Keith Dannemiller: Visions of the Centro Histórico
Every single day of 13 years I have been living in Mexico City has seen me aching to photograph something….
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Mexico City on a Budget
Traveling to Mexico City on a budget doesn’t mean sacrificing the quality of your experience. It can often lead to…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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…
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Justo Sierra: A Synagogue Hidden in the Crowd
From the outside it is a building like any other in Mexico City’s historic center – colonial façade and…
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The Cult of San Charbel and a Few Other Maronite Fun Facts
“Is that Lebanese?” I think to myself. Because I don’t know Latin that well, but it doesn’t sound like Latin…
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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…
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The Templo Mayor is not as Lame as you Think
Or at least not as lame as I thought. In general ruins are just that — ruins. they don’t hold…
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Lucha Libre vs. WWF
I think I may have surprised (and frightened) my girlfriend over the weekend with the vast knowledge I have about…
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Silence Fell on the Mexico City Metro
Today was my first ride on the Mexico City metro since the start of the new year. From the moment…
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Street walking in the Merced
The Merced is traditionally known for two things: the market and the prostitutes. But in this neighborhood, one of the…
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My top five afternoon hang-outs in La Roma
These are a few of my favorite afternoon hang-outs in Roma in case you need to chill out or settle…
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Meeting Monsiváis among the shelves
“We call this the ‘alley of intimacy’,” says Ruben León, the librarian at the Carlos Monsiváis library in the Cuidadela,…
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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…
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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….
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Searching for Remedios Varo
Remedios Varo is evading me. I am writing a piece about her life here in Mexico and coming up against…
