Luna Blue's Playazone by Tony & Cheri, Live from the Luna Blue in Playa del Carmen Mexico

We love St Patrick’s Day. We always have. It’s right up there with Christmas and Halloween as one of our favorite holidays. Yes, we are Irish by heritage. Well, at least Tony is. His great-grandfather James Head emigrated from County Kerry in the 1800’s. And even if James was a bit of a scoundrel (d...

Seven years ago today we looked at each other one more time, took a collective deep breath, and signed the papers which made us the owners of a small hotel in Playa del Carmen, Mexico…that which shortly afterwards became the Luna Blue Hotel. It has been a long, strange, exciting trip…and...

Playa del Carmen knows how to celebrate the coming of the New Year. New Years Eve will find the streets of the Playa del Carmen hotel zone packed with people…and we mean packed! There will barely be room to move on some sections of 5th Avenue near the dance clubs. Restaurants will also be full...

It’s Christmastime again, and Mexico, like the rest of the world, is celebrating. Here in our home of Playa del Carmen on Mexico’s Caribbean coast we have found that celebration is a unique mixture of holiday customs drawn from America, Europe and Mexico. Mexico’s historical Christ...

When we first thought about opening a bar in Mexico, we simply wanted a quiet little place for our guests to have a cocktail in the evening before and after visiting 5th Avenue. We did have some strong opinions about how our bar should look. We wanted it to match the old-school tropical ambiance of ...

We received an email at the hotel yesterday from a woman named Karen Johnson asking us if we would donate a stay at our hotel to an organization called the Cancer Relief Association, www.craglobal.org. We were told they were “planning an online auction to raise funds to provide financial assis...

People visiting Mexico at this time of year will undoubtedly see references to Dia de Los Muertos, or Day of the Dead. The colorful iconic figures of decorated skulls and dancing skeletons may lead some to believe that it is part of the American/European tradition of Halloween. It is not. Day of the...

Last night was an epic Halloween party as only can be found at the Luna Blue Bar. We think the pictures speak for themselves. For many more photos, check out our Facebook page. Feliz Dia de los Muertos! We’ll be blogging again later today about our Day of the Dead ofrenda and our favorite Mexi...