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Be Picky About School School is the next step. Take your time with this, as there are all sorts of school options in Mexico from which to choose. Public, private,…

By Julie Etra for The Eye Magazine Mexico is first in the world for avocado production. It is hugely important to the Mexican economy. Its production represents 45.95% of the…

  I love to cook and these are my top 5 Oaxacan ingredients and my favorite ways to use them! 1. Masa More than just for tortillas! I love corn…

Abigail Mendoza, the famous cook of the zapotec. She is going to receive you with a smile, like it or not. She and her sisters serve at Tlamanalli, a small…

  Last year’s 35 million visitors made Mexico the world’s eighth most popular destination. Mexico has edged out Turkey to become the world’s eighth most popular tourist destination, according to…

Home is where the heart is, and we have some ways to help you make your Mexico property a place where friends and family want to be. Some are tangible…

  A complex city, capital of the unexpected An excerpt from Mexico City: An Opinionated Guide for the Curious Traveler When I tell people I live in Mexico City, the…

Living here on the Oaxaca coast, we native English speakers forget that Spanish was not the native language here (in fact there are 16 distinct languages in the State of…

  THE HOUSE OF TILES The House of Tiles, better known in Mexico as La Casa de los Azulejos, is one of the many architectural and design gems in the…

I’m sure you remember that children’s story about the three little pigs. The one where the wolf huffs and puffs and blows their straw house down. Well, no offense to…