Sunset in Puerto Vallarta

Where I was hiding last week:

Playa Los Muertos

Here's a little tease from our recent trip to Puerto Vallarta.

This is what you get when you play around with the video setting on a digital camera for the first time and then try posting the results online...

Sunset on Playa Los Muertos:



Playa Los Muertos during the day:

A return to civilization

It was an odd return from vacation today.

I awoke to markets tumbling and fed rates chopping, with RECESSION in big letters being splashed all over the news. Then the Oscar nominations were announced, nominees overshadowed by the pissing war into which the writer's strike has evolved. As the markets finally calmed and calamity seemed averted, news came from New York that another young actor died, with pills found around him. And then to top it all off, I'm sitting rinkside at a hockey game realizing there is not a single player out there whose name I recognize.

The puck that flew over our heads was kinda cool, though. Maybe one can knock out the suddenly annoying politicians all bickering their way to the White House.

I miss the beach already.

At least my iPhone has some new bells and whistles to keep me entertained.

One down, fifty-two to go

The New York Times has anointed 53 Places to Go in 2008, and for the most part it is an intriguing globe-trotter's challenge.

Number 12, in particular, is a pleasant surprise.

As far as our longtime beach hideaway is concerned, the secret, pardon the pun, is out.

Cuba Libres and Cazadores await us, just a short wintery month away. I can't wait!

This winter, I will be able to take this photo too...