Increasing Mexico’s most sought-after libation, mezcal is on everyone’s lips these days and I often get asked what are the best places to try mezcal in Mexico City. While the mezcal mecca is Oaxaca, visitors to Mexico City might...
An Amazing Pan de Muerto Recipe
This year for Day of the Dead I had a much more intimate pan de muerto making experience than last year. I asked two good friends, Jorge and Beto, that run the cool yet cozy Casa Jacaranda cooking school...
Finding Jazz in Mexico City
I recently wrote a piece for Mexico News Daily about the awesome independent jazz label Pitayo Music, run by a young Mexico City musician in hopes of promoting the city’s jazz scene. I am 100 % on board with...
Where to Stay in Mexico City: A neighborhood breakdown
Mexico City can be hard to navigate the first (second, and third) time you visit. Here is a breakdown of several popular and lesser known neighborhoods where you might want to stay overnight and check out.
Mexico City Museums Guide
Mexico City is said to have one of the longest lists of museums in the world. I thought that my readers would appreciate a quick summary of as many of the museums as possible. I am still working on...
Which Mexico City Market?
Markets are always on peoples’ minds when they come to Mexico City. After all, this one of the many things that makes the city to vibrant and delicious. But what are the markets like — mellow, chaotic, upscale, downhome?...
Buy the NEW edition of Mexico City Streets: La Roma!
I’m so excited to present the newest edition of Mexico City Streets: La Roma, published by Pengiun Random House Mexico and out now! The new edition is fully updated with the latest and greatest that Colonia Roma has to...
A Guide to Eating Street Food in Mexico City
With street food there are no hard and fast rules per se, but there are certain, let’s say, generalities that the nascent street food eater should know about before they hit the stands of Mexico City. Here are the...
Five Coworks near Condesa and Roma
Coworking is becoming more and more popular in Mexico City, both for digital nomads and location-independent workers as well as local start-ups and freelancers. I thought I would take a look at the coworks that are closest to the...
The Women of Colonia Roma
When a friend forwarded this article to me about a woman who started organizing tours of the trailblazing women of Paris, I started to think about my own city and in particular Colonia Roma. This neighborhood has a past...