A Retired Teacher in Mexico City

In 1967 the Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez published the novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude" (Cien Años de Soledad).  T...

I just finished reading another excellent book... "And the Mountains Echoed" by Khaled Hosseini. The author was born in Afghanista...

Alejandro and I continued down a passageway to a double courtyard that was part of the old Customs House in colonial times.  I had never see...

I may have been disappointed by the renovation of the upper floor of the Anthropology Museum, but there was no disappointment when Alejandro...

  If you have read this blog over the years, you know that our favorite restaurant in Mexico City used to be a place called Angelopolitano. ...

The crown jewel of Mexico City's many museums is the National Museum of Anthropology.  No where in the world will you find a comparable ...

I always dreaded this time of year when I would have to start collecting tax documents to file my income tax with the IRS and the state of O...