Latin America's 36th Best Restaurant is the beauty to Guadalajara's beast
Escamoles, or ant eggs, on a puree of cauliflower and parsnip, course four at Alcalde Without a doubt the jewel piercing the otherwise...
Sex, Death and Butterflies in Michoacan
The migration of the North American monarch butterfly between Mexico and Canada is a journey of life, death and rebirth, a testament to...
Samadhi Cafe: Haven for the beer-obsessed teutonophile
When your first opportunity to eat currywurst is inside a massive, drafty suburban shopping mall in Guadalajara, Mexico, you may found...
Oaxaca's radical street artists won't be muzzled
A typically pointed work by Oaxaca artist Yescka “Oh that’s pretty. What a nice combination of colors.” That is Yescka, a prominent...
Diamonds in the rough: Street art in Guadalajara
Work by artists Peque vrs and Pwoz Mac, calle Morelos and Roja Gonzalez In case you hadn’t heard, art imitates life, which is no less...
The tattoo artist as healer
Sitting in the sun-lit office of Chapultepec-adjacent tattoo shop Chamuca at three in the afternoon, owner and artist Rodrigo Ruiz...
Lake Chapala's ukulele cartel
A succinct visual summation of Ajijic, Mexico's retirement paradise on its largest lake. Ukuleles. More and more, it seems like they’re...
"Gastronomic Corridor" or the mayor's poorly polished turd?
Mayor Alfaro (center) holding forth during COME's inauguration in October Upon completion of an examination of Guadalajara’s newly minted...
Casa Luna in Tlaquepaque: Feast for the eyes, some good leftovers for the tongue
Nothing fogs up the windscreen of the critical faculties like having within arm’s reach an eight-foot-tall tree (fake, but made of real...
Annual Guadalajara livestock fair a fecund onslaught for the senses
Guadalajara’s Expo Ganadero, an annual livestock fair and competition running from October 5 to November 2, is for the first-time...
Nueve Esquinas: Guadalajara's Birria Mecca
There’s a typewriter repair shop on Calle Libertad one block north of Plaza Nueve Esquinas. Peering into its gloomy interior, the eye...
A Lake Chapala resident recalls her time with the embodiment of America’s puerile aspirations
The recent passing of Hugh Hefner, the silk clad Playboy magazine founder perpetually draped with blonde, big busted women - and a...
The Jalisco Jazz Festival: proselytizers of improvised music
On a cool evening on the roof terrace of a snazzy Zapopan mall complex ringed by the soaring husks of new construction, a month and...
Venezuelan transplant gives back with classical music camp in Guadalajara
Álvaro Larez is a 36-year-old classical violinist from the small Venezuelan island of Isla Margarita. He left his country for...
A celebration of national, corporate brotherhood at the U.S. Consular July 4th fete in Guadalajara
The American Consulate celebrated its parent country’s independence from the U.K. inside the massive convention hall of a technical...