That’s right. Miguelito and his Mexican flower, Alejandra, after a year of bliss, living in sin, are going to tie the matrimonial knot. This will take place on November 28th 2008, on the beautiful Caribbean beaches of Tulum Mexico. (See my “Thanksgiving in the Yucatan” blog for details on this vacation spot.) Consider yourself both informed and invited.
Anyone who knows Miguelito knows how much I love Ale and how happy I am sharing my life with her. And anyone who knows Ale knows what a smart, funny and interesting person she is. Recently a friend told me he was thinking of dumping his girlfriend because he knew something was wrong when he realized he could speak all night without effort to my girlfriend, but had to struggle to maintain a decent conversation with his own. Ale has a bright and bubbly personality that is naturally attractive to people. And I certainly cannot resist the fact that she finds most of my irreverent humor, silly antics and odd ways humorous (or at least tolerable). I am lucky to have found her.
Since both of us are veterans of relatively expensive weddings, and have recently spent every dime we have in our savings on our new apartment, we are opting for a very, very simple wedding ceremony and dinner in which we are paying only for ourselves. We are going to stand with a judge on the beach at the Nueva Vida cabana hotel (or in their restaurant, if it is raining) and say our “forever-mores" (well, at least our “until-deaths,” eternity seems a little extreme). Afterwards, we are heading to The Mezzanine, a fine dining establishment a mile down the beach for dinner. After dinner, we’ll have some drinks and dance at their Friday night dance party. That is our plan. It is simple and true. Anyone who would like to be there is welcome to join us.
Of course, we are not just flying out there to stand on the beach for one day. On the days before and after the wedding ceremony, we’ll do some fun things like lie on the beach and swim in the crystal clear waters, visit the nearby Mayan Ruins, swim in the underground cenotes, explore the nearby nature reserve, or head up the coast an hour to Playa del Carmen and/or Cozumel for shopping or scuba. So, even if you think attending a wedding in Mexico at which you’ll have to pay your own way for dinner is a bit expensive, you could also think of it as an excuse to take a Caribbean vacation for yourselves during Thanksgiving as well. And if you cannot get away that weekend to Tulum, that is fine with us too. We’ll accept your well wishes and hope to see you some other time in Mexico City.
For anyone who is considering the journey, I should alert you that Tulum is a very nice and popular beach spot that is likely to have the good and reasonable cabanas booked early for Thanksgiving weekend. We were lucky to get ours for the week, Monday-Sunday, and we took care of it in July. It was the last available beach front cabana at this hotel in our price range. I’m including below a variety of links for anyone who wants to explore their options. Feel free to ask me any questions you have. (I have spent hours conducting research and have also visited this place.) Please let us know asap if you are thinking/planning on joining us. We want to get the restaurant approximate reservation numbers and also try to plan out our week based on who is going to be there.
Anyone who knows Miguelito knows how much I love Ale and how happy I am sharing my life with her. And anyone who knows Ale knows what a smart, funny and interesting person she is. Recently a friend told me he was thinking of dumping his girlfriend because he knew something was wrong when he realized he could speak all night without effort to my girlfriend, but had to struggle to maintain a decent conversation with his own. Ale has a bright and bubbly personality that is naturally attractive to people. And I certainly cannot resist the fact that she finds most of my irreverent humor, silly antics and odd ways humorous (or at least tolerable). I am lucky to have found her.
Since both of us are veterans of relatively expensive weddings, and have recently spent every dime we have in our savings on our new apartment, we are opting for a very, very simple wedding ceremony and dinner in which we are paying only for ourselves. We are going to stand with a judge on the beach at the Nueva Vida cabana hotel (or in their restaurant, if it is raining) and say our “forever-mores" (well, at least our “until-deaths,” eternity seems a little extreme). Afterwards, we are heading to The Mezzanine, a fine dining establishment a mile down the beach for dinner. After dinner, we’ll have some drinks and dance at their Friday night dance party. That is our plan. It is simple and true. Anyone who would like to be there is welcome to join us.
Of course, we are not just flying out there to stand on the beach for one day. On the days before and after the wedding ceremony, we’ll do some fun things like lie on the beach and swim in the crystal clear waters, visit the nearby Mayan Ruins, swim in the underground cenotes, explore the nearby nature reserve, or head up the coast an hour to Playa del Carmen and/or Cozumel for shopping or scuba. So, even if you think attending a wedding in Mexico at which you’ll have to pay your own way for dinner is a bit expensive, you could also think of it as an excuse to take a Caribbean vacation for yourselves during Thanksgiving as well. And if you cannot get away that weekend to Tulum, that is fine with us too. We’ll accept your well wishes and hope to see you some other time in Mexico City.
