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Baby Midwesterner! 8 Jul 2013 | 06:21 am
Wow, a lot has happened since I last posted… Primarily, a new arrival to the Midwesterner family! Please welcome Paige. While it gives me heartburn that Paige will not actually be a Midwesterner, we ...
Dia de los Muertos: homemade sugar skulls & an ofrenda for Marcia 23 Oct 2012 | 09:55 pm
Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) was always one of my favorite holidays during my time living in Mexico. The elaborate, colorful ofrendas (altars)… the well-dressed Catrina statues… the tasty pan ...
Condesa & Roma: the trendy neighborhoods of Mexico City 27 Jul 2012 | 05:08 am
Please check out my latest article up on the Mexico Today website– http://mexicotoday.org/article/condesa-roma-trendy-neighborhoods-mexico-city! This month I’m recounting some of the highlights of ou...
Mexico Today- Keep track of all the news! 30 Jun 2012 | 03:44 am
I am excited to have the opportunity to continue working with the Mexico Today program in 2012! (You may recall my post on this from last year.) We have even more great contributors involved this ti...
Back to Mexico City!! 6 Jan 2012 | 07:03 pm
This past year has been a struggle for me & John to readjust from the “every other weekend = a 3-day+ vacation to a beach, jungle, colonial town or archaeological site” schedule that we got accustomed...
Happy Holidays from Midwesterner in Virginia 27 Dec 2011 | 06:21 pm
A belated Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays to all from me & John here in Arlington, Virginia! Thanks so much for continuing to visit this blog & offer your comments. I love hearing from everyone who ...
Celebrating New Year’s Eve in DF 26 Dec 2011 | 06:49 pm
We found celebrating the Año Nuevo in Mexico City to be a bit different than our prior U.S.-based New Year’s Eve festivities. In the U.S., pressure always feels high among the 20/30-something crowd t...
Our First Christmas Posada in Mexico City 19 Dec 2011 | 04:30 pm
One of the many Mexican Christmas traditions I’m missing while back in the US this year is the posada. The season of posadas began on Friday, December 16th– nine days before Christmas. When we lived ...
What’s happening this December in Mexico City? 28 Nov 2011 | 06:10 pm
December in Mexico City is jam-packed with opportunities for celebration, highlighted by the Día de la Virgen de Guadalupe on Dec 12, posadas, office parties, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve, just to na...
Baja California Sur Roadtrip: Part 2- Los Cabos 11 Nov 2011 | 06:05 pm
In follow up to my prior post regarding our Baja California Sur roadtrip, we continued on from Todos Santos to Cabo San Lucas, the most well-known spot for tourists. I will admit to being a bit skepti...
