Category Archives: Travel

Music Monday – “He said ‘Son, you ever been to Vegas?’ I said ‘No’/He said ‘That’s where we’re gonna go, You need a change of pace’/And when we hit the strip with all the wedding chapels and the neon signs/He said ‘I left my wallet in El Segundo’ and proceeded to take two grand of mine/We made tracks to the Mandalay Bay hotel/Asked the bell boy if he’d take me and my monkey as well?”

Such a good song.  Loved the Robbie Williams documentary on Netflix too! “Me and My Monkey” – Robbie Williams

Friday Fun Link – The Library Gentlemen’s Club, Las Vegas

Combining two of my favourite things in one – libraries and, uh, boobs books! 😉  

Music Monday – “Jineteando en mi caballo/Por la sierra yo me voy/Las estrellas y la luna/Ellas me dicen donde voy”

“Cancion Del Mariachi” – Antonio Banderas w/ Los Lobos

Saturday Snap – Some People Buy At Duty Free…

…some people just keep taking the free beers from the in-room mini-bar every day then bring them home in their suitcase! 😉 Could’ve had a really good score this trip if I’d thought to raid my parents’ and sisters’ rooms too! (Not pictured – a can of Heineken Silver that I got at the beach, […]

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – First Dementia Signs (February 2018)

One good thing about being an obsessive journal keeper since right around the time I graduated high school (and that those journals, started in WordPerfect, have now all been digitized and are completely searchable.) So that’s how I know that the very first reference I made to my mom showing signs of dementia was in […]

Friday Fun Link – Dreams Playa Mujeres

As of today, I’m officially on holidays and will be here in a few short days…and likely very few blog posts until we return in a week.

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Snorkelling in Hawaii (January 2012)

So glad the tour guide on this snorkeling tour didn’t actually need a bribe to make sure he didn’t drop our water camera when he swam underneath us to take this unique photo! 😉

Music Monday – “Take a trip from Canada/I want all of us to go/To my Island home/where Jah love forever flows”

One week today!!! “Palm Trees” – Tasman Jude

Riding Tren Maya, Mexico’s Controversial New Train

Friday Fun Link – The Surprising Pattern Behind Colour Names Around The World

Cool video my son told me about…