When Jack and Denny Smith decided to build a vacation dream house in Baja, California, they had no idea they were entering a phase of their lives “that would capture the fancy of readers throughout the United States.” Through a series of strange and whimsical adventures, they would find that building a house takes God and Mr. Gomez.
As their house took form first in their imaginations and then on paper, little things went wrong along the way. The building site had a way of moving slightly each time they visited it, and by the time the foundation was laid, it had moved to the middle of the road. Gomez got around that by simply moving the road. Fortunately, Gomez was always on hand to provide the solution, with the philosophy that all practical problems can be solved—with a little time and a little tequila.
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When Romulo Gomez builds your Baja, California, dream home, it takes a bit of adjusting. If necessary, he even adjusts the road a bit to put your home in a spot with a better view. Still, the view did turn out to be fabulous, and Mr. Gomez turned out to be a lasting influence in the lives of Jack Smith and his wife, Denny. William Dufris's narration of this chronicle seems more sarcastic in places than the gentle writings of the late LOS ANGELES TIMES columnist Jack Smith, yet he portrays the Smiths, Gomez, and their neighbors in a fledgling expatriate colony as well-rounded, likable people. If you're dreaming of getting away from urban life and long commutes in California, this one's for you. J.A.S. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine
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