By Lola I’m in paradise. Actually, it’s right outside my window. I’m in Ixtapa—with Zihuatanejo fortunately located just a few miles away. It’s a trip that’s been put together by the local convention and visitors bureau (shout out to Ana Luisa!) so I’ll be doing all kinds of fun things (and calling it “work”). I [...]

By Lola Obama headed to Mexico today to meet with Calderón and Canadian PM Harper to try to iron out some of the more pressing travel and trade issues buzzing about between the North and the South. Some good reporting here from the Los Angeles Times.

By Lola I received a chain email the other day with a story about how “Joe Legal” and “José Illegal” lived in these United States. How the former made x amount and paid his taxes, and the latter made x amount and gave nothing back to this country. In the end, Joe got screwed and [...]

by Lola We love new blogs—and we love them even more when they’re attached to great people and fantastic products. Sylvie Laitre, director of Mexico Boutique Hotels, has just launched a brand new baby blog (she’s expecting, so that might be at the root of all this blossoming that’s been going on at MBH!) It’s [...]

By Lola I borrowed that word from a colleague. “Speechless.” That’s how she felt after reading about the tap on the wrist sentence given to two teenagers in Pennsylvania who beat a 25-year-old Mexican immigrant to death. After reading the published story on CNN.com, I think you will be rendered speechless as well. Here’s my [...]

By Lola It’s a natural reaction after a crisis of the travel industry nature: if you lower the prices, they will come. But how low is too low? Check out this blog on National Geographic Traveler and the comment from our colleague Sylvie Laitre, director of Mexico Boutique Hotels. I think she hit the nail [...]

By Lola Linda Ellerbee is a journalist who is better known for several jobs at NBC News, including Washington (DC) correspondent, host of the Nickelodeon network’s Nick News, and reporter and co-anchor of NBC News Overnight, which was recognized by the jurors of the duPont Columbia Awards as “possibly the best written and most intelligent [...]