This was one of the most unique hotels we saw during our visit to Mexico last March.
For example, while all beaches in Mexico are considered public property, this hotel is on a small island of its own, connected to Isla Mujeres by a short bridge, which means that this is one of the few places in Mexico where you’re able to essentially enjoy a private beach, let alone feel like you have your own private island!
It also has what is basically its own shallow lagoon as well as being only steps from the famous Playa Norte.
And, perhaps most shockingly, a young woman whose mother I worked with in my first post-MLIS job at Southeast Regional Library was hit by a train and died a few days later, just after her 17th birthday (and as her mother later shared in a viral post, the accident was because “My SMART, sensible, beautiful young lady was looking at her goddamn fucking phone.”)
The accident happened on a Thursday night and Shea and I passed the scene on our way to our campsite though we didn’t see the accident, only the large number of police cars at the scene, likely already beginning their investigation. It wasn’t until I looked at Facebook the next morning that I learned who had been in the accident.
I didn’t know Kailynn personally though, as happens these days, I felt like I knew a bit about her from her mother’s social media posts. In fact, there’s a chance I even interacted with Kailynn at the Weyburn Pharmasave where she had a part-time job and where our family stopped occasionally throughout the summer.
Anyhow, there was a celebration of Kailynn’s life on Sunday so I thought I’d post the video tribute that they showed at the ceremony…
The third ever HiaC match between Undertaker and Mankind had not one, not two but three iconic spots (two involving falls from the top of the cage) that make this one of the best, most influential, most memorable matches of all-time (but was so extreme, it also created a backlash against increasingly dangerous “stunt” spots.)
Longtime NDP member, former Sask NDP party president and candidate for office and party leader, Yens Pedersen, won the byelection in Regina Northeast yesterday to boost the number of Saskatchewan NDP MLAs to 13.
My first introduction to Pedersen was when he competed against Ryan Meili for Leader of the Saskatchewan NDP in 2009.
At the time, Ryan ended up placing second to the eventual winner, Dwain Lingenfelter, but both of the other contenders – MLA Deb Higgins and Yens Pedersen – threw their support behind Meili during the voting rounds and to this day, I often wonder how the Saskatchewan NDP might be different in terms of party renewal and revitalization if Meili had managed to pull off the upset.
Anyhow, here’s another picture to show the long history Pedersen and Meili have together – this one from a Ryan Meili book launch that was held at Regina Public Library in September 2012 when, if memory serves, Pedersen introduced Meili.
