As I move to finalize living arrangements in Coyoacan, I’m slightly disturbed by an article in Reforma which is headlined “Coyacan suffers for lack of water” and is subtitled “Starting this month, the Federal District’s Water Commission has reduced by 36% the supply of water in Coyoacan”. My area isn’t one of the hardest […]
Some pics from Plaza Hidalgo in the center of Coyoacan…
If you are in Dallas, you need a “Mapsco” to get around to every last street in town. In Mexico City (which is a billion times bigger), you need a Red Guide, or Guia Roji. Fortunately for you, if you are visiting Mexico City you can get the whole Guia Roji online for […]
From Reforma…
Since prehispanic times, the nochebuena (literally “good night”, the same name applied to Christmas Eve) was used by the Aztecs as a symbol of spiritual renewal and purification.
Later, in the colonial era, Franciscan monks living in Taxco began to use it in Christmas celebrations. The tradition continued until the first ambassador of the […]
By Gerardo Lammers in Reforma
Federal District (April 5, 2004) - A splendid sunny afternoon has fallen in the city of Mexico. But in this case the climate doesn’t matter, because I find myself under the roof of a commercial center (read, “a mall”). In fact, I am in one of its extreme representations, […]
Well, it looks as if departure is coming up mid-January (the 12th, to be exact). I am now shifting into logistical mode, and since my medical insurance with MTW has finally kicked in, I recently made a trip through the odd Texas snow to the optometrist and the dentist. On the horizon, the […]
It is almost a done deal that I will live in Coyoacan, the “place of the wolf” beginning the middle of January. I’m in what I consider to be final negotiations with the landlord (who has had two MTW tenants before), and am excited that I may be living in a quiet, relatively safe […]
“Every country celebrates Christmas differently (if at all), in Mexico it is celebrated every year on December 25, but with some idiosyncracies.
The Christmas period effectively stretches from December 3 to February 2. To start, there is the Celebration for the Virgen de Guadalupe (undeniably the most important figure in Mexico) from December 3 -12; followed […]
The following is an excerpt from a New York Times article on Christmas immigration processes…
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 20 - Every year at this time, the restaurant kitchens and vegetable fields of California empty out. Prayers are said to San Cristofo, money is removed from mattresses, and Mexicans head home.
The United States-Mexico border is broken, say […]