A Retired Teacher in Mexico City

In my last post, I wrote about the restaurant "Testal", where we ate the weekend before last.  This past Sunday we were going to c...

The weekend before last, when we were downtown, we decided to have dinner at one of our favorite restaurants, "Testal".  (By the w...

  "Which country is going to have the best World Cup?" Silly question.

Late in the afternoon, last Sunday, Alejandro and I were walking down Juárez Avenida in the center of the city when there was suddenly a sma...

Last weekend Alejandro read that a "Festival of Spring Flowers and Ornamentals" was being sponsored by the city government.  So, o...

Ceviche is a dish prepared with raw fish or shellfish marinated in lime juice.  Supposedly the lime juice "cooks" the fish, but I ...

  Jacaranda and Bougainvillea