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Megan, pre-roast

The delicious Japanese restaurant. They had all sorts of different restaurants serving different cuisines, but the Japanese was our favorite.

Posing on the terrace on our last night there

The walkway to the main drag - the plaza, terrace, lobby, all the restaurants. We tried staying under this walkway at all times to avoid further contact with the sun.

Megan at the final breakfast

Màs Mexico

Here are more pics from our trip!

Pretty fountains near the central plaza

John enjoying a Cuban cigar in the chill cigar bar.

The front terrace

Back in the cigar bar, trying to stay cool and soothe our sunburns

Fountain in the men's room

Engineer's Guide to Cats

This is hilarious.

Hola Amigos!

The theme for this week's postings will be "John and Megan's Mexican Paradise." We just returned from our long-awaited vacation and were greeted by 40 degree temps in soggy Chicago. We had a fabulous time and are planning to go back next year for sure! We are both complete lobsters (despite our valiant efforts with the sunscreen), but it was totally worth it. The resort where we stayed, the Valentin Imperial Maya, was absolutely gorgeous! Our bar was set a little high after our honeymoon to the ultra-luxurious Maroma, but this place definitely gave Maroma a run for its money (literally). Sure, it was about one hundred times the size of Maroma, but Valentin was every bit as beautiful. And a fraction of the cost. Plus, there were free drinks! So, here are the first of many pics this week!

The lobby

The Plaza

The pool bar. Can anyone say 'mojito'?

Our activity the first day.

The results of our activity that first day. And don't you worry - it got worse than that.

Your Dumpster? It's on FIRE!!!!!!

It's great when a fire truck stops right across the street from your place - is the whole block burning down? Well, that happened on Sunday. Smoke was coming from Napoleon Dynamite's alley across from us and we had a great view from the 3rd floor. Firemen arrived and took prompt action! I wonder how a closed dumpster could get like that? Discarded cigarette? Who knows. Here are some action pics!

New Gym for John!

I finally joined a gym! It's about two blocks from my job so it's easy to get to. The best part is the steam room. It will be awesome when it's really cold out. There is also a pool but I haven't asked how to sign up for a lane time yet. All in good time! We went to Target today to get last minute vacation supplies and also found a gym bag. As much as I liked taking my shoes and workout clothes in an Ann Taylor Loft sack...this is a little better. You can click on the image above to go the gym's Web site. It's not very exciting but there are more pictures.

Ahoy Matey!

Target has the funniest costumes for cats, so we picked up this hilarious little sailor scarf for Mr. Simon. And yes, we are aware that we are major dorks for dressing up our cats and posting pictures of them on our blog. But we don't have kids, and there are only so many photos of us we can post.

Anyway, we are getting ready for our big trip to Mexico. It will be so nice to get away from the city for awhile and relax and drink margaritas on the beach. We may never come back! We'll take lots of pictures, so we promise more eventful blog posts when we come back. But for now, Simon will have to do.