Tacos al pastor are our favorite. They’re cheap and they’re everywhere. We just got back from stuffing our face with some. This encampment is in downtown Mexico City — and it’s filled with teachers protesting attempts to overhaul the education system. We drove by last night during an impromptu tour from Chris’s mom’s friend’s cousin and her husband. (But not a former...
Why has it taken us this long to see lucha libre? And when can we go again? A choice quote from Chris last night: There’s a lot more slapping and ball-kicking than I was expecting! Still here? Some links to good reads for you then! Small-house movement: Living in 120 square feet (San Francisco Chronicle) To Increase Innovation, Take the Sting Out of Failure...
During our leap year, one of the things I’ve been exploring is online training platforms, like Skillshare, which I’ve mentioned in prior blog posts. Well, I thought I’d try my hand at teaching. So here goes! In one of my first jobs as a communications person, I found it was nearly impossible to find an affordable, professional media training for the spokespeople in our...
The world’s richest man sure knows how to make an amazing museum. Museo Soumaya is top-notch. The architecture is beautiful, the collection is even more beautiful, and it’s f-r-e-e. Perfect for two people who are on a leap year. Thanks, Carlos. It’s also open on Mondays when most Mexico City museums are closed. ...
Today is Papa Trenschel‘s birthday! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! It’s hard to be so far away, but at least we have Skype. We took Holly for a walk over to Parque Mexico today, where there are more dogs than in all of San Francisco. Not really, but close. I also finished my Skillshare class and submitted it for review and publishing. It was fun to put...
Spent a good amount of time in Bosque Chapultepec today, and specifically went to the Museo Nacional de Antropología since many people recommended it. Not far across the street is a Starbucks built right around a tree. Here’s some fun with links: See The Stunning Sprawl of Mexico City’s 20 Million People, From Above (Fast Co.Exist) This Company Wants to Help You Escape Your Terrible Corporate...
This farmer’s market is right outside our front door. We’re now kicking ourselves for going to the grocery store the other day. We’re all settled into our apartment, which we found on Airbnb. It’s great, except one of our neighbors is a hardcore smoker and it wafts into our place. We’re in the Condesa neighborhood which we like because there are lots of trees...
Here is the set of the video production yesterday, taken from the upstairs terrace. You can’t quite tell, but the guy in the black shirt at six o’clock is spraying “sweat” on the “icy cold” bottle of soda. Beautiful courtyard, huh? Today we walked more than eight kilometers, checking out different neighborhoods in Mexico City. We think we’ve found a place to live, so...
Arrived in Mexico City last night and were greeted by our very friendly Airbnb host — who is also a Burner — before going out in search of dinner. Spent most of this morning trying to figure out how we can find a room for rent. We’ve put some feelers out, so we’ll see how that goes. The photo above is of the coffee...
Here are our La Paz travel tips! As our two months here come to a close, we wanted to give a shout-out to some of the places we like and would recommend if anyone is visiting. It’s hard to keep the list short, but we tried. / ACTIVITIES & CULTURE / Roz in La Paz: Roz maintains a very comprehensive calendar of cultural events...
Together with other gringos, we flocked to a restaurant to celebrate Thanksgiving. (I mean, look at us: there’s a painting of the Statue of Liberty in the background.) We went to Big Joe’s and he did not disappoint with his menu. What are we thankful for, you ask? – Our health – The ability to take a Leap Year – The people in our...
This dog hangs out in front of Cafe Olimpia, the cocina económica where we go to lunch with my dad often. The waitress, Veronica, said the dog is getting fat because she gets a lot of their chicken scraps. Then she goes and sleeps on the road before heading to her next spot to scavenge. I have spent the past 48 hours fixing this blog....