We sipped beers and margaritas and watched ourselves on videotape.

Theres free live music five nights a week; we caught a local reggae band while sipping margaritas.

We were left alone at the big round table, sipping margaritas and staring out at the sunset over the Yucatan Peninsula, 12 miles across the channel.

Moments later we were sitting at a table overlooking the runway, sipping margaritas and watching the ground crew load the 727 that would take us to San Antonio.

On a breezy afternoon in late January, 64-year-old Nancy Crofoot sat with several friends at an open-air cafe, sipping frozen margaritas and comparing pharmaceutical prices.

IT is 1 A.M., and everyone is looking mighty hip sipping $7 margaritas in little plastic cups.

"We could all be sipping margaritas at the Quantum Cafe inside a week."

Soon after our arrival at Sierra Lodge, as the sun was sinking behind the rim of the mesa, we were sipping margaritas on the porch.

That night, too tired to go into town, we sipped margaritas and ate fajitas at the outdoor restaurant at the hotel.