Bars & Clubs - Feb. 14, 2009
Best margarita, 2009: La Fuente
OnMilwaukee.com readers voted La Fuente's margaritas as the city's best. The popular Mexican restaurant in Walker's Point offers blended or on-the rocks-margaritas, with or without salt on the rim, and in a variety of flavors, including peach, strawberry, mango, rainbow, lime and raspberry.
Tags: la fuente, margarita, riviera maya, botanas, conejtios, jalisco's, poco loco, rudy's, el matador, la perla, hector's, la estacion, guadalupe

Dining - Oct. 31, 2008
Milwaukee's best Mexican, 2008: Botanas
Milwaukee has its fair share of Mexican restaurants, everything from fancy, modern establishments with full bars to small, classic places that serve authentic fare on paper plates. Nevertheless, OnMilwaukee.com readers have spoken: Botanas reigns as king among comida de Mexico.
Tags: best of, best mexican, botanas, riviera maya, margaritas

Travel & Visitors Guide - May 13, 2008
This winning blogger is going to Mexico
Last week was Travel Week at OnMilwaukee.com and we were full of great stories about destinations near and far. Best of all, you, our readers, stepped up and blogged a storm of travel-related stories, memories, advice and more.
Tags: Apple Vacations, Riu Palace Hotel, Riviera Maya, Mexico

Bars & Clubs - March 29, 2008
Sugar Maple sets down roots -- and 60 taps -- in "downtown" Bay View
A beer lover's oasis, when the Sugar Maple swings open its door on Wednesday, expect the bar to look like no other tavern in Milwaukee.
Tags: sugar maple, palm tavern, bruno johnson, mircobrew, sprecher, lakefront brewery, lulu, riviera maya, highbury, centraal

Dining - Feb. 6, 2007
Xel-ha successfully reborn as bigger, brighter Riviera Maya
With its tiny, but charming location and amazing tortilla soup, Xel-Ha rapidly became a neighborhood favorite, and was successful enough that the owners needed to recreate it in more spacious surroundings. Thus, in mid November, Riviera Maya, 2258 S. Kinnickinnic Ave., was born.
Tags: Riviera Maya, Kinnickinnic, Xel-ha

Living - March 30, 2009
Parasailing Home
I had never stayed at an all-inclusive resort nor had any burning curiosity of experiencing its benefits. But I now understand why we would -- and why many others do -- return. My husband and I were fortunate to take this annual holiday with five other couples, our dearest friends. We were even m...
Tags: Riviera Maya, Parasailing, Parapenting, Excellence Resort, weekend holiday

Travel & Visitors Guide - Aug. 30, 2008
OMC Blogger's Trip to Paradise
Back in May I was the lucky winner of OMC's Travel Blog contest(http://onmilwaukee.com/visitors/articles/travblogwinner.html) and on the weekend of May 21st my husband and I set off to take advantage of our trip to the RIU Palace Riviera Maya in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico.Most of our usual vac...
Tags: apple vacations, riu palace hotel, riviera maya, mexico, blogger