I stayed at my first all-inclusive resort this month in Riviera Maya, Mexico  for the Travel Bloggers Exchange (TBEX) North America Conference. The 2,500 room (read: massive) Moon Palace Golf & Spa Resort is one of seven in a family of all-inclusives across the Yucatan Peninsula. In the end, it didn’t add up to my ideal vacation experience. My biggest problem was the lack of quality food and drink. I also wasn’t impressed by the massive (slightly worse for wear) […]
Posts categorized: Cancun
Mar 21
2014
2014
How to Drink Like a Local in Cancun
If you think Cancun is all about margaritas, Coronas and frozen drinks–well, you’re right. While, of course, you can imbibe all of the above in abundance, Cancun’s spirits also have a sophisticated side. Locals will be the first to tell you that tequila shots with salt and lime were created for the tourists. If you want to know how the locals enjoy a good drink distilled in their native Mexico, you have to dig deeper than the swim up bars […]
Dec 27
2013
2013
My Travel Wish List
2013 was a pretty incredible year of travel for me. Since launching the blog a year ago yesterday, a whole world of travel and writing opportunities opened up. I ventured abroad to Mexico, Curacao, Costa Rica and the Bahamas. Within the U.S., I visited my typical “second home” destinations of Key West, New York and Atlanta. I also visited best friends in Nashville and Pittsburgh. And I discovered a little more of the state of Florida with trips to Tampa, […]
May 11
2013
2013
Hotel Review: Casa Magna Resort, Cancun
Checking into the Casa Magna Resort in Cancun is more like checking into a grand, old world Spanish villa than a resort in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. I stayed here last weekend with four other journalists on a press trip, dubbed “The Return of the Vacation.” We definitely found it in Cancun luxuriating by the pool, feasting on world cuisine, and exploring the Mayan culture. Design With the warm sun blazing across the Caribbean sea and the lagoon surrounding Cancun, Casa Magna […]
May 9
2013
2013
Hotel Review: JW Marriott, Cancun
It was the color of the water in Cancun that left a group of travel writers on a press trip last weekend at a loss for descriptive words. Electric blue, fluorescent, neon, the color of Kool Aid. We checked into the JW Marriott in the heart of the Hotel Zone and marveled at the Caribbean Sea–from our balconies, with our toes dug into the powder soft sand, suspended 300 feet in the air while parasailing–for five days. Design There’s something […]
