A Love Letter To Merida

Words & Images by Robin Weiss

Photo Essay | Issue 02

Creating unique family experiences grew within a true spirit and a complete leap of gusto!

My mother of 82 years and I with my twin girls now 7.5 years old - decided to move to Merida Mexico into a house I designed and built during 2019/2020. The experience as it comes from the inside of one’s own being and diving deep within takes true grit to not only finish but to begin.

We moved to Merida to create a new life of spiritual oneness. It sounds like the "AHA" moment of true existential existence - yet it’s been some of the most difficult times of my life. Like real hard.

I designed and built a house from the ground up - in the architectural wonder within the Mayan capital of The Yucatan. I won’t bore you with the stories of bad builders and lying and cheating because anywhere anyone builds anything - there’s a bit of this and that. I figured it out - moved on and created a gem I absolutely fell in like with…

Every city has its life and love and layers. I am a creature always in search of discovery and I inherited it from my mother and am trying to instill that mood and curiosity naturally within my children. A hint - it’s working.

Robin Weiss is a freelance sustainable luxury retail buyer - concept creator and storyteller.