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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 […]

Posted 21 May 2026 § Blog § Politics § ThrowbackThursday § Travel § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

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 § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

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 § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

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 § Travel § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

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

Posted 29 January 2026 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

One Month Away!!!

Posted 13 January 2026 § Family § MemoryLane § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – New Year’s Eve in Cuba (Dec 2015)

I’ll start by saying that my wife is an absolute smokeshow (so I know this will be the first line of my annual “First Line of My First Post of Each Month”) next December! 😉 The only time we did an all-inclusive over the Xmas holiday season was when we went to Cuba with my […]

Posted 01 January 2026 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Krystal Grand Puerto Vallarta

We have a family trip booked to the Cancun area for February but ended up having an opportunity to go again in April so Shea and I have booked to go to Puerto Vallarta for the first time ever!  

Posted 26 December 2025 § FridayFunLink § Shea § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Hotel Riu Cancun (March 2004)

Shea and I have rarely (never?) stayed at the same brand of hotel during our various all-inclusive trips over the years, always interested in trying new places (though we lean heavily on the Cancun/Mayan Riviera area lately compared to moving around more when we first starting going to resorts.) We stayed at a Riu during […]

Posted 06 November 2025 § MemoryLane § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Isla Mujeres Ferry (February 2020)

Shea and I have done three or four day trips to Isla Mujeres when we’ve stayed at all-inclusives in the Cancun area over the years. And every time, we come home and say “That was the best part of our trip – we should stay there for our whole trip sometime!” Isla Mujeres is a […]

Posted 27 February 2025 § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,