I know it sounds lame, but I have never seen a dinosaur skeleton up close and personal before. So when we walked into the National Geology Museum in colonia Santa María de Ribera and I saw that giant mammoth...
La Merced Turns 57
The pouring rain, the noise and chaos were all worth it to see this guy: Need I say more? The band — Black Power — came all the way from Veracruz to kick off the celebration of La Merced’s...
Eating Around the Block
Here are a few new places I have finally gotten around to checking out, as I collect information for my upcoming living guide to La Roma. They are all going on my eating map, COMING SOON. Carrez Cocina Urbana...
Alvaro Obregon’s facelift
All the different neighborhood groups that the city government called together to talk about their new project, agreed on one thing – they wanted the trees to stay. “The other thing they said was bicycles,” said Rene Caro, part...
Who Occupies La Roma?
Update: This article has been modified from its original version to more fully explain the situation that occurred at Merida #90 in the Roma Norte. Every neighborhood changes. People move in and out and back again with shifts in...
My Top Five Favorite Views of Mexico City
Mexico City dares you to try and take it all in. From the Torre Latinoamericana I swear that this is the view that made me fall in love with the place where I live. I know that for some...
Museo de Arte Popular
I’m adding the MAP to my list of museums you can see under an hour and not want to kill yourself. There are four rooms, Art and the Sacred, The Essence of Art, Art in the everyday, and the...
Antolia: The Newest Exhibit in the Zoo
My girlfriend is eating the honey and achiote glazed short rib with jicama, chile serrano and sorrel slices and melon. I’m trying the turkey steak with hoja de santa pesto on top of sweet potato puree and pickled carrots....
Happy Labor Day
This morning we saw these four in the Río de Janiero park. Some members of a band called the Oaxaca brothers within a quartet that they just formed this morning. If you can get past the kid yelling at...
Mornings in the Medellín
I can’t think of any U.S. market like the ones in Mexico except Pike Place with its stands selling trinkets and fish mongers putting on a show for the tourists. I always say that the U.S. is so obsessed...