Last night the Galería Prophaeta On Alvaro Obregon in the Roma hosted the art exhibit JoyRide as part of the Mexico City Bicycle Film Festival this weekend. The Bicycle Film Fest has been a global phenomena since 2001. That...
Today’s Mini Metro Soundtrack
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Mexico City’s Deadly Ride
I had no peripheral vision with my cat mask on. NOT a good idea when you’re riding a bike, balancing your camera for the perfect motion shot and surrounded by hundreds of people. For some, the idea of thousands...
I may have O.D.ed on corn this morning
I don’t even like tamales. My Mexican friends think that makes me prissy. But let’s just set the record straight. I don’t like polenta either or hominy or grits. It’s not that I’m particularly against tamales, just that grainy...
Searching for Remedios
Remedios Varo is evading me. I am writing a piece about her life here in Mexico and coming up against dead ends. The doctors who run the office where she supposedly once lived say she could never have lived...
A Trip to Jamaica Market
On Sunday Javier Escamilla took me on a tour of the Jamaica Market. As we walked he described section by section what the stalls used to look like before the 1985 earthquake and who sells what when, depending on...