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Family Fun on Isla Mujeres

For quite awhile now, the Kinnon family has considered Isla Mujeres the perfect family getaway. We often joke that we are Isla's "bridge and tunnel" people! If you lived in Manhattan and took the Jitney to the Hamptons every weekend from Read More...
Posted Thursday, July 29, 2010 9:04 AM by Rob Kinnon | 5 Comments

Caribbean Cuisine - Mango Cafe on Isla Mujeres

"This time, we really should try that place." I remarked to Rob as we puttered by in our rented golf cart "It looks super cute." I've lost count of how many times, I've made that same comment in the almost two years since Mango Read More...
Posted Wednesday, July 07, 2010 7:00 AM by Rob Kinnon | 3 Comments

Introducing Casa Louise Ixchel - A New Restaurant on Isla Mujeres

As many "Life's a Beach" readers will remember, Rob and I brokered the sale of Casa Ixchel , a lovely boutique hotel on Isla Mujeres last year. Last Thursday, on special invitation from the new owners, we made the trip across to Isla to Read More...
Posted Monday, May 25, 2009 6:59 AM by Rob Kinnon | 4 Comments

Weekend Getaway - Isla Mujeres Part 2

I'm not, by nature, an early riser but I do enjoy the quiet of downtown Isla Mujeres in the mornings. Watching the shopkeepers open their stores, the smell of freshly brewed coffee and banana bread pouring out into the streets. I try to make a point Read More...
Posted Wednesday, August 27, 2008 5:00 AM by Rob Kinnon | 7 Comments

Weekend Getaway - Isla Mujeres

As a treat for the kids, who returned to school today, we took them away to one of their favorite places for a weekend of fun in the sun. Isla Mujeres has captivated our whole family from the moment we first got off of the ferry from Puerto Juarez. We Read More...
Posted Monday, August 25, 2008 2:57 PM by Rob Kinnon | 2 Comments

Unique Pilates Retreat on Isla Mujeres

A few months back, as you may recall, I took a day trip to Isla Mujeres with a nice gentleman named Frank. The purpose of our trip was to look at Casa Ixchel as a possible investment opportunity for him and a group he had put together back in the States. Read More...
Posted Thursday, June 19, 2008 3:32 AM by Rob Kinnon | 2 Comments

Hot Sun and Hangovers - Blogger Blowout Day 2

Day two of the Blogger Blowout was a hot one, much to the chagrin of us bloggers, each wearing varying shades of HUNGOVER! After a quick latte at Aluxes, we slowly piled into our carts and headed out across the island for a bit of good old-fashioned sight-seeing. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 23, 2008 6:15 AM by Rob Kinnon | 2 Comments

1st Annual Blogger Blowout is a hit!!

This weekend Rob and I and the kiddos traveled to Isla Mujeres for the very 1st Latin America Bloggers Convention or, as it has now been more appropriately dubbed, "The Blogger Blowout"! Our fearless leader, Wayne, aka "Isla Gringo", Read More...
Posted Monday, April 21, 2008 3:07 PM by Rob Kinnon | 3 Comments

Day Trip to Isla Mujeres

As my poor husband has been stricken with the nasty virus that is making its way down the Riviera Maya, I was called in to service to spend the day with one of our customers looking at properties on Isla Mujeres. Isla Mujeres is one of my very favorite Read More...
Posted Wednesday, March 05, 2008 10:47 AM by Rob Kinnon | 4 Comments