Midwesterner in Mexico
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The life and times of a gringa in Mexico City, as well as travels throughout Mexico!
tags: Mexico City, recommendations, Sightseeing, small-town mexico, Travel
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Dia de los Muertos: homemade sugar skulls & an ofrenda...
Posted on 23/10/2012
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...
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Condesa & Roma: the trendy neighborhoods of Mexico City
Posted on 26/07/2012
Please check out my latest article up on the Mexico Today website– mexicotoday.org/article/condesa-roma-trendy-neighborhoods-mexico-city! This month I’m recounting some of...
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Mexico Today- Keep track of all the news!
Posted on 29/06/2012
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...
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Back to Mexico City!!
Posted on 06/01/2012
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”...
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Happy Holidays from Midwesterner in Virginia
Posted on 27/12/2011
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...
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Celebrating New Year’s Eve in DF
Posted on 26/12/2011
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...
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Our First Christmas Posada in Mexico City
Posted on 19/12/2011
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...
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What’s happening this December in Mexico City?
Posted on 28/11/2011
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...
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Baja California Sur Roadtrip: Part 2- Los Cabos
Posted on 11/11/2011
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...
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Musical Guilty Pleasure: El Colesterol
Posted on 28/10/2011
I would like to share another musical guilty pleasure with you, which I just discovered today in Atlanta. My job brings me to Atlanta on occasion to visit clients, and there’s...
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