stand right across from each other, each offering a different concept of local products to an evolving consumer. Each passage is filled with small shops, and multiple murals drawn out by local artist.

This avenue is also known for one of Tijuana’s major tourist attraction and a must when visiting the city, the iconic “Burrozebra” or “Zonkey”. A Zonkey is a donkey generally white or gray, with black stripes painted on to it. There are different versions of how these donkeys got their stripes but it is said to have been done due to the resolution of black and white film. These zonkeys date back to the prohibition of alcohol in the United States of America, when American tourist would come to Tijuana and drink all they could, making the city a playground for most tourist. When leaving Tijuana they could take a nice souvenir with them. A picture on a zonkey. Since the donkeys were barely visible, they decided to paint stripes on to them, and so they stuck. These donkeys are placed along Revolution Avenue and are the heart and soul of the city. They are decorated with black stripes and harnesses which have their names written on them. Behind them there is a wooden backdrop, with hand painted backgrounds depicting traditional Mexican folktales.

The world famous Caesar Salad was created right on Revolution Avenue. At the Caesar Hotel located between Salvador Diaz Miron Street (Fourth Street) and the street named after the revolutionary leader Emiliano Zapata (Fifth Street). The hotel and restaurant are visited by millions a year. The restaurant is characterized by its tall garden wall and jazz music that can be heard from across the street. It is so notorious by this, that each year there is a jazz festival celebrated right outside the Caesar Hotel. Right across the street we find a spacious coffee shop named “Praga”, with an outdoor patio letting the cool breeze of a summer night hit your skin while you enjoy a warm or cold cup of coffee.

Half way on to this iconic Avenue we find Tijuana’s party scene. Flores Magon Street (Sixth Street), better known as “La Sexta”. The bars found along this main avenue are iconic starting on “La Sexta” with an eighties classic “Porkies” located on the main corner (which was originally located at another plaza). A few steps westward to “Las Pulgas” which stands in front of another Tijuana Eighties Classic “Tia Juana Tilly’s Bar and Restaurant”. Both of these venues are witness to a monument left by the prohibition, the historic “Jai Alai”. An iconic building, one of the tallest in on the street, with a beige color surrounding its old walls, and the venerable red color on the words that read JAI ALAI. This building was built to host jai alai matches in the forty’s and fifty’s. It now serves as a music venue for various artist that come to the city.

Tijuana’s oldest Avenue is a blend of an aging and still flourishing history. Throughout its interloping streets much of the city’s development and transition can be seen. Through its classic shops, its modern murals, and the traditional zonkeys, Revolution Avenue lives up to its name. Revolutionizing its self when needed, and inspiring its visitors to do the same.

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