About a year ago, when I was still living in Mexico City, a friend and I found ourselves in what seemed to be a small town in the middle of the city. It is not surprising to see this kind of thing here—think, for example, of Coyoacán or Tlalpan, actual towns that were at someContinue reading “Hidden Corners of Mexico City”
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Best Reads of 2018
Books that made 2018 even better.
Teotihuacán
Exploring a city that preceded the Aztecs.
Five Mystery Books for Long Flights
Five books that will get you through that long flight.
Where the Wild Books Are
“Second-hand books are wild books, homeless books; they have come together in vast flocks of variegated feather, and have a charm which the domesticated volumes of the library lack.” —Virginia Woolf Aging and decay are characteristics that generally have a negative connotation. The first is a consequence of the passing of time; the second one,Continue reading “Where the Wild Books Are”
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