For anyone who is considering the journey, I should alert you that Tulum is a very nice and popular beach spot that is likely to have the good and reasonable cabanas booked early for Thanksgiving weekend. We were lucky to get ours for the week, Monday-Sunday, and we took care of it in July. It was the last available beach front cabana at this hotel in our price range. I’m including below a variety of links for anyone who wants to explore their options. Feel free to ask me any questions you have. (I have spent hours conducting research and have also visited this place.) Please let us know asap if you are thinking/planning on joining us. We want to get the restaurant approximate reservation numbers and also try to plan out our week based on who is going to be there.
Alright, well...this is going to be sweet!
PS.--I've recently added some new features to my actual blog site that you may want to check out: www.miguelitoinmexico@blogspot.com
Cabana/Hotel Information for Tulum Mexico
We are staying at the hotel La Nueva Vida de Ramiro. It is one of the highest rated places on the strip. We reserved a junior suite on the beach for $157 a night. They have several more bungalows and suites too. Prices from $80-150. You can see pictures on the web. I’ll attach a list of descriptions of each as well.
http://www.tulumnv.com/ Nueva Vida website, lots of photos.
http://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotos-g150813-d1013669-La_Nueva_Vida_de_Ramiro-Tulum_Yucatan_Peninsula.html Tons of photos from travelers at NV on tripadvisor.com
http://www.tulumnv.com/locationmap.html Aerial photo of NV with cabana identification. We are in cabana #1, "Horizonte Perdido"
Place where we plan to have the wedding dinner, really nice with good Thai food!
http://www.mezzanine.com.mx/
It would be cool if we could stay in the same place, but if it’s full (the good ones like this are booked up well in advance) or you want other options, here’s some help:
Map of the cabana strip with cabanas identified (some are new and not on here)
http://www.sac-be.com/maps_travel.shtml (click on “Tulum” next to the map). This will help you see how far or near you are to us at Nueva Vida.
Trip Advisor site for reviews of cabanas, also can see pictures travelers took—this site is invaluable! Just search the name of the beach hotel you want.
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g150813-Tulum_Yucatan_Peninsula-Hotels.html
Good site for descriptions and info of many Tulum beach cabanas and Tulum in general:
http://www.tulumnv.com/locationmap.html
Other cabana places in the same price range: $80-150 (We seriously considered these.)
http://www.tulum-playa.com/
http://www.posadalamar.com/
http://www.titatulum.com/
Other very nice places, a step up in price: $150-225
http://www.ochotulum.com/rooms/partial-ocean-view.html
http://www.tierrasdelsol.com/cabanasx.html
http://www.loslirioshotel.com/
http://www.lazebratulum.com/home.html
http://www.locogringo.com/tulum/hemingway.html?name=Hemingway%20Cabanas
http://www.posadamargherita.com/index.php?lang=en
Off the charts in luxury and price, but worth a peek just for fun:
http://www.casamagnatulum.com/
http://www.anayjose.com/
Cheaper (but very nice) hotels, not on the Beach strip but in the nearby (5-10 minutes) town of Tulum: $50-85 (You could get a 50 dollar cabana on the beach, but it will basically be camping.)
http://posadalunadelsur.googlepages.com/
http://www.teetotumhotel.com/
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g150813-d578621-Reviews-Don_Diego_de_la_Selva-Tulum_Yucatan_Peninsula.html
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Wow. We sent this out this afternoon, went out for dinner and a movie and came back, expecting a a couple of emails, phone messages and/or blog site comments. And, what did we get? NOTHING! Ha!
Wow...what happened?
So, in order to get to the bottom of this, let's do a "four to one." As my friend Avi would say: Rank 4-1, 1 being the reason you think is most likely why there are no responses to our wedding announcement:
A) No one is actually ever reading Mike's utterly boring blogs, they just delete them immediately from their inbox before opening them.
B) Miguelito is so weak at technical computer skills that he has managed to set up the blog email system in such a way that it is never actually mailed out to anyone.
C) Miguelito and Ale have already talked so much about getting married that this is not "news" at all and not worthy of any responses or comments.
D) People are so offended at the idea of a blog wedding announcement and inviting people to come pay for their own reception dinner that they are too disgusted to respond.
So, please, rank these, from lowest to highest, build the tension, just like the Miss America contest...no pressure, it's how you feel right now.
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