More Vegan Food in Mexico City
For those of you that read my previous post on Eating Vegan in Mexico City, my brain is now trained…
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Candelaria in Mexico
Two years ago I got hooked on Candelaria. It started with a trip to Talavera street in the Merced where…
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Local Beer On Tap: Mexico City
Every time I’m asked for a topic-specific list of suggestions for visitors coming into town I get inspired to write…
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Welcome to Titillating Tijuana
Even I need a break from writing about Mexico City some times and so for the past few weeks we…
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My neighbors – Sr. Ruiz
When Sr. Ruiz married his wife in 1948 she was only 16. They couldn’t find anyone to perform the service…
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Marvelous Monday in Mexico City
I’ve updated my original list for Monday in Mexico City to include some more great places that I found open….
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Spectacular Sunday in Mexico City
I’ve been challenged by a friend to write a series of guides to the different days of the week in…
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The Best of Breakfast in La Roma
Now that my guide to living in the Roma is in its final stages of editing, I’ve had several people…
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Mapping La Roma
After months working on my guide to living in my neighborhood, I know that mapping La Roma is a project…
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6 Quiet Corners in the Roma
Here are Quiet Corners in the Roma I go when the hustle, bustle, and noise of the city begin to overwhelm.
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Eating Vegan in Mexico City
So I had four house guests recently, two of whom are vegan and one of which is vegetarian. I had…
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Discovering the Polanco Aviary
While ambassadors are chauffeured to their offices, upscale tourists shop on Presidente Masaryk and office workers of all stripes flood…
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Mexico City Day Trips: Nevado de Toluca’s Chilly View from the Top
Nevado de Toluca is one of my favorite day trips from Mexico City. It can be intense up there, but it’s totally worth it.
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Russian food and old bones in Santa María de Ribera
I know it sounds lame, but I have never seen a dinosaur skeleton up close and personal before. So when…
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La Merced Turns 57
I assumed the start of the market’s anniversary week this past Tuesday would be even more overwhelming than a regular…
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Álvaro Obregón’s facelift
All the different neighborhood groups that the city government called together to talk about their new project, agreed on one…
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Who Occupies La Roma?
Update: This article has been modified from its original version to more fully explain the situation that occurred at Merida…
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Mexican Baseball: The Glorious History
Latin America often seems like its sole interest is soccer, but Sunday I went to my first Mexican baseball game,…
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La Basilica: Ablution on the go and a circus tent cathedral
On a quest to see the tilda of Juan Diego I made my first foray to the Basilica de Guadalupe.
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Mexican Chamorro Adventures (complete with recipe)
I have three chamorro recipes and I’m still nervous. Maybe there is something to be said about too many options….
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My Top Five Favorite Views of Mexico City
Mexico City dares you to try and take it all in. Here are some views of Mexico City that might…
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Museo de Arte Popular
I’m adding the Museo de Arte Popular (MAP) to my list of museums you can see under an hour and…
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Mexico City Day Trips: Puebla
We didn’t get lost. The dog may have gotten sick and shit in the car and it may have rained…
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Happy Labor Day
This morning we saw these four in the Río de Janiero park. Some members of a band called the Oaxaca…
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Mornings in the Marvelous Mercado Medellín
I can’t think of any U.S. market like the ones in Mexico except Pike Place with its stands selling trinkets…
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Troncones Beach Life
This was our second time staying at Casas Gregorio on Troncones beach in Zihuantenejo – two luxuriously simple beach front…
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Noche de Museos at El Chopo
I must once again wax poetic about Noche de Museos here in Mexico City. Like lots of similar programs around…
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Fundación Jumex in Polanco
I finally made it to the Fundación Jumex Museum over the weekend and while I still think that the building…
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A Oaxacan Primer at Guzina Oaxaca
I’m sitting at Guzina Oaxaca, a new restaurant in Polanco with an old friend from San Miguel days. Foodie companion…
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Taller Tlamaxcalli’s Toybox
Toys have no nationality, no origin, according to Álvaro Santillán at Taller Tlamaxcalli. Children invented toys. That being said, Álvaro…
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A Very Public Break-up at the MODO
You know how that old saying goes “One man’s break-up is another man’s art.” Well maybe that’s not the exact…
