Craft Time...

Today I painted this bowl.

The beverages of Cabo...yes, there are more!

Today was a day of discovery. Discovery of adult beverages:) Damiana is a light herbal-based liqueur made with the damiana herb that grows locally. If you’ve been to Prague and tasted the Becherovka—it’s similar. The bottle is uniquely shaped and is modeled after an Incan Goddess. Apparently, the liqueur is an aphrodisiac. I won't comment on that!

As I was laying infinity poolside a tried a refreshing Michelada. Half Corona and half clamatto, lime juice, salt. Why haven't I ever had this before?!

Then, just becasue I could, I tried a “chango peludo” (“hairy monkey.)

Ok...time for a nap on the sand....

The Rene: My after-dinner drink of choice

I got a true taste of Mexican beverages last night at the Sheraton Hacienda del Mar Golf & Spa Resort, Los Cabos. When in Cabo…right?! I had my share of Tequila tastings and of course I prefer the really dark, aged, pricey stuff! But at the end of the day what I really crave now is “The Rene.” This after-dinner drink is really called a “carajillo”as I later found out. But Rene Aguado, the Director of Sales & Marketing at the Sheraton claimed to call it his own. I'm probably gonna try and make it myself when I get back to LA.

Instructions: Pour a shot (or

two) of Cuarenta y Tres over a glass of ice, add espresso. Simple and delicious.

Check out this photo of where I had dinner. Great view, gentle breeze.

I'm at the End of the Earth...kindda.

I've been invited on a FAM trip to Los Cabos, Mexico. What is a FAM, you may ask? It's a "Familiarization" trip. Usually press and travel agents are invited on these excursions so they can experience the area and then either write about it, or sell it. There are six journalists on this FAM...and if you've ever seen the movie, "My Life in Ruins", you'll have the perfect idea what I am talki

ng about!

So here I am with the PR agency that represents two luxury hotels and five other journalists.

So where am I? Los Cabos is where the warm calm Sea of Cortez meets the cold angry Pacific Ocean. They come together at the famous “El Arco.” The temperature today is near 90 and I couldn't be happier.

One of the reasons the hotels have decided to host us (yep, the hotels paid for my flight, my lodging, my food, and all my excursions) is that tourism is down in Los Cabos...across all of Mexico really. They want us to see how SAFE Cabo really is. Contrary to what you may have heard about Mexico (uh, TJ, maybe?!), Los Cabos, located at the very, very tip of the Baja Penisula is thousands of miles away and literally at “Land’s End.”