Mexico in my mind

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We been back for 3 days now, and I’m not kidding, we miss Mexico.  We had a fabulous time.  We arrived on Sunday to gray skies and light showers, but, that did not stop us from taking the ferry over the water to Isla Mujeres and feeling our stress level lower with each rolling of the waves. By the time we piled in our taxis and landed in front of our rental house, we were all fully relaxed and looking forward to the next seven days of crystal waters, historical adventures, strong drinks and filling our bellies with typical Mexican food - oh my good GLORIOUS FOOD!

The cloudy skies open up the next day to electric blue skies full of sunshine and light ocean breezes.  Perfect weather for poolside lounging and ocean front meditation. Since, my goal was to completely relax during this vacation,

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Grilled Lobster with Cilantro Butter

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As some of you may know, this past weekend we were evicted out of our home by the exterminator, who’s job was to get rid of all the nasty creepy crawly critters in our rental house – mainly termites.

Tom and I had no choice but to pack humans and four legged friends and take off, and since we did not get to enjoy the long memorial weekend, what better place than to wait out our eviction but in a beach cottage?

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Photography Workshop and oh, yeah The Food Blog Forum Conference in Orlando

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Last weekend I did not see the inside of my kitchen.  Instead, I was in sunny Orlando, eating huge amounts of food provided by great sponsors like Whole Foods Markets and McCormick & Schmick’s, learning a tons of things from industry recognized stars and meeting the most welcoming group of people I have ever meet.

If you were not following my tweets throughout the weekend, then you would not have known that I was attending the third Food Blog Forum Conference which took place in my home state.

WE HAD A BLAST!

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