Remember when you were in college or grad school and Thirsty Thursday meant keggers on the quad? Yeah, me too. Never in my life did I imagine Thirsty Thursday would be a blog post about protein shakes because I never thought I’d be someone who’d be into fitness, but here we are. I’ve been […]
Last weekend I went for a walk on Saturday evening, after work. I headed up to the Zócalo, the main plaza of Mexico City. The Zócalo – also called Plaza de la Constitucion – is surrounded by the Catedral Metropolitano, Palacio Nacional, and Antiguo Palacio del Ayuntamiento (the original town hall). The square is typically […]
Here’s what I have on the hotel bathroom counter. This does not include the Giovanni D:Tox facial scrub in the shower, nor the Michael Todd True Organics face mask I’ve since moved from the stash to the bathroom to remember to use it weekly. Yes! I brought a stash with me in a little trunk […]
Last weekend I went to Teotihuacan, the ancient city near which Mexico City was founded. Now, our tour guide was at great pains to disabuse us of the common misconception that Teotihuacan was created by Aztecs. Construction began around 300 BC, and the Aztecs didn’t roll up into this part of Mexico until ~1250 AD. […]
It’s time to get some stuff off my chest! -Why, WHY do merchants in Mexico put up such a fight when I don’t have small change to pay for something?! It’s not as if the local 7-11 doesn’t have change for a 100 peso note (~$8)! It irritates the h3ll out of me when cashiers […]
