{wish} we were here

i started writing this post randomly but with Courtney cyber-jaunting a few weeks ago (and for real next) and Cassandra style (e)scaping i got inspired and am going to re-live a few (sort of) recent vaycays of my own over the next few weeks. starting here:

last March Kristen, her husband, my husband and me spent some time in Mexico (and it should be noted that Kristen's oldest (2-year-old at the time) daughter sincerely thought we were at the local Mexican restaurant the whole time).


day 1















the view - seriously. and i was drinking champgne while taking this picture. doesn't that just make it that much better?


day 2

dinner on the beach (i know it sounds cheesy, and it was - but it was lovely too. just try to tell Jim that, right Kristen?!)





















& a jalapeno martini


day 3




















the beach beds. lying out in the sun will never be the same (until i one day convince my husband we need a concrete pool with such beds in our backyard - but not this backyard, it's much too shady ;) )















oh yeh, and the swim-up bar...


day 4

tulum (thanks joanna!)

and the best authentic mexican food. ever. (my stomach is growling just looking at these)

and the cutest souvenirs (the dresses, not the girls)

day 5















the beach. i have a thing for beaches anyway but this one was particularly serene.















with the coral, which i seriously considered risking my re-entry into the United States by taking (thank you to Kristen and Matt who sternly advised me against such a stunt)


did i appreciate how lovely this place and this time with this company was while i was actually experiencing it? i've got to do better about stuff like that. hopefully doing this will help. xx


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