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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Should I Tip In USD or Local Currency While In Mexico?

I’ve never done this before but my original post from March 2019 is displaying weirdly and I’m too lazy to dig into my blog’s plug-ins and undercarriage to fix it right now. So I’m just going to re-post the entire thing (with the slightly changed title that this really applies for tourists in Mexico in […]

Saturday Snap – Meeting of the Minds?

Had a really nice visit with my mom before Shea and I leave for Mexico (twice in one winter?!? What???) tomorrow. Off to Puerto Vallarta for a week and it’s a long story but we got a good deal and have been thinking a lot about how all four of our parents quit traveling earlier […]

¶ Posted 04 April 2026 § Family § MemoryLane § Sad § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, health, holiday

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Cuba Cuties (March 2011, Jan 2016)

So fortunate to have had multiple trips with both sets of grandparents – our wedding in Mexico and Dominican Republic with all four of them, Cuba separately with each of them different years and various other locations as well – Mexico, Hawaii, etc. Hard to believe this was 10 years ago… And this was 15 […]

¶ Posted 02 April 2026 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, cute, holiday, parents

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – All About All-Inclusives (Sept 2017)

Before programming at RPL was centralized, each branch got to plan their own programs. I sometimes put myself on the docket to talk about subjects I had a particualr knowledge (some might say expertise!) in…

¶ Posted 05 March 2026 § Library § MemoryLane § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, education, travel

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Ahoy Matey! (Feb 2017)

¶ Posted 05 February 2026 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, holiday, travel

Music Monday – “But a by the way/I want a break and want to put this stress aside/But above all things I wanna lay by the oceanside/The ocean waves, no other way, get away

“One More Minute” – Authority Zero

¶ Posted 02 February 2026 § MusicMonday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – “I’ll Have Your Finest Orange Crush, Please!” (January 2016)

¶ Posted 29 January 2026 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, cute, holiday, travel

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Three Monkeys (Feb 2017)

¶ Posted 22 January 2026 § MemoryLane § Pace § Sasha § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, holiday, travel

Wisdom Wednesday – As You Age, You Lose More and More Fucks To Give

@ericami1234 #silversprings #fyp #fleatwoodmack #foryou #viral ? original sound – ???? ???

¶ Posted 21 January 2026 § Humour § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, travel

Friday Fun Link – See The Seaweed Situation At The Live Cam Nearest Your Resort

Sargassum seaweed has been a huge (and growing) issue for the past fifteen years or so along the coast of Mexico from Cancun south to Tulum. This site lists the various hotels that have livecams pointed at their beaches so you can have a (rough) idea of how bad it might be when you arrive […]