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...
Tours: Street Art Chilango
You know a place is getting hip, when suddenly a tour of the most rebellious urban art form — street mural and graffiti — is offered up to tourists at 25 bucks a pop. But there is something to appreciate...
Mexico City Flea Markets
The recent popularity of my post on the La Lagunilla flea market (and the subsequent outpouring of requests for tours there!) started me thinking about other Mexico City flea markets that I like. The Saturday market in the Jardín...
Sundays in La Lagunilla Market
I still remember the first time I went to the La Lagunilla Sunday market. A blue-eyed, blonde-haired Australian friend and I — in other words the two whitest girls in the world — asked at the front desk of...
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...
Taller Tlamaxcalli’s Toybox
Toys have no nationality, no origin, according to Álvaro Santillán. Children invented toys. That being said, Álvaro seems to have a beginning, a story, a little detail of origin for every item in the Tlamaxcalli toy workshop. the diversity...