Chiles, the Spice of Mexican Life
Chiles, along with corn and beans, are the foundation of Mexican cooking. Once I discovered more about the various types of chiles, I started adding them to all sorts of […]
Category Archives: Mexico
Travel Spanish: Getting Comfortable at the Beach
Beach / Relaxing / Mexico. Getting comfortable at the beach using Spanish. A la playa. Bienvenidos a Playa Manzanillo en Puerto Escondido. ¿Tiene un cojín más gordo? But don’t hog the […]
December 18th, the Day of the Virgen de la Soledad
December 18th is the Day of the Virgen de la Soledad in many Hispanic countries. Mexico has their patron saint, the Virgen de Guadalupe, their very own Mary who appeared […]
Red & Green Poinsettias for Christmas
Poinsettia, Flor de Nochebuena, Cuetlaxóchitl – this beautiful plant has many names. Poinsettias are native to the tropical highlands of Mexico. In the wild they grow into 10-foot-high bushes with explosions of […]
December 12 is the Saint Day of Virgin of Guadalupe, Mexico’s Patron Saint
The Virgin of Guadalupe is the patron saint of Mexico. The apparition of a dark-skinned Virgin above Guadalupe on December 12th, 1531 changed the course of history in Mexico; within seven years […]
November 20 is the Day of the Revolution in Mexico
Charros are Mexican cowboys, and there are a lot of them in the state of Jalisco, along with all their associated horses, bulls and cattle. So, in the small town of […]
Cut-Paper Banners for the Day of the Dead in Mexico
El día de los muertos, on November 2, is a uniquely Mexican take on what the religious calendar calls All Saints Day. A Day of the Dead skeleton holding up […]
Orange and Green in Mexico
When I did a search for orange and green a bunch of photos taken in Mexico over the last few years showed up. Mexicans seem to have an affinity for orange […]
Masks in Mexico
Mexico has a long history of wearing masks to represent different characters. Mixtec mask on a wooden face at the Portland Art Museum in Oregon, US. The Mixtecs occupied the […]
Red & Green Complementary Colour Harmonies in Mexico
Colour harmony is such a huge subject I was quickly overwhelmed with options. I eventually decided I was only going to explore Red & Green colour combinations, and only in Mexico, […]
