May 17, 2012

Find Your Ghoul-Mate on a Halloween Cruise

Find your ghoul-mate this year with a Halloween Singles Cruise organized by Singles Travel International. You’ll sail away onboard Royal Caribbean’s Vision of the Seas to the Mexican Riviera with ports of call in Cabo San Lucas, Mazatlan, and Puerto Vallarta. Special onboard events are designed to encourage mixing and mingling and include costume and [...]

Slide Show of Guadalajara, Mexico

I’m trying out a new blogging photo service today – Smilebox. Here’s a photo slide show of a recent trip to Guadalajara, Mexico.   Make a Smilebox slideshow   This is a fun way to share some travel photos with you, so let me know how you like it.   ______________________________ Share on Facebook

Samantha Brown Goes to Los Cabos, Mexico

Tonight, on the Travel Channel’s Samantha Brown:  Passport to Great Weekends, Sam heads to Cabo San Lucas, on the Baja peninsula. I was recently in Cabo, after an absence of many, many years, and found it much changes.  I didn’t have a lot of time to explore, bur I’m sure after watching Sam’s adventures, I’ll [...]

Looking Ahead to Mexico!

I’ve been sick this month, and have spent the entire time on bed rest, recuperating from a bout of pneumonia.  It hasn’t been any fun being grounded, and I’ve missed out on a great month of flying (wonderful layovers), as well as all the fun things here at home in Seattle. One of the things [...]

Looking for Guadalajara Recommendations!

Next month I’ll be going back to Guadalajara, Mexico, a city that I haven’t visited for about 15 years. What I always loved about Guadalajara, was that it was a “real” city, as opposed to the beach cities.  Although tourism plays an important of the economic fabric of the Guadalajara, the city is also home [...]

Shopping at Puerco Azul (Blue Pig)

If you’ve never found the comedic in art, Puerco Azul (Blue Pig) will set you straight. This whimsical art gallery in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, occupying both a house and its courtyard, is full of an eclectic mix of one-of-a-kind art.  The common denominator to it all is animals. Gallery owners Lee and Nancy Chapman traveled [...]

Matchbook Monday: CasaMagna Resort in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Today’s Matchbook Monday features one of my favorite Mexico hotels, the Marriott Casa Magna Resort & Spa in the Marina Vallarta area of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. The hotel is a quick five minutes from the airport, and is located directly on the ocean.  Try to secure a room with a view of it, if you [...]

Slurp Up a Tuba!

I discovered a drink called “tuba” that I haven’t been able to find anywhere else.  At first I was a little hesitant to give it a try. It’s typically found on the the streets and beaches, not necessarily the best places to give new food a try.  But try it I did, and it was [...]

Matchbook Monday: Grand Bay Hotel, Isla Navidad

If you enjoy a nice beach resort, you’ll enjoy today’s Matchbook Monday – the Grand Bay Hotel at Isla Navidad Resort in Manzanillo, Mexico. I came across this matchbook while doing a little cleaning around the house, and it reminded be (quite fondly) of my stay there a few years ago. The hotel is on [...]

New Passport Rules – You're Going to Need One

Today is the very last day to travel between the United States and the Western Hemisphere (Canada, Mexico, Central America, South America, the Caribbean, and Bermuda) with only a driver’s license or voter registration card. Beginning January 23rd, 2007, all persons traveling will be required to present a valid passport.  This means both children and [...]