One Hundred Days in Oaxaca

100 Days in Oaxaca, Mexico

Saturday, February 2

The Tianguis (open-air market) at Ocotlán
Goodbye February

Hope you all fared well during February. It's always a tough one in the northern climes. We wish you all a...
No such thing as a free lunch

Since I've been here I've written perhaps 40 or so blog posts, kept track of family and friends through Facebook, emails and Skype, ...
History Shmistory!

A craft that is prolifically produced here in Oaxaca, is the alebrije (ah-lay-bree-hay). They are animals carved from the sof...
I make my living on the avenue of the dead

Not really, but some people do. David and I at Teotihuacan, the 1000 year old ruins outside Mexico City. We were on top of the pyr...
Truth be told...

It's not all tropical gardens and sugar-coated chapulines down here. As much as we'd like to convince everyone that everything is p...
Staying at the Hotel Camarena

We're going to the beach! When we asked Ruth for economical suggestions for a hotel, she jokingly told us to stay at the Hotel Camarena....
My Bubble

Please excuse my bubble of whiteness. Last night, David and I took a stroll to the zocalo, the city's central plaza. In it there were...
Adiós

Today I’ve been home for as long as I was in Mexico. It’s been plenty of time to contemplate my time there. I can’t say though that I have ...
Out for a stroll...

Yesterday David and I took a stroll around town. We walked the ten or so blocks from our house, across the very busy street Periférico ...