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...
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...
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 glorious excess of modern mariachi
Two weeks ago, I covered the Traditional Mariachi Festival and was impressed by its participants’ adherence to an older - and less...
Merchants in Guadalajara's Centro Historico need tram line construction to end
For the last few decades, Guadalajara’s heart has been slowly hemorrhaging its inhabitants in all cardinal and inter-cardinal directions...
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...
Shanghai Dumpling King: BYOB Bargain
What is it about the Shanghai soup dumpling that impels the restauranteur to affix the name "King" or "Kingdom" somewhere in the title of...
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...
Offalmania in the Inner Richmond : The Organ Trail Part 3
The Richmond. Utter that small collection of phonemes three times in a row a la Beetlejuice and you might suddenly find yourself clad in...
The Best Places to Eat Organ Meat in the Mission
For those interested in the consumption of fine entrails, we present to you here within a weekly collection of macabre signposts pointing...
A South American Food Journal Part 3, Cock Soup at 11,000 Ft
Large, central markets situated in cities with lax or non-existent health codes always make a strong impression upon the senses of smell...