Travel
Things to do in Yucatan Before I Leave aka My Yucket List
Dance all night at The Mambo Cafe
We had our wedding reception at this live music venue/dance club at the Plaza Las Americas mall and it was amazing, shiny, loud, and vibrating. But I was a little distracted/overwhelmed/intoxicated and would love to go back to shake my money maker without worrying about our forty friends and [...]
A Nation of Two
As much as we have lived in Mexico these last four years, mostly we have lived alone in a world of our own construct. Throughout our relationship we’ve always been close. I distinctly remember the year we met, during our ritual of watching The Practice and eating takeout in Malcolm’s tiny first floor dorm room [...]
12Feb2010 | Jillian | 0 comments | Continued
… And We’re Back (But Not For Long)
As it turns out, as we have proven, you can abandon your pressboard life, board a plane to a place you’ve never been and carve out an existence – and a pretty sweet one at that – in an uncanny valley far, but not too far, from home. We didn’t drop off the edge of [...]
In Defense of The Tourist
Perhaps I am feeling too charitable, too unironic, too patriotic today but I am going to come out and opine that American citizens, if they are able to take a hard-earned vacation, should absolutely wear ugly shorts, get horribly sunburnt, and enjoy fruity cocktails by the pool. Maybe I am playing the devil’s advocate or finally coming to terms with my [...]
13Mar2009 | Jillian | 11 comments | Continued
Becoming 30 on the Mayan Riviera
It was actually twenty minutes past my birthday when the big surprise walked through the door. We arrived on a late bus to Cancun and then took a cab the 40 minutes to Playa. I was wrecked and cranky, having suffered many birthday injustices, including a terrible dye job that had rendered me a tabby [...]
10Nov2008 | Jillian | 3 comments | Continued
What Happened in Cancun
Just back from our second adventure in Mexico’s capital of ugly shorts and shake marijuana and we are exhausted. Saturday morning we packed up a rental car with my father in law and some egg salad sandwiches and set off across Highway 180. A blown back tire and 319 pesos in tolls later we arrived [...]
6Oct2008 | Jillian | 5 comments | Continued
The Road Not Taken
What would have become of the Joads if they didn’t flee the dust bowl and travel West to California? What if Jay and Daisy weren’t driving back to West Egg on that fateful night? And how else would pseudo literary high school boys impress alternative girls if Sal and Dean hadn’t been so debauched and [...]
12Jun2008 | Jillian | 3 comments | Continued
Photonotes from a 30th Birthday in Cancun
Jillian planned a fantastic mini-vacation from our lives (which, incidentally, look an awful lot like a vacation, anyway) to celebrate my 30th birthday in Cancun. Though we only spent a few days, we had an absolute ball, and I entered my third decade in style. A few quick photo notes:
Pre-check in at the Westin, a lovely hotel [...]
29May2008 | Malcolm | 8 comments | Continued
I wouldn’t say I’m through with you but I’ll tell you when I’m gone
No, silly, it’s not the clap; it’s a different kind of wanderlust. I have an itch. An urge. A desire to roam if I want to. Maybe because it’s getting so hot you want to lay naked under white sheets all day and alternately sip cucumber juice in the salty, salty ocean or maybe it’s [...]
12May2008 | Jillian | 3 comments | Continued
…On a Noontime Plane to Portland
Depart Merida: 12:05
Depart Mexico City: 4: 30
Depart Houston: 9:20
Arrive Portland: 11:59
I hope I’m not misinformed about the time.
42 Hours in Playa del Carmen
We have been awfully busy lately, dealing with cars and launching new websites and haven’t had a chance to get away. So when my dear old high school friend Tadd texted from the Atlanta airport that he would be in Playa for the weekend I knew I couldn’t miss the trip. Because Jeep’s out sick [...]
5Mar2008 | Jillian | 0 comments | ContinuedHow’s the Weather in Chelem, Mexico?
Mostly Cloudy
Currently: 77˚F
Feels Like: 80˚ F
Hi: 77˚, Lo: 69˚
Wind: 7, Gust: N/A MPH
Wind Direction: NE (50)
Thanks for commenting, Susan. I will have to try Priceline with the Intercontinental, but there continue to be a few ...
Good to know, thanks! We usually stay at the Intercontinental, because we've always been able to get a steal ...
I've wanted to do that San Crisanto trip for a while. Perhaps someday soon the weather will change and we ...
I mean Yucket list 
"It makes me feel something like despair when I would rather feel pleasant or nothing at all." That's true for ...
Malcolm: I have read this like a 1,000 times and each and every time I read it again, I laugh ...
I've just stumbled onto your set. [oops! clumsy me.] Many thanks for mentioning La Musa. We will be sure to ...
Home is you and Malc, sweetie, it's all you'll ever need. Where? Doesn't really matter.