As I was saying...

I had this crazy idea of pulling together a blog to chronicle my upcoming sabbatical, which I intend to spend in Mexico. Kid Pax'll be with his dad & grandparents half the time (Oregon & Georgia, respectively), while I travel solo & with friends in Mexico. Then I'll wing up, grab him, and head back for another month.

And then I thought I needed to post some pictures and stories about Mexico - both my most recent trip (arrived home just before 1am today) and the three others I've taken in the past 18 months. Why Mexico? What about the country caused me to fall hopelessly, irrepressibly in love?

So why not start the story here? Well, for starters, I'm sick - not Mexico street food sick, but a cold (which may be the flu - I heard the vaccine wasn't all that great this year, and this feels far more like last year's real influenza than how colds usually run with me). Instead, I'll begin with the above photo of my dinner & where it was eaten on Thursday night. :)

More later.