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...
Renting a bike in Mexico City
*Last updated December 2020* Looking to two-wheel it in the big city? There are a couple of ways you can make it happen, here’s the most up-to-date information for you: If you are a local or plan to stick...
Mexico City Day Trips: Teuhtli Volcano & San Pedro Actopan
Just beyond the gate a woman stands in a fake-fur lined leather jacket. She shivers slightly in the cool morning air. Our guide Erick gets out to talk to her, hoping to the find the watchman he is looking...
Hipster Food Courts taking over Mexico City
Mexico City has a strong market culture leading all the way back to the Aztecs and the massive outdoor markets of Tenochtitlan and Tlatelolco. Neighborhood markets have long served as more than simply one-stop shopping but as places where...
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Thanks SO much to John Kramer, Susan Kramer, Emma Butler, Molly Blakemore, Ceil Carey, Monica Carey, Alecs Montes, Erin Johnson, Tamar Hayrikyan, David Hayrikyan, Bob Stone, Fernando Sánchez Cuadros, Fernando Mata Rosas, Anais Martínez, Maria & Chris Anderson, Susan...
The New Roma Guide — Coming Soon!
Hey Readers, If you like this blog you will LOVE my upcoming guide to living in the Roma. I need your help to make all these hours of research and writing pay off. Please help me raise money to...
Discovering the Polanco Aviary
While ambassadors are chauffeured to their offices, upscale tourists shop on Presidente Masaryk and office workers of all stripes flood the streets of Polanco, dozens of parakeets are quietly feasting on sunflower seeds, parrots are calling back and forth...
Fundación Jumex in Polanco
I finally made it to the Jumex Foundation Museum over the weekend and while I still think that the building is ugly as sin from the outside, the curation and interior design of the space rocks. James Lee Byars:...
Six Mexico City Museums That Won’t Make You Want to Kill Yourself
I’m personally not a big fan of the anthropology museum or really any place where the rooms go on without end. I get irritated and tired and wanting a drink if I wander around a museum for too long...
The Templo Mayor is not as Lame as you Think
Or at least as lame as I thought. In general ruins are just that — ruins. they don’t hold any kind of real draw after you see four or five or six of “most important pre-Colombian archeological sites in...