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The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire
by C.M. Mayo Review by Felisa Rosa Rogers The story has plenty to lure the reader: banditry, kidnapping, hubris, madness; but it is a fine attention to detail, on both the factual and visceral levels,...
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by Felisa Churpa Rosa Rogers I’m not a short story person. Reading a short story is like a conversation on a Greyhound: the getting-to-know-you process is accelerated to an uncomfortable pace and then...
View ArticleRoses and Tacos
On Good Food in Mexico City, Nicholas Gilman wrote a vibrant, mouthwatering ode to Mexico City’s Mercado Jamaica…This particular paragraph made me really miss Mexico: “The main retail venue for...
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Mexico City Safer than Minneapolis?
Jeff O’Brien called my attention to this SF Gate article, Five Safest Places in Mexico for Travelers, which is pleasantly free of hysteria. I agree that the states of Tlaxcala, Yucatan, Queretaro, and...
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Hundreds of Thousands Rally to Support Obrador
PRD candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador drew hundreds of thousands of supporters to the Mexico City zocalo for the final speech of his campaign. My sainted mother was in the city at the time and sent...
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All my favorite restaurants in Mexico City are taquerias, diners, pubs, or juice stands, but this looks and sounds amazing and Rich and I may have to class it up for a night this January!…
View ArticleWick Sakit Captures Mexico
People’s Guide contributing photographer Wick Sakit just posted some amazing images of his trip through Mexico. Check it out!…
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La Noche de los Mariachis
View from Calle Isabel Catolica When Churpa and I walked into the bar at the Hotel Isabel, the only available seating was at a table in the corner. The bar itself was fully occupied by Mexican...
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Saints in the City
I am sitting on a rock hard bed at the Hotel Isabel, in a high-ceilinged room with pink and grey walls. I first came to the Isabel when I was only 23, and I still put up with the rock hard beds...
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Historical Photo of the Week: Tina Modotti by Edward Weston
Nude, Mexico by Edward Weston photo from Getty Museum Archive According to an interesting post at the Getty Museum Archive, Edward Weston shot this photo on a...
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Excellent Images of San Judas de Tadeo
photo by Keith Dannemiller (used with permission from artist) Ever since I discovered San Judas de Tadeo, I’ve become obsessed. Turns out he’s everywhere. On closer inspection, half the Jesuses...
View ArticleTaking the Bus in Mexico City
I’m a big fan of the Mexico City subway system, which is super cheap, super fast, and super easy to navigate once you get the hang of it. It’s also remarkably comprehensive. This trip we managed to...
View ArticleObama Visits Mexico City
I find it kind of weird that Obama visits Mexico City and the angle the LA Times decides to play up is…people are inconvenienced. Doesn’t that happen anytime el presidente goes anywhere? Evidently...
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Book Review: The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire
Carlotta as a girl, by Hermann Fidel Winterhalter The story has plenty to lure the reader: banditry, kidnapping, hubris, madness; but it is a fine attention to detail, on both the factual and visceral...
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Cost of Living: Mexico City, SMA vs. New York
At Moon.com, Julie Doherty Meade compares specific costs of living in New York, Mexico City, and San Miguel de Allende. Meade’s writing is engaging and this could be a useful resource if you are...
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Top Five Mexican Cities for Hangout Travel
In 1999, when I was 20 years old, I flew into Mexico City with my friend Abigail. Between the two of us, we carried $1000 in cash. Our plan? Travel from Mexico City to the Yucatan, spend a month...
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Historical Image of the Week: The Occupation of Mexico City
First published in 1850, this lithograph depicts the US Army occupying the zocalo in Mexico City’s Centro Historico. The image was originally published in The Mexican War and its warriors : comprising...
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Historical Photo of the Week: JFK in Mexico City
In 1962, John F. and Jackie Kennedy visited Mexico City. The city went crazy for Kennedy. Photograph by Héctor García. Found in the Getty...
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Cerveza Rising: Mexico’s Craft Beer Revolution
During my twenties, I considered Mexico to be beer heaven. It didn’t hurt that a beer truck trundled up the beach road at Tenacatita every other day, dispensing boxes of Dos Equis at wholesale...
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