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| The term 'B*zone' was coined by common usage among a group of men who called their informally organized council the Boqueron Culture Club. Mostly expatriot sailors from diverse ports of call who had intentionally marooned themselves- The group also included alcoholic retirees, a few local men, some lost tourists whose return airline tickets had expired, and a few out-of-towners who would travel to the b*zone to attend Culture Club activites -held outdoors on bright afternoons at picnic tables on the waterfront. These conclaves were often spirited and boisterous- running on through the night until the final conscious oratory had been expelled and the last debator's babbling drowned out by the snoring of the remnants- each confident he'd had the final word and outlasted his adversaries. To my knowledge all members of the group save one have passed on due to complications involving substance abuse. The one remaining member cannot provide any information as he unfortunately lost his voice in a shouting match with the others and it never returned. It's a shame that there exists no transcripts of their meetings as they neglected to appoint a secretary. Part of their charter was evidently to reject any form of organizational rules of order. The primary focus and purpose of the group remained consistant however throughout it's duration: To voice in ever ascending decibel levels diverse, uninformed and often incomprehensible matters of personal opinion. 'B*zone' is their legacy |
| In spanish, boqueron means 'big mouth' and from altitude the bay does resemble an open mouth in profile.- On the next page are what fly-by extraterrestrials see before landing in nearby cane fields, cow pastures, and merengue festivals. |
| Boqueron is also the name of a member of the anchovy family. Fishermen I've talked to dont know or wont tell. Never having drug a beach seine in the bay for baitfish, I've no idea if [engraulis encrasicolus boqueron] even swims around here, not to say I would catch one or be able to identify it if they did. But it seems that if the place was named after seafood, -from antiquity it would have been called Almejas (clams) or Ostiones (oysters) - two abundant seafood items common to the area. But then the Culture Club would have come up with A*zone (not very sonorous) or O*zone (already taken) |
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