In Pictures: San Angel

South of the center of México, D.F., along the western side of Insurgentes Sur, is the neighborhood of San Angel (map).  The relaxed atmosphere, colorful architecture, and open-air stores and restaurants make this colonia popular with both locals and tourists.  San Angel also happens to be near ITAM, where I spend many of my days, and [...]

My (Bad) Experience with Ticketmaster

It’s always comforting, especially during the holidays, to find things here in México, D.F. that remind me of being up north in the U.S.  For example, Ticketmaster’s service in Mexico is just as dreadful and overpriced here as it is back home. 
Yesterday evening, I went to see El Buen Canario at Teatro Insurgentes.  This new John Malkovitch-directed [...]

Got Lost the Other Day…

Christmas Day evening, we got lost on the way to a birthday party in the southern part of the city.  It’s amazing how quickly nice areas here en el D.F., with gardens and wide, planted, recently-repaved avenues can turn into the poorer, dusty, unkept, graffitied housing tracks that are sprinkled throughout the city.  While much [...]

Five-Star Street Tacos

If there is such a thing as high-end gourmet street tacos, then I very well might have experienced them last Wednesday.  On a desolate calle near ITAM, where I work, (actually on Torres de Ixtapatongo, I believe, across Periférico from San Angel Tizapán) is a family-run street-side taquería — four posts and a plastic tarp [...]

Mexican Decoration in the Holiday Season

I must admit that, after having become accustomed to the the widespread gaudiness (of course, it is a matter of opinion!) of decoration in Mexico, I expected the Christmas season to bring some truly spectacularly kitschy public displays.  After all, back home in the states, people seem to revel in the “spirit” of the holidays, with entire [...]

In Pictures: A Trip to Tepalcates

Tepalcates is the eastern terminus of the new Metrobús line in México, D.F., Linea 2.  I’ve already mentioned my own shock and awe about the construction and rapid completion of the project.  So, last week I decided to take a trip out there to see the new line (and what $65 million bought).  If you’re [...]

Street Noise

Just imagine how much quieter Mexico City would be if people had to pay one peso for every time they used their car horn.
 
Beep!    México, D.F.    Honk!

A Day at the Fights: Theater Arts for the Common Male

This is the second of three posts on a trip I took to the bullfights last Sunday (you can read more about the fights, themselves, in the first post).  
One of the first impressions made upon me, even more than the fight, itself, is the traditional pomp and circumstance that accompanies the bullfights.  At the [...]

Tried as hard as he could, but Godzilla could never be a puppy

Last month my roommate, on impulse, purchased a small green lizard, or lagartijo.  I think it might have been an iguana, but, you know, I’m no expert on these things.  From the very beginning, however, this little guy and my roommate were clearly a match that would not last.  From the first day, she (the [...]

Mexico Pledges to Halve Carbon Emissions

Last week at the UN Conference on Climate Change in Poznan, Poland, the Mexican Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources Juan Rafael Elvira pledged that México will reduce its carbon emissions to half of the 2002 levels (EX Online, Milenio).  
I must admit, I’m a bit skeptical of the sincerity of the pledge as [...]