Monthly Archives: January 2009

When captured Aztec warriors headed up to have their hearts ripped out on the sacrificial pyre, there was only one thing on their mind: space travel. For realz! It was believed that upon their death, all good warriors would join … Continue reading →

Last year I stayed with my Gramma aka O.G. Chilangabacha for six months and was amazed on a daily basis by her ingenuity. One late night I went into the garage to get a coke and almost screamed my lungs … Continue reading →

Yesterday I witnessed one of the most amusing, mind-boggling, and probably politically incorrect events I’ve seen in Mexico so far. I traveled about an hour south of the city to the gorgeous town of Tepoztlan at the urging of a … Continue reading →

So I´m walking down some back alley in Tepoztlan, minding my own business, trying to find out where the banda music is coming from and BLAM some 12-year-old chubby kid smacks me in a face with a handful of black … Continue reading →

After spending years hanging around commies  as research for her book Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana native Texan Stephanie Elizondo Griest decided it was about darn time to explore her Mexican roots. Like so many … Continue reading →

Thanks to my girl Meli Mel for bringing this travesty of a website to my attention.  As it’s name suggests, DownWithPinatas.com is a site dedicated to calling out piñatas as the party game of the devil. Not since Winona Rider … Continue reading →