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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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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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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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…
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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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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….
