Turkey day in Cabo San Lucas

We just returned from a week long siesta in Cabo. It's always nice to return to Mexico and habla en espanol. Chuck's proficiency is marginal, so it's always funny to hear him try to speak Spanish...at least he tries.

The direct flight on American was fabulous. We stayed at Pueblo Bonito Pacifica, which is located on the Pacific side of Cabo. It's very secluded and located on the other side of the large mountain separating the Pacific Ocean from the Sea of Cortez. The resort was gorgeous, very secluded, adults only, and overall a nice place. However, they would benefit tremendously if they stopped charging for all the little things and just made the place an all inclusive resort.

The weather was a beautiful 90 each day with nice winds off the ocean, which made it very pleasant to tomar el sol (take in the sun or sunbathe).

Our relaxation was reading, listening to music, walks on the beach, and of course, I had to try the spa. The reflexology was great; however my manicure looks like a 5 year old did it. I have more nail polish on my skin than I have on my nails! Patricia kept saying no te precupes (don't you worry) I'll fix it. Ha!

The flight home was crummy, but that's completely my fault for booking Frontier to Denver then United to Chicago. Lesson learned - always book connections on the same carrier. We carried on our luggage, so at least we didn't have that hassle too. In the end we arrived home at 2:30 am, 4 hours later than originally planned.

Hotel Sax

A few months ago, Chuck and I bid on a live auction item at a fundraiser for Community Action. We were quite excited to spend a weekend in Chicago at the Hotel Sax; a new swanky hotel that was formerly the House of Blues hotel. Located in the hotel is Bin 36 a cool little wine bar with tapas. I'd definitely head back there, with some of my amazing girlfriends, of course!

Preparing for the Move Across the Pond

It's official! We are on our way to Denmark. We leave in March/April 2008 and we'll be spending the next 2+ years in a yet to be named city in Denmark. We're very fortunate to be able to do something like this in our life. We are on this planet once, and I truly believe that you need to take advantage of every opportunity presented to you. There are so many countries to see, new cultures to learn about and much history to learn.


Details are being worked out, so I'll post more when we know more.

What's with the title Roamin' esko ?

Marrying into the Romenesko family and getting the new last name was a challenge. Schultz was so much easier and no one ever called me something else. It's common to hear various pronounciations.....ro man ow ski, ro meski, ro men ski, you get the point. Email addresses typically include some portion of your last name. It was very common for people to email me at work (or so they thought) and it never arrived. I wonder why? Perhaps a misspelling?!?!? At my very first City of Janesville City Council meeting, I was introduced as Holly Romenski. Talk about embarrassing.

So, at my farewell party at the City of Janesville, the always clever and hilarious Leisure Services staff came up with the Roamin' eskos. Chuck and I are always traveling and it does kind of sound like Romenesko. So...that's how and why I decided to name the blog the roamin' eskos.