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.@SandosCaracol – One Week From Today!

I can’t remember how we ended up deciding on the Sandos Caracol resort when we booked last fall but I have to say this is the first time in all our various resort holidays over the years that I’m regretting that we’re only going for a week instead of two. Beyond the things pretty much […]

¶ Posted 15 February 2017 § Travel ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: holiday, travel

Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds – Three Concerts on the Beach @davetimmexico

It was about a week before we left for the Dominican Republic in February 2015 that I stumbled upon the news that Ringo Starr was performing at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, not far from the resort we’d be at. After some quick discussion, I ended up buying tickets for my parents, Shea and […]

¶ Posted 12 February 2017 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Photo § PopCulture § Randomness § Shea § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: music, parents, travel

Sandos Caracol! Two Weeks From Today!! (And A Bit About How To “Know Before You Go”)

Because the Internet – everything from YouTube to Instagram, TripAdvisor to Twitter, mommy bloggers to travel bloggers and much much more – allows you to get a sense of travel destinations before you go, I sometimes think the anticipation of a trip is (almost) as good as the trip itself. Okay, maybe not… (Oh, and if you find […]

¶ Posted 08 February 2017 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Sasha § Shea § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: holiday, travel, twitter, youtube

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – New Years Eve Countdown, Iberostar Varadero (December 31, 2015)

Hard to believe that just over a year ago, we were celebrating New Year’s Eve in Cuba!

¶ Posted 05 January 2017 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Sasha § Shea § Travel § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: food, holiday, language, parents, travel, xmas

Sandos Caracol Eco-Resort

Two months from now…

¶ Posted 18 December 2016 § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: holiday, travel

Sandos Caracol All-Inclusive Resort, Playa Del Carmen, Mexico

Sandos Caracol is the name of the resort we’ve booked for our hot holiday this winter. We’re pretty excited – as one review I read online observed: “One of the best things about this resort is that it has all the things you’d normally pay extra for as excursions or at least for an extra […]

¶ Posted 16 October 2016 § Family § MemoryLane § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: economics, travel

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Our Next Trip Is Booked

We’ve had a lot of trips in the interim but we haven’t been to Mexico since 2004. But we’re about to correct that – we just booked our next winter trip!

¶ Posted 13 October 2016 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Shea § Travel ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: holiday, travel

FTRW 2016 – Day Seven – Saturday Snap – Freedom to Read in Cuba?

Below are a couple photos I took in Havana during our 2011 trip to Cuba. This was a street vendor stall selling books (which is good!) but most here (and in our hotel’s gift shop or anywhere else we found books) were heavily propagandistic (bad!). Cuba isn’t commercialized with billboards selling blue jeans and soda but in its […]