In this Daily: New Activities This Month and Growing Towns
Things in Las Catalinas grow and change, just like the town itself. Visibly on the edge of town, each passing month brings new homes, shops, hotels, and restaurants. Into these new spaces, new people come, whether to stop by for a day, settle in for a visit, or choose to live full time. Around these new spaces filled with people, the rhythms of town life change and grow as well, with new activities, new offerings, new menus, new products, and new traditions.
It’s in this way that towns grow from just being locations to feeling like places, with history, tradition, and character.
New Activities This Month and the Process of Growing Towns
This month a few activities that have appeared in previous months are returning to the calendar. The Wednesday Fish Market with Chef Gilberto Briceño is one, with Beach Yoga -- both sunset yoga on Tuesdays and morning yoga on Thursdays and Fridays -- taking place during the rest of August.
Watching how the events within a town change over time is an interesting way to track the habits of people, and in a place like Las Catalinas that is constantly growing, the events change quickly. Weekly rhythms can shift, bringing light to new possibilities. For example, when a new breakfast option like Copper & Stone appears, the people of town react in different ways. To some, it becomes a new favorite coffee spot, or the preferred place to take lunch when moving through town. To others, it might represent more time in the schedule for other activities, as grocery visits are reduced. In this way, new additions can have an effect on entirely unrelated parts of town.
Take, for example, the Beach Yoga. Many attendees are experienced in the art, and each visit represents a change to established routine. For newcomers, it’s possible the ease of access to this class is a new opportunity, and an entirely new habit to form.
It’s the same for the Wednesday Fish Market. There’s clearly a powerful desire for fresh fish that draws visitors to Chef Gilberto’s stand, and every bite taken at the Beach Club is a decision made to be there.
As Las Catalinas continues to grow, the people around town move in response, adapting and changing alongside it. But there are also traditions like the Las Catalinas Tri and the Paddle Battle that have been built, even as town has changed over the past decade, and over time the accumulation of these many traditions is in part how towns develop their identity.