This week in The Pearl – January 23, 2026


A quiet week for us, which is nice to have now and then. Thanks to video calls we were able to chat with our friends in Paris, and with our Japanese daughter in Tokyo, who has two adorable little ones. For Sunday Lunch Tricia made mushroom tartlets for out entrée, I made a goat cheese…

TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday – Planning a grande aventure


We are back from Mexico but of course are already planning our next journey. I am trying a new thing as part of the planning process and thought you might like to see how it develops. I have used the Notes App on my Apple devices for years, Evernote before Apple upgraded their app to…

This week in The Pearl – January 16, 2025


We got back to The Pearl on Tuesday, but not before spending an interesting weekend. Last Friday we moved from our hotel in The Gallery district of San Jose del Cabo to the Zona Hotelera. We stayed at Krystal Grand Los Cabos, an all inclusive resort. This was our first experience with an all inclusive…

This week – not in The Pearl – January 8, 2025


Writing this from our deck in San José del Cabo, the quieter village 40 minutes east of the party city. Quiet is relative, but such is life, at least not much in the way of late night revelry here. The highlight of the weekend, before we left for Mexico, was Saturday when we met up…

This week in The Pearl – Looking back a bit


This week we started yet another trip around the sun, it got me to thinking of how our circumstances change over the years. I went back through all of my photos and sketches dated January 1, or at least within a day or two of that. Some years are absent but it was an interesting…