Did You Know? The Mexican Wave and unruly mobs
Did you know? Mexico City's charwoman-businessman: Conchita Jurado
Did you know? Mexico has five of the world's most endangered heritage sites
Did You Know? Birth control pills come from Mexican yams
Creating Is Being: Raymundo Becerril Porras
"For the simple fact that we are sensitive beings, we can't stop making things, creating, seeing the world in another manner. The faculty of being, of walking through the world, of seeing is born in the habit of creating - little by little - something, anything."
read moreFrozen Moments: The Photos Of Ricardo Gomez Jimenez
"I like the power to capture the image in that particular moment. It's like if a photo of you was taken, but you were caught in a moment. And then you see the photo and say, 'wow, I don't even recognize myself.'"
read moreA Million Meanings: The Art Of Raul Lopez Garcia
The Fiery Spirit Of Carmen Mondragon
Mexico's Olympic memories
Mexico's hidden black trick
Trotsky's Ghost
Feliz Navidad from Mexico City
Mexico's Autumn Antiques Shows Promise To Be A Lot Of Fun
Chile Seed Pipian: Pipián de Semillas de Chile
Dining in the D.F.: Food and drink in Mexico's capital
On the edge of Mexico City: barefoot monks in a national park
October in Actopan: Mexico's National Mole Festival
To market, to market: treasure hunting in Mexico City's flea markets
First Stop in the New World by David Lida: an interview with the author
Mexico City has long exercised a fascination for writers of varying foreign stripes - Graham Greene, Aldous Huxley, Jack Keruoac, D. H. Lawrence, William S. Burroughs, B. Traven; not to mention Latin American writers such as Roberto Bolaño, Carlos Fuentes, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Alvaro Mutis - and while some of them have stopped here for brief periods and others have made it their home, the erstwhile megalopolis (now 'hypermetropolis') remains an elusive quarry to pin down in words. Its trawling immensity may be a well of inspiration or a veritable Oak Island of futile excavation in search of treasures that refuse to be unearthed.
read moreAnahuacalli: Diego Rivera's gift of indigenous treasures
Bus from Mexico City to Oaxaca
I need to arrange for bus tickets for 7 people from Mexico City to Oaxaca on the morning of the 21st of December. I've heard that the "Uno" is the one to take and I'd like to make reservations for the 7 of us in advance. Is it possible to do this and if so, how? And if you're really familiar with the buses, how much?
read moreChicken in almond mole: Pollo en mole almendrado
Pork in Green Pipian: Puerco en Pipián Verde
Planting the Seeds of Democracy
Mexico City taxi robberies
For tourists, perhaps the most serious crime problem in Mexico is taxi robbery in Mexico City. This problem is more or less unique to Mexico City, so many tourists are not aware of the problem. The governments of the US, UK, Canada, and Australia warn travelers of taxi robberies. I have also read several first person accounts of taxi robberies, via the internet and in the media. read more
