Soon after we arrived in La Paz, fellow cruisers alerted us to a very small typical Mexican restaurant on Calle Nicolás Bravo, three blocks off the Malecón: the LA FONDA Restaurant.

We arrived there and found a small restaurant with an ample and tropically decorated back patio. We were greeted by its owner, Jorge Briceño, his wife Silvia, his son Ricardo, and a smiling waiter, Cuco.

Jorge and Silvia are both lawyers. Silvia had been a local judge until there was a shift during Mexican Party elections. They are wonderful people, and we have become good friends.

Jorge explained that their objective was to serve typical Mexican food, such as typical Mexican families eat at home every day, at reasonable prices. If you order the "comida corrida", or one of the specials they have cooked for the day, the cost of the food ranges between $3 and $3.50 US, including Agua de Jamaica, a delicious tea made out of the flower of an unusual variety of the hyacinth flower.

After many visits to LA FONDA, always bringing new friends to this wonderful place, the Briceño´s invited us to have dinner at their home. They have a beautiful home, which Jorge designed, with lots of open spaces and an inside fountain. There, we enjoyed lots of conversation and music.

We were invited to the Briceño´s yet again, and were asked to invite Pepe, Sue, and Neil, amateur musicians and sailors, who had been playing blues tunes at THE DOCK café, in Marina de La Paz.