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A Place in the Sun

January 19, 2012 – 5:53 pm | No Comment
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As I write this post from a very cold, very gray Switzerland, I am desperately longing for the warm summer sun. When the clouds roll in and the temperatures drop, who doesn’t want to ditch …

Barley Basher: Cervecería Sagrada

October 4, 2011 – 3:39 pm | No Comment

Beer and professional wrestling: Now there’s a winning combination. No, we’re not talking about Coors Lite and Hulk Hogan. This is a much more sophisticated and exotic kind of pairing. This is Cervecería Sagrada, and …

Artists Take Tequila: 1800 Essential Artists Collection

June 10, 2011 – 12:03 pm | One Comment
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You may know tequila as that very late night drink you always regret the next morning. But it can be so much more. Take the recently launched 1800 Essential Artists Collection: the third installation in …

Where the Mexico City Hipsters Go

March 24, 2011 – 11:57 am | No Comment

Condesa DF is an uber-hip, boutique hotel in the heart of Mexico City’s stylish, tree-lined neighborhood of the same name. Housed in an architectural landmark building dating from 1928, the hotel and its restaurant exude …

Delectable Chocolate the Mayan Way: Ki’xocolatl

January 20, 2011 – 2:41 pm | 3 Comments

Delectable chocolate. Such is the Mayan and Nahuatl English translation of the word Ki-xocolatl. It’s also – not coincidentally, of course – the name of a stellar bean-to-bar Mexican-based chocolate collection.
The result of years …

Que Lindo: Cielito Querido Café

September 21, 2010 – 11:22 am | No Comment

With the heritage of Mexican design as its muse, Cielito Querido Café is a stellar new coffee house in Mexico City teeming with cool. Taking its inspiration from Latin graphic design of the 20th century …

Tacos El Güero: Tecate, Mexico

September 16, 2010 – 11:38 am | No Comment

Brought to you by the talented taco masters at Tacos El Güero in Tecate, Mexico, this video showcases the brilliant simplicity – and addictive deliciousness – of taquerías. Our late night weekend dinners wouldn’t …

Chic and Sleek: Naos, Mexico City

July 26, 2010 – 10:42 pm | No Comment

Stainless steel is paired with white marble and an open glass-paneled kitchen at the chic Naos in Mexico City. Here, Monica Patiño‘s stylish joint serves up contemporary and creative Mexican-fusion cuisine to a fashionable food-obsessed …

Salud! Cerveceria Hacienda, Mexico

July 14, 2010 – 8:11 pm | No Comment

Operating out of a converted Hacienda outside of Pachuca Mexico, Cerveceria Hacienda is a new boutique brewery, rocking brilliant packaging. Each label that graces the brewery’s three beers — Hidalgo Stout, Catrina Red Ale, and …

Macaron Heaven: Theurel & Thomas, Mexico

June 10, 2010 – 2:29 pm | One Comment

Stunning reds, blues, and yellows pop brightly against the stark white interior at Theurel & Thomas: Mexico’s first and only house of macarons. Located in the Northeastern city of Neuvo Leon, this authentic French patisserie …