Las Ventanas - Tequila School & Celeb Sightings

Woo hoo! Did we just find our new fave hotel? I mean, it's kinda hard to stack up places in Manhattan or Paris against island & beach  locations but who cares? The LV rocks!

So what've we been up to? A whole lotta nuthin', that's what, people. This is one of those places that you arrive at and say "We're not leaving'" - no 'junkets into town', no 'visiting the ruins', no nothing. We don't wanna see the outside of this compound - except for our AM beach runs to sweat out the Tequila from the day before -  until we'll have to reluctantly drag our asses back to the airport.

Well, we would prolly go to visit a tequila distillery, but as we learned in Tequila School yesterday afternoon (we're always trying to expand our intellectual boundaries), of the 23 states that comprise Mexico, only 5 are approved to grow the blue agave and make it into 100% Tequila. And Baja is, unfortunately, not one of them. Hell, I didn't even know there were 23 states in Mexico!

And what would a VdV post be without a liquor-related recommendation? My two faves: the Don Julio 1942 Anéjo and the Clase Azul Reposado

Speaking of Tequila School...we had some pretty entertaining classmates with us, friends. And I guess, from a 'behind the camera' POV, we have Celeb sighting #3 under our belts in just our first 1 1/2 days down here. As you may recall, Celeb #1 - that cooky character known to some of you as Capt. James T. Kirk, others as T.J. Hooker, others as Denny Crain, and yet others as simply the 'Priceline guy', Bill Shatner himself (if I see him again I'm gonna ask him if he can get me a cheap ticket back to SF).

Then, later that day at dinner, we spied Celeb #2, known to me only as Suresh, the devilishly handsome Heros actor Sendhil Ramamurhty (with a pretty plain-jane date I might add). He did make a few "hey look at me, ask me for my a-graph" trips to the bathroom. No one bit.

But wait! They all pale in comparison to Celeb #3 (well, maybe if you are a fan of CSI). Which I have never watched, I'm more of a Law & Order fan. Wait for it...I can almost smell the anticipation...yes...it is...Anthony  Zuiker!! Who? The creator of the CSI Franchise, that's who. Sitting right next to us, enjoying the ceviché with blanco, reposado and anéjo tequilas with us. Hey I dunno about CSI but any tequila fan is a friend of mine.

Stay tuned we have two more star-studded days down here!