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7 stories tagged Mexico

MexicoJune 7, 2019

Sometimes, Just Sometimes you go against your instincts and.....

We had a very easy flight to Mexico and immigration and boarder control in the tourist region of the Yucatan and the ease of which it operates is academic. Our return...

FoodJune 3, 2019

Playa Centro and Taqueria Erika

After a couple of intense days of exploration and adventure it was time to slow things down. We were, after all, in paradise and it seemed a waste to rush it all away....

ChapultepecMay 31, 2019

Oh, how I go back to the place I was first lost.

Mexico has such a potent presence in my psyche. She was the first place I saw a structure thousands of years old, the first place I lost myself in a world completely...

FoodMay 31, 2019

The day she’s been waiting for.

I awoke on this our second morning and I knew this was the day. Our entire trip began with one simple request many months ago. I asked Maggie sometime last year what she...

FoodMay 30, 2019

Sharks, Turtles and Iguanas oh my!

I awoke just before dawn and stepped outside to see our small Colonia street begin to wake up. Off the terrace, I could see a woman sweeping the sidewalk in front of her...

Isla MujeresMay 28, 2019

Isla Mujeres - Woman Island

Many years ago, when I was the Chef at Sala in the Virginia Highlands neighborhood of Atlanta, I had a bartender who worked for me named Rafael Barragán. We called him...

MexicoJanuary 16, 2019

Why Do I travel?

Why do I travel? Well, why not? Traveling is different for each individual—some travel to get away, others for business, and yet others to visit family and friends. In...