Mexico City: An Opinionated Guide

• SOME UPCOMING EVENTS 2 months ago Mexico City's biggest and best contemporary art fair, Zona Maco, will take place from April 10 to 14. Click HERE for information.  Puccini's last opera 'Turandot' will be performed 6 times at the Palacio de Bellas Artes between April 18 and 30. Tickets at the box office or through...
• MEXICO RISING 3 months ago In recent weeks two editorials, written by Pulitzer prize winner Thomas Friedman, appeared in the New York Times about Mexico's bright economic forecast. Another, entitled 'Mexico: the New China' praised the country as a top choice for outsourcing. And it's not just the New York Times. Mexico...
• Almost Home 4 months ago Although my body has been back from Asia for two weeks, my mind has not fully arrived. I've been hesitant to let go of the excitement of travel, and not quite ready to dive into my next project, which is to update my guidebook. Meanwhile, if you'd like to take a look at some of what I saw in...
• Greetings from Gangaikondacholapuram 5 months ago I've been on the road since mid December, mostly travelling in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, land of a thousand temples. It  wins my prize as the friendliest and most welcoming place I've been (Burma and Egypt are runners-up). By comparison Mexicans are stand-offish. I return to Mexico in...
• A Mexico City Christmas Story 5 months ago We had tickets to hear Tony Bennett in concert at the Teatro Metropolitan last Monday and our friends Stan and Bill came down from San Miguel de Allende to join us. The most recent success of the 86-year old singer, an album of duets with the likes of Lady Gaga, ranks in the top 20, so we were...

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