A Retired Teacher in Mexico City

A few weeks ago when Alejandro and I were walking to the nearest Costco, we came across two mural paintings on the walls of the underpass wh...

I still had some dried "pasilla" peppers left over from the last salsa that I made, so I checked my salsa cookbook for another rec...

Yesterday, on the front page of one of Mexico City's newspapers, there was an article about the continuing outbreak of measles.  The dea...

Yesterday morning an earthquake drill was held in the greater Mexico City area.  I left my apartment and walked over to the World Trade Cent...

Yesterday was Shrove Tuesday, or "Mardi Gras" as it is known in French.  In Spanish, the pre-Lenten celebration is known as "...

Our anniversary weekend celebration continued on Sunday when we went to the Palace of Fine Arts for the first concert of the 2026 season by ...

Getting married on February 14th is very romantic, but restaurants are generally packed on Valentine's Day if you want to celebrate your...