I was walking down Calle Simon Bolivar, a pedestrian thoroughfare in Mexico City (CDMX), when I noticed this tall puppet-like figure with a crown walking down the street. I didn’t realize this until after I took the photo that this “king” with a crown was walking past Burger King just as I took his picture, … Read more
As I mentioned in my last post, I was walking around my Centro Historico neighborhood in Mexico City after picking up some early morning coffee. Since it was relatively early, a lot of the local storefront businesses weren’t open yet, and therefore had their security gates still down from the night. From what I was … Read more
On my first full morning in Mexico City (my second day in the country), I decided to wander out from my Airbnb in search of some coffee. I found some right down the street, but then decided to wander around a little bit with my hot coffee in hand, checking out the local streets. Technically … Read more
Part of my inspiration for going to Mexico City – and staying in the CDMX, as opposed to spending any time at a resort or on the beach – was that I had heard that Mexico City has become an international destination for art, between the museums, contemporary art galleries, and the street art. As … Read more
I have heard many good things about the contemporary art scene in Mexico City, and so I planned a trip to visit for the first time in January. Of course there are many other things I wanted to see, such as the pyramids at Teotihuacan and the Anthropology Museum in CDMX that – in one … Read more
