#ItsColombiaNotColumbia   ..read more

Romina duerme cuando noche; mecida en la luna y desde allá nos reconoce… If this song is not about her, I don’t know what is… Romina viaja tierna y nueva de campo a estrella y va subiendo por las teclas del piano, escalera. Romina se ha escapado lejos tras de un conejo blanco y aunque sabe que la esperan se va jugando. Romina lleva caramelos que arroja del cielo y cuando llega el aguacero son dulces los sueños. Para Romina entre los astros es un jardín el espacio y mientras viva la alegría su día es largo. Romina si tuvieras tiempo piensa en mí. Romina desde que estás lejos no es sencillo nin ..read more

Romina duerme cuando noche; mecida en la luna y desde allá nos reconoce… If this song is not about her, I don’t know what is… Romina viaja tierna y nueva de campo a estrella y va subiendo por las teclas del piano, escalera. Romina se ha escapado lejos tras de un conejo blanco y aunque sabe que la esperan se va jugando. Romina lleva caramelos que arroja del cielo y cuando llega el aguacero son dulces los sueños. Para Romina entre los astros es un jardín el espacio y mientras viva la alegría su día es largo. Romina si tuvieras tiempo piensa en mí. Romina desde que estás lejos no es sencillo nin ..read more

Photo credit: Pulso DF You may not know this but Semana Santa (Holy Week) is a very important religious holiday in Mexico, and among the many events that take place during the course of the week, the so-called passion play is one of the most popular — and well-attended. It consists of a representation of the via crucis, and involves everyone, from workers, students and housewives who become actors for one day to play the roles of Jesus, the Virgin Mary, the Nazarenes, the apostles — and other characters (not all of them strictly Biblical) including a spy, a dog, and a  ..read more

Cuquita & yours truly in “Little Italy,” the two words I couldn’t pronounce without my mother cracking up at my “sophisticated, unintelligible gringo accent.” Thirteen years ago today, my mother, my best friend –and the funniest Mexican I’ve ever met– quietly passed away in a small hospital room in Mexico City. While her (sudden and premature) death was the worst thing me and my siblings have had to endure, she left us the one thing no one will ever take away from us: A sense of humor that –she assured us– was the only way to go through life, no matter how tough the shit got going. Cu ..read more

Love is in the tortilla Because this is the only heart-shaped thing I could possibly care about ..read more

Please note the exceptioinal display of Mexican infrastructure above the fine establishment Photo: Via who-knows-where in the Internet but I’m 99.9% sure this is somewhere in Jalisco ..read more

Photo credit: Pulso DF You may not know this but Semana Santa (Holy Week) is a very important religious holiday in Mexico, and among the many events that take place during the course of the week, the so-called passion play is one of the most popular — and well-attended. It consists of a representation of the via crucis, and involves everyone, from workers, students and housewives who become actors for one day to play the roles of Jesus, the Virgin Mary, the Nazarenes, the apostles — and other characters (not all of them strictly Biblical) including a spy, a dog, and a  ..read more

Cuquita & yours truly in “Little Italy,” the two words I couldn’t pronounce without my mother cracking up at my “sophisticated, unintelligible gringo accent.” Thirteen years ago today, my mother, my best friend –and the funniest Mexican I’ve ever met– quietly passed away in a small hospital room in Mexico City. While her (sudden and premature) death was the worst thing me and my siblings have had to endure, she left us the one thing no one will ever take away from us: A sense of humor that –she assured us– was the only way to go through life, no matter how tough the shit got going. Cu ..read more

Love is in the tortilla Because this is the only heart-shaped thing I could possibly care about ..read more