A Retired Teacher in Mexico City

On Saturday Alejandro and I went to his aunt's house to celebrate the birthday of Felipe, one of her grandsons. Alejandro's aunt m...

This morning Alejandro and I were heading to a nearby restaurant on Insurgentes Avenue for a late breakfast when we saw that the avenue was ...

One of my favorite foods in England is the pasty, the baked pastries filled with meat and vegetables that are a staple with the miners of Co...

Music is everywhere in Mexico.  Here are three examples all within a block of each other on or near Mexico City's main plaza. A clas...

I reported earlier that Alejandro and I were going out for supper at our favorite restaurant, Angelopolitano, this evening.  They have the v...

A while ago I wrote about Mexico's culinary masterpiece, "chiles en nogada", the stuffed poblano peppers covered with walnut s...

In an earlier post I wrote that Mexico's vast, central square, the Zócalo, was closed off with barricades while the plaza was being repa...