Continue Reading Jamming, Blocking, Grunting, Screaming. Here are photographs of the joys of roller derby as I experienced them (as an observer, alas) for the first time in…
Continue Reading On Sound This week I’ll muse about sounds. A friend introduced me to the research of Gordon Hempton, an acoustic ecologist. He pursues places…
Continue Reading Neighbors In case the Bad Hombres meme still rings in your ears, here is a closer look at our neighbors to the South. Can…
Continue Reading La Villa The Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe can be found in the north of CDMX next to a number of other older churches and…
Continue Reading La Muerta DCMX has more museums than any other city in the world with the exception of London, or so I am told. Today…
Continue Reading Mexico City in 3-D There is not a corner of Mexico City where you don’t find a monument or a sculpture, either visible from afar, or…
Continue Reading CDMX wins Can you find the photographer? Those of you who have followed “Your Daily Picture” for the last 6 years know that I have…
Continue Reading Fridamania About 100 years ago I had my heart broken by someone born in Mexico who happened to be a Frida Kahlo fan….
Continue Reading Mexican Murals Murals have a long tradition in Mexican art, and no Mexican muralist is better known than Diego Riviera, Diego María de la Concepción Juan…
Continue Reading Centro Historico The very core of Mexico City is a sight to behold. The Plaza de la Constitución, more commonly know as the Zócalo,…