You might be just as surprised as I was to find out Dia de Los Muertos seems to build for about a month leading up to All Souls Day, not just the day itself. I suppose this is not unlike any commercialized holiday anywhere? There are things to buy and altars to dress. Like any …
Are you an American* watching fútbol in Mexico? Wishing you were watching football instead? Perhaps procuring a little bit of Spanish slang will help you experience some of the excitement that defines this sport worldwide. It’s easy! You don’t have to lie to your wife and fly to a match in another country in order …
What the Oktoberfest in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon lacked in bratwurst, brötchen and sauerkraut it made up for with live faux punk, a mechanical bull, a ferris wheel that goes backwards and individual beer pong sponsored by Telcel. Although I generally don’t think one-time attendance qualifies anyone as an expert on anything, I offer anyone interested …
When white people hear the words privilege or privileged they almost always react negatively to the implication that they have not earned what they have or where they are in life. In a highly meritocratic society ‘privileged’ can only be taken as an insult meaning that you didn’t work hard. That you’re spoiled. Yet we …
The Paseo Santa Lucia is an urban revitalization project come to life in Monterrey, Mexico – a river walk stretching some two miles between the Parque Fundidora to the sprawling Macro Plaza downtown. Tree-lined and flanked by restaurants, apartments, offices, green spaces, outdoor gyms, shops, museums and a massive convention center, it is a city …