A Retired Teacher in Mexico City

Last week Alejandro and I were in Chedraui, a Mexican chain of stores that is similar to Walmart.  We were looking at throw rugs when we saw...

  On Monday morning, while I was at Alejandro's family's house, there was another spectacular dawn, with the volcanoes silhouetted a...

Today is Valentine's Day (known in Mexico as the Day of Love and Friendship), but it is also our first wedding anniversary. Photos taken...

It's time for "Carnaval", the Latin American equivalent of Mardi Gras.  In Mexico City the celebration is only held in certain...

  As I said at the conclusion of yesterday's post, last Thursday I had a couple of hours to kill after my afternoon dinner, so I took a ...

As I have mentioned before, Thursday afternoon is when my cleaning lady comes to clean the apartment and do the laundry.  I always leave the...

Passing by a newsstand, I saw on the front page of a Mexico City newspaper a story that I had heard on the radio. In 2023, Mexico surpassed ...