Nothing beats celebrating Easter by participating in the Encounter procession, plus I got promoted to being a lantern lad!continue reading Good Good Friday

Calendar girls from 1930 to 1960 supported the popular nationalistic campaign to redefine Mexico according to her pre-conquest roots and ethnic traditions.continue reading Mexico’s Calendar Girls

Turning the oldest hacienda in the area into an elegant health spa was no easy task and with mixed results a smoke may help with! continue reading Going Out for Cigarettes at the Oldest Hacienda

Today, the rebozo is significant as unifying element among Mexican women in expressing national identity through fashion with an independent history.continue reading Birth and Death Fashion

A day trip to Araró for celebrations for an image of Jesus on the Cross is best when knowing a bit more of the town’s history.continue reading Bloody Hot Springs and Cock Fights

Playing lotería is similar to bingo, though more visually and intellectually engaging including puns and innuendos to the cards played.continue reading Mexican Bingo

Carmen Miranda is a fascinating case study to learn how another immigrant did so very well, yet also, limited herself by staying true to her cultural roots.continue reading The Professional Foreigner

Beyond the egg smashing festivities of the jardin is a more serious way to start Lent by visiting seven churches and a graveyard.continue reading The Sacred Trip in Town

A hand door knocker stands as a delineation between one state and another; outside versus inside, something lost to something newly gained.continue reading Knock, Knock

For the last two years I’ve told of St. Veronica’s link to a common household plant, the Wandering Jew. Never did I see a tie to anti-semitism.continue reading Did St. Veronica Start Anti-Semitism?