Who Are We

Josh and I traveled around Mexico for three years in an old Jeep we bought on ebay. We searching for a crafts for our store in Soho but along the way we searched for a home. We never left New York without a heavy bag full of guide books full of useless and outdated information.  We fantasized about buying a hacienda or a hut by the beach and in 2001 we spent a week in the Yucatan and bought two houses. Our life in New York is a distant memory.  Today it's easier to find up to date information for travelers on blogs and sites like Trip Advisor.  Bloggers in Merida come and go but I've tried to keep a up to date blog for our guests since we started our website. I wrote an article for Porter Magazine in June 2015 about my life in the Yucatan.  In the winter of 2014 I spent a week with Joanna Weinberg who wrote about our experiences for Conde Nast Traveler.  In the winter of 2012 Sara Ruffin Costello came and wrote an article for the New York Times where she called me Merida's social conduit. That same year Catherine Watson wrote about Merida in the LA Times. Sara James came to Merida and she wrote an article for the September 2011 Departures Magazine about the food scene in Merida.  This year David Sterling won two James Beard awards for his cookbook titled, YUCATAN.  Rick Bayliss did a season on the Yucatan for his cooking show in...Martha Stewart came to test the sorbet in 2009. the famous chefs Jeremiah Tower and Rene Redzepi spend as much time as possible here and both have been interviewed about their favorite place for tacos.  Guy Saddy's wrote about the spirit of Merida for Enroute Magazine in 2010. But for us it was the David Keeps article for Travel+Leisure Magazine that put Merida on the map.  It was David's idea that we rent our homes to vacationers and we were the first in Merida to do so.   Here is the link to those articles and more on Merida and the Yucatan.  Here is the link for more information about us.