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Archive for July, 2009

08 Jul, 2009

I’m thinking of a margarita….

Posted by: Fat Pants In: Food

One of the days on our vacation, we went into the town of Playa del Carmen and walked around 5th Avenue. It’s a closed off street full of vedors selling you anything and everything you could possibly think of, tourists, hotel-bars owned by locals and ex-pats, and these amazing quaint restaurants. We were recommended this [...]

07 Jul, 2009

Stupid neighborhood hill conquered!

Posted by: Fat Pants In: General

Sooo yesterday was my first run back after a long stretch. It was raining over the mountains so DH and I decided to stick close to home and just run around the neighborhood. It was probably a good idea anyway, since we both thought we might have a difficult time with the altitude - which [...]

06 Jul, 2009

Hey! I’m alive (and tanned!)

Posted by: Fat Pants In: General

Wow, waking up at 5:15 this morning was a harsh reality compared to sleeping for 10 hours (oh yeah, it was great!), walking out to the beach, and being catered to my every whim. Yes, vacation was excellent!
I’ll get to the sucky part right away: I lost my camera on the trip back home. Yeah.
I [...]



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