Monterrey, Mexico

12/03/24 • 54 min

This week on Out of Office: A Travel Podcast, Ryan recaps his recent trip to Monterrey, Mexico, covering highlights from the scenic River Walk to an interactive steel museum. He also shares a wild story about a run-in with a bribery-seeking cop in Puerto Vallarta. Here’s what we cover in this episode: https://www.travelandleisure.com/best-places-to-go-2025-8739580

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Star Wars Museum Creator Steve Sansweet

This week on “Out of Office: A Travel Podcast,” Kiernan talks with one of the greatest Star Wars collectors of all time: Steve Sansweet. Steve is the founder of Rancho Obi-Wan, the largest collection of Star Wars memorabilia in the world. Located in Petaluma CA, the museum is open for public tours, but be sure to pre-book. And if it all goes according to plan, soon Rancho Obi-Wan will be joining forces with 3 other top collections to become the brand-new Saga Museum.

Things we talk about in this week’s episode:

Saga Museum

https://ranchoobiwan.org/new-saga-museum-to-celebrate-legacy-of-star-wars-fandom/

Steve Sansweet Bio

https://ranchoobiwan.org/board/

Rancho Obi-Wan

https://ranchoobiwan.org/

Ralph McQuarrie

https://www.iamag.co/star-wars-the-art-of-ralph-angus-mcquarrie-100-concept-art/

Head Man Action Figure

https://ranchoobiwan.org/

Lucas Museum of Narrative Art

https://lucasmuseum.org/

Last Star Wars episode

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/out-of-office-a-travel-podcast/id1438098925?i=1000581538592

Britannic Explorer

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/12/travel/brittanic-explorer-belmond-train-luxury/index.html

Lidar-delivers again!

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/02/world/americas/maya-city-mexico.html

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Christmas Spectacular Seven

This week on Out of Office: A Travel Podcast, the boys celebrate the season with discussions of the Immaculate Conception (it’s not what Ryan thinks), an idea for holiday film commentaries yet to come, and the LAST Ugly Ornament contest. And another year passes without seeing pictures of the Nativity Ryan’s father painstakingly carved from a single block of wood.

Here’s what we cover in this episode: Debora

https://www.instagram.com/deborarest/?hl=en

LATAM 50 Best Restaurants

https://www.theworlds50best.com/latinamerica/en/

“White Christmas” movie

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Christmas_(film)

Day of the Little Candles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Little_Candles

Reba McEntire “Christmas Guest”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57fS-9kGZqU

Jimmy Fallon “Chipmunks and Chestnuts”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CChx2qVNl